The Enlargement of the Heart

By Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex

Now including: Index of Scriptural References, Index of Names and Subjects. The Enlargement of the Heart consists of a remarkable series of presentations on the nature and purpose of human existence in St. Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938) and Elder Sophrony of Essex (1896-1993), and an Appendix comprised of two lectures on Monasticism. Delivered in Wichita, Kansas at the 2001 Clergy Brotherhood Retreat of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, each lecture is published here in full together with its Asides and corresponding Questions & Answers.

Archimandrite Zacharias

The Very Reverend Dr. Zacharias Zacharou is a disciple of St. Sophrony the Athonite, and abbot of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex, England.