Metropolitan John: "We will do things of love!" Minen Elvira Leonidovna

This book tells about a unique man-K. N. Wendland, Metropolitan John, who in 1967-1984. He headed the Yaroslavl and Rostov diocese. The first part of the book is built on the memoirs of Vladyka John, who left memoirs about the people close to him - parents, sister - the nun Euphrosyne, the spiritual father - Metropolitan Guria (Egorov). The own diary notes of K. N. Wendland, as well as the letters of his like -minded people, colleagues allowed the author not only to reconstruct the biography of Metropolitan John on the basis of the first published materials, but also to reveal the little -known pages of the history of the spiritual confrontation of the Russian Orthodox Church in the time of “dug of souls” in Russia , in the 1920-1970s

In the second part of the book, the author shares his own memories of a marvelous old man. The publication also includes the work of Metropolitan John “On the pastoral prayer”, the chronology of his life, the bibliography of publications, and the biographical dictionary. The book is intended for a wide range of readers.