EPISTLES of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos Greek Orthodox Book Written by Saint Paisios of Mount Athos 296 Pages 9" X 6" 23 X 15.5cm Made in Greece Introductory note Biographical note on Saint Paisios the Athonite Prologue FIRST EPISTLE For novices SECOND EPISTLE A small blessing of a few "dry nuts" THIRD EPISTLE Spiritual herbs FOURTH EPISTLE A handful of experience FIFTH EPISTLE On chastity and love SIXTH EPISTLE Beatitudes Index Publications With the help of God, we are publishing the Epistles of Saint Paisios the Athonite, the fourth of his books to be available in the English language. In this translation, we have attempted to retain the style of the original in order to provide our English-speaking brethren with the opportunity of approaching the word of the Elder, which is graceful, lively, and replete with divine meaning, as well as to feel the peace and divine solace which the Elder imparted to the soul of his inquirer. The book in the Greek language was prepared for publication at the direction of the Elder a few months before his having fallen asleep. It contains six lengthy epistles the Elder had sent to our holy monastery from 1971 until 1975 with the aim of assisting us in our spiritual struggle. As mandated by the Elder, the "Contract in the form of an Epistle" has been inserted before the epistles.