“The devil envies only those who are successful in their spiritual work. He envies those who are near to God and favoured by Him. He envies the repentant for the zeal of their repentance and the worshippers in their deep attachment. He envies the humble, the meek and the pure-hearted and fights all of them. But what about those who are under his domination and under the domination of sin, or who are languid in their spiritual life? Why would he fight them? He is satisfied with their condition or puts them under his watch or leads them into what is worse. Here we mention three main kinds of spiritual wars: the person whom the devil fights lightly or heavily; the person fought by his own desires; the person fought by false brethren, by wicked people or evil surroundings which we call “supporters of the devil” or “the devil’s powers”. Thus, the church teaches us to say at the end of the thanksgiving prayer, “All envy, all temptation, all works of Satan, all intrigues of the wicked, and the rising up of enemies, visible and invisible, cast them away from us, and from all your people...”