Elder Paisios of Mount Athos (Greek: Γέροντας Παΐσιος ο Αγιορείτης), born Arsenios Eznepidis, was a well-known Eastern Orthodox monk from Farasa, Cappadocia. He is famous for his spiritual teachings. Many people worldwide, especially in Greece and in Russia, highly venerated Elder Paisios, even before his formal canonization as a saint, which took place on January 13th 2015.
If I could I would give this 6 stars or more. There were very few people with this spiritual wisdom who ever lived. He’s an Orthodox saint, and I’m Catholic, but I see him as a great great saint, he might have surpassed the old hermits of ancient times because he lived in times of much peril and even had to serve in world war II as a soldier, and what a huge soul, maybe God didn’t send us another flood because of people like him.
Quite funny and sometimes there was even a point for christian standards. Many instructions for cadet monks and useful insight to religious ferver. Suggested additional reading THAIS by Anatol France