They said of Abba Helladius that he spent twenty years in the Cells and never once lifted his eyes upward to see the roof of the church.
They said of the same Abba Helladius that he ate bread and salt. When Pascha came, he would say, “The brothers eat bread and salt. I ought to make a little effort for Pascha. Since on the other days I eat sitting down, now that it is Pascha I will make the effort and eat standing up.”