Our holy fathers have renounced all other spiritual work and concentrated wholly on this one doing, that is, on guarding the heart, convinced that, through this practice, they would easily attain every other virtue, whereas without it not a single virtue can be firmly established.
St. Symeon the New Theologian
The myrrh streaming icon of the Mother of God "Softener of Evil Hearts" was at the monastery from September 25 to September 29. Read here for more details.
