| Greeting of His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos |
9 |
| Preface |
11 |
| Introduction |
27 |
PART A
THE CHILDHOOD YEARS OF ANASTASIOS DIVINE CALL |
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| Childhood years |
33 |
| Divine desire and the courageous decision |
36 |
| On foot to Constantinople |
37 |
| At the Holy Land |
38 |
And a few words about little Parthena
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39 |
| Meeting with Ieronimos of Aegina |
39 |
| A little light on the enigma surrounding the Hermitess Photini |
43 |
PART Β
THE FIRST YEARS ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OBEDIENCE TO THE SIMPLE ELDER EPHRAIM |
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| The Holy Mountain - Holy Monastery of Stavronikita |
47 |
| Towards the inner desert |
48 |
| Meeting of Monk Arsenios with the young Francis |
48 |
| The search for an Elder |
51 |
| The two stragglers in submission to the simple and saintly Elder Ephraim |
52 |
| At the Skete of St Basil (1923-38) |
54 |
| Monk Arsenios, in a vision, sees Elder Ephraim after his blessed repose |
55 |
PART C
MORE INTENSE STRUGGLES AFTER THE BLESSED REPOSE OF THEIR ELDER |
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| Monk Joseph takes the initiative |
59 |
| With Daniel the Hesychast and Father Cyril |
60 |
| "Rusk" - the common diet of ascetics |
65 |
| The tradition about the naked ascetics and the two barefoot monks... |
67 |
"Obedience is better than sacrifice"
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69 |
| A kind intention and the Elder's blessing |
71 |
| Amazing events from the life of the two ascetics |
73 |
| Advice and amazing events from the life of Elder Arsenios |
76 |
| A few comments about St Silouan the Athonite |
78 |
| Keeping vigils |
79 |
| Program |
82 |
| Reading |
84 |
| The words of Elder Arsenios are the fruit of experience |
85 |
| Conversations of the Elder with pious pilgrims |
86 |
| The Elder's humour - amusing but also beneficial |
90 |
| The woman eating in secret and over-eating |
93 |
| The wild swallow on the Elder's shoulders |
96 |
| The monk who was troubled by the demon |
97 |
| Not only was the vine crooked but |
99 |
| The recluse Joseph takes Communion by the hand of an angel - More difficult struggles - The apples of the Theotokos |
100 |
| Gerasimos Menagias |
102 |
| Ephraim the "fat one" |
104 |
| And two amazing instances of return |
105 |
| About an ascetic who was a gem |
109 |
| The spiritual father Elder Euthymios |
109 |
PART D
LITTLE ST ANNE THE BROTHERHOOD OF ELDER JOSEPH |
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| To the caves of Little St Anne (1938-1953) |
113 |
| Father Ephraim Katounakiotis |
114 |
| The acquaintance of Father Ephraim with Elder Joseph |
116 |
| At the huts again |
119 |
| The nephew of Elder Arsenios |
120 |
| Accounting of the day - Self-examination |
123 |
PART E
THE REPOSE OF THE GREAT ELDER ELDER ARSENIOS AS ELDER OF OUR BROTHERHOOD |
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| Elder Theophylactos - Move to New Skete (1953-67) |
127 |
| Father Athanasios |
130 |
| The holy repose of the Great Elder |
133 |
PART F
AT BOURAZERI |
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| Move from New Skete to the big Russian Cells Bourazeri and St Artemios Provata (1967) |
139 |
| The dreams of the Elder |
142 |
| The Elder moves to Bourazeri - First stop "St Artemios" Provata |
144 |
| The repose of the Russian - The dog of liar-Basil |
145 |
| The Elder and the fleas |
147 |
| Pilgrimage to Panagia Portaitissa - The spiritual father, Father Maximos, and his disciple Monk Nektarios |
148 |
| Last elderly struggles |
150 |
| With the ascetic Elder Paisios |
152 |
| Some teachings from the Elder |
155 |
| From the life of the Elder |
159 |
From now on they will be saying "Hieromonk Haralambos"
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161 |
PART G
LAST YEARS AT THE MONASTERY OF DIONYSIOY REPOSE OF THE ELDER |
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| To the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou |
165 |
| At the monastery's hospital |
166 |
| Fruits from the many years of struggle |
168 |
| The blessed end |
170 |
| The Elder's funeral |
172 |
| THE ELDER'S LETTERS |
175 |
| EPILOGUE |
195 |
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