Abba Dorotheos Of Gaza: His Letters And Sayings

About the book: “My study of the desert Fathers, which I began more than fifty years ago, and my immersion into their writings, which I have been translating and publishing for almost four decades in both academic and devotional collections, always bring me back to the pivotal teachings and aphorisms of Abba Dorotheos of Gaza. The present book is a sequel of sorts to my earlier work, Our Holy Father Dorotheos of Gaza: Various Soul-Profiting Instructions to His Disciples. The spiritual advice that he proffers in both books, which is perhaps more familiar to Orthodox Christians, coming as it does from the roots of our Church’s monastic and mystical traditions, nonetheless promises rich inner nourishment for anyone seeking the secrets and delights of the life in Christ.” - The Translator 

Abba Dorotheos of Gaza: His Letters and Sayings was published in 2018 by the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies in Etna, California. It is translated from the Greek by The Most Reverend Chrysostomos, Metropolitan Emeritus of Etna.

About Abba Dorotheos: Dorotheus of Gaza (Ancient Greek: Δωρόθεος τῆς Γάζης), Dorotheus the Archimandrite or Abba Dorotheus, was a Christian monk and abbot. He was born at the beginning of the sixth century (possibly between 506–508) into a prosperous family in Antioch in Syria. He lived as a monk at the monastery of Seridus near Gaza and wrote instructions on the ascetic life that influenced both Eastern and Western monasticism. Dorotheus died either in the 560s or 580s. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.