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Currently, Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) is one of the most revered mentors in spiritual life. The works of St. Ignatius are so diverse that his teachings and spiritual advice are relevant for everyone - both laity and monks.
But no less instructive than his creations is the life of St. Ignatius itself. This is the story of a man striving for God, despite all the obstacles and temptations placed before him by the world. He went from a monastic novice to the abbot of the monastery, and then to a bishop. Moreover, for his subordinates, Saint Ignatius was not only an administrator, but also a spiritual elder. He continues to remain so for all those who have at least somehow come into contact with his creations.
This collection is intended for a wide range of readers. It includes a fairly complete biography of St. Ignatius, the history of his veneration and glorification. In addition, readers are given the opportunity to look at Saint Ignatius through the eyes of those who knew him and left memories of this outstanding personality. The significance of Saint Ignatius and his works is revealed in the reviews of clergy and theologians about him, whose opinions are presented in one of the appendices. Another important part of the collection is a story about three monasteries directly associated with St. Ignatius: the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, Nikolo-Babaevsky and Tolga monasteries. And, of course, no story about Saint Ignatius would be complete without referring to his creations. Therefore, the collection presents the saint’s thoughts on various issues of Christian life. The prayer section includes an akathist and prayers to St. Ignatius.
Anna Markova
Life of Saint Ignatius
The Bryanchaninov family. Birth of the future saint
The future Saint Ignatius (in the world Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov) came from an ancient noble family. Its ancestor was considered to be the boyar Mikhail Brenko, the squire of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy.
The saint's father, Alexander Semenovich Brianchaninov, a page during the times of Empress Catherine II and Emperor Pavel Petrovich, was the leader of the nobility in his native Gryazovets district of the Vologda province, enjoyed universal respect and was known as an advanced educated landowner. Mother, Sofya Afanasyevna Bryanchaninova, was a very beautiful secular woman. She received an excellent upbringing - she spoke excellent Russian and French, and was fond of poetry, especially French.
Having gotten married quite early for those times, the Bryanchaninovs were soon forced to leave the capital and move permanently to their native Vologda province. This happened due to the fact that Alexander Semenovich inherited an estate burdened with debts from his father. He was forced to resign and take up farming.
Alexander Semenovich turned out to be a very successful landowner, just a few years later he not only cleared the estate of debts, but also began to receive significant income from it, thanks to which in his village of Pokrovskoye Brianchaninov “created a small Versailles with a castle-house, a royal garden and an elegant church” . But despite all this splendor and mutual agreement, the first years of the Brianchaninovs’ marriage were overshadowed first by the death of newborn twins, and then by long childlessness.
Grieving over this, the Bryanchaninov couple turned to God, undertaking a pilgrimage to the surrounding holy places: the Holy Spiritual, Glushitsky, Lopotov, and Prilutsky monasteries. God heard their prayers, and on February 5, 1807, they had a son, named Dmitry in holy baptism - in honor of the Monk Dmitry of Prilutsky, one of the most revered Vologda saints. Subsequently, the Bryanchaninovs had sixteen more children, of whom nine survived.
Childhood in parents' house
The childhood years spent by the future saint in his parents' home cannot be called happy. As he himself later wrote: “My childhood was filled with sorrows. Here I see Your hand, my God! I had no one to open my heart to: I began to pour it out before my God, I began to read the Gospel and the lives of Thy saints. A veil, occasionally pierced, lay for me on the Gospel; but Your Pimens, Your Sisoi and Macarii made a wonderful impression on me. The thought that often soared to God through prayer and reading began little by little to bring peace and tranquility to my soul. When I was a fifteen-year-old youth, an indescribable silence filled my mind and heart. But I didn’t understand it; I believed that this was the common state of all people.”
In the Brianchaninov family, a strict, even harsh, order of life reigned, regulated by the father, whose iron will no one dared to contradict. The children were so afraid of their father that they did not dare express the most harmless wishes in his presence. The very manifestation of love for children was considered an unworthy weakness; the rods did not spare either the elders or the younger ones. The children's behavior was carefully monitored and reported to Alexander Semenovich every day.
The uncle Dorimedont, who was assigned to them, watched especially strictly over the boys. He loved his masters, but out of a sense of justice and honesty, he always reported to the owner about any misdeed of the children. The only person who felt sorry for the children was the nanny Evfimovna. For their sake, she was ready to sacrifice herself. So, in the Bryanchaninovs’ house, according to the order established by Alexander Semenovich, the children were kept from hand to mouth in the morning. And the nanny, risking exposure to the lord’s wrath, brought the children slices of black bread, taken from the kitchen supposedly for herself. Until the end of their days, Saint Ignatius and his brothers and sisters remembered Nanny Evfimovna with gratitude.
