Soul Mending: the Art of Spiritual Direction

Foreword by Bishop Kallistos Ware

p. ix

I.  Repentance as Resurrection

p. 1

II. Repentance and Confession

p .20

III. Ministry and Brokenness

p .35

IV. The Spiritual Elder

p. 49

V. Obedience to the Spiritual Elder

p .59

VI. Dynamics of Spiritual Direction

p .73

VII. Obedience and Authority

p .101

VIII. The Misuse of Spiritual Authority

p .111

IX. Sources of a Problem

p .140

Patristic Sources on Spiritual Direction

p .153

Basil the Great (c. 330-379)

p .155

Macarius “of Egypt” (4-5th century)

p .168

Dorotheus of Gaza (d.c. 560)

p .172

John of the Ladder (c. 579-c.649)

p .176

Theodore the Studite (759-826)

p .194

Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)

p .202

Fr. Vasileios of Iveron (b. 1936)

p .223

Paperback:

226 Pages

Publisher:

Holy Cross Orthodox Press

ISBN:

978-1-885652-47-8

Product Dimensions:

9 x 6

Author:

John Chryssavgis

Publication Year:

2000