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Great Russian elders

The listener of the audiobooks “Great Russian Elders” will get acquainted with the history of old age in Russia through the narratives of the lives of the great saints, stories about their miracles and acquaintance with the spiritual wisdom of the Russian elders.

“Great Russian elders” is the longest host of saints from the Monk Nile Sorsky, who lived in the 15th century, up to the great elders of the 20th century of the Kiev -Pechersk and Radonezh laurel. This is a meeting with those who for centuries nourish the love of Christ, strengthen and supports Holy Russia. This is a centuries -old tradition of holiness, connecting our local church with universal Orthodoxy. So Neil Sorsky taught the fraternity, guided by the experience of ascetic life and smart prayer received after visiting Athos, the Holy Land and Constantinople. Elder Paisiy Velichkovsky brought the traditions of Isihams, emphasized on Athos, engaged in the brotherly translations of patristic creations dedicated to smart prayer. The Monk Seraphim Sarovsky marks the triumph of the Isihastan tradition, gaining love with the practice of smart prayer. The book demonstrates that the tradition of old age did not stop and was not interrupted even in the most difficult moments for Russia.

The sages and simpletons went to these great elders, ordinary peasants and Russian emperors walked, everyone who sought to recognize the will of God, who needed help and the Council, went. This book, compiled according to the idea of ​​the deacon of Vladimir Kotov, is an attempt to convey the eternal experience of senile instructions to everyone seeker. The collection "Great Russian Elders" gives that priceless treasure, which is the teachings of the elders, to every pious reader.