The spiritual flowerbed. Edifying thoughts and good advice selected from the works of wise men.

The book being presented is a collection of edifying thoughts and good advice extracted from the works of the holy fathers and teachers of the Church. Among the authors of the excerpts, the reader will encounter the names of spiritual and wise fathers: St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, the venerable Antony and Pimen the Great, the venerable Dorofey of Kiev, the venerable John Climacus, St. Dimitry of Rostov, St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, St. Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, Innocent, Archbishop of Kherson, Philaret, Archbishop of Chernigov, Jacob, Archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod, St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov), St. Theophan the Recluse, and many others. The excerpts are arranged by subjects, in connection and order one after another, as far as possible. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.