Christ the Eternal TaoNot until now has the ancient wisdom of Lao Tzu been presented alongside the otherworldly revelation of Jesus Christ in a way that encompasses the full significance of both. Avoiding the common pitfalls of religious syncretism, CHRIST THE ETERNAL TAO shows Lao Tzus Tao Teh Ching as a foreshadowing of what would be revealed by Christ, and Lao Tzu himself as a Far Eastern prophet of the Incarnate God. Inspired by Fr. Seraphim Roses early studies of the

About the Translator:  Andrew Mellas is the author of Liturgy and the Emotions (Cambridge University Press)

Christos Simelidis is Assistant Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Philology and Literature at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki

you whom my Father has blessed

but also from the recollections of his spiritual children

he was introduced to the Kollyvades monks of Mount Athos whose strict life and zeal for holiness

a disciple of the Optina Elders

In Tbilisi

during which time he assimilated his spiritual father’s sanctity and teachings to such a degree that was later able to take on the labor of eldership himself

and the ancient Hebrews

In 2002 Elder Thaddeus reposed

The 3rd volume in the collected works of Elder Aimilianos consists of spiritual and theological interpretations of twelve Biblical Psalms

Holy Tradition