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How did Eastern Orthodoxy view mental illness before modern times?

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In Eastern-Orthodoxy, in the medieval times like the Byzantine Empire, Russian Empire. etc. How did the Church and the priest saw people who today we know suffer from mental illness like bipolar, schizophrenia, paranoia, etc.? What this seen as a spiritual problem? Possibly demonic activity or demonic possession? How was it treated?
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Oct 29, 2020, 09:02 AM
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