John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek church.
"...a milestone in American religious publishing."
—New Catholic World
Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain: A Handbook of Spiritual Counsel
translation and foreword by Peter A. Chamberas
introduction by George S. Bebis
preface by Stanley S. Harakas
"Such philosophers considered man to be only a microcosmos, minimizing and restricting his value and perfection within this visible world. God, on the contrary, has place man to be a sort of macrocosmos—a greater world within the smaller one."
—Nicodemos...
Here is a first-time translation from Russian into English of the complete writings of this fifteenth-century Russian spiritual writer notable for bringing to Russia the spirituality of the early fathers and mothers of the desert, the hesychasm spirituality of the heart.
"A major new project...to reengage people with their own spiritual roots...the first contemporary fresh translations from the classic works of mysticism in the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Islamic and American Indian traditions."
—G. W. Cornell, Associated Press
Symeon the New Theologian: The Discourses
translation by C.J. DeCatanzaro, introduction by George Maloney, S.J., preface by Basile Krivocheine
It shines on us without evening, without change, without alteration, witho...
In this volume is the authentic text of one of the most famous examples of Russian spiritual literature, which deals with various aspects of the Jesus Prayer. A redaction of this text is thought to have been written no earlier than 1859.
