by Saint John the Dwarf of Egypt (This beautiful life of St. Paisios was written by St. John the Kolovos and was compiled and translated in the simplest form by Saint Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain, published and included in the New Eklogion.) Translated by Leonidas Papadopulos and Georgia Lizardos from the Greek in The Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church
“Paisios, the holy ascetic, was born in Egypt circa A. D. 300 of pious and virtuous parents who possessed noble and Christian ideals. They had seven children who resembled them in all their virtues. Their material wealth was enough not only to supply their own needs, but also to provide for the needs of others. For as long as they distributed their possessions among the poor, so much more did God give them back in return and multiplied their sub- stance. However, after the death of their father, the burden of car- ing for the family fell on the hands of the mother, and the child whom she had to care after the most was Paisios, for he was the youngest of the seven.” —“On this day, the l9th of June, we celebrate the memory of our our holy and Godbearing father, PAISIOS THE GREAT”
CONTENTS
Maps of Monastic Egypt An Angel Visits the Saint’s Mother Early Monastic Life Monks to Fill the Desert through St. Paisios The Wealthy Nobleman Spiritual Attainments St. Paisios’ Gift of Intercession The Disobedient Novice St. Paisios to Instruct Others St. Constantine Visits with St. Paisios The Heresy Against the Holy Spirit Angels Watch over the Monastics St. Paul and St. Poemen Visit with St. Paisios He is Visited by Our Saviour After Fasting 22 Days St. Paisios Questions Our Saviour A Syrian Straggler Visits with St. Paisios St. Paisios Slumbers A Simple Monk Denies the Faith The Elder John Visits with St. Paisios A Novice is Troubled by His Thoughts and the Enemy Several Monks and the Author Visit the Saint The Monk and the Jewess The Wayward Priest The Divine Rinsewater Two Brothers Slandered St. Paisios Visits with St. Paul The Relics are Brought to Pisidia by St. Isidore Hymns Notes Life of St. John the Dwarf Bibliography
Item Number: BKIPG942 Publication Data: Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 1998 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions (l × w × h): 23.0 cm × 15.5 cm × 0.3 cm Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations ISBN: 978‒0‒88465‒014‒0
