- The
Optina Pustyn (Russian: Óптина пýстынь, romanized:
Óptina pústyn',
literally Opta's hermitage) is an
Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk...
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Ambrose of
Optina (Russian: Амвросий Оптинский;
birth name:
Aleksander Mikhaylovich Grenkov, Russian: Александр Михайлович Гренков,
December 5, 1812, Bolshaya...
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Hieroschemamonk Leonid (Nagolkin) of
Optina, also Leo (or Lev) of
Optina, was a
venerable elder of
Optina Monastery and a
founder of
Optina's eldership. The ****ure St...
- theology)
Theoria Spiritual warfare Spiritual direction Ambrose of
Optina Optina Elders in
English version of
Orthodox Portal "Pravoslavie.ru" What is...
- and his
young son Ilyusha. The
death of his son
brought Dostoevsky to the
Optina Monastery later that year.
There he
found inspiration for
several aspects...
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Orthodox view, that
relates only to the
people of holy life.
Hilarion of
Optina writes: "To the
question of yours,
whether your
conscience can accurately...
-
father of
Modern Greece. St.
Nectarius of
Optina (ca. 1854–1928), one of the last
elder and
spiritual father of
Optina Monastery before the
revolution of 1917...
- rise of
starchestvo under Paisiy Velichkovsky and his
disciples at the
Optina Monastery. This
marked a
beginning of a
significant spiritual revival in...
- Russia. In 1907, the
Niluses moved into a
small house just
outside the
Optina Monastery near Kozelsk,
where he
lived until 1912.
During that time he published...
- prisoner-of-war
camps in the
western USSR. The
largest camps were at
Kozelsk (
Optina Monastery),
Ostashkov (Stolobny
Island on Lake
Seliger near Ostashkov),...
