Conversation of the venerable Seraphim of Sarov with Motovilov N. A. on the goal of the Christian life
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The conversation of the Monk Seraphim with Nikolai Alexandrovich Motovilov (1809–1879) about the purpose of Christian life occurred in November 1831 in the forest near the Sarov monastery, and was recorded by Motovilov. The manuscript was discovered after 70 years in the papers of the wife of Nikolai Alexandrovich, Elena Ivanovna Motovilova. The apparent simplicity of the conversation is deceiving: one of the greatest saints of the Russian Church pronounces teachings, and the listener is the future ascetic of faith, healed by the prayer of Seraphim from an incurable disease. It was N. A. Motovilov that Rev. Seraphim bequeathed before his death the material concerns for his “Diveevo orphans”, about the foundation of the Seraphim-Diveevsky monastery.
Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Religion & Spiritually
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00059-214-4
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