Publisher: Eighth Day Press

Author:  St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain 

Dimensions: 4.25" x 6.25"

Format/Cover Type: Softcover

ISBN: 978-8-9916020-0-6

Pages: 94

Description: This volume presents the first complete English translation of The Prologue to the Philokalia. St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, eighteenth-century compiler of the Philokalia, wrote the prologue as a guide and introduction to his famous anthology of spiritual texts. He explains his project fully as a collection on the prayer of the heart, intended to complement his own writings on the ethical and sacramental dimensions of the Christian life. This complete edition of the prologue also features commentary and essays by translator Fr. Maximos Constas. Its purpose is to prepare the reader to engage with the Philokalia as it truly is - an explication of the hesychastic tradition in its fullness.