Elder Sebastian of Optina knotted I’ll say

I’ll say

designed by a nun of the Orthodox Convent of St

Born in the Russian region of Krasnodar

Gerondissa was rich in virutes

First color is main bead color for 150 beads

Elder Sebastian of Optina knotted I’ll sayThe spiritual image of Elder Sebastian (18841966) is that of a longsuffering, quiet bearer of the vision of the Optina monastic traditiondestined to preserve Optina eldership through decades of communist persecution of the Church. After the closure of Optina Monastery in 1923, Fr. Sebastiana disciple of both Elder Joseph and Elder Nektarymatured rapidly into a truly compassionate pastor. He suffered arrest and imprisonment by the communists in 1933,