Published on the website Translation by monk Macarius. This is the most complete biography of the elder, corrected and edited. There are about 10 books about the elder in Modern Greek. Not everything has been translated into Russian, but this is not required. Many of them are superficial. But none of the books compares with the autobiography. There is a Russian translation of the autobiography. However, we do not agree with the translator’s vision: he is a worldly person and he has his own idea of Athos. Here we have translated and expanded the autobiography of the elder, after consulting with his disciples on Mount Athos and according to our vision, and are publishing it for the first time...