Striving for Knowledge of God
Correspondence with David Balfour
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The letters Saint Sophrony wrote to David Balfour are a treasury of wisdom, distilled from Father Sophrony’s reading of the Fathers of the Church, from his conversations with Saint Silouan, and from his own experience. Most of the letters in this collection were written to someone new to Orthodox Church and to Orthodox monasticism. Also included are later letters with further theological and spiritual insights. Thus these letters provide a rich source of teaching about Christian faith and life.
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Weight
0.57 kg
Dimensions
21.5 × 15 × 2.3 cm
Author
Saint Sophrony Sakharov
Language
English
Book cover
Hardback Clothbound with Dust Jacket
Pages
367
Publisher
Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist
Edition
1st edition
Publication year
2016
ISBN
978-1-909649-06-4
…A long time ago I reached the conviction that God is love; that with insatiable thirst He seeks each one of us; that He YEARNS for us; that in His love for us He does not change, however often we are disloyal to Him; that He is always trying to shower us with blessings. And I am so deeply persuaded of all this that with boldness and hope I beseech Him to vouchsafe you to know as fully as possible the happiness of the simple human life which you have been striving for during recent years…
| Weight | 0.57 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 21.5 × 15 × 2.3 cm |
| Author | Saint Sophrony Sakharov |
| Language | English |
| Book cover | Hardback Clothbound with Dust Jacket |
| Pages | 367 |
| Publisher | Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Publication year | 2016 |
| ISBN | 978-1-909649-06-4 |
About the Author
Saint Sophrony the Athonite
Saint Sophrony, started his monastic life on Mount Athos. His acquaintance with Saint Silouan became the landmark of his life. He lived as a cenobitic monk at St Panteleimon’s monastery and later as a hermit in the caves of Karoulia. After twenty two years on the Holy Mountain, he travelled to Paris for medical treatment, where he served as a parish priest. In 1959, he founded our monastery in Essex, England, where he served as the abbot and spiritual father. Towards the end of his life he withdrew to live once more as a recluse. Read more…
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I love the books from the Monastery not only for myself but as gifts for friends and family what more can you give than the wisdom and love and graces given to all the Fathers of the church helping us toward salvation.
God Bless to all involved.
Also they are packaged so beautiful. 🙏