As the eldest child in the family, Mitenka was what the future saint was called at home, and enjoyed unquestioned authority among his brothers and sisters. His character also contributed to this. Already in his childhood he was distinguished by great seriousness. As his brother Pyotr Aleksandrovich later recalled, Mitenka never took part in common children’s pranks and never, even as a joke, lied. He was attentive and friendly to everyone, tried to take care of his younger ones and unquestioningly obeyed his parents, even when obedience could have seriously harmed him.
Thus, there is a known case when Mitenka and his father were swimming in a river and from a long stay in the water they were so cold that they were shaking all over. But even in this state, he did not dare to leave the river before his father, and did not even dare to ask his permission to do so. Because of this, Mitenka caught a bad cold and subsequently was very sensitive to cold all his life.
Much attention was paid to education in the Brianchaninov family. Every day the dashing troika brought from Vologda and took back the best teachers of the seminary and gymnasium. In addition to general education, children were taught music and painting, and special attention was paid to languages. Thanks to this home teaching, Saint Ignatius became fluent in French, German, Italian, as well as Latin and Ancient Greek.
In general, Mitenka was distinguished by his talent and diligence in his studies. As an older brother, he helped the younger ones in their studies. He also helped them with advice in everyday matters. However, he himself had no one to consult with, no one to open his soul to.
Having begun to reflect early on many phenomena of the life around him, Mitenka could not find interlocutors in his parents’ house who were ready to share his thoughts. This led him to seek solitude, spending a lot of time in nature. According to the recollections of his relatives, “he loved nature with some special, childlike love and found satisfaction in communicating with it.”
This is how the first fifteen years of Dmitry Brianchaninov’s life passed in his parents’ house.
Study in St. Petersburg
At the end of the summer of 1822, Alexander Semenovich Brianchaninov took his eldest son to St. Petersburg to enroll him in the Military Engineering School. Dmitry Brianchaninov was sixteen years old at that time. Subsequently, Saint Ignatius said that when they were passing near Shlisselburg, Alexander Semenovich suddenly turned to his son with the question: “Where would you like to enter the service?” Dmitry was amazed by his father’s frankness, decided not to hide his heartfelt secret and, having asked for a promise not to be angry if he didn’t like the answer, he decisively said that he wanted to become a monk and that of all types of service he prefers service to the Heavenly King. However, Alexander Semenovich did not pay serious attention to his son’s words, considering such an answer to be simply boyish.
Dmitry passed the exams at the Main Engineering School brilliantly (with a competition of more than four people per place), he was the only one accepted straight into the second grade.
Dmitry Brianchaninov's handsome appearance, the seriousness and nobility of his manners, as well as his excellent academic performance immediately attracted the attention of the head of the engineering school, the inspector general, Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich, the future emperor. One day, the Grand Duke ordered Brianchaninov to appear at the Anichkov Palace, where he introduced him to his wife Alexandra Fedorovna, recommending Brianchaninov as being well prepared not only for the sciences required at the engineering school, but even knowing Latin and Greek. After this, the cadet Brianchaninov was considered a boarder of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna.
Simultaneously with his studies, Dmitry Bryanchaninov began to visit society. Family connections and extraordinary abilities gave him access to many high society houses. He was warmly received at the house of the President of the Academy of Arts and member of the State Council Alexei Nikolaevich Olenin, while visiting whom Dmitry Bryanchaninov had the opportunity to meet many celebrities of that time.
But neither study nor the opportunity to move in secular society satisfied the young man; in his own words, “some kind of terrible emptiness, hunger appeared, an unbearable longing for God appeared.” Then he turns to faith again.
However, in the then high-society St. Petersburg it was almost impossible to preserve a child’s faith - many religious systems and mystical movements flourished around. As he later recalled, “Oh, in what grave bewilderment my soul floated! How terribly I languished! What waves of doubts arose against her, born from distrust of myself, from distrust of everything that was noisy and screaming around me - from ignorance, ignorance of the truth.”
At this time, Dmitry Brianchaninov came up with an idea that he took as a revelation of God - to study faith in the writings of the holy fathers. From now on, he devotes all his free time to the study of the patristic works.
Dmitry's spiritual quest found a response from his classmate Mikhail Chikhachev, who came from the nobility of the Pskov province. Despite the fact that Chikhachev was of a completely different character - a cheerful fellow and talker. Their friendship began with one amazing incident. One day, Dmitry Brianchaninov interrupted Chikhachev’s cheerful chatter, telling him: “Be a Christian!” To this Mikhail Chikhachev replied: “I have never been a Tatar.” But Brianchaninov explained his call: “We must fulfill this word with deeds and delve more diligently into it.”
