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The book is dedicated to the primitive Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga John (Snychev) It included "autobiographical notes" of the Lord and a significant part of his diaries. The spiritual formation and growth of the future outstanding archpastor can trace them, evaluate his exactingness for himself, exceptional piety and chastity, all -purpose hot love for God, sensitive attention to people. Undoubted benefit can be brought by evidence of his tireless works on themselves, carried out under the nourishment of the experienced spiritual leader, Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky), whose personality found detailed lighting in this publication. The diaries reflect the tests that have fallen to the share of our country in the tragic 20th century and the difficult conditions in which the Russian Orthodox Church has been located for many years