Epistles: Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

by Paisios of Mount Athos

Introductory Note 7 Biographical Note of the Elder Paisios 9 Prologue 11 Contract 18 FIRST EPISTLE For Beginners 25 SECOND EPISTLE A Small Blessing of a Few "Nuts" 93 THIRD EPISTLE Spiritual Balms 161 FOURTH EPISTLE "A Handful of Pumpkinseeds Roasted over the Fire of Temptations" 175 FIFTH EPISTLE On Chastity and Love 197 SIXTH EPISTLE The Beatitudes 223 INDEX 233 PUBLICATIONS 247

Genres: Religion

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Lieutenant · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Ραδάμανθυς Φωτόπουλος · Rating 2 out of 5]

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