Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Foundations of the Monastic Life: A Presentation of the Practice of Stillness 2: To Eulogios On the Confession of Thoughts and Counsel in their Regard 3: [To Eulogios] On the Vices Opposed to the Virtues 4: On the Eight Thoughts 5: The Monk: A Treatise on the Practical Life 6: To Monks in Monasteries and Communities and Exhortation to a Virgin 7: On Thoughts 8: Chapters on Prayer 9: Reflections 10: Exhortations 1-2 11: Thirty-Three Ordered Chapters 12: Maxims 1-3 Commentary Notes Appendix I: Variant Readings for the Greek texts Appendix 2: The Greek text of Eulogios

About the Author

Robert E. Sinkewicz is Professor of Eastern Christian Studies at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

Robert Sinkewicz here offers a valuable aid to this renewed attention to one of the most important spiritual and ascetic Eastern writers ... This work is sure to become a familiar and well-used resource for the study of eastern spirituality. John Behr, St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly