In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers - Paperback

by John Chryssavgis (Author), Metropolitan Kallistos Ware (Foreword by), Benedicta Ward (Foreword by)

Father John's inspiring introduction to the spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers brings their words to life for the modern reader. These key figures of the early church chose lives of hardship and solitude, where they could point their hearts away from the outward world and toward an introspective path of God's calling in a deliberate and individual way. Contains a Foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, the second highest ranking Orthodox Bishop in England.