The book by Agapios Landos, "Sinners' Salvation," serves as a reason to delve into our historical self-awareness, in the agonizing effort to preserve our ancestral reference to what once salvaged our individuality, at a time when an entire nation had neither a center of power, nor a protective force, nor known national borders, as it was born of a universal empire and was therefore compelled to survive within the historical turmoil, drawing strength from the reservoirs of its own soul.
In this atmosphere, which no description can adequately convey, Agapios the monk Landos, of Cretan descent, emerged at the end of the 16th century. A man of diverse education, he chose early on the monastic life of Mount Athos, where asceticism, study, and writing sharpened his missionary zeal and his sacrificial love for the suffering people of God...
Simple and easily understandable language, a complete teaching system of faith, inductive method through examples, are elements that adorn the most beloved book of this harsh period, "Sinners' Salvation"...
His word remains always true and with spiritual precision he articulates from the beginning the terms of faith and life. The author knows that he is managing the ultimate reserve of the endurance of the enslaved, their only survival, the essence of their soul. He sows the word of salvation in souls shaped by pain and suffering and knows that true resurrection will soon blossom.
