Virgins and young men as the holy who share suffering
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After the perceptible: understand virgins as those living in incorruption, and young men as those well-approved in virtue. For often even the holy ones suffer with those liable (Lamentations 1:18).
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 1, 18. Μετὰ τὸ αἰσθητόν, παρθένους νόει τοὺς ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ βιοῦντας, νεανίσκους δὲ τοὺς ἐν ἀρετῇ εὐδοκίμους. πολλάκις γὰρ καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι τοῖς ὑπευθύνοις συμπάσχουσιν.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations.
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