The heartbreaking teachings of the Monk Optina Elders. In 2 t

Orthodox Christians both in Russia and outside our Fatherland, the names of the great Optina elders, recently glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church, are well known. The Monk Elders of the Optinsky did not leave the theological treatises, but they left their letters, according to which the book “The Dreviated Penetizations of the Monk Optina Elders was compiled. teachings and more than three hundred unpublished letters. The teachings are located in alphabetical order and give answers to many spiritual questions and problems, so the book can serve as an indispensable leadership of all the gospel commandments, for those who crave the salvation of the soul.