Gleb Pokrovsky

Phenomenal. Such direct, earnest prose while simultaneously extremely rich and beautiful. This feature of the book itself mirrors the content i.e. the way The Jesus Prayer is so simple and accessible, yet spiritually opens depth upon depth.

If you are Orthodox, or familiar with Orthodoxy, I recommend saving the reading of the annotations for later, as they somewhat jar and disrupt the flow of the narrative. On the other hand, I imagine the footnotes would be extremely helpful for non-Orthodox who want to read and enjoy the text.… (mehr)