Fatherland. Selected creations. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), saint

The fatherland of St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov is a collection of brief stories about the great fathers of the church, hermit and monks. Ignatius Bryanchaninov compiled it, using the texts of the Prologue and Dobra love, making translations of Greek and Latin works contained in the multi -volume “patrology” of Minya. This book turned out to be a treasury of teachings of ancient ascetics, where each of their word is the fruit of ascetic experience, deeply learned by the writer himself.

“Fatherland” teaches smart attentive prayer, devotion to the faith of the Orthodox, the fear of God, so necessary not only the monks, but also the laity. The saint was sure: if you perfectly take possession of the patristic heritage, then, “as a unanimous and unanimous to holy fathers, you will be saved.”