My Life in Christ: The Spiritual Journals of St John of Kronstadt
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My Life in Christ has been read by millions, making it one of the most beloved modern works of Orthodox Christian spirituality. In this new edition, the English translation has been thoroughly revised and freshly typeset to make St John's own words more accessible to today's reader. The bite-sized reflections draw the reader in to the author's profound spiritual experience and love for Jesus Christ and the Church. This new paperback edition is presented in a single, complete volume, together with scripture and subject indeces to aid the reader. This is the kind of book you will return to time and time again. Appropriate, relevant, and edifying reading for all Christians. AUTHOR: Ivan Ilyich Sergiev (1829-1908), known to his contemporaries as Fr John of Kronstadt, was the most revered figure of the Orthodox Church in Russia in the half-century leading up to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. In 1892 Andrew Dickson White, co-founder of Cornell University, became the American First Minister to Russia. He wrote in his memoirs that Fr John "...enjoys throughout the empire a vast reputation as a saintly worker of miracles...His picture is to be seen with the portraits of the saints in vast numbers of Russian homes, from the palaces of the highest nobles to the cottages of the humblest peasants."
Author: John of Kronstadt
Format: Paperback, 568 pages, 153mm x 229mm
Published: 2020, Holy Trinity Publications, United States
Genre: Religion: Comparative, General & Reference
Description
My Life in Christ has been read by millions, making it one of the most beloved modern works of Orthodox Christian spirituality. In this new edition, the English translation has been thoroughly revised and freshly typeset to make St John's own words more accessible to today's reader. The bite-sized reflections draw the reader in to the author's profound spiritual experience and love for Jesus Christ and the Church. This new paperback edition is presented in a single, complete volume, together with scripture and subject indeces to aid the reader. This is the kind of book you will return to time and time again. Appropriate, relevant, and edifying reading for all Christians. AUTHOR: Ivan Ilyich Sergiev (1829-1908), known to his contemporaries as Fr John of Kronstadt, was the most revered figure of the Orthodox Church in Russia in the half-century leading up to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. In 1892 Andrew Dickson White, co-founder of Cornell University, became the American First Minister to Russia. He wrote in his memoirs that Fr John "...enjoys throughout the empire a vast reputation as a saintly worker of miracles...His picture is to be seen with the portraits of the saints in vast numbers of Russian homes, from the palaces of the highest nobles to the cottages of the humblest peasants."
My Life in Christ: The Spiritual Journals of St John of Kronstadt