Откровенные рассказы странника духовному своему отцу

Before the reader is one of the most mysterious books, which after many years is returned to him. Who wrote these amazing stories? They were copied on Mount Athos by the abbot of the Cheremis Monastery, Abbot Paisius, from the elder schema-monk. It is definitely impossible to answer who the author of the stories is, who this Wanderer is. Some believe that this is one of the Athonite ascetics, others attribute the authorship to the elder of the Optina Hermitage, Hieroschemamonk Ambrose. They tell - simply and clearly for everyone - about the transformation of the human soul through the action of the Jesus Prayer, which introduces the Divine Name and Image of the God-Man into our subconscious, and with this Image the entire Gospel. “The Jesus Prayer, like Seraphim of Sarov, seeks, first of all, “the acquisition of the Holy Spirit.”

The Wanderer’s stories cover almost all of Russia in the 50-70s of the last century, Russia from Irkutsk to the Black Sea. But the main thing is here shows that immortal stream of spirituality of the Russian people, which is a guarantee of the correctness of the words of Dostoevsky, who argued that the Russian people are capable of reaching the limit of self-destruction, and then begin their restoration with even greater strength.