Father Arsenios would ask: “should we go to someone’s butt to stay the night?” Geronda would answer: “no we won’t because if we do we will lose our prayer, we will speak idly and we would hear things that are not beneficial. We might even start judging someone after hearing things concerning other people. It would be better for us to stay outside in the cold and do our vigil and are prostrations out here rather than judge others. Besides we certainly wouldn’t hear anything spiritual.”
Elder Joseph
~My Elder Joseph