Chikhachev was not offended; on the contrary, he happily accepted the spiritual guidance of his comrade. From then on, they both began to live their lives in Christ: together they diligently attend church, trying to confess and receive communion weekly. But their spiritual attitude did not meet with understanding from the confessor of the engineering school, Archpriest Alexei Malov. Having heard in confession that the cadets were tormented by many “sinful thoughts,” he told the school authorities that they had anti-government “political plans.” As a result, both of them, Brianchaninov and Chikhachev, had to repeat their confession before the head of the school, a Lutheran, General Sievers. Despite the fact that outwardly this story ended happily, Dmitry Brianchaninov was so shocked by everything that happened that he became seriously ill and went to bed.
After this, the young ascetics turned to the monks of the Valaam metochion for spiritual guidance. Taught by bitter experience, they carefully hid this from both the school confessor and their superiors. However, soon the monks of the Valaam metochion realized that they could not satisfy the high spiritual needs of the two cadets. Then one of the monks, Fr. Seraphim said to Dmitry Bryanchaninov: “Dmitry Alexandrovich, why are you coming here? Here you will not calm your soul, but if you like, in the Nevsky Monastery there are disciples of Father Leonid (Reverend Leo of Optina), experienced elders who received monastic dispensation from the disciples of Elder Paisius of Moldova (Reverend Paisius of Velichkovsky), go to them, they will better show you this path".
Indeed, in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the young men found real spiritual leaders: the Lavra confessor, Fr. Athanasius, monks Aaron, Chariton, Ioannikios. They consulted with these monks, as with spiritual fathers, about everything related to internal monastic work, confessed their thoughts, learned how to protect themselves from passions, sinful habits and stumbling blocks, how to guide themselves by books from the writings of the holy fathers, and the like. Dmitry Brianchaninov often surprised ascetics with his questions, which concerned aspects of spiritual life that indicate a fairly mature spiritual age.
But such spiritual prosperity was short-lived. Uncle Dorimedont, who lived in St. Petersburg during the reign of the young Brianchaninovs, wrote to Alexander Semenovich that his eldest son Dmitry began to visit the Lavra often, had retired from secular life and was living as a monk. Having learned about this, Brianchaninov Sr. realized that the desire to become a monk, once expressed by his son, was not a boyish whim, but a serious intention. Alexander Semenovich resolutely opposed his son’s wishes. He wrote to the school authorities and his St. Petersburg relatives, asking them to distract his son from monastic ideas.
At the request of Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov, Count Sivers immediately took strict measures - Dmitry Bryanchaninov was transferred from a private apartment to the barracks of the engineering castle, where strict supervision was established over him.
At the same time A.M. Sukhareva, a relative of the Bryanchaninovs, took the trouble to inform the then Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Seraphim (Glagolevsky) that her nephew Bryanchaninov, beloved by the emperor, had made acquaintance with the Lavra monks, that the Lavra confessor
Athanasius persuades him to become a monk and that if this is found out at court, then he, the metropolitan, will not avoid trouble. The Metropolitan summoned his confessor Afanasy and gave him a severe reprimand, forbidding him from accepting Brianchaninov to confession in the future.
Then Dmitry Brianchaninov was forced to personally appear before the St. Petersburg Metropolitan Seraphim. He expressed a sincere desire to become a monk. It is noteworthy that Metropolitan Seraphim, initially suspecting only ambitious plans in him, announced that Brianchaninov, since he did not have an academic degree from theological academies, could not be elevated in the church hierarchy above the rank of archimandrite. To this the young man replied that he was not looking for dignities, but for the only salvation of the soul, which consisted in escaping from the world. And the Metropolitan, after a conversation with the young man, allowed him to continue communicating with the monks of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
And soon - on August 5, 1825, Dmitry Bryanchaninov, having graduated from the cadet classes, was promoted to ensign, after which he was able to again settle in a private apartment and lead an ascetic lifestyle.
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume II. Ascetic experiences. Book two
The second volume of the collection of works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains a continuation of “Ascetic Experiences”, which talk about how a Christian can correctly walk his path of life in Christ and achieve perfection based on the centuries-old experience of patristic ascetic theory and practice, rooted in turn , in the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Tradition of the Church. The central place in the book is occupied by the Christian teaching on prayer: cell and church; verbal, mental, heartfelt and spiritual; Particular attention is paid to the meaning and correct execution of the Jesus Prayer. The works of Saint Ignatius are a great gift to Orthodox Christians and will undoubtedly benefit everyone who becomes acquainted with them.
