Zhitie Startsa Serafima Sarovskogo

Za dolgo do blazhennoj konchiny startsa Serafima, ieromonaha Sarovskoj pustyni, podvizhnicheskaya zhizn ego byla izvestna ne tolko v Pocsiu, no za predelami nashego otechestva po vsej Pravoslavnoj Tserkvi. Prinyav angelskij obraz na 19-m godu zhizni, ot pochti pyatdesyat pyat let zhil bezvyhodno v Sarovskoj pustyne i prozhil tam vse stepeni podvizhnichestva: nes sperva obschiya poslushaniya monastyrskie, potom poslushaniiya po zvaniyam ierodiakona i ieromonaha, podvizalsya v otshelnichestve, podrazhal stolpnikam, byl molchalnikom i zhil v sovershennom zatvortve. Sredi etih raznoobratyh podvigov, sohranyaya duh glubokogo smireniya, on styazhal bogatstvo dobrodeteli i oblikdarov blagodati bozhiej. This book, "Zhitie startsa Serafima Sarovskogo", by N. Elinskij, is a replication of a book originally published before 1893. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.