Wisdom from Mount Athos: The Writings of Starets Silouan, 1866-1938

From my friends I have learned to kiss not only precious people but precious objects, and holy ones. This is a book to read, to love and to kiss. It contains some sayings of St. Silouan the Athonite, a twentieth-century Russian Orthodox Christian monk living on Mt. Athos, compiled by his disciple Archimandrite Sophrony.St. Silouan never tires of praising the Holy Spirit, who enlightens us and gives us the grace to love God and our brothers and sisters. He exhorts us to live in humility and love, and teaches what is meant by God's command to "Keep thy mind in hell, and despair not."St. Silouan is one of the great Orthodox saints of the 20th century--in which the Eastern Church suffered so much--because of his insistence on Christ's command to love one's enemies. This short, rich, inexpensive book contains much of his best teaching. It is worth the money and the time.[....]