Collection of creations. Volume II. Ascetic experiences. Book two
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume V. An Offering to Modern Monasticism
The fifth volume of the collected works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains his great work, “An Offering to Modern Monasticism,” which is a soul-helping and “edifying reading, giving readers a decidedly Orthodox direction.” It contains advice and instructions, based on numerous testimonies of the Holy Scriptures and the holy fathers of the Church, on how to correctly and safely walk the path of spiritual activity in Christ for Christians, to overcome the obstacles that inevitably arise along it, as well as the rules of outward behavior of monastics. Undoubtedly, the teachings of St. Ignatius will bring great benefit to all Christians, they will help them build their lives on the basis of the Gospel commandments and the teachings of the Orthodox Church.
Collection of creations. Volume V. An Offering to Modern Monasticism
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume VI. Fatherland
The sixth volume of the collection of works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains the Fatherland, which he compiled on the basis of the texts of the “Prologue”, “Philokalia” and other edifying Christian works contained in Min’s “Patrology”. The book contains edifying stories, stories from the lives of great Christian ascetics, mainly Egyptian, who steadily marched towards God, as well as their soul-saving teachings. Examples of the life and self-denial of the great fathers and elders presented in this book help modern Christians to successfully pass the path of earthly difficult life and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
Collection of creations. Volume VI. Fatherland
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume IV. Ascetic sermon
The fourth volume of the collected works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains sermons and conversations mainly on the topics of Sunday gospel sermons and during the days of Great Lent. Thus, they cover the entire annual circle of Orthodox worship and are very convenient and useful both for home reading by Orthodox Christians and in preparing clergy to deliver their own sermons. The saint's sermons help us learn an active life of faith and understand the essence and saving power of Orthodoxy.
Collection of creations. Volume IV. Ascetic sermon
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume VII. Selected Letters
The seventh volume of the collection of works of Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains selected letters, including several hundred letters from the saint to famous figures of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as to historical figures of our Fatherland, to the shepherds of the Church of Christ and spiritual children; monastics, laity, relatives and friends, with the exception of letters and certain passages that do not have moral and edifying significance. The saint corresponded with each addressee according to his dispensation. The letters contained the spiritual wisdom of the holy fathers, supported by St. Ignatius’s own monastic experience. In his letters, he reflected the stages and subtleties of a Christian’s growth in spiritual life on the basis of the living experience of an active ascetic who built his spiritual life on the basis of the Holy Scriptures and Tradition of the Orthodox Church; the saint teaches the saving word, reminds and reveals Christian truths.
Collection of creations. Volume VII. Selected Letters
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume III. A word about death. A Word about Man
The third volume of the collection of works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) includes famous works: “The Sermon on the Sensual and Spiritual Vision of Spirits”, “The Sermon on Death”, which speaks of the afterlife of the soul after the physical death of a person and the correct construction of spiritual life in the name of salvation your soul with many illustrative examples from the patristic experience and lives of saints; as well as “The Word about Man,” which sets out the doctrine of man and the universe on the basis of the Tradition of the Orthodox Church and the works of the Holy Fathers.
Collection of creations. Volume III. A word about death. A Word about Man
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) – Ascetic experiences
“Ascetic Experiences” is without a doubt one of the most famous works of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, the spiritual treasury of the Orthodox Church, the favorite reading of pious people. For his great labors in God’s field of Christ, this famous ascetic and writer-ascetic was rightly called Ignatius, the New God-Bearer. “Ascetic Experiences” contains instructions on reading the Gospel and the works of the Holy Fathers, about love for one’s neighbor and love for God, about fasting and prayer , reflections on faith and monasticism, words on the fear of God and the love of God, on the cell prayer rule and church prayer, on salvation and Christian perfection, reflections on the destinies of God. This edition of the book contains the full text of two volumes of “Ascetic Experiences”. The book contains all the numerous references and author’s comments on the publication: St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Ascetic experiences // Op. 2nd ed. T. 1. T. 2. St. Petersburg, 1886.
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Selected creations. Selected Letters
For a modern person who wants to seriously pursue a spiritual life, the works of the 19th century Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) are an indispensable guide. They concentrated the previous experience of patristic ascetic thought, and Saint Ignatius embodied this experience in his own life. His writings clearly reveal the essence of the correct spiritual path, and also explain those subtleties of spiritual work that can be misinterpreted when reading ancient ascetic treatises. The life of the saint became a confirmation of the spiritual law that no temptations, circumstances of the time or peculiarities of personal situation in society can hinder the unity of the human spirit with the Spirit of God. The publication is based on a collection of letters prepared by Abbot Mark (Lozinsky; † 1973), an ardent admirer of St. Ignatius and a diligent worker in the field of collecting information about the life of the saint, about his literary works and the features of ascetic teaching.
