Ladder of Divine Ascent iconsubject_Theotokos community and hospitality

community and hospitality

and the foremost of the prophets

becoming an ascetic pilgrim and traveling from one holy place to another

Nikolai Kulikovsky

Part 9: Man and Nature

Ladder of Divine Ascent iconsubject_Theotokos community and hospitalitySaint John Climacus, sixth century abbot of Sinai, compared the spiritual life to a ladder of thirty steps, and explained in detail the challenges presented by each of those steps. This spiritual classic has brought inspiration and edification to every generation since that time. Read every year during Great Lent in monastic refectories, this book has been treasured by both monastics and laymen. translated by Father Lazarus Moore Fourth printing,