THE PHILOKALIA OF THE HOLY NEPTIC FATHERS


Translation of the Philokalia, by Jason Powell (c)



Work in Progress


PDF downloads of the work translated so far. Work is from the later, to the earlier works. Click on the links to see / download.



St Gregory Palamas

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE : OUR HOLY FATHER METROPOLITAN GREGORY OF THESSALONIKA
TO THE MOST REVEREND NUN XENIA - ON THE PASSIONS AND THE VIRTUES, AND WHAT GIVES RISE TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE INTELLECT

DECALOGUE OF THE LAWS GIVEN BY CHRIST, OR, IN TRUTH, THE LAWS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

ON THE HOLY HESYCHASTS

ON PRAYER AND PURITY OF HEART

150 TEXTS ON NATURAL, THEOLOGICAL, ETHICAL AND PRACTICAL MATTERS

DECLARATION OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN



The Monks Kallistos and Ignatios Xanthopoulos

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE : THE MONKS KALLISTOS AND IGNATIOS XANTHOPOULOS

AN EXACT METHOD AND RULE



Kallistos the Great Patriarch

ON PRAYER : 14 TEXTS



Kallistos Telikoudis

ON THE PRACTICE OF THE LIFE OF STILLNESS



Extracts from the Fathers

ON PRAYER AND ATTENTION



Kallistos Kataphygiotis

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE : KALLISTOS KATAPHYGIOTIS

ON DIVINE UNION AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE



Various Additional Texts

ON THE HOLY DEIFYING PRAYER

WONDERFUL DISCOURSE ON THE WORDS OF THE DIVINE PRAYER

INTERPRETATION OF KYRIE ELEISON

DISCOURSE ON FAITH AND INSTRUCTION

THE THREE MODES OF PRAYER

HOW EVERYONE MUST PRAY

FROM THE LIFE OF MAXIMOS THE CONFESSOR

FROM THE LIFE OF GREGORY PALAMAS



Appendix

69 TEXTS FROM 2ND EDN., KALLISTOS (ATTR.)






1782 Venice Edition


PDF file of the 1782 Venice Publication of the Philokalia, as edited by Ss Nikodemos and Makarios.
The book has just over 500 leaves, double sided, and is in a large format.

1782 VENICE EDITION






1989-1999 Edition, Five Vols., Athens


Here is a modern edition of the same text, published in five volumes a few years ago, with a modern Greek introduction.

VOLUME 1

VOLUME 2

VOLUME 3

VOLUME 4

VOLUME 5



Jason Powell, 2024.