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Great Russian elders

The listener of the audiobook “Great Russian Elders” will become acquainted with the history of eldership in Rus' through the lives of great saints, stories about their miracles and acquaintance with the spiritual wisdom of Russian elders.

“Great Russian Elders” is the longest host of saints from the Venerable Nile of Sorsky, who lived in the 15th century, right up to the great elders of the 20th century of the Kiev-Pechersk and Radonezh Lavras. This is a meeting with those who for centuries have nourished the Love of Christ, strengthened and supported Holy Rus'. This is a centuries-old tradition of holiness, connecting our local Church with Ecumenical Orthodoxy. This is how Nilus of Sorsky taught the brethren, guided by the experience of ascetic life and mental prayer gained after visiting Athos, the Holy Land and Constantinople. Elder Paisiy Velichkovsky brought the traditions of hesychasm, learned on Mount Athos, by working with the brethren in translations of patristic works dedicated to mental prayer. St. Seraphim of Sarov marks the triumph of the hesychast tradition, having acquired love through the practice of mental prayer. The book demonstrates that the tradition of eldership did not stop and was not interrupted even in the most difficult moments for Russia.

Sages and simpletons came to these great elders, simple peasants and Russian emperors came, everyone who sought to know the will of God, who needed help and advice, came. This book, compiled according to the idea of Deacon Vladimir Kotov, is an attempt to convey the age-old experience of senile instructions to every seeker. The collection “Great Russian Elders” gives the priceless treasure that the teachings of the elders represent to every pious reader.