Pilgrimage. Old Valaam. Shmelev I.

The book includes two autobiographical novels of one of the best Russian writers Ivan Sergeyevich Shmelev (1873 -1950) - “Praying Blessing” and “Old Valaam”. In the “Pereehole”, on behalf of a little boy, the first pilgrimage is described in his life - in the Trinity -Sergius Lavra, who gave him unique meetings with ordinary Russian people, whose life is warmed by a simple and deep faith in God. The story "Old Valaam" is dedicated to the author’s wedding trip to the ancient Orthodox monastery, which returned the joy of the lost children's faith. Introduced by amazing poetry, warmth - these works about the meaning of human life, about its impossibility without God, without light, beauty.

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