Father Ambrose heir. Priest George Kossov

The clergyman Archpriest George Kossov was an ordinary family priest, who was sent to serve the poor parish of the Volkhov district of the Oryol region. But, having gone through many trials and temptations, he gained great spiritual power and became a popularly beloved old man, the glory of which, during his life, spread far beyond the borders of the Oryol land. No wonder he was affectionately called "the priests of Abrosim the heir." The Optinsky elders respected the father of George, the holy righteous John of Kronstadt spoke of his spirituality, the elder John the Koratyankin deeply revered him, and Sergei Nilus in his book “The Great in the Small” put him on a par with the great ascetics of the Russian land. The father of George is loved and is still revered, because he is one of those saints who are called the imminent to the rescue. This book contains materials dedicated to Father George: the work of N. N. Usov “The source of the water is alive. The clergyman Archpriest George Kossov ”, the head of the book of S. A. Nilus“ The Great in the Small ” -“ Father Yegor Chekryakovsky ”, an excerpt from the works of the Schmch. Serafima (Chichagova) “On the revival of parish life”, akathist and other prayer appeals to the priest.