PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

How hidden lives sustain heaven and earth “The monk becomes a living testimony to the power of Christ’s humility and a co-worker with the Lord in the salvation of the world.” Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou ⸻ Monasticism is often imagined as an escape from the world. In truth it is one of the most radical ways the world is loved. The monk does not withdraw because creation is beneath him but because he has been seized by a love that is too large to be contained by ordinary f