The author of this book is Elder Joseph of Vatopedi. Revered throughout the Holy Mountain and far beyond its borders, a resident of the Greek Holy Great Vatopedi Monastery, Elder Joseph brings a living word filled with love about Christ to people from the pages of his books. Being the spiritual child of the highly experienced and revered Athonite Elder Joseph the Hesychast (who died in 1959), Elder Joseph in his writings clearly reveals unusually deep spiritual truths, points out the causes of human disorder, and explains the essence of the Divine order in this world. The book “Athos Conversations” was written by the elder with the aim of giving modern man the necessary advice to combine his everyday life with life in Christ. Therefore, the publishers considered it possible to accompany the Russian edition of “Athos Conversations” by Elder Joseph of Vatopedi with the subtitle “Advice of the Athonite Elder.” Source: