The Monks of Mount Athos: A Western Monks Extraordinary Spiritual Journey on Eastern Holy Ground
Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSOwas a monk for more than fifty years. He lived at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts and was the author of many modern spiritual classics, includingLectio Divina; Centering Prayer.The Very Reverend Archimandrite Dionysios: Monk at Great Meteoron, tonsured by his Elder, Archimandrite Aemilianos. Confessor at Simonos Petras Monastery, Mt. Athos. Unanimously elected Abbot of Pantocrator Monastery, Mt. Athos. Abbot of Holy Cross Monastery, Confessor and Headmaster of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. Founder of Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monastery, Thebes, Greece, where he now serves. Author ofThe Priest as Confessee and Confessorand many lectures and letters to his spiritual children.