Eastern Christian Supply—A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain: Discussion with a hermit on the Jesus prayer

A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain: Discussion with a hermit on the Jesus prayer

Second edition

Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos
translated by Effie Mavromichali

“'A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain' is a book which brings to light the quintessence of Orthodox spiritual life: the Jesus prayer or prayer of the heart and how it can be practised by both monks/nuns and lay people. The discussion flows in a spontaneous and immediate way with the dialogue form of the book contributing to this. The reader enjoys the simple presentation of the teaching of the Church on the Jesus prayer, through the authentic experience of an Athonite hermit. And 'when a hermit’s mouth opens, it fills you with fragrance'.”
—“Foreword”

CONTENTS

Translator’s Note
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Silence, Speech and the Life of the monks
Sunset on Mt. Athos
Ascending to my own Tabor
Encounter with the Hermit
Discussion with the Gerondas on the Jesus Prayer
1. The Significance of the Jesus Prayer
2. The Stages of the Jesus Prayer
3. Ways of the "Jesus Prayer"
4. The War of the Devil and Coping with it
5. The Advent and Withdrawal of Grace
6. The Fruits of the Jesus Prayer
7. Errors in practising the Jesus prayer and how we cope with them
8. The Jesus Prayer is necessary for Clergy and Laymen who live in the World
9. Saying the Jesus Prayer for Others
The Requests of the Hermit
Midnight in the Desert of Mt. Athos
Celebration of Divine Liturgy
Descent from my own Tabor
Epilogue
Glossary

Item Number: BKN109
Publication data: Levadia, Greece: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, 2003
Format: softcover
Number of pages: 205
Dimensions (l × w × h): 19.8 cm × 12.1 cm × 1.7 cm
ISBN: 960‒7070‒31‒3

$24.95 (USD)