A companion volume to Anchored in God in three parts. Part One, a lecture at Yale University, is a comprehensive account of the scholars, missionaries, and saints of Athos. Part Two, a lecture delivered at Colgate University, is the first attempt to discuss the music, musicians and hymnographers of Athos from the tenth century to the present in a somewhat extensive and systematic manner. Part Three is an account of a sojourn on the Holy Mountain, bringing to light new messages and perspectives from the holy monks who dwell there. The book deals with Athonite figures of Greek and other ethnic backgrounds: Russians, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Rumanians.