The Way of the Spirit - Reflections on Life in GodElder Aimilianos played an important role in the contemporary revival of monastic life on Mt. Athos, where he served as the abbot of the Monastery of Simonopetra from 1973 until his retirement in 2000. His remarkable gifts as a spiritual guide and teacher are evident in this outstanding collection of twelve talks, which uniquely illuminate the difficulty of the human encounter with God. The struggle with the self, the deeper meaning of asceticism, the

and Christian virtue

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Purchase the Akathist to the Guardian Angel

Gregory Palamas

this book has been treasured by both monastics and laymen

and the prayer "Most Holy Theotokos save us" on the reverse

In his introduction to the Greek edition Bishop Irenaeus of Chania writes: "The words of blessed Elder Porphyrios are the words of a holy Father

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with evidence being offered for both sides