Publisher: Sebastian Press, 2012

Author: Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra

Dimensions: 9" x 6"

Format/Cover Type: Softcover

Pages: 128

Description: Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra is one of the most renowned elders of modern Greece. As Abbot of Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos and as the founder and spiritual father of the Holy Convent of the Annunciation in Ormylia, northern Greece, he has had a profound impact on the revitalization of Orthodox monasticism, which in turn has deepened the spiritual lives of Orthodox Christians throughout the world.

The works collected in the present volume reflect the importance which the Elder consistently attached to prayer, spirituality, community life, worship, and liturgy. The experientally based works "On Prayer" and "The Prayer of the Holy Mountain"' which deal primarily with the Prayer of the Heart, appear first, followed by the addresses "The Divine Liturgy" and "Our Church Attendance." These are in turn followed by the more socially oriented discourses "Our Relations with Our Neighbor" and "Marriage: The Great Sacrament." Finally, this volume closes with the sermons "Spiritual Reading" and "The Spiritual Life", which in a simple and yet compelling manner set forth the conditions for "ascending to heaven on the wings of the Spirit."