700 (PASSIONS/ STRUGGLE/ DEVIL) Our holy father Martinian came from Caesarea in Palestine. He grew up early in the fifth century; he lived ascetically from the time of his youth. When he faced a great temptation, he left his hermitage and went to a desert island; however, he encountered the same problem there; but the problem continued and he started moving from place to place, saying and reminding himself, GO AWAY MARTINIAN AND SAVE YOURSELF… These problems could serve as a symbolical example for us as well. When we want to cut off a passion, a weakness, the devil enlists all his techniques to prevent us from our godly objective. So let us do what Saint Martinian did. If the devil comes from the right, we should go to the left; if he comes from the left, we should go to the right… Wherever he takes us, we must constantly flee from him, saying to ourselves: GO AWAY….AND SAVE YOURSELF!