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Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross

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преподобный Макарий Оптинский (Иванов)

15 books

“We will follow the path of humility” (letters to Lev Kavelin)with full text

Soulful teachingswith full text6 chapters

Biography of the Optina Elder Hieroschemamonk Macariuswith full text24 chapters

Life of the Optina Elder Macariuswith full text

Correspondence of Konstantin Zederholm with Elder Macarius of Optinawith full text4 chapters

Letters to a Pious Christian Womanwith full text

Letters to worldly personswith full text5 chapters

Letters to monastics. Section 1. Letters to monkswith full text

Letters to monastics. Section 2. Letters to nuns. [Part 1]with full text5 chapters

Letters to monastics. Section 2. Letters to nuns. [Part 2]with full text

Letters to monastics. Section 2. Letters to nuns. [Part 3]with full text297 chapters

Letters to monastics. Section 2. Letters to nuns. [Part 4]with full text

Letters on humility, self-reproach and patience of sorrowswith full text

The last days of the Optina elder Hieroschemamonk Macariuswith full text

A warning to those who read the spiritual books of the fathers and those who wish to undergo the mental Jesus prayerwith full text

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