Blessed Paisius Velichkovsky: The Man Behind the Philokalia
by Schemamonk Metrophanes
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages300 pages
ISBN
9780938635130
Published
1994
Description
This book examines the life, teachings, and influence of Paisius Velichkovsky (1722–1794), the influential Orthodox monk who helped revive hesychastic spirituality and monastic renewal in Eastern Europe. It explains how ...This book examines the life, teachings, and influence of Paisius Velichkovsky (1722–1794), the influential Orthodox monk who helped revive hesychastic spirituality and monastic renewal in Eastern Europe. It explains how Paisius gathered, translated, and transmitted patristic spiritual writings that eventually became associated with the Philokalia. The book places his work in the context of eighteenth-century Orthodox monasticism, showing his impact on Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, and broader Slavic spiritual traditions. Themes include prayer of the heart, spiritual guidance, ascetic practice, the recovery of the Church Fathers, and the enduring influence of the Philokalic tradition on modern Orthodox spirituality.