Любовь не ищет своего

What is this book about? "Love does not seek its own" is a new, most complete collection of stories and essays by Archpriest Pavel Kartashev, already familiar to the Orthodox reader from the books "I Want to Believe", "The Memory of Our Love", etc. Here are lyrical plot stories from the author's own life, his parishioners or simply acquaintances are interspersed with subtle, sometimes journalistically sharp reflections about a person, his destiny, our history and culture, and most importantly, about the search for God in every moment of life and about the Christian position in the realities of the modern world. Who is this book for? For those who appreciate the author's sincere intonation, who expect genuine human stories, warmth, consolation and, most importantly, love for people from prose. Why did we publish this book? “Now I want a simple truth. Not a sugary consolation, not a cheap illusion, and not another, like a slap in the face, shock from what is happening on earth. No. Real truth, healthy,” writes the author of the collection. Do not go to any extreme in our...