The holy Fathers of the Solovetzki Isles. Solovetzki Patericon

Their experiences on the Path to  finding God in their hearts has been  a great help to  thousands of practitioners who have followed the spiritual Path, strengthening their spirit, protecting them from dangers and helping them to see the next step on the Path.
Patericons were also a favourite reading for those worldly people who were concerned with the question of their posthumous fate, and who tried to remember God amidst their worldly pursuits.
Each Patericon describes the life and practices of a certain monastic community e.g. Synai Patericon, Egyptian Patericon or, later, the Kievski and Volocolamski Patericons.
The Solovetski Patericon was published anonymously in 1873 in St. Petersburg. It tells us of  the monks and hermits who lived and practised on the Solovetski Isles in the White Sea, in the deep North of Russia. Solovetski monasteries and hermitages,  with regard to their spiritual achievements and  influence on the Russian Orthodox Church, can be compared to  the influence that the monasteries of the Athos mountain had on the Greek Orthodox Church. One of the examples is Saint Eleazar of Anzer, who founded the Trinity Hermitage of Anzer. He was the spiritual mentor of the future patriarch Nicon, who later reformed the entire Russian Orthodox Church.
The reader will find interesting stories about the events in the lives of the monks which led them to  spiritual illumination, or pointed out the path to  further development of the soul.

Publisher

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Gozalov Books, The Hague
ISBN: 9789081276542
Editor: Convent of Mother of God Portaïtissa, Trazegnies, Belgium
Translator: Anna Dolgatcheva
Revision: Guram Kochi
Binding: Paperback
Extent: 192 pages
Format Size: 203 x 127 mm
Illustrations: 6 photos and 11 water-colours