An Ascetic Discourse by the Same Venerable and God-bearing Father Nilus the Faster Many Greeks and many Jews attempted the pursuit of wisdom, but only the disciples of Christ attained true wisdom. For they alone had Wisdom itself as their ...

Preface on Prayer by Our Venerable Father Nilus the Faster When the flame of unclean passions was burning me, you cooled my intellect — which was fainting under the most shameful thoughts — with the touch of your God-loving writings, ...