Russian Orthodox Prayers

A fresh English translation of the letters of St. Ambrose of Optina, one of the great spiritual elders of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the height of Optina Monastery’s spiritual flowering, St. Ambrose became known as a wise and compassionate elder whose counsel reached monks, families, widows, parents, converts, the sick, the sorrowing, and Christians struggling to live faithfully in the world. St. Ambrose of Optina: Letters to Spiritual Children in the World gathers his spiritual letters to laypeople into a reader’s edition for Orthodox Christians seeking guidance in prayer, ...

Discover the Timeless Spiritual Wisdom of Saint John of Kronstadt This powerful new English translation (2023) brings to life the profound spiritual diaries of Saint John of Kronstadt (1829–1908), one of the most beloved Orthodox Christian saints and miracle workers of Russia. Originally published in 1893 as "My Life in Christ, or Times of Spiritual Revelation and Contemplation, Reverent Feelings, Spiritual Enhancement and Silent Existence in God," this masterpiece contains 1,820 daily reflections on prayer, faith, repentance, and living a Christ-centered life. A Translation Blessed by a ...

Prayer, repentance, and the hidden life of the heart meet in a classic work of Russian Orthodox spirituality. St. John of Kronstadt wrote My Life in Christ not as a theory of devotion, but as a spiritual journal: brief meditations born from prayer, self-examination, pastoral struggle, Scripture, and the life of the Church. In these pages he speaks directly about faith and doubt, sin and mercy, spiritual watchfulness, humility and pride, the sacraments, the saints, the wounds of the passions, and the nearness of Christ in ordinary life. The result is a book for slow reading. A single ...

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 187 pravoslavnyh molitv: Pravoslavnye molitvy svjatym. Pravoslavnye molitvy za detej. Pravoslavnye molitvy o semejnom blagopoluchii. Pravoslavnye molitvy za boljashhih.

Three Saints Tikhon: Light in Our Times Lives and Miracles of Modern Orthodox Saints Experience the profound spiritual journey of three extraordinary men who bore the same name and shared a singular devotion to God. In this inspiring collection, discover the lives of three pillars of Orthodoxy: Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, the "Helper in Sadness"; Saint Tikhon (Bellavin), the courageous Patriarch of Moscow and Apostle to America ; and the hidden Athonite treasure, Elder Tikhon (Golenkov), the spiritual father to the world-renowned Saint Paisios. Though they lived in different eras, their lives ...

Lives of the Saints: Part III Continue the journey through the lives of holy men and women whose steadfast faith and spiritual triumphs shaped the Orthodox Christian Church. This volume illuminates lesser-known saints from Scotland, Sicily, Gaza, Milan, and Kazan, each offering unique contributions to the faith. With a special focus on Russian saints, including St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, this inspiring collection celebrates those who provided hope and pastoral care during challenging times. Perfect for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Orthodox spirituality and ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 026 St Seraphim of Sarov taught that the grace of the Holy Spirit is given particularly through prayer. With an introductory biography of the saint, this book concentrates upon a record made by Nicolas Motovilov of a conversation with St Seraphim in 1831, soon after Seraphim had healed him of paralysis. It was discovered in 1902 and published in the Moscow Journal of July 1903, the month Seraphim was canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

A Year of Daily Wisdom from One of Orthodoxy's Most Beloved Spiritual Fathers For a full year, walk with Saint Theophan the Recluse through the Church's appointed Scripture readings, one day at a time. Originally published in Russian in 1887 and now rendered freshly into English, Thoughts For Every Day offers a short, piercing meditation for every day of the Orthodox liturgical year, from Theophany through Great Lent and Pascha to the long weeks after Pentecost. Each entry begins with the day's Epistle and Gospel and ends with a clear, practical word for the soul. A Voice from the Russian ...

A hidden Russian Orthodox classic of spiritual counsel, newly translated for English readers. George Mashurin, remembered as the Recluse of Zadonsk, lived a life of hidden prayer, repentance, and spiritual struggle at the Zadonsk Bogoroditsky Monastery. Though withdrawn from ordinary public life, he became a source of counsel for souls seeking help in suffering, temptation, discouragement, repentance, and the Christian life. Letters from the Recluse of Zadonsk gathers his spiritual letters in a clear English edition for Orthodox readers, inquirers, and anyone drawn to the Russian tradition ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 124 Using the words of the Russian Orthodox spiritual teacher, St Theophan, that in prayer we should ‘stand with the mind in the heart’, Sandy Ryrie explains how to use short phrases to still the mind and enable us to rest with our attention set on God. In standing before God, we open ourselves to God’s work in us. The author then explores the particular situation of night prayer. In hours of darkness and sleeplessness, we are vulnerable to the anxieties and fears which daytime activity sometimes holds at bay, but at night the spirit may also become more aware ...

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 50 pravoslavnyh molitv o semejnom blagopoluchii: Molitva devicy o supruzhestve. Molitva pri brakosochetanii. Molitvennoe vozdyhanie hristianskoj suprugi vo vremja beremennosti. Molitvy v opasenii nasilija devstvennosti i celomudrija….

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 27 pravoslavnyh molitv za detej: Molitva o pros'be rodit' mal'chika. Molitva o vskarmlivanii grud'ju mladencev. Molitvennoe vozdyhanie hristianskoj suprugi vo vremja beremennosti....

The Siberian Elders brings together the lives, teachings, letters, and spiritual counsels of the holy ascetics of the Siberian wilderness in a complete English edition for Orthodox readers. This volume centers on St. Basilisk, St. Zosima Verkhovsky, Peter Alekseevich Michurin, Monk Jonah, and other Siberian elders whose lives were formed by prayer, poverty, obedience, silence, repentance, and the struggle for purity of heart. It is a book of Russian Orthodox eldership: not theory, not modern commentary, but the living witness of men and women shaped by the monastic path. Within these pages ...

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 79 pravoslavnyh molitv za boljashhih: Molitva o bol'nom, kotoromu net nadezhdy na vyzdorovlenie, kotoryj muchitsja i muchit drugih, skoree byl prizvan k Bogu. Molitva o boljashhih ko Gospodu. Molitva o tom, chtoby uhazhivat' s ljuboviju za boljashhimi. Molitva ob iscelenii bol'nogo....

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 32 pravoslavnye molitvy svjatym: Molitva Voskresshemu Spasitelju. Molitva ko Gospodu Voskresshemu. Molitva ko Gospodu Iisusu Raspjatomu. Molitva ljubimomu svjatomu....

The Prayer is a refuge because it offers peace to the soul, but it does not generate inertia, on the contrary, it activates the action transformadora. The assiduous practitioner becomes stronger and still in the middle of the world, it finds in itself the sufficient distance between the stimuli and the reaction. It spread this one interior, previously to the answer that happens to the events, to he allows to act with deliberation, looking for the coherence between its conduct and the message of the Gospel. The Prayer of the Holy Name, known also like the Prayer of the heart, is a particular...