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Original Greek published by the Holy Monastery Panagia - Odigitria - Portaria, Volos, Greece.

English translation published by St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery - Goldendale, WA, USA.

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"I do not have eloquent speech... but these humble words that I say to you, I say from my heart."
Original Greek published by the Holy Monastery Panagia - Odigitria - Portaria, Volos.

English translation published by St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery - Goldendale, WA

https://bakery.stjohnmonastery.org/collections/books

The Feasts of the Lord: An Introduction to the twelve feasts and Orthodox Christology

CHAPTER 2: THE NATIVITY

Written by: Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierothoes

Published by: Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, Levadia, Greece.

Translated into English by: Ester Williams

First Edition 2003

http://www.pelagia.org

Dedicated to the Venerable Personalities who lived Orthodox Monasticism on the rugged harsh rocks of our island.

Written by: Agnes Maglis, Abbess; Euseveia Kassiotou, nun.

Published by: THE HOLY MONASTERY "PANAGHIA ELEOUSA" ROTSO-KALYMNOS year 2000.

Translated by: Father Nicholas Palis

Revision of the English translation: Mrs. Anastasia A. Koutoulakis, Fr. Nicholas Samaras and Anges Manglis, Gerontissa

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece

PART 3: Spiritual Bravery

PART 4: Dependency Upon Heaven

PART 5: Spiritual Weapons

Published by: Holy Monastery "Evangelist John the Theologian", Souroti, Thessalonica, Greece

PART ONE: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOVE

PART TWO: STRUGGLE AND DEVOUTNESS

Saint Paisios the Athonite (+1924–1994) was one of the most loved and revered Greek Orthodox Elders of our times. Living as a monk in the ancient monastic republic of Mount Athos, Greece, he lived in the Kingdom of God even while on earth, and received many heavenly visitations. He lived in obscurity, giving himself over entirely to God, and God gave him to the whole world. During the last fifteen years of his life, he spent his nights in prayer and his entire days gathering human pain and spreading divine consolation. He guided, consoled, healed, and gave rest to countless people who took shelter in him. His sanctified soul overflowed with divine love, and his face radiated divine Grace.

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From the Prologue:

"With the help of God, and after the work of a great many years, our Sisterhood, propelled by our sacred obligation toward the Saint, who for twenty-eight years had guided and benefited us in so many ways, presents the publication of the Biography of Saint Paisios the Athonite.
We also had the great blessing of gaining some insight into the immeasurable love the Saint had for God, his monastic exactitude, his absolute self-denial and the power of his fervent prayer. Having lived in such close proximity to him, we personally experienced his holy simplicity and his profound humility, his God-illuminated discernment, his noble love for each person, but also his deliberate efforts to conceal his virtues.
We therefore deemed it our obligation to utilize all the materials - both information and knowledge bequeathed to us in order to compose, to the best of our ability, the biography of the saintly Elder. The contents of this Synaxarion stem primarily from our communication with the Saint - from the notes we had kept during the gatherings of the Sisterhood and the private conversations we had had with him; from his letters not only to the entire Sisterhood but also to each Sister; from the numerous verbal and written testimonies which had been entrusted to us by clergy, monks and lay-people who had met the Elder' as well as from information that had been gathered from the on-site research we had conducted in some of the areas where the elder had lived and struggled.

From the Contents:
- Prologue-
- Chapter One: From Pharasa to Homeland of Greece
- Chapter Two: The Years of his Childhood and Youth
- Chapter Three: Military Service
- Chapter Four: Preparations and Temptations
- Chapter Five: At the Holy Monastery of Esphigmenou
- Chapter Six: At the Holy Monastery of Philotheou
- Chapter Seven: At the Holy Monastery of Stomion
- Chapter Eight: At God-trodden Mount Sinai
- Chapter Nine: At the Skete of Iveron of Saint John the Forerunner
- Chapter Ten: At Desolate Katounakia
- Chapter Eleven: At the Kelli of the Precious Cross
- Chapter Twelve: At the Kelli of Panagouda
- Chapter Thirteen: From Earth to Heaven