PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Phronema and the Mystery of Belonging Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra (1934-2019) “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” — Matthew 6:21 There comes a time when a language is no longer learned. It is simply spoken. At first we approach the spiritual life as strangers. We learn its words. We read the Fathers. We try to understand repentance, watchfulness, stillness, compunction, purity of heart. We take up the Jesus Prayer awkwardly, consciously. We enter sile