Adam ate the forbidden fruit and was driven from Paradise.
He sat outside, weeping bitterly:
“Woe to me! What will become of me, a worthless man
I disobeyed one command of my Master and lost every good thing!
O holy Paradise, planted for me by God, and closed by the weakness of Eve,
grant that I may once again gaze on the flowers of your gardens!”
The Savior said to him:
“I do not wish the death of My creation!
I desire that all should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth,
for him who comes to Me I shall never cast out!”
Aposticha (Tone 6), Vespers of Cheesefare Sunday (Forgiveness Sunday) – The Expulsion of Adam from Paradise
Listen to a meditation on the Expulsion of Adam by Fr Thomas Hopko: https://buff.ly/43nY21y

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