Archimandrite Panteleimon, The Ship of Dreams - The Life of a Monastery Elder

The Ship of Dreams tells of Fr. John, an elder of Valamo Monastery in Finland, whose letters have become familiar to many people and have been translated into several languages. We find him to be a broad-minded, tolerant person who moves about silently on light summer nights and whose journey through life has taken him through phases of doubt, depression and temptation towards a state of freedom, humility and love. Fr. John is a Russian monk and man of the people who has a clear and...