Dr Jean-Claude Larchet is one of the most notable living philosophers and authors on Orthodox Christian Patristics. He holds a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Nancy and a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Strasbourg. A teacher of philosophy for nearly thirty-five years, he is an author of over thirty books and countless articles whose work has been translated into seventeen languages. His magnum opus, Therapy of Spiritual Illness, and several other works have been translated into English to wide acclaim. Michael Lomax was educated at Cambridge University, INSEAD Fontainebleau business school and St Sergius Orthodox Academy in Paris. He entered the Orthodox Church in 1993, which he now serves as a priest. He lives in Belgium with his wife Irina Gorbunova, a Russian icon painter and art historian, and works as a translator from French, Dutch, German and Russian.