Epistles

Introductory Note 7
Biographical Note of the Elder Paisios 9
Prologue 11
Contract 18
FIRST EPISTLE
For Beginners 25
SECOND EPISTLE
A Small Blessing of a Few “Nuts” 93
THIRD EPISTLE
Spiritual Balms 161
FOURTH EPISTLE
“A Handful of Experience: Pumpkinseeds
Roasted over the Fire of Temptations” 175
FIFTH EPISTLE
On Chastity and Love 197
SIXTH EPISTLE
The Beatitudes 223
INDEX 233
PUBLICATIONS 247