Paperback: I do not precede my book by any introduction: let it speak for itself. Everything contained in it is but a gracious enlightenment which was bestowed upon my soul by the all-enlightening Holy Spirit during moments of deep self-concentration and of self-examination, especially during prayer. - Archpriest Ivan Ilyich Sergiev
My Life In Christ (2015) is a classic text of Orthodox Christian spiritual life. This book is a reflection of both the profound spiritual experience and the elevated theological reflection of its author, St John of Kronstadt.
This new edition features a revised and updated English translation and is enhanced by the inclusion of subject and scripture indexes. Appropriate both for beginners in the spiritual life and for those more experienced, no one will come away from reading this work without profit.
My Life In Christ will be returned to time and time again and is appropriate, relevant, and edifying reading for all Christians. The two parts of this present edition are available separately and as a complete set.
About the author: Ivan Ilyich Sergiev (1829-1908), known to his contemporaries as Fr John of Kronstadt, was the most revered figure of the Orