Monks, priests and laity about monasticism and priesthood

Having read this book, you will visit the fertile Optina desert and in the ancient Kiev Complex Monastery, in the quiet Kaluga abode and in the beautiful monastery of the Ephraim of the Arizonsky “Life-giving Source”, in the picturesque foothills of the Sierra Nevada, along the saint of Nectaria of Egina on a small The Greek Island of the Aegin, at St. John Shanghai on Tubabao and San Francisco, at Metropolitan Lavra and Archbishop Averkia (Taushev) in the famous Jordanville and in the unique Novo-Diveevo. You will see their spiritual beauty, feel the reinforcement of these places and get acquainted with the real ascetics of Orthodoxy - monks and priests, as well as those lanes who were lucky to witness their life for the glory of the Lord.

Traveling to the holy places with the author, you will find answers to important questions:

• What knowledge does the Optinsky Elder Conside the most important for a person?
• Where Starts' insight originates?
• How to find a confessor?
• What is the power of the parent...