Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast Published by St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery, Arizona, 1998 Monastic Wisdom is a compilation of letters written by Elder Joseph the Hesychast to his spiritual children. Elder Joseph (1897-1959) was a spiritual father to many, and through his spiritual children, helped to revitalise spiritual life in many monasteries on Mount Athos. One such spiritual child, Elder Ephraim, former Abbot of Philotheou, and the founder of St Anthony’s Monastery in Arizona where this book was published, writes in the foreword: “We know that monastics will benefit from the Elder’s letters. We also [...]