Optina of deserts in the memoirs of eyewitnesses

published in the collection, the memoirs describe Optina Deserts from 1851 to 1918 and belong to the fee of such famous people of their time as the chief secretary of the St. Synod A. N. Muravyov, Rector of the Nikolo-Ugrashsky Monastery Archimandrite Pimen (Myasnikov), Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), spiritual writer E. N. Ostelyanin, diplomat Prince G. N. Trubetskoy, Comrade Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Prince N. D. Zheevakhov, writer L. I. Veselitskaya-Mikulich, and other persons of the spiritual dignity , monks and laity. The reader on the pages of this book will find answers to many life questions, ways to resolve complex life situations and, as publishers hope, will receive great spiritual comfort.