Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way

Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way by Matta Al-Miskin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780881412505.

This volume evolved experientially: the fruit of fifty-five years of solitude by a contemporary desert monk besieged by prayer. Father Mattas prayer life initially was formed under the direction of the sayings of the Russian Fathers, and later expanded under the direction of other Fathers, both Eastern and Western. He spent whole nights in prayer, reciting one or two passages from these luminaries and begging these saints to enlighten his understanding.