Collected Works (5 volumes, 1848-1849)

Collected works of St. Demetrius of Rostov in 5 volumes (1848–1849). Contents of the 1st volume. Small works with the addition of a life and cell notes Life in the saints of our father, Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov Wonderworker The funeral [speech], which His Eminence Stephen wrote after the burial of Saint Demetrius Spiritual diploma of St. Metropolitan Demetrius Speech of the same Eminence Metropolitan to the Great Sovereign, when, as an Archimandrite, he came from Ukraine The same Most Reverend Metropolitan Dimitri, who came to his throne in Rostov Brief questions and answers about faith and other important subjects of knowledge for a Christian Spiritual healing against confusing and blasphemous thoughts, collected in parts from various fatherly books Prayer of daily confession to God from a person who lays the beginning of salvation The inner man, secluded in the cage of his heart, studying and praying in secret Apology for quenching the sadness of a person in trouble, persecution and embitterment, briefly summarized Epistle of the holy confessor of Christ Chrysogon from the lips to Saint Anastasia Pharmacolytria, who was in sorrow and long due to her family’s bitterness On the preparation of priests for Divine Communion God's blessing to the humble Bishop Demetrius and the honest nun Barsanofia Evfimievna The same Metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl for some benefit of the soul General confession of sins, pronounced before the priest on behalf of the repentant Prayer, or a brief remembrance of the sufferings of Christ Divinely inspired Christian instruction What kind of deeds are pleasing to our merciful and long-suffering Creator God? Grateful remembrance of the sufferings of Christ and prayerful reflection, the most useful of all prayers, which should be performed on all Fridays Narrators, historians, witnesses and teachers, church writers about the sufferings of the Lord Kissing the members or wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ every day Divine reflection on the Most Holy Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ The sweetest seven words of our Savior spoken on the Cross Worship of Our Lord Jesus Christ The word of a sinner to Magdalene, weeping at the feet of Christ Lamentation for the burial of Christ Worship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Testimonies of love for one's neighbor It is proper to rejoice in the Lord alone, and not in the corruptible things of this world Preface to the dear reader That the first cause of Adam’s fall was unreason and complete ignorance of oneself About what is appropriate to do with reason and keep the commandments of the Lord About the fact that whoever does not cultivate his mind - does not purify it - cannot have a right and true mind About the fact that in spiritual work one must work and strive until someone comes to the enlightenment of the mind About the fact that in everything one should follow reason and reasoning, and not dumb flesh About the need to prefer fasting and have abstinence in everything About not being enslaved by carnal sensuality, but always seeking spiritual consolation in the Lord About the fact that one should always and in everything follow reason and not senseless carnal lusts About not being wounded by faces and not being enslaved by carnal lust About not being enslaved by lustful thoughts and evil lusts About the fact that carnal lust is not characteristic of man, but entered into our race from the crime of Adam About not attaching your heart to real things and not seeking peace and consolation in earthly sweets, but seeking them in the Lord God alone About adhering to vain praise in all things About not being too comforted by the veneration and glory of men, because they are changeable (delightful) About not being proud of any thing in this age About always and in everything being humble before God and people About not attributing anything good to yourself About not judging anyone else, but seeing your own evil About keeping yourself from laughter, idle talk and blasphemy That in this deplorable vale one must always repent and cry about one’s sins About always remembering death and not being seduced by the corruptible things of this world That there is no peace in any thing in this world, but in the Lord God alone there is eternal peace. About not giving in to the love of money, but placing your trust in God alone About not envying anyone for anything in this world About not being angry or holding grudges against anyone About not grieving too much in sorrows The fact that all the saints spent their entire lives in sorrows and sorrows To endure everything that happens valiantly About not being lazy, but always being sober in the work of God About not being lazy and not being discouraged, but always - day and night - being diligent and taking care of yourself About always arousing yourself to the zeal and warmth of the Lord About directing all your desire towards God and clinging to Him with love About having love for the Lord alone and not esteeming anything higher than His love Verse of the first kind invocation to God Verse two of a conversation dear to God Verse three of the most kindly cry to God Verse four of the desirable exclamation to God Verse five of gratitude to God for His benefits Daily notes of St. Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov, from a book he wrote with his own hand, belonging to the Kiev-Pechersk Bookkeeper, copied A Word for the Week about the Publican and the Pharisee Lesson for the Week of the Last Judgment Lesson for the week of raw food Sermon for the first week of Lent Teaching on the veneration of holy icons Sermon on Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Homily for the fifth commendable Saturday of Lent Sermon for the fifth week of Lent The historical word in the week of Vai Second lesson on the entry into Jerusalem of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ Teaching on the Resurrection of Christ Sermon on the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Bright Monday of the Resurrection of Christ Homily for the Week of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women Teaching for the fourth week of Easter about the paralytic Sermon on the sixth week of Easter about the man