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Great Russian elders
The listener of the audiobook "Great Russian Elders" will get acquainted with the history of eldership in Russia through the narratives of the lives of the great saints, stories about their miracles and acquaintance with the spiritual wisdom of Russian elders.
“The Great Russian Elders” is the longest host of saints from the Monk Nil of Sorsk, who lived in the 15th century, up to the great elders of the 20th century, the Kiev-Pechersk and Radonezh Lavras. This is a meeting with those who for centuries have been nourishing with the Love of Christ, strengthening and supporting Holy Russia. It is an age-old tradition of holiness that links our local Church to Universal Orthodoxy. So Nil Sorsky taught the brethren, guided by the experience of ascetic life and mental prayer, received after visiting Athos, the Holy Land and Constantinople. Elder Paisiy Velichkovsky introduced the traditions of hesychasm, emphasized on Athos, engaging with the brethren in translating patristic works dedicated to mental prayer. The Monk 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 did not interrupt even in the most difficult moments for Russia.
These great elders were visited by wise men and simple people, ordinary peasants and Russian emperors went, everyone who sought to know the will of God, who needed help and advice, went. This book, compiled on the basis of the idea of ​​Deacon Vladimir Kotov, is an attempt to convey the age-old experience of old age instructions to every seeker. The collection "Great Russian Elders" gives that priceless treasure, which are the teachings of the elders, to every pious reader.