A night in the desert of the Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain is a blessed place for the entire Church. There are monks there who practise the Jesus prayer and struggle to live the ascetic life which is actually life according to the Gospel. Thus they become bearers of the Tradition of the Church. It is with such a monk - ascetic that the author of this book discusses.

The book has been a classic of its kind in Greece where it its now in its ninth edition. It has been also translated into French, Arabic and Spanish.

The translation into English was undertaken as a response to the requests of many English speaking friends with the belief that it has a lot to offer to all our brethren in Christ who thirst and seek for intimate communion with God; for the transformation and unification of their inner world, through the energy of the grace of God, and who desire to become dwellings of the most Holy Spirit. The author of this book is himself an admirer of the neptic tradition of the Church which he also presents in his other books.

Archimandrite Hierotheos Vlachos believes that Christianity is not a philosophy or an ideology but it is a therapeutic science and a therapeutic treatment which cures the innermost aspect of man' s personality.