Counsels on the Monastic Life, Vol. 1 - Monastic Devotion (Saint Paisios)The first in a new four volume series of inspiring spiritual counsels of St. Paisios the New of Mt. Athos specifically on the monastic life. A true ascetic who spent his life cultivating the virtues of humility and love, Elder Paisios always sought to draw people closer to the Kingdom of Heaven. In these spiritual counsels one sees the living, eternal wisdom of the Church Fathers through the suffering love of a beloved saint and modern guide of souls.

and strive for that which is modest and simple

alongside others who attained sanctity in confrontation with characteristically twentieth-century manifestations of evil

he co-suffered with his people

Saint John Cassian systematically presents the order of combat against the leading passions—spiritual diseases dragging the soul to every sin and eventually into Gehenna

one sees the uncreated Source of the elder’s love and of the author’s spiritual transformation: the true God-man Jesus Christ

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which is the salvation of the soul

of service

Ignatius Brianchaninov

Frankincense & Myrrh Bar Soap

Joseph the Hesychast

A biography of the author