The masterpiece of Orthodox ascetic literature, composed by the divinely inspired hand of Saint John of Sinai. This sacred writing from the Holy Mountain is offered to the modern man as a reliable guide on his journey toward spiritual perfection, presented in modern Greek translation, with the necessary comments and a small glossary.

“Brother in the Lord and comrade, you who desire the upward journey and strive for the attainment of heaven, take this holy book into your hands. Read and proceed. Each word of it constitutes a new step upward. Move forward with courage, no matter how steep and thorny the road may appear to you... Keep your gaze fixed on the final step, where the Lord and Bridegroom of our souls awaits us...” (From the preface of the blessed Abbot of the Monastery Archimandrite Cherubim)