About the book: 2002 / Anyone who reads the lines of the letters of the venerable elder Hieroschemamonk Macarius experiences great calm, peace and together firmness and joy, regardless of whether he writes to the laity or to the monastics. The elder teaches everyone, without distinction, lessons of genuine spiritual wisdom about the world and life, and points out to everyone the heights of the Gospel commandments. And he especially loves to talk about humility. Humility, humbleness of mind is the main state of the soul that Father Macarius preaches; everyone always needs it. According to the words of his letters, approved by the opinion of St. Isaac the Syrian, “just as salt is in all food, so humility is needed in every virtue.”».