Selected creations. Selected Letters
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Selected creations. A word about death
The collection of works of Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) offered to the reader includes his famous theological treatise “The Word on Death”, “Addition to the “Tale of Death””, as well as the unfinished work “The Word on Man”, in which the saint expounds the doctrine of man on the basis Holy Scripture and the works of the Holy Fathers. When preparing the text for publication, the features of the author's spelling, punctuation and design of notes were preserved.
Selected creations. A word about death
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - About illness and humility (from letters)
The words from the letters of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) combine the centuries-old wisdom of the holy fathers of Orthodoxy and the personal spiritual experience of one of the deepest and brightest spiritual writers of the Russian Church. The saint’s thoughts about the attitude of a believer to his sorrows and illnesses, his advice on how we should endure them so as not to fall into despondency and despair, in order to learn to be truly grateful to God for them - all this can encourage and console in difficult moments life.
About illness and humility (from letters)
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Ascetic experiences. Volume 2
The second volume of “Ascetic Experiences” by St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains teachings about faith, prayer practice, bodily exploits, attitude towards God and neighbors, and Christian perfection. True life according to the Gospel, leading to spiritual renewal (repentance), the experience of the holy fathers, the laws of spiritual life, which the saint advises everyone who has entered the narrow path to follow with attention, help to acquire a saving knowledge of oneself and reveal to a person the meaning of the Cross of Christ. Published according to the edition: Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov). Ascetic experiences // Op. 2nd ed. T. 2. St. Petersburg, 1886. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Ascetic experiences. Volume 2
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Ascetic experiences. Volume 1
The first volume of the works of Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) reveals to the reader the living experience of an ascetic who built his spiritual life on the basis of the Holy Scriptures and the moral Tradition of the Orthodox Church. The saint consistently sets out the teachings of the holy fathers: about faith, prayer, the Gospel commandments and beatitudes, repentance, humility, the fight against passions, etc., “applied to the requirements of our time.” The word of edification of the great son of the Russian Church has a beneficial effect on all who seek salvation and strives for Christian perfection. Published by: Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov). Ascetic experiences // Works: 2nd ed. T. 1. St. Petersburg, 1886. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Ascetic experiences. Volume 1
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Fatherland: Selected Creations
“Fatherland” by Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov is a collection of short stories about the great fathers of the Church, hermits and monks. Ignatius Brianchaninov compiled it using the texts of the “Prologue” and “Philokalia”, making translations of Greek and Latin works contained in the multi-volume “Patrology” of Min. This book turned out to be a treasury of teachings of ancient ascetics, where every word is the fruit of ascetic experience, deeply assimilated by the writer himself. “Fatherland” teaches intelligent, attentive prayer, devotion to the Orthodox faith, and fear of God, which is so necessary not only for monastics, but also for the laity. The saint was confident: if you perfectly master the patristic heritage, then “as one of one mind and one accord with the Holy Fathers, you will be saved.” Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Fatherland: Selected Creations
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - To help the penitent: from the writings of Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
“Confession is not a conversation about one’s shortcomings, doubts, it is not simply informing the confessor about oneself. Confession is a Sacrament... Ardent repentance of the heart, a thirst for purification that comes from the feeling of shrines, this is the second Baptism, and, therefore, in repentance we die to sin and are resurrected to holiness,” this is how Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) explains to us the meaning of the Sacrament. The path of repentance is difficult; many dangers and obstacles await us on it. And this small book, compiled from the works of St. Ignatius, will help you overcome them and cleanse your soul of sins and passions. Highlighting the passions and their manifestations, he not only talks in detail about each, but also teaches us lessons in how to combat them. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
To help the penitent: from the writings of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
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Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Collection of creations. Volume I. Biography. Ascetic experiences. Book one
The first volume of the collected works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) (1807–1867) contains his biography and the first part of “Ascetic Experiences” - the main work of the saint, in which he teaches, first of all, practical, active knowledge of Orthodoxy through the fulfillment of the Gospel commandments. This work talks about the teaching of the Holy Scriptures, the holy fathers and ascetics regarding the most important aspects of the spiritual and moral life of a Christian, as well as ascetic issues that arise in the society of monks and God-loving laity.
Collection of creations. Volume I. Biography. Ascetic experiences. Book one
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Biographies and Memoirs
