Little Russian Philokalia, Volume V: Saint Theodore of Sanaxar

Publication Data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2000
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 192
Dimensions (l × w × h): 20.5 cm × 15.4 cm × 1.2 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒938635‒34‒4

   
Translated by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood

Volume V of Little Russian Philokalia

“Becoming a spiritual guide in his own right, young men and women flocked to[...Saint Theodore of Sanaxar], seeking with stubborn determination to become citizens of Heaven even in the present life. This compelled him to find the right answers for others; and through prayer and enlightenment from the Holy Spirit, he drew on the wisdom, life and practice of the Church of Christ, and by the grace of God his soul was informed how to direct them.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
I. THE LIFE OF ELDER THEODORE, ABBOT OF THE SANAXAR MONASTERY by Hieromonk Gerasim
II. SPIRITUAL COUNSELS OF ELDER THEODORE
   1. Short Instructions of Fr. Theodore
   2. Soul-profiting Counsels of Fr. Theodore to his Disciples
   3. On the Monastic Life: Exhortations from the Writings of St. Theodore of Edessa
   4. Testimony of Elder Zosima Verkhovsky about Elder Theodore
   5. Elder Theodore of Sanaxar as a Teacher of the Spiritual Life
III. COUNSELS OF ELDER THEODORE TO THE SISTERS OF THE ALEXEYEVSKY COMMUNITY
   1. Brief Conversations of Fr. Theodore with the Novices of the Alexeyevsky Community
   2. The Rule of the Alexeyevsky Community
   3. Counsels to the Sisters of the Alexeyevsky Community
   4. Letters to the Sisters from Solovki
   5. Counsels to Schema-Abbess Martha and the Sisters of the Alexeyevsky Community
IV. LETTERS TO SCHEMA-ABBESS MARTHA
   1. Righteous Schema-Abbess Martha
   2. A Letter of St. Paisius
   3. A Letter of Elder Sophronius
   4. A Letter of Fr. Athanasius
   5. Another Letter of Elder Sophronius
V. THE RULE OF THE SANAXAR MONASTERY
   1. The Order of Church Services
   2. The Rule of the Monastery
APPENDICES
   1. The Uncovering of the Holy Relics of St. Theodore
   2. The Glorification of St. Theodore
   3. A Letter of Schema-Abbess Martha
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX