- 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...
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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...
- theology)
Theoria Spiritual warfare Spiritual direction Ambrose of
Optina Optina Elders in
English version of
Orthodox Portal "Pravoslavie.ru" What is...
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where a vow of
stability has been
taken Example of
hermitage at
Optina Pustyn (
Optina Monastery)
Khalwati order, the
people of the khalwa,
those who practice...
- 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...
- the
tradition of
elderhood is
taken largely from Life of
Elder Leonid of
Optina by
Father Kliment Zeder-gol'm, from
which he
quotes directly in chapter...
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Bishop Nektary of Seattle,
spiritual son of
Nectarius of
Optina, the last of the
great Optina startsy. In his ministry, Rose
spoke frequently of an "Orthodoxy...
- Schema-archimandrite
Isaac I of
Optina (Russian: Схиархимандрит Исаакий Антимонов), or Ivan
Ivanovich Antimonov before tonsure, was the
superior of
Optina Hermitage from...