born blind Teaching on the Ascension of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ The first lesson on the seventh week of Easter, i.e. on the Sunday of the Saints 318 Fathers gathered at Nicaea on Arius Second sermon on the seventh week of Easter The first word on the day of the descent of the Holy Spirit Second Word on the Day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Teaching on the Sunday of All Saints, the first according to the Holy Spirit A Word on Prayer on Thursday of the First Week in the Holy Spirit Teaching for the second week on the Holy Spirit A Word on Prayer for the Fourth Week in the Holy Spirit First lesson of the fifth week on the Holy Spirit Second lesson of the fifth week on the Holy Spirit Lesson for the sixth week on the Holy Spirit First lesson of the eighth week on the Holy Spirit Second lesson of the eighth week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the ninth week on the Holy Spirit Tenth Week Teaching on the Holy Spirit First lesson of the thirteenth week on the Holy Spirit Second lesson of the thirteenth week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the Fourteenth Week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the fifteenth week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the Eighteenth Week on the Holy Spirit First lesson of the nineteenth week on the Holy Spirit Second lesson of the nineteenth week on the Holy Spirit Teaching on the twentieth week on the Holy Spirit, which also marks the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius Sermon on Thursday of the twentieth week Teaching for the twenty-first week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the twenty-second week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the twenty-third week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the twenty-fourth week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the twenty-seventh week on the Holy Spirit Teaching for the twenty-ninth week on the Holy Spirit Thirty-first week's lesson on the Holy Spirit Sermon for the Thirty-Second Week on the Holy Spirit Word for the consecration of the church Teaching on the Circumcision of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ Lesson in the week before enlightenment Word in memory of the holy righteous Simeon the God-Receiver Sermon in memory of Saint Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Sermon in memory of the nine holy martyrs of Cyzicus A Word for the Most Honorable Memory of the Saints of Our Father Tikhon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Amafunt Sermon in memory of the Holy Supreme Apostles Peter and Paul Word on the celebration of the appearance of the most venerable icon of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary in the city of Kazan Teaching for the Feast of the Most Holy Theotokos of Smolensk, called Hodegetria Sermon for the Feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sermon for the Feast of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Don Sermon in memory of the holy martyrs Adrian and Natalia Teaching on the Beheading of the Venerable Head of Saint John the Baptist Teaching on the day of the miracle of St. Archangel Michael First lesson on the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord Second lesson on the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord Word for the week of the Exaltation of the Venerable Cross Sermon in memory of the Holy Great Martyr Eustathius Placidas First Homily on the Day of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary Second Homily on the Day of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary Teaching in honorable memory in the Saints of our father Gury, Archbishop of Kazan Word in memory of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius Sermon on the Council of the Archangel Michael Sermon in memory of St. John Chrysostom Sermon in memory of our venerable fathers Barlaam and Joasaph of India Sermon in memory of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine Teaching for the honorable memory of the great Saint Nicholas Archbishop, Miracle Worker of Myra Teaching on the week before Christmas (December 2) and on the repose of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Russia, wonderworker Sermon in memory of the Saints of our Father Peter, Metropolitan of All Russia Word for Christmas Teaching about the four-pointed Cross A Word about the Fear of God, Which Every Person Should Have Teaching on the consecration of the church A Word on the Shepherding of Spiritual Shepherds A Word on Asking for Alms for the Building of the Church A word on the commemoration of Ioann Semenovich Griboyedov, Stolnik of His Royal Majesty Address to the memory of Timofey Borisovich Okolnichy, son of boyar Boris Gavrilovich Yushkov The battle of the Holy Archangel Michael, the commander of the Heavenly Forces, and his Angels with the seven-headed serpent A pyramid, or a pillar in blessed memory of the Lord Father Innocent Gisel, Archimandrite of the great Miracle-Working Lavra of Kiev, who reposed before the great God of His mercy, erected in 1685 for the eternal memory of him on the anniversary of his burial. Containing the Chronicle, telling the deeds from the beginning of the world to the Nativity of Christ, collected from the Divine Scripture, from various Chronographs and Historiographs of Greek, Slavic, Roman, Polish, Jewish and others, from the real original, written by the Saint’s own hand. This Chronicle is divided into three sections: In the first - from the beginning of the world to the eighth century of the third millennium In the second - from the death of Noah to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, In the third - a brief description of the Slavic people before the Sovereign Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich Mirror of the Orthodox Confession: Brief Christian Moral A Word on the Suffering of Our Lord Jesus Christ Homily for the second week of All Saints The judgment of the infidel Jews against Jesus of Nazareth, the Redeemer of the world Word on the Day of the Holy Trinity Word during holy fasts Twelve articles by which doubters or unbelievers are convinced of the transubstantiation of bread into the Body and wine into the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ through the display of many images