Chapter 5. MOLDOVLACHIAN MONASTICISM IN THE XVIII CENTURY. PLATO'S LIFE IN THE TREISTENS. FAILURE IN COOK'S OBEDIENCE. MEETING WITH ELDER BASIL. ARRIVAL OF HIEROSCHEMAMONK MICHAEL WITH PLATON'S FRIEND ALEXEI. THE STORY OF ALEXEI'S DEPARTURE FROM HIS MOTHER. FR. MICHAEL'S CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BRETHREN. PLATO'S OBEDIENCE IN THE VINEYARD. PLATON WAKES UP MATINS. ARRIVAL OF SCHEMA-MONK ONUPHRY IN TREISTENY. PLATON LEAVES THE TREISTENS AND GOES WITH ONUFRIY TO THE KYRNUL SKETE. LIFE IN KYRNUL AND THE DECISION TO GO TO ATHOS.

PART THREE. THE SOLITARY LIFE OF ELDER PAISIOS ON MOUNT ATHOS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE COENOBITIC BROTHERHOOD (1746 - 1763)

Chapter 1. PLATO'S MIGRATION TO ATHOS. THE NATURE OF MOUNT ATHOS, ITS SKETES AND MONASTERIES. THE PAST OF MOUNT ATHOS. MERITS OF ATHOS IN THE CAUSE OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. THE PLIGHT OF MOUNT ATHOS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 18TH CENTURY.

Chapter 2. PLATO'S ARRIVAL IN PANTOCRATOR. SERIOUS ILLNESS AND RECOVERY. LIFE IN SOLITUDE. A NEW MEETING WITH ELDER BASIL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR PAISIUS. TONSURE INTO THE MANTLE. VISSARION'S ARRIVAL AND THEIR LIFE TOGETHER, THE ELDER'S NEW DISCIPLES. MOVING TO THE CELL OF ST. CONSTANTINE. ORDINATION OF PAISIUS TO THE PRIESTHOOD. THE MULTIPLICATION OF THE BRETHREN. ACQUISITION OF THE CELL OF ST. OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SKETE IN IT. SLANDER AGAINST PAISIUS AND ITS REFUTATION.

Chapter 3. SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE PAISIAN BROTHERHOOD. TYPES OF MONASTIC PODVIG: HERMITAGE, MIDDLE WAY AND COMMUNAL LIFE. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE TRUE MONASTIC LIFE: OBEDIENCE, NON-ACQUISITIVENESS, BROTHERLY LOVE. THE REALIZATION OF THESE PRINCIPLES OF MONASTICISM IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF ELDER PAISIUS.

Chapter 4. BOOK WORKS OF ELDER PAISIUS ON ATHOS. THE REASON THAT PROMPTED HIM TO STUDY THE BOOKS OF THE HOLY FATHERS WITH SPECIAL ZEAL. COLLECT AND STUDY PATRISTIC BOOKS IN THE SLAVONIC LANGUAGE. SHORTCOMINGS OF SLAVONIC TRANSLATIONS OF PATRISTIC BOOKS. SEARCH AND DISCOVERY OF GREEK ORIGINALS AND THE BEGINNING OF THEIR STUDY. TEMPORARY RELOCATION TO THE MONASTERY OF SIMOPETRA. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FURTHER STAY ON ATHOS AND THE DECISION TO MOVE WITH THE ENTIRE BROTHERHOOD TO MOLDOVLACHIA.

PART FOUR. THE HEYDAY OF THE PAISIAN BROTHERHOOD IN MOLDAVIA: DRAGOMIRNA, SEKUL, NEAMT. THE LAST DAYS OF THE ELDER'S LIFE AND DEATH. (1763-1794)

Chapter 1. RESETTLEMENT TO MOLDOVA. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BROTHERHOOD IN DRAGOMIRN. STATUTE OF THE BROTHERHOOD. THE TONSURE OF ELDER PAISIUS INTO THE SCHEMA. THE ORDER OF DIVINE SERVICES. THE ORDER OF OBEDIENCES. CELL LIFE OF THE BRETHREN. THE ELDER'S CARE FOR THE SICK. BOOK STUDIES OF THE ELDER: CORRECTION OF SLAVONIC BOOKS ACCORDING TO GREEK ORIGINALS. WINTER STUDIES OF THE ELDER WITH THE BROTHERHOOD. CONVERSATIONS AND EXHORTATIONS OF THE ELDER. DEATH OF FR. VISSARION.

Chapter 2. THE TEACHING OF ELDER PAISIUS ABOUT THE JESUS PRAYER PERFORMED WITH THE MIND IN THE HEART.

Chapter 3. WARTIME DISASTERS AND ELDER PAISIUS' CONCERNS ABOUT REFUGEES. THE TRANSITION OF DRAGOMIRNA TO THE RULE OF THE AUSTRIANS, THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE ELDER AND THE BRETHREN TO SEKUL. LOCATION AND BRIEF HISTORY OF SEKUL MONASTERY. THE LIFE OF THE BROTHERHOOD IN SEKUL. TRANSFER TO NEAMTS. NEAMT MONASTERY AND ITS PAST. THE ELDER'S CONCERN FOR DIVINE SERVICES, FOR THE SICK, FOR THE ELDERLY, AND FOR THE WANDERING. THE LIFE OF THE PAISIUS BROTHERHOOD IN NEAMT. BOOK STUDIES OF ELDER PAISIUS IN THE NEAMT MONASTERY.

Chapter 4. ELDER PAISIOS IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH VARIOUS PERSONS ON VARIOUS ISSUES OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE

Chapter 5. THE LAST YEARS OF ELDER PAISIOS' LIFE, HIS DYING ILLNESS AND DEATH, AND HIS GRACE-FILLED GIFTS

PART FIVE. DISCIPLES OF ELDER PAISIOS ON MOUNT ATHOS, IN MOLDAVIA AND IN RUSSIA. THE GROWTH OF ORTHODOX ELDERSHIP IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

INDEX OF LITERATURE ABOUT ELDER PAISIUS VELICHKOVSKY