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Mark the Ascetic is considered as one of the most prominent theoreticiansof ascetic life in the ancient Church. In his ascetic writings, he undertooka variety of topics, including freedom and grace. Mark’s teaching is nota systematic doctrine. His tuitions are more a collection of short statementsscattered in many places in his works. The author uses the Greek wordἐλευθερία for freedom and χάρις for grace. Christ brings freedom to man.In the sacrament of baptism, man is freed from the original sin. In turn, thegrace is always depicted as a gift, which man can only receive from God.Therefore, the Kingdom of God is always a gift, and neither a prize, nora reward for work. The entire salvation is the greatest grace, which has beengiven to us by Christ. The attitude of gratitude to God should overfilledthe entire human life.