As He Is in 1985. In 1987, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate glorified St Silouan the Athonite, and in 2019 St Sophrony of Essex himself. Books published by the monastery Monk of Mt Athos, by Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), 1973 Wisdom of Mt Athos, by Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), 1975 His Life is Mine, by Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), 1977 We Shall See Him As He Is, by Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), 1985 On Prayer, by Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), 1996 Christ Our Way and Our Life, by Archimandrite Zacharias, 2001 The Hidden Man of the Heart, by Archimandrite Zacharias, 2007 Conversations with Children: Communicating our Faith, by Sister Magdalen, 2001 Notable inhabitants St Sophrony of Essex, the first abbot, 1959-1993 Archimandrite Kyrillos, second abbot, 1993-2019 Archimandrite Peter, third abbot, 2020–present. Author of Theology as a Spiritual State: in the Life and Teaching of Saint Sophrony the Athonite. Archimandrite Zacharias, author of Christ Our Way and Our Life, Monasticism, the All-embracing Gift of the Holy Spirit and more. Sister Magdalen, noted speaker, author of Reflections on Children in the Church Today and Conversations with Children: Communicating our Faith. Sister Gabriela, iconographer and mosaic artist, author of Seeking Perfection in the World of Art. See also Fahr Convent References Citations Sources I Love Therefore I Am, by Hmk Nicholas V Sakharov. External links Website of the Archdiocese of Thyateira & Great Britain A Taste of Monastic Life, report by Dwynwen East on a pilgrimage held on 17–20 September 2003. CD recording of the Service of St Silouan the Athonite, chanted in Greek by Simonopetra Monastery, Mt Athos; copyrighted by St John the Baptist Monastery, Essex. Eastern Orthodox monasteries in the United Kingdom Monasteries in Essex 20th-century Christian monasteries Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist