Optina of deserts in the memoirs of eyewitnesses

The memoirs published in the collection describe the Opt-deserts from 1851 to 1918 and belong to the fee of such famous people of their time as the chief secretary of the St. Synod A.N. Muravyov, Rector of the Nikolo-Ugrashsky Monastery Archimandrite Pimen (Myasnikov), Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov), spiritual writer E.N. Poselin, diplomat Prince G.N. Trubetskoy, comrade of the chief prosecutor of the St. Synod, Prince N.D. Zhevakhov, writer L.I. Veselitskaya-Mikulich, and other persons of the spiritual dignity, monks and laity.
The reader on the pages of this book will find answers to many life questions, ways to resolve complex life situations and, as publishers hope, will receive great spiritual comfort.
Compiled by Elena Pomeltsova