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Already in his youth he was particularly interested in the [[:Church Fathers|Fathers of the Church]], working for a time in the [[monastery]] libraries of [[Mount Athos]], on the recording of the codices. He was especially interested in the teaching of St. [[Gregory Palamas]].
The influence of Fr. John Romanidis, the study of the patristic texts and particularly those of the [[hesychast]] Fathers of the ''[[Philokalia]]'', many years of studying St. Gregory Palamas, association with the [[monk]]s of the Holy Mountain ([[Mount Athos]]), and many years of pastoral experience, all brought him to the realisation that Orthodox [[theology]] is a science of the healing of man and that the [[nepsis|neptic]] fathers can help the modern restless man who is disturbed by many internal and existential problems.
Within this framework he has written a multitude of books, the fruit of his pastoral work, among which is ''Orthodox Psychotherapy''. Some of these books have been translated into various languages, such as English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. With these books he conveys the Orthodox spirit of the ''Philokalia'' to the restless and disturbed man of our time. This is why they have aroused so much interest.
