The New Thebaid Brotherhood on Mount Athos publishes the manuscripts of Hieromonk Simon the Bloodless (monk Simeon of Athos) entitled "Birds of Heaven or the wanderings of the soul in the arms of God", which are diary entries of past years. The first part of the book tells about the amazing life story of the author himself, about the difficult ways of searching for God in different periods of the life of our country and about the formation in monastic life under the leadership of the outstanding elder and confessor Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov) .. This narrative serves as the spiritual core of the difficult process of transformation of the soul - the beginning of prayer life and the acquisition of grace. The second part of the book really shows the formation of the soul in Orthodoxy and the acquisition of unceasing prayer, as well as, with sincere confidence in the reader, tells about the encounter with a new grace-filled life in Christ, with its difficulties, mistakes, failures and achievements. Manuscripts in all possible completeness reveal to us the intimate communion with the elder and with great warmth reveal to us his wise and holy appearance. In addition, together with the author, we meet with other spiritual fathers and ascetics, whose advice and support helped him in difficult moments of his difficult life.