Author: Archimandrite Leonid Publisher: St Herman Press ISBN: 9780938635581 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 386
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Elder Macarius of Optina is a translation of the largest compilation of materials on this elder of 19th century Russian spirituality. A disciple of elder Leonid (Volume I of the Optina Elders Series), Elder Macarius stands out as the perpetuator of the blessed tradition of holy eldership, which flourished so widely in pre-Revolutionary Russia. he was an embodiment of ancient Patristic wisdom; meek, gentle, loving and noble, he had the power of humility that strengthens the infirm, chastens the proud-minded, and exorcises evil spirits.
Author: Optina Elders Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications ISBN: 0884653684 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 158
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Now in its second printing, this modest work is an anthology of spiritual advice given by various of the nineteenth-century teachers of Optina Monastery in central Russia, organized thematically under headings such as spiritual warfare, the love of neighbor, faith, the will of God, the education of children, the commandments of God, the path of salvation, etc. Each piece of advice varies in length from a single sentence to a full paragraph. Pithy, immediately accessible, and universally applicable, these counsels resemble the sayings of the ancient Desert Fathers. Appropriate both for prolonged study and for daily devotional reading.
Author: Leo Nikon Moses Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 579
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Optina Elders: Leo, Macarius, Moses, Anthony, Hilarion, Ambrose, Anatoly the Elder, Isaac I, Joseph, Barsanuphius, Anatoly the Younger, Nectarios, Nikon, and Isaac II /// Optina elders - Instructions. Teachings. Diaries 1 /// History of the Optina Desert 12 /// Venerable Leo of Optina 19 /// Venerable Macarius 53 /// Venerable Moses 117 /// Venerable Anthony 148 /// Venerable Hilarion 177 /// Venerable Ambrose 187 /// Venerable Anatoly the Elder 268 /// Venerable Isaac I of Optina 341 /// Venerable Joseph 346 /// Venerable Barsanuphius 394 /// Venerable Anatoly the Younger 482 /// Elder Anatoly's predictions about the fate of Russia 492 /// Venerable Nectarios 498 /// Venerable Confessor Nikon 541 /// Saint Isaac II of Optina 575 /// Synaxis of the Optina Elders 580 /// Troparion, voice 6 580 /// Kontakion, voice 4 581 /// CANON TO THE SYNAXIS OF THE ELDER FATHERS AND THE ELDERS, IN THE OPTINA DESERT581
Author: St. Macarius of Optina Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This edition was compiled from the "Collection of Letters Blessed to the Memory of the Optina Elder Macarius", in six volumes, by Archimandrite John (Zakharchenko), a resident of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Bit by bit, it absorbed all the most valuable, the most important, contained in the letters of the elder, and will help every Christian to begin the active fulfillment of the instructions and covenants of the Monk Macarius, for "the fatherly scriptures are read by deeds. /// The teachings of the Monk Elder Macarius are given in alphabetical order by topic, and each ends with an indication of the volume, letter number and page according to the Collection of Letters, and the numbering of the volumes is as follows: /// Volume 1 - letters to the people of the world; /// Volume 2 - letters to the monks, including two articles compiled by the elder on the basis of the word of God and the scriptures of the holy fathers, and his own excerpts about humility; /// Volumes 3-6 are letters to nuns. /// Just like the previous publishers, the editors of this book considered it expedient to keep the syllable of the Monk Macarius as alive as possible. Spelling as a whole is close to the present day, excluding words with the prefix "without", spelling of proper names and some other cases that give us an idea of the living language of the elder. Quotations from Holy Scripture in the letters of the Monk Elder Macarius are not brought into conformity with the Scriptures, but are given in the account of the elder. We also tried to preserve the author's punctuation, even in cases that do not correspond to modern rules, as this serves to better understand the teachings of the reverend elder. /// Considering the peculiarities of this edition, some explanations of the compiler are given in angle brackets. To improve the perception of the text by the modern reader, some abbreviations are disclosed. /// In some volumes of the Collection of Letters of Elder Macarius 1862-1863, to which a reference is given in the text, the numbering of letters has been violated (in particular, in volumes 4 and 5). In this edition they are given in accordance with the correct numbering.
Author: I M Kontsevich Publisher: Saint Herman Press ISBN: 9780938635598 Category : Christian saints Languages : en Pages : 0
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Optina Monastery began its revival in the early 1800's and was a thriving center of spirituality until 1923, when the Communists forcibly closed it. Elder Nektary was the last elder to live at Optina and he was arrested and expelled. His entire life is told here with emphasis on his development as an elder, and contains sections on his spiritual counsels through letters and anecdotes of his life.
Author: Владимир Солоухин Publisher: Northwestern University Press ISBN: 9780810111271 Category : Authors, Russian Languages : en Pages : 294
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Essays discuss attempts to save Russia's remaining literary and cultural monuments from ruin, the degradation of Russia's environment, and the fate of Russian Orthodoxy under communist rule.
Author: Ivan Kontsevich Publisher: Vladimir Djambov ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 555
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“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Together with Christianity, the spiritual work of the ancient Egyptian hermits was also transferred to Russia, which subsequently developed among monasticism in the Byzantine Empire for more than 1000 years of its existence. In the XV century, when Russia lost touch with the Christian East, due to the invasion of the Turks, this inner work was forgotten. And when at the end of the XVIII century he was revived in Moldova by the Archdiocese Paisy Velichkovsky, it is a work that many seemed like an unprecedented innovation. Since its penetration into Russia, Optina Pustyn has been the main focus of this feat and the associated old age. In Optina, it was transmitted for about 100 years from generation to generation and was interrupted only with the defeat of this monastery by the Bolsheviks. I devoted my whole life to this topic. When at the Theological Academy I had to choose a topic for my candidate essay, I wanted to write about Optina Desert and its elders. For a candidate's essay, it is necessary to study all the literature on this topic. When I studied it, I saw that the question of the essence of old age was not completely covered in theological science. Moreover, there were incorrect and conflicting opinions. There was not even a definition of the concept of old age. Therefore, I started from the very beginning: with an explanation of spiritual work and its occurrence in history, and in particular in the spiritual life of our people, since the spiritual life of the people is connected with the spiritual life of monasticism. The fruit of this was my book "Gaining of the Holy Spirit in the ways of ancient Russia." It expresses the Orthodox worldview with a historical perspective. But this book only serves as an introduction to the main theme.
Author: Anthony of the Desert Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 147714143X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 197
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West of Jesus is a condensed journey through Church history that establishes the Orthodox Church as the Body of Christ, as the Church founded by the Lord Jesus in the first century. Protestantism’s schism ended in the abandonment of Holy Tradition. This resulted in the relegation of sacraments to mere symbols, a misunderstanding of the process of salvation, and other misunderstandings of Scripture.
Author: Archimandrite Leonid
Author: Optina Elders
Author: Sergius Chetverikov
Author: Leo Nikon Moses
Author: St. Macarius of Optina
Author: I M Kontsevich
Author: Владимир Солоухин
Author: Damascene (Hieromonk)
Author: Ivan Kontsevich
Author: Anthony of the Desert