Books by the confessor of the Alekseevsky monastery, Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

Books

Father Artemy's books are presented here - prose and poetry collections - and you can read selected chapters from them.

Preaching works are akin to literary creativity. In the 21st century, when, following corruption, there is a disintegration of form and content in art, it is so gratifying, having found sources of living water, to draw from them thoughts and feelings that are clothed in words.

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

Crown of the Lord's Summer

A new poetic book by Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov reproduces the calendar circle of the main church holidays and days of remembrance of the great saints of antiquity, as well as Russian ascetics of the faith of two past centuries... >>>

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• Poetry
• Crown of the Lord's Summer

Priesthood I

This book represents the fourth part of the autobiographical memoirs of Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov and tells about the first years of his pastoral ministry... >>>

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• Prose
• Priesthood

Touches to the portrait of the spiritual father

A book about the way of thinking and life of Hieromonk Pavel (Lysak), who died in 2021. The book captures the feat of pastoral service of a wonderful mentor of spiritual life in Christ... >>>

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• Prose
• Hieromonk Pavel Lysak

Royal passion-bearers and the fate of Russia

This collection connects the moral feat of Emperor Nikolai Alexandrovich and the Yekaterinburg Calvary with the fate of modern Russia, the future of which depends on us and on our love for the Motherland... >>>

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• Prose
• Royal Passion-Bearers
• Russia

Fairy tales for children and adults

This collection of poetry contains both original stories and well-known stories, creatively rethought by the author. Unobtrusive edification is understandable to both the experienced reader and children... >>>

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• Poetry
• For children

My university

The book can be classified as a memoir genre. It covers the events of 1978 - 1983, spent by the author at the Faculty of Philology within the walls of Moscow University... >>>

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• Prose
• Students

Virgin Mary, rejoice!

Pastoral reflections on the Archangel's greeting. The book is dedicated to Abbess Ksenia and the sisters of the Alekseevskaya Convent in Moscow... >>>

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• Prose
• Arkhangelsk greeting

Souls dead and alive

The book “Souls Dead and Alive” presents readers with a gallery of immortal Gogol characters in poetic sketches. The author reflects on human passions and the rebirth of the human soul... >>>

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• Poetry
• For children
• Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

Priesthood II

In the second volume of pastoral memoirs, Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov talks about his rectorship at the Church of All Saints in Krasnoye Selo, about events and meetings with people whose destinies entered his heart... >>>

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Sovereign's crown

The book is dedicated to the centenary of the martyrdom of the holy Royal Passion-Bearers (1918 – 2018). The author reflects on their tragic fate, inextricably linked with the fate of Russia itself. .. >>>

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• Poetry
• Royal Passion-Bearers

Heroes of ancient Hellas

The Christian interpretation of the myth, which captures the centuries-old experience of the ancient Greeks, is of undoubted interest for the inquisitive modern reader... >>>

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• Poetry
• For children

The art of speech. Lecture course

The author, a teacher at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University, talks in a popular form about the difficulties a preacher faces in the first minutes of his acquaintance with a new audience; pays great attention to speech technique; recommends how to find the right words and intonations, style and gestures in communicating with listeners. The publication is intended for students of the humanities and a wide range of readers who are interested in the problem of searching for the living word, finding a spiritual core in the Christian worldview and moral way of life.

Content

Preface

PART I. The Birth and Life of the Spiritual Word

Lecture 1. On the spiritual nature of the word Literature is an embodied thought Spirituality of the word Dependence of worldview on the state of the human spirit

Lecture 2. The aphorism of the language of the Holy Scriptures A fool does not like knowledge, but only to show off his intelligence The words of human lips are deep waters The lips of a fool enter into a quarrel, and his words cause beatings The words of an earpiece are like delicacies, and they enter the inside of the womb

Lecture 3. Thought of God as the basis and premise of preaching Nurturing the word in the depths of the human soul The significance of Holy Scripture in the purification of the mind and heart Interpretation of the 1st Psalm of the Prophet David

Lecture 4. From God-thinking to prayer: dogmatics and morality God-thought is the fruit of the aspiration of the mind and heart to God God-thought is a way of pleasing God The connection between God-thought and communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ

Lecture 5. About the word of the ancient orators and about the word of our Lord Jesus Christ The word of the ancient orators Testimonies about the word of our Lord Jesus Christ

Lecture 6. Three meanings of Holy Scripture. Three ways of understanding it: Literal understanding of the Gospel text; Sacred-historical meaning of the Gospel text; Spiritual meaning of the Gospel text; Understanding of selected verses of the Sermon on the Mount.

