How To Live A Holy Life: A Day of Holy Life, Or the Answer to the Question, How Can I Live A Holy Life?

Publication Data: Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Publications, 2012
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 150
Dimensions (l × w × h): 16.5 cm × 11.4 cm × 0.8 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 978‒0‒88465‒089‒8

   
Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov) 1784-1860 of St. Petersburg
Original Russian printed in 1904
Seraphim F. Englehardt, translator
Translated from the 1994 Russian edition by the publisher, “Otchii Dom”

“Do you call yourself a Christian? Are you a Christian in actual fact? Do you live as a Christian should live, that is, do you fervently desire and earnestly seek after that which a true Christian desires and seeks after? [...]So that you will be able to more quickly get started, I offer instructions for one day. If you faithfully follow these instructions, you will see that you will need no other instructions. You should pass every subsequent day just as you did the first one.”
—“Appeal to the Christian”

CONTENTS

Appeal to the Christian
How Should We Conduct Ourselves in the Morning?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves in Relation to the Lord God?
How should we conduct ourselves in relationship to other people?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves in Some of the Most Common Situations of Life?
   1. How to Conduct Ourselves in Happiness
   2. How to Conduct Ourselves in Misfortune
   3. How to Conduct Ourselves in Wealth
   4. How to Conduct Ourselves in Poverty
   5. How to Conduct Ourselves When People Praise Us
   6. How to Conduct Ourselves When People Speak Evil of Us
   7. How to Conduct Ourselves in Illness
   8. How to Protect Ourselves from the Harmful Effect of Bad Example
How Should We Conduct Ourselves in Our Daily Work?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves During Meals?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves During Rest After Lunch?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves in the Evening?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves Before Sleep?
How Should We Conduct Ourselves During Sleeplessness at Night?
The Most Important Thing Concerning Prayer
Conclusion
How Should We Spend Sundays?
Afterword
Biography of Metropolitan Gregory