Publisher's introduction
This book, which we present to you, is one of the well-known spiritual books, and has its status and place in modern religious literature. Translated into many languages, [...]
This book, which we present to you, is one of the well-known spiritual books, and has its status and place in modern religious literature. Translated into many languages, [...]
Tourist: My dear friend, the professor, and I could not resist the desire to start our journey and pay you a short visit before that to bid farewell and ask
STARTS: It had been a year since my last encounter with the tourist, when - finally - a muffled knock on the door and a pleading voice...
“And it has pleased me to be close to God, and I have made the Lord my refuge and my hope” (Psalm 72:28). When I returned to my spiritual father's house, I said:
Before I left Irkutsk, I returned to my godfather, with whom I had had conversations, and said to him: Here I am going.
As long as I moved from place to place, I was accompanied by the Jesus prayer, which strengthened and comforted me on all paths, at all times.
By the grace of God, I am a human being and a Christian, and as for my deeds, I am a great sinner and a “tourist” of the lowest rank, always wandering from place to place. Financial
“For mercy comes from the Lord, and he will redeem Israel from all their sins.” Do our offenses against God hurt us? Yes, as much as we love him!
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“He who dwells in the help of the Most High, in the shelter of the God of heaven, dwells.” In the Great Sleep Prayer, we read six psalms before singing “He is with us.”
“O Lord my God, You have been greatly exalted.” The highest types of prayer are praises of glorification. They are above supplications for forgiveness and requests. Here the psalmist lifts up
“Blessed is the man whom You have helped, whose heart is lifted up, and placed in the valley of weeping, in the place where He has placed it.” About any lifts.