The author traces the development of the Jesus Prayer from Byzantium through the Slav lands, concluding with practical suggestions for its use today.

A collection of texts which were written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition, meant as guides to the practice of contemplative life. This volume covers the period up to the eighth century.

This second volume consists mainly of writings from the seventh century, never before translated into English, particularly by St. Maximus the Confessor.

A four-volume collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. The complete text in English translation. This volume contains works dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

A four-volume collection of texts written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. The complete text in English translation. This volume contains some of the most important writings in the entire collection, including St. Symeon the New Theologian’s account of the conscious experience of the Holy Spirit and the vision of the divine and uncreated Light.