The Monastic Life: A Most Beneficial Dialogue Between an Orthodox Monk and a Contemporary Theologian

Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2001
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 51
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.3 cm × 13.8 cm × 0.4 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒911165‒11‒8

   
Second Edition

by Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili
Translated by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna and Bishop Auxentios of Photiki

“Monasticism is not something unto itself—a peculiar and exclusive institution. In the true monastic every Christian sees what he can be. He beholds a model to be emulated. He embraces the higher faculties of the soul and beholds what it is that embodies all that to which Christians aspire. As an old adage has it: ‘Christ, the light of Angels; Angels, the light of monastics; monastics, the light of all men.’ Monasticism reaches up to Christ, derives from Christ, and brings the Christian Faithful into a direct encounter with the light that flows forth from Christ and His Angels.”
—“Introduction by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna”

CONTENTS

Introduction by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Epilogue
Index