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 1  1,13|    decision by the Apostles and elders in order to avoid a split.
 2  5,7 |   ancient monasticism: that the elders were bearers of these charisms —
 3  5,7 | earliest and most famous of the elders. In a pattern common to
 4  5,7 |         pattern common to later elders, he withdrew from the world
 5  5,7 |        spontaneously reveals to elders the past, present and future
 6  5,7 |      addition to physical eyes, elders have spiritual eyes before
 7  5,7 |         lofty spiritual gaze of elders, the boundaries of space
 8  5,7 |        speaks of the ability of elders and eldresses to foretell
 9  5,7 |         how these pious people, elders and eldresses, prophecy
10  5,7 |     Seraphim Rose explains that elders had their exceptional abilities
11  5,7 |        goes on to note, because elders had this ability, they were
12  5,7 |  manifested itself in Russia:~ ~Elders in Russian ecclesiastical
13  5,7 |         monasteries. In Russia, elders were spiritual guides for
14  5,7 |      men from among the Russian elders were Saints Seraphim of
15  5,7 |    produced no less than twelve elders: Ambrosi, Leo, Moses, Anthony,
16  5,7 |       in Exile. With the Optina elders, as with others, the Lord
17  5,7 |      known to the writer if any elders are still alive today. However,
18  5,7 |         the present scarcity of elders, Archpriest Alexey Young
19  5,7 |        least, there are no true elders today whose voice can be
20  5,7 |  regarding the disappearance of elders in these times, a new martyr
21 10,14|         St. Nektary, one of the elders of the famous Optina Hermitage
22 10,21|   throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them
23 11,1 |         summoned the boyars and elders about the matter, and it
24 Ep   |         respect for parents and elders, love will disappear, and