We live for you. Stories about the Lavra Elder Father Naum. Sidorova S.V.

In the book “We live for you”, written by the spiritual daughter of Archimandrite Naum (in the world Nikolai Alexandrovich Bayborodin; 1927-2017), stories were collected indicating the multifaceted personality of the remarkable modern laurel father Naum, known not only in Russia, but And outside it.

imitating the Monk Sergius of Radonezh and the Fathers-Map, Father Naum, like them, was an "earthly angel and a heavenly man." His spiritual children did not cease to be surprised, watching how the elder tirelessly cares for the suffering and comforts those with a discouragement, even if he had never met them. Although there is nothing to be surprised here: after all, the name is Naum given to him with a tonsure, means "comforting."