“Athonite Testimony” is one of the works of the venerable elder Joseph of Vatopedi about ascetic work learned from many years of apprenticeship with elder Joseph the Hesychast. But the very name of this book, extremely symbolic, applies to all the works of Elder Joseph. After all, they really contain evidence of that hidden life that takes place under the sky of Athos, far from human eyes, in secret from the whole world - and we know that this is the evidence of not just an eyewitness, but a true ascetic, striving to convey to us the experience gained through many labors , help us, modern Christians, find Christ... Source: