The gospel can truly be attributed to Elder Arseny: this is truly an Israeli, in whom there is no guile. By nature he was straightforward, simple, good-natured, meek, obedient and an exceptionally rare ascetic, also non-covetous. The Gospel could always be attributed to Elder Arseny: yes, yes; no, no. He never held a grudge, no matter what you did to him, he was never angry, he never harmed anyone. His obedience was perfect, therefore, thanks to obedience and absolute faith in the Elder, he lived daily above the laws of nature. He began to perform vigil in the evening, working in thousands of bows and in all-night standing until dawn. He concentrated so much in prayer and clung to it so much that often, when the time came for work, he did not even think of stopping his prayers.