Author: Father Grigory (Zumis)
Format of publication: 130x200 mm (medium format)
Number of Pages: 368
Year of manufacture: 2014
Publisher: Smirenie
Editor: N. Antonets
Binding: Hardcover
Publication language: Russian
The heroes of the stories of Archimandrite Gregory, hegumen of the Dohaar monastery on Mount Athos, are Orthodox devotees of modern Greece. The author, confessor and monk-ascetic, can simply, vividly and figuratively tell about spiritual perfection, which is often achieved by inconspicuous and insignificant in society and the Church people! How did they move forward? What were the ways? What did they bring to the treasury of the common Orthodox spiritual experience? What can they share? To fully understand and appreciate their feat, of course, our own experience of spiritual struggle is necessary. However, those who are just beginning to be interested in these issues will find in the book a lot of interesting, instructive and inspiring. We draw sincere sincerity of presentation, soft kind humor, sincere empathy of Archimandrite Grigory to his heroes. Trembling love for them does not close, meanwhile, the author's eyes on some of their weaknesses, shortcomings. He does not try to create glossy textbook images. His characters are living people, he was practically familiar with everyone, everyone studied something, learned something, communicating from heart to heart.
The heroes of the stories of Archimandrite Gregory, hegumen of the Dohaar monastery on Mount Athos, are Orthodox devotees of modern Greece. The author, confessor and monk-ascetic, can simply, vividly and figuratively tell about spiritual perfection, which is often achieved by inconspicuous and insignificant in society and the Church people! How did they move forward? What were the ways? What did they bring to the treasury of the common Orthodox spiritual experience? What can they share? To fully understand and appreciate their feat, of course, our own experience of spiritual struggle is necessary. However, those who are just beginning to be interested in these issues will find in the book a lot of interesting, instructive and inspiring. We draw sincere sincerity of presentation, soft kind humor, sincere empathy of Archimandrite Grigory to his heroes. Trembling love for them does not close, meanwhile, the author's eyes on some of their weaknesses, shortcomings. He does not try to create glossy textbook images. His characters are living people, he was practically familiar with everyone, everyone studied something, learned something, communicating from heart to heart.
