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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...

5 While the prayers of the Orthodox Christian do not exhibit a morbid preoccupation with sin, they are characterized by repentance. This is not to be understood primarily as emotional regret for sin but rather as the person’s “change of mind.” 6 Neilos the Ascetic (died ca. 430) was probably from Constantinople and a follower of St. John Chrysostom. He became abbot of a monastery in what is now Ankara, Turkey, and is the first writer known to make unequivocal mention of the Jesus Prayer. Each hour
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