UDC 271.22-29BBK 88.372С 37 With the blessing of the Abbot of the Athos Russian Panteleimon Monastery, Holy Archimandrite Jeremiah

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Monk Simeon of Athos. A Book Written by Sorrow, or Ascent to Heaven. – Holy Mount Athos: Hermitage New Thebaid of the Athos Russian Panteleimon Monastery, Moscow, 2011. – 224 p. ISBN 978-5-7877-0051-0.IS-10-20-2041

© Hermitage New Thebaida of the Athos Russian Panteleimon Monastery, 2011© Syntagma LLC, layout, layout, 2011Drawings made by Anna Rogozhkina with original photographs of priest Alexander Koblov