"For I
am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any
other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans
8:38-39, Bible 
SAINT JOHN CLIMACUS - Confessor,
abbot, born 
Although his education and
learning fitted him to live in an intellectual environment, he chose, while
still young, to abandon the world for a life of solitude. The region of Mount Sanai
In 600, when he was about
seventy-five years of age, the monks of Sinai persuaded him to put himself at
their head. He acquitted himself of his functions as abbot with the greatest
wisdom, and his reputation spread so far that Pope Saint Gregory the Great
wrote to recommend himself to his prayers, and sent him a sum of money for the
hospital of Sinai, in which the pilgrims were wont to lodge. Four years later
he resigned his charge and returned to his hermitage to prepare for death….
The Desert Fathers: Monks and
Monasteries of the 
The
Ladder of Divine Ascent Monastery of St Catherine Sinai ...
Of John's literary output we know
only Ladder of Divine Ascent, composed
at the request of John, Abbot of Raithu, a monastery situated on the shores of
the Red Sea, and a shorter work To the Pastor...
SAINT JOHN CLIMACUS accumulated
spiritual and ascetic traditions of Egyptian monasteries. He is the author of
"The Ladder" (options - Ladder of Paradise ,
Tablet of the spiritual). The book is written in the middle of the VI century,
at the request of John, abbot of the monastery : "We teach the ignorant
that you saw in bogovidenii, like the ancient Moses, and on the same hill, and
laid it in the book, as bogopisannyh tables, for the edification new Israel
"... Here's a guide to moral self-improvement. The image of the "Ladder"
is borrowed from the Bible, which describes the vision of Jacob's ladder on
which angels ascend (Genesis 28: 12). .. The writing belongs to the category of
ascetic literature...
John also wrote the book "To
the shepherd," the responsibilities of pastors…
Landscape with the Dream of Jacob
"He had a dream, and behold, a
ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven ; and behold, the
angels of God were ascending and descending on it... And behold, the LORD stood
above it and said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the
God of Isaac ; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your
descendants..."Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth,
and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the
south ; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth
be blessed... "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,
and will bring you back to this land ; for I will not leave you until I have
done what I have promised you."Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,
"Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know
it"..."
Genesis 28:12-16, Bible
The Holy Fathers and the saints
have had a lot to say about vainglory.
St. John Climacus, Orthodox monk, ascetic and abbot of St. Catherine’s
Monastery at Mt. Sinai, wrote a book that to this day remains one of the most
widely read works on the spiritual life and the taming of the passions. The Ladder of Divine Ascent was originally
written for monastics, but has become hugely popular with the laity – those in
the world who are trying to live a fully realized, God-pleasing faith. 
Šv. Jonas Climacus
"Aš juk esu tikras, kad nei
mirtis, nei gyvenimas, nei angelai, nei kunigaikštystės, nei galybės, nei
dabartis, nei ateitis, nei aukštumos, nei gelmės, nei jokie kiti kūriniai
negalės mūsų atskirti nuo Dievo meilės, kuri yra mūsų Viešpatyje Kristuje
Jėzuje." Romiečiams 8,38-39,
Biblija
Šv. Jonas Climacus - nuodėmklausys,
abatas, gimęs Sirijoje (525 - 605)… Vardas Climacus jam buvo duotas pagal jo
knygos pavadinimą "Rojaus Kopėčias (Kulminacijos momentas)" bet jis yra
taip pat žinomas kaip Scholasticus, ar Sinaita… Šventojo emblema - kopėčios, šventė - kovo 30-ąją.
Nors jo išsimokslinimas ir studijos
leido jam gyventi intelektualioje
aplinkoje, - tačiau jis išsirinko, tuo metu, kai buvo dar jaunas, vienatvės gyvenimą-
vienuolio gyvenimą... Vienatvės gyvenimą jis gyveno apytiksliai dvidešimt metų, pastoviai
studijuodamas gyvenimus šventųjų, - ir
tokiu būdu tapo vienu iš geriausių
bažnyčios dvasinių gydytojų ...
"Jis sapnavo kopėčias,
pastatytas ant žemės, kurių viršus siekė dangų, o Dievo angelai jomis laipiojo
aukštyn ir žemyn. ..Kopėčių viršuje stovėjo Viešpats ir tarė: 'Aš esu Viešpats,
tavo tėvo Abraomo ir Izaoko Dievas. Tą žemę, ant kurios guli, atiduosiu tau ir
tavo palikuonims...O tavo palikuonių bus kaip žemės dulkių; tu išsiplėsi į
vakarus ir į rytus, į šiaurę ir į pietus; tavyje ir tavo palikuonyse bus
palaimintos visos žemės giminės! Aš būsiu su tavimi ir tave saugosiu, ir
lydėsiu visur, ir vėl tave parvesiu į šitą žemę; nepaliksiu tavęs, kol įvykdysiu
tai, ką esu pažadėjęs'. ..Jokūbas, pabudęs iš miego, tarė: 'Tikrai Viešpats yra
šitoje vietoje, o aš to nežinojau!'" Pradžios 28,12-16, Biblija