Lecture 7. The meaning of the artistic image in the art of preaching and the figurative language of the Holy Scripture Comparison Image as a path to understanding the essence Two images of Metropolitan Philaret Sermon-story genre Gospel images and parables about the Kingdom of Heaven

Lecture 8. About how the word is born in our soul Detachment of the preacher from worldly vanity Sacred silence of the heart Freedom from heart attachments Manifestations of true love for listeners

Lecture 9. The preacher’s appearance, gaze, gestures Speaker’s gaze Appearance Gestures

PART II. Features of communication with different audiences

Lecture 10. Experience of pastoral and missionary service A word addressed to spouses How to respond to a grieving mother who has lost a child A word addressed to the elderly Conversation with the military class Conversation with skeptics, agnostics, unbelievers and non-church people Communication with the suffering Conversation with people in affect Communication with mentally ill people Communication with prisoners Preacher and audiences of different ages

PART III. Speech technique

Lecture 11. Attention to speech technique as a manifestation of love for the listener Articulation. When a word is an event The ability to convey your word is a manifestation of love for the listener Your voice should be heard by everyone in the audience

Lecture 12. The main factors of oral speech What prevents the audience from perceiving our word? The main factors of oral speech The dependence of the purity and beauty of our speech on its vocabulary

Lecture 13. Intonation and sound strength Is speech intonation the calling card of a person “Forte” or “piano”?

Lecture 14. The richness of intonation of Russian fairy tales, stories and poetry Intimate intonation Dependence of intonation on the audience and genre Intonation of a conversation on biblical topics

Lecture 15. Tempo, pause, accentuation Tempo, or speed of speech Why haste in speech occurs A pause can and should be telling The art of placing accents in our speech

Lecture 16. Constructing an oral presentation (determining the vector of reasoning, choosing words and means of expression) How to prepare to pronounce a word Sample of a spiritual word - “The Prayer of St. Sergius”

Lecture 17. About the sins of the tongue An innumerable multitude of sinful words Idle word Sin of condemnation Sin of lying Sin of deceit Vulgar and “cunning” word Sarcasm and irony Verbal abuse Blasphemy

APPENDICES Appendix 1 to lecture 16. Prayer of St. Sergius Appendix 2 to lecture 10. Reflections on words: let no corrupt word come out of your mouth... (Eph 4.29) Appendix 3 to lecture 10. The seven-colored rainbow of the human word (Conversation with students in Stary Oskol) Appendix 4. L. I. Kryukova. Epistolary genre: similarities between oral preaching and writing) Appendix 5. Example of completed homework. Reflection on the topic: the name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it and is safe (Proverbs 18:11)

Afterword

Personal life

In his conversations, the priest often touches on the topic of the Christian family, in particular, the priest’s house-building. After all, after the latter has accepted the appropriate rank, he removes the wedding ring from his hand and ceases to belong to his wife, but not to the Church.

With his mother Elena Borisovna Vladimirova , whose last name he took after marriage (at birth it was “Gaiduk”), they have been living together in perfect harmony for more than 30 years. The spouses do not have their own children. A woman works as a director in a general education institution and at the same time helps her husband in his ministry. Through her efforts, the Parish School was organized. In addition, she works as a psalmist in the choir.

The servant of God rarely mentions his wife. But one day he admitted that he received a very flattering compliment from his mother: “Father Artemy, you have succeeded as a priest!”

Childhood and early years

Born in Moscow in 1961. The names and occupation of the parents are not mentioned in open sources. It is only known that his grandfather was the poet Pavel Barto , who was once officially married to Agnia Barto .

The future church leader received his secondary education at English special school No. 29 . Upon graduation, he became a student in the Romano-Germanic department of the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University . Some time later he translated into Russian . He came to the Orthodox faith while studying at a university, not without the help of his scientific advisor Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy .

After receiving his diploma, he got a job as a teacher of Russian language and literature at Physics and Mathematics Boarding School No. 18 named after Academician Kolmogorov at Moscow State University, from where he was soon fired for talking with students on religious topics.

Inspired by the works of Priest Dimitry Smirnov and Fr. Arkady Shatov (now Bishop Panteleimon), the young man decided to become a clergyman. So, in 1987, Artemy was expected to be ordained as a deacon , and a year later his priestly ordination . At the same time, he became a student at the Moscow Theological Seminary , while simultaneously giving lectures in the capital's parish schools and serving in the Resurrection and Mitrofan church parishes.

Artemy Vladimirov in his youth