About the book: 2018 / The book of monk Salafiel (Filipyev) "Hesychast" is a practical guide based on the experience of modern bearers of the ancient Orthodox tradition of hesychasm, for everyone, who strives for mental work and the Jesus Prayer in order to unite with Christ, Who gives man true peace. The author testifies: “From those first days when I learned about the Jesus Prayer, I have not found anything else - better. I always understood this in my soul, but somehow I went “to a far away country.” And God, through the prayers of the elder, returned and returned me to the Father’s house of unceasing prayer.” Monk Salafiel (Filipyev), formerly known as the monk Vsevolod, is a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, asceticizes in a desert cell on Holy Mount Athos.