The Monk Paisius wanted to publish a book useful to everyone: laity, monks and clergymen, but did not have time, devoting all his time and energy to prayer and communication with people who came to him. After the repose of the monk, his letters, notes of teachings and conversations were systematized for ease of use in everyday life, for the elder himself said: “The task is for you to work, to apply what you heard in practice.”Reverend Paisios leads us into the realm of doxology, starting with the simplest and most necessary things: how to understand that prayer is an urgent need for us, how to approach it and maintain attention, how to fight laziness and despondency. Handing us such spiritual weapons as the Psalter, prostrations and prayer with the rosary, the elder teaches