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Philokalia, or “the love of the beautiful,” is a collection of writings by monks from the fourth to fifteenth centuries—emphasizing mystical and contemplative practices that engage all of our senses in the acts of worship and prayer. This introduction to the wisdom of the Philokalia illuminates a text that until now has intimidated the general reader in its scholarly translations from Greek and...

Athos, the leaders of the Athonite monasteries sought to recover its true heritage. One leader in this was Nikodimos. Although best remembered for the Philokalia, he authored or translated over a hundred books on the spiritual life. Makarios, a fellow monk who later left the Holy Mountain to become archbishop of Corinth, aided him in the compilation of the Philokalia. The Eastern Christian spiritual tradition is not composed of “schools” as in the West, where they are typically associated with a
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