Compiled by the holy Hierarch Nicodemus, Bishop of Belgorod.
Contains the lives of the following ascetics:
Schemamonk Seraphim of Valaam; Ascetics of Simonov Monastery: Hieromonk Joseph the Vicar Superior and Schemamonk Paul; Igumenia Eugenia, the Foundress of Saints Boris and Gleb Cenobitic Women’s Monastery in Anosino; Archimandrite Agapitus, the Superior of St. Nilus Stolobensky Hermitage; Nun Dosithea, the Ascetic of St. John’s Women’s Monastery in Moscow; The Disciples of Elder Boniface; The Suffering Boy Michael; Archimandrite Nicodemus, the Superior of the Maloyaroslavets Black Island St. Nicholas Monastery; Archbishop Joannicius of Podolia; The Recluse Elder Hieroschemamonk Alexander; Hieromonk Joannicius, the Father Confessor of Svyatogorsk Dormition Hermitage; Father Igumen Daniel, the Superior of Gethsemane Skete and Caves; The Hardworking Plowman Blaise; Hermitess Anastasia Semenova Logacheva, Subsequently Nun Athanasia; Elder Samuel, the Steward of Kolomna Bobrenevo-Golutvin Monastery; The Memory of Blessed Ivan Vasilyevich Panov; Hieromonk Innocent; Igumen Agapitus, the Elder of Kiev Caves Lavra (Theodosius in the Schema); Elder Barnabas of Gethsemane Skete of Trinity – St. Sergius Lavra; Archbishop Joseph of Voronezh and Zadonsk; Elder Hieromonk Theodore; Hieroschemamonk Macarius of Glinsk Hermitage; Archbishop Simon Todorsky; Schemanun Abramia, the Ascetic of the Kashin Presentation Women’s Monastery, Tver Diocese; Igumen Nazarius of Valaam; Igumen Ephraim of Valaam; The Holy Fool Elizabeth Ivanovna and Elder Anthony of Murom; Monk Anthony of Valaam; Schemamonk Metrophanes of Zadonsk; Archbishop Meletius Leontovich of Kharkov; A Russian Ascetic Pilgrim at One of the Romanian Monasteries
Translated from the original Russian by Marianna Lilley in 2023. This is the first time this work has been translated into English.
8.5 x 5.5 inches; 349 pages