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Exaltation (Elevation) of the Precious Cross

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The works of Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) (1807–1867) are the spiritual treasury of the Russian Orthodox Church, the favorite reading of pious people. For his great labors in God’s field of Christ, this famous ascetic and ascetic was rightly called Ignatius, the New God-Bearer. The Pilgrim Publishing House has taken the responsible initiative to publish the Complete Works of St. Ignatius, in which for the first time the creative heritage of the great servant of the Church and gifted spiritual writer will be presented in full detail. In the “Appendix” section, readers will for the first time become acquainted with new texts of the Saint’s works, with archival documents that significantly complement his biography, as well as with a large number of unpublished letters from the Right Reverend to various persons, very important and instructive. Valuable memoirs of contemporaries about Saint Ignatius will also be presented here, in which the image of this humble and active mentor of monastics and all Orthodox Christians is vividly presented. Complete collection of creations. Volume I Complete collection of creations. Volume II Complete collection of creations. Volume III Complete collection of creations. Volume IV Complete collection of creations. Volume V Complete collection of creations. Volume VI Complete collection of creations. Volume VII Complete collection of creations. Volume VIII A. I. Osipov “Straight Angel Mind” LIFE OF BISHOP IGNATIUS ASCETICA EXPERIENCES (Part I) On following our Lord Jesus Christ On avoiding reading books containing false teaching Speech to the brethren on communion with the Holy Mysteries of Christ Day Apostle February 1, 1840 Addition to the study “Garden in Winter” Tree in winter in front of the cell windows Eight major passions with their divisions and industries On the virtues opposite to the eight main sinful passions Judge truth and peaceable judgment within your gates, and do not love lying oaths, says the Lord Almighty The praying mind seeks connection with the heart Proof of the resurrection of human bodies, borrowed from the action of mental prayer A Word about the Fear of God and the Love of God Teaching on the lamentation of St. Pimen the Great Prayer of the Persecuted A word of consolation to the grieving monks Your Cross and the Cross of Christ Preparatory conversation for the Sacrament of Confession About a distracted and attentive life Song under the canopy of the Cross (Borrowed from the 15th chapter of Exodus) Reflection at sunset Advice to those who are offended by their neighbors (Pharisee) Visit to Valaam Monastery About the Gospel beatitudes On true and false humility Memories of Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov Ancestors, contemporaries, descendants ASCETICA EXPERIENCES (Part II) Preface to the story "Joseph" Message to the brethren of the Sergius Hermitage from the Babaevsky Monastery About the image and likeness of God in man On the essential work of a monk Spirit of Novice Prayer A word on the cell prayer rule A Word on Church Prayer A Word on Oral and Public Prayer A Word on Teaching, or the Memory of God A word about mental, heartfelt and spiritual prayer A Word about the Jesus Prayer The rite of attention to oneself for those living in the middle of the world The attitude of a Christian to his passions Mysterious explanation of Psalm 99 A Word about Salvation and Christian Perfection A word about the different states of human nature in relation to good and evil A word on the sensory and spiritual vision of spirits Author's preface to the first edition of “Ascetic Sermon” Lesson 1 on the Sunday of Epiphany. About repentance Lesson 2 on the Sunday of Epiphany. About repentance Sermon 1 on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. The Character of the Publican and the Pharisee Sermon 2 on the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. About prayer and repentance Lesson on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. About repentance Lesson for the Meat Empty Week. About the Second Coming of Christ Lesson for the Week of Cheese. Conditions for entering the Holy Pentecost Conversation on Monday of the first week of Lent. Preparation for the Sacrament of Confession Sermon on Wednesday of the first week of Lent. About the dangers of hypocrisy Sermon on Friday of the first week of Lent. About the human body Homily for the first Sunday of Great Lent. About Orthodoxy Sermon for the Second Sunday of Great Lent. The meaning of fasting for a person Sermon for the Third Sunday of Great Lent. About bearing the cross Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent. The meaning of fasting in relation to fallen spirits Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. Combining fasting with mercy and prayer Word 1 of the Flower-Bearing Week Word 2 of the Flower-Bearing Week Homily on Holy Thursday at the Liturgy. About the Holy Mysteries of Christ Homily on Great Friday at Vespers Lesson for the Sunday of Antipascha. About Christianity Teaching on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, the third after Easter. About the deadness of the human spirit Sermon on the Fourth Sunday after Easter, about the paralytic. About God's punishments Lesson for the Sunday about the Samaritan. On Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth Lesson for the Sunday about the man born blind. About self-conceit and humility Teaching on All Saints Sunday, the first after Pentecost. Sign of God's Chosen Sermon on Saturday of the fourth week. Condition for assimilation to Christ Lesson for the Ninth Week. God is man's helper in his sorrows Sermon on Tuesday of the eleventh week. To the words of the Savior “She who shows the law: judgment and mercy and faith” Teaching on the words: “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has multiplied against Me, and their sins have been great. When I come down I will see that if their cry comes to Me, it will be accomplished.” Teaching for the Twelfth Week. About salvation Conversation in the Thirteenth Week. About the reason for people's departure from God Conversation in the twenty-second Week. About the rich man and the pauper Word on Tuesday of the twenty-third week. Explanation of the Lord's Prayer: Our Father Lesson 1 for the twenty-fifth Sunday. About the love of God Lesson 2 for the twenty-fifth Week. About love for one's neighbor Teaching for the Twenty-Sixth Week. About extortion Teaching on Monday of the twenty-sixth week. About the Kingdom of God Teaching for the Twenty-seventh Week. Explanation of the day's Gospel “Jesus taught alone from the congregation on the Sabbath” Teaching for the Twenty-Eighth Week. Explanation of the day's Gospel: “A certain man made a great supper, and called many people” Teaching for the twenty-ninth Week. On thanksgiving and glorification of God Conversation on Monday of the twenty-ninth week. About signs and wonders Lesson for the Thirtieth Week. About salvation and perfection Lesson for the Thirty-First Week. Explanation of the mysterious meaning of the Gospel story Lesson for the Thirty-Second Week. About Zacchaeus Sermon on Saturday of the thirty-second week. About prayer Teaching on the 54th beginning of the Gospel of Luke, read on the feast days of the Mother of God. About physical and mental feats A lesson to the common people when visiting the diocese. About salvation A conversation about the fact that for fruitful repentance it is necessary to reject self-conceit Exposition of the teaching of the Orthodox Church about the Mother of God Notes and essays on the state of the St. Petersburg deanery A brief outline of the current state of the monasteries of the St. Petersburg diocese, Description of the Valaam Monastery and the troubles that happened in it The case of the peasants of the landowner Strakhov Report of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov from the Nikolo-Babaevsky Monastery Report on the condition of the supernumerary cenobitic Nikolaevsky Babayevsky Monastery AN OFFERING TO MODERN MONASKY Part I. Rules of external behavior for new monks Part II. Advice regarding spiritual monastic work The lament of a monk for his brother who fell into sinful temptation Archpastoral appeals of St. Ignatius on the issue of liberation of peasants from serfdom Footnotes to the note by A. I. Herzen “In Christ the sapper Ignatius” Comments on the review of the magazine “Bell” to the Caucasian Bishop Ignatius Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov in polemics with the liberal intelligentsia about the Christian understanding of freedom Saint Ignatius at the Caucasus See Selected sayings of the Fathers, mainly Egyptian, whose names have come down to us, and stories from the lives of these Fathers Alexander, Patriarch of Antioch Dioscorus, Presbyter of Thebaid Abba Epiphanius, Archbishop of Cyprus Eulogius, disciple of the Patriarch, John the Merciful Abba Isidore, Presbyter of Skete Abba Isaac, presbyter from Cells Abba John from Mount Kalamon Skitians (monks of the Egyptian Skete) Saint Tikhon of Voronezh Sayings of the elders, mainly Egyptian, especially the elders of Skete, whose names have not reached us Tales from the lives of the elders, mainly Egyptian, whose names have not reached us Venerable Simeon the New Theologian Active and Theological Chapters Hagiographical, apologetic and literary-poetic works of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov A remarkable dream of a resident of St. Petersburg N., recorded by Archimandrite Ignatius Literature lessons taught by His Eminence Bishop Ignatius Christian pastor and Christian artist Reflections of Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov on church painting Letter regarding “Selected passages from correspondence with friends” by N. V. Gogol Saint Ignatius and the problem of creativity Comments on the Maritime Educational Institutions Transformation Project On the need for a Council on the current state of the Russian Orthodox Church Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov in the Nikolo-Babaevsky Monastery (1861–1867) Death of Saint Ignatius On the canonization of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov CORRESPONDENCE OF ST. IGNATIUS BRYANCHANINOV WITH CHURCH ARCHIPRESES Saint Philaret (Drozdov), Metropolitan of Moscow Saint Philaret (Amphitheaters), Metropolitan of Kiev Your Eminence Archbishops of Kostroma Platon (Thebes) and Yaroslavl Nile (Isakovich) Eminence Leonid (Krasnopevkov) Letters from St. Ignatius to Metropolitan Anthony (Rafalsky) of Novgorod and St. Petersburg Letter from Saint Ignatius to Metropolitan Isidore (Nikolsky) of Novgorod and St. Petersburg and response to it Letter from Saint Ignatius to Bishop Benedict (Grigorovich) Letter from Saint Ignatius to Archbishop of Kursk and Belgorod Iliodor (Chistyakov) Letter from His Grace Nicholas (Sokolov), Bishop of Kaluga, to St. Ignatius Brianchaninov and his response Archbishop Irenaeus (Nesterovich) Two letters from Archbishop Gabriel (Rozanov) of Kherson and Tauride to Saint Ignatius and the Saint’s response to the first of them Letters of His Grace Theodotius (Ozerov), Bishop of Starorussky, to Saint Ignatius Archbishop of Turkestan and Tashkent Zephaniah (Sokolsky) Letter from His Grace Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky), Archbishop of Oryol, to Saint Ignatius Letter from Saint Ignatius to His Grace Alexy (Rzhanitsyn), Bishop of Tula Correspondence of Saint Theophan the Recluse with Saint Ignatius HOLY IGNATIY BRYANCHANINOV AND RECENTS OF THE MONASTERIES About the letters of Saint Ignatius and the abbot of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery of Damascus. Correspondence of Saint Ignatius with Abbot Damascus Ugresha. Correspondence of Saint Ignatius with Abbot Hilary Hegumen of the Southern Dorothea Hermitage Bartholomew. Letters of Saint Ignatius to Abbot Bartholomew Hegumen Anthony (Bochkov). Life and creativity. Correspondence of Saint Ignatius with Abbot Anthony (Bochkov) Archimandrite Feofan Novoezersky (Sokolov) and Abbess Feofaniya (Gotovtseva) Archimandrite Photius (Spassky) Friend of Archimandrite Ignatius Brianchaninov, Father Isaiah Nikiforovsky Letter from Saint Ignatius to the Rostov Archimandrite Letter from Archimandrite Aaron of the Trinity-Zelenetsky Monastery to St. Ignatius Letter from the abbot of the Moscow Simonov Monastery Theophan to St. Ignatius Letter from Archimandrite Athanasius of the Kostroma Epiphany Monastery to St. Ignatius Letters from the rector of the Tikhvin Great Monastery, Archimandrite Hilarion, to St. Ignatius Bishop Ignatius' remark on the testimony of Archimandrite Macarius, former rector of the Tver Seminary, now a censor, that evil spirits told him that a countless number of evil spirits were released to fight against the Orthodox Church, in unity with papism and Mohammedanism Letter from Saint Ignatius to Lev Alexandrovich (in monastic life Leonid) Kavelin Letters from the censor, Archimandrite Photius, to St. Ignatius Letters of Saint Ignatius to the abbots of various monasteries CORRESPONDENCE OF ST. IGNATIUS BRIANCHANINOV WITH MONAS Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov and blessed Optina Pustyn Newly discovered early letters of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov Elizaveta Nikitichna Shakhova Letters of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov to monastics of different monasteries Letters from monastics of various monasteries to St. Ignatius Mikhail Vasilievich Chikhachev Christian pastor and Christian artist BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE OF ST. IGNATIUS BRYANCHANINOV Correspondence of Saint Ignatius with the Minister of the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Prince P. M. Volkonsky Letters from Saint Ignatius to the Minister of the Court of His Imperial Majesty, Count V. F. Adlerberg Letter from Saint Ignatius to Metropolitan Gregory of Novgorod and St. Petersburg Correspondence of Saint Ignatius with the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count N. A. Protasov Letters to St. Ignatius from the secretary of Metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Petersburg Seraphim A. I. Suslov Letters from Saint Ignatius to the Director of the Office of the Synodal Chief Prosecutor K. S. Serbinovich Letter from K. S. Serbinovich to St. Ignatius Letters from Saint Ignatius to the Director of the Department of State Property N.P. Dubensky Letter from Saint Ignatius to the Secretary of State, Prince A. N. Golitsyn Letter to Saint Ignatius from Secretary of State Prince A. N. Golitsyn Letter to Saint Ignatius from the Confessor of Sovereign Nicholas I, Nikolai Muzovsky Letter from Saint Ignatius to Count Peter Andreevich Kleinmichel Letter from Saint Ignatius to a certain high-ranking official Letters from Saint Ignatius to the Administrator of the Committee of Ministers, F.P. Kornilov Correspondence of the Caucasian period Vladimir Voropaev. Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod Count A. P. Tolstoy Olga Shafranova. Parents, brothers and sisters CORRESPONDENCE OF ST. IGNATIUS BRIANCHANINOV WITH FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES Nikolai Nikolaevich Muravyov-Karsky Friends of Saint Ignatius - from youth to his last days Count Dmitry Nikolaevich Sheremetev Tatyana Borisovna Potemkina Letters of St. Ignatius without specifying the addressee Letters of Saint Ignatius in response to those tempted by the “Word of Death” Letters from various persons to Saint Ignatius Letter from St. Ignatius Brianchaninov to the artist K. P. Bryullov (publication and comments by I. A. Vinogradov) Letter from St. Ignatius Brianchaninov regarding “Selected passages from correspondence with friends” by N. V. Gogol (publication and comments by I. A. Vinogradov) Sofia Ivanovna Snessoreva Letters of Saint Ignatius to Ivan Ilyich Glazunov POETIC EXPERIMENTS OF ST. IGNATIUS BRYANCHANINOV You might be interested in:
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