Russian Piety
Description
Russian Piety is a history of Orthodox spirituality in its Russian forms. Many texts unknown in the West are translated here, and the chapters on the saintly life are a valuable and reliable anthology. The book is a gallery of intimate scenes, portraits and memoirs, and is indispensable for an understanding of the complex history of Russian and the tradition of her Church, whose role in the contemporary Ecumenical Movement is already familiar to all. The author, who was formerly Professor of New Testament and Apologetics at St Vladimir's Seminary, is intimately acquainted with Russian ...
ISBN(s)
0913836214, 9780913836217
