ATHONITE FATHERS AND ATHONITE MATTERS Saint Paisios of Mount Athos Greek Orthodox Book Written by Saint Paisios of Mount Athos 256 Pages 8" X 5 3/4" 20.5 X 14.5cm Made in Greece In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit 15 Father Tychon 25 Elder Evlogios (the Disciple of Hadji-Georgis) 55 Elder Pachomios (the Disciple of Elder Evlogios and Grandson of Hadji-Georgis) 58 Father Seraphim, the Anchorite of Athos 59 The Unknown Anchorite (Probably One of the Anchorites of Athos Who Live Invisibly) 61 Hieromonk Anthimos, the Fool for Christ 63 The Prodigious Father Daniel 72 Elder Cosmas of the Monastery of Pantocrator (the Wine-Grower) 74 Father Philaret, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Constamonitou 80 Elder Peter (Petrakis) 83 Elder Augustine 93 Father George, the Anchorite 101 Elder Philaret 105 Elder Ephraim, the "Wretch" 109 Elder Constantine, the Fool for Christ 111 Father Savvas of the Monastery of Esphigmenou 116 Elder Tryphon 117 Father Cyril, the Ascetic of the Skete of Coutloumousiou Monastery and Later Abbot of the Same Monastery 123 The Hieromonk Who Was Tormented by the Tempter Because of a Prideful Thought 127 The Unprepared Clergy Who Were Prevented by God and Did Not Celebrate the Divine Liturgy 128 Elder Habakkuk 129 The Two Pretend Monks Who Became Deluded 131 The Strong-Willed Disciple 133 The Devout and Obedieng Disciple 134 The Strong-Willed and Negligent Beginner Monk 135 The Negligent Young Monk 136 The Negligent Elderly Monk 137 An Angel Castigates the Idiorrhythmie Monstery of Xeropotamou 138 The Brother Who Was Saved Without Effort Because He Didn't Judge 138 Foreknowledge of the Death of Father Methodios and Father Joachim 140 The Disciple Who Was Not Obedient to His Elder and Was Saved, Because He Hoped in God 141 The Chanter Who Attended a Feast with a Brother Who Had Been Dead for Six Months 143 Our Most Holy Lady Anoints a Devout Beginner 144 A Young Monk with Strong Faith and Philotimo Is Cursed by Christ 145 Illnesses Are Beneficial and Rewarded in Heaven, When We Patiently Endure Them 146 The Assigned Monk Who Complained 147 The Careless Talk of a Simple Monk Who Received Corrective Punishment from God 148 Our Most Holy Lady Protects and Watches Over the Monks in Her Garden Like a Good Mother 150 The Righteous Martyr Damianos Cures a Young Monk 150 The Value of the Monk 151 The Power of the Monk's Prayer 152 The Power of the Komboskini, of the Jesus Prayer 153 The Power of the Jesus Prayer 154 The Jesus Prayer with Labour 154 The Monk's Spiritual Unhappiness Comes from Worldly Convenience 155 Secular Logic Brings Spiritual Ruin 156 Quietude and Freedom from Wordly Care Are the Most Important Prerequisites for Spiritual Life, in Which our Most Holy Lady Rejoices 156 Monks Must Be a Good Example for the Laity 157 Saing George Caters for His Feast 158 Saing Spyridon Caters for the Feast 159 God's Blessing Comes When We Give a Blessing 160 The Providence of the "Sweetly-Kissing" Mother of God Towards the Holy Monastery of Philotheou 162 The Callous Monk Who Become Deluded, Because His Ascesis Was Sterile, Without Love and Discretion 165 The Monk Who Was Saved from Dreadful Delusion 168 Pleasant Events 171 Angel of the Eighth Age 176 The Return to God from Earth to Heaven 178 Maps 206 The author, Elder Paisios, was blessed in being able to associate with many righteous Athonite fathers, ?athletes? of Christ, or to hear others tell of them. He was deeply impressed by their holy simplicity, their unshakeable, genuine faith; he was moved by the generosity of spirit, in which they struggled; he admired their self-denial unto death and their devotion to the ascetic ideal; he tasted and was sweetened by the honey of their virtues; and, being animated by the same spirit of Christian struggle, he imitated their godly achievements.