Holy simplicity. Elder Nikolai Guryanov. 2nd edition. Ilyunina L.

“There are reasonable ones over the smart ones, there are wise ones over reasonable, there are wise above the wise, and holy simplicity over the wise,” these words of the elder Nikolai Guryanov explain the name of this book. The simplicity of the old man was truly holy and instructive. He also loved to repeat the words of St. Ambrose of Optinsky: "Where is simply - there are angels from a hundred, and where it is sacred - there is not a single one." The Holy Fathers called simplicity one of the properties of God, and the elder Nicholas for our confused, difficult time was truly the messenger of God.

The collection included the biography of the elder and the memories of him, as well as the letters written by them. >

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