The book “Spiritual Advice of the Athonite Elder Hieroschemamonk Agathodorus” is offered to the attention of readers. Hieroschemamonk Agathodorus (in the world Alexander Ivanovich Budanov; 1846-1920) is one of the outstanding ascetics of the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Athos, the main confessor of the monastery for the last twenty years of his life. A worthy disciple of the elder-confessor Jerome and the abbot of the monastery, Schema-Archimandrite Macarius, for thirty years he strove to maintain the high order of internal monastic life established in the monastery by his mentors. Father Agathodorus left many manuscripts and letters addressed to his spiritual children, with a detailed description of his spiritual experience. We introduce the reader to some of these works in our book. Texts are printed in accordance with modern standards of the Russian language while preserving the features of the author’s style.

The book is intended for a wide range of Orthodox readers.