This issue features an in-depth biography of a major Orthodox elder and author of the late 20th century, Archimandrite Aimilianos of Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos. Fr. Aimilianos was one of the elders responsible for the spiritual revival on Mount Athos that began during the 1970s and continues to this day. Several of his books, such as The Authentic Seal, The Way of the Spirit, and The Church at Prayer have been translated into English and are spiritual classics. The author of this biography, Fr. Maximos (Constas), is a monk of Simonopetra and has provided us with the most complete biography of the Elder to date. Fr. Maximos is currently Senior Research Scholar at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, in Brookline, MA.

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