The book of Archimandrite Cherubim (Karambelas) “Modern Elders of Mount Athos” is a classic work of modern spiritual literature, introducing readers to the true ascetics of the holy life of our time. Mount Athos is a special land, halfway between Heaven and earth. Athos is populated by men who are not satisfied with anything the world has to offer; they strive for more than material goods and earthly beauties. In search of this more, they went to Mount Athos, where the earth ends and Heaven begins. Father Cherub talks about those heroes of the spirit who shaped the current spiritual climate of the Holy Mountain. The Athonite elders are not empty, evil and corrupted heroes of modern worldly literature, but powerful modern heroes, people with beautiful souls who, after twenty centuries of Christianity, still keenly perceive the meaning of life in salvation by Jesus Christ.