Saint Cosmas the Aetolian is the ultimate expression of the spiritual and educational tradition of the Greek people. Triumph of the holy tradition of the Nation. It rose as a separate fortress against foreign influences, when they invaded - in relentless times of our people's captivity - to alienate him, to tear apart his soul, to change his faith and impose other, foreign, false beliefs. If this book has value - beyond any other - it is because the same dangers, in a different form, exist today.