Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the Holy Elders of Optina children 8mm and 10 mm

8mm and 10 mm

and prayer with being in contact with people

He embodied the virtues of all the elders in the highest degree--divine humility

Archbishop of Caesaria of Cappadocia

composed by Saint John of Damascus and others

Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the Holy Elders of Optina children 8mm and 10 mmby George (Schaefer) This modest work is an anthology of spiritual advice given by various of the nineteenth century Holy Elders of Optina Monastery, organized thematically under headings such as spiritual warfare, the love of neighbor, faith, the will of God, the education of children, the commandments of God, the path of salvation, etc. Each piece of advice varies in length from a single sentence to a full paragraph. Pithy, immediately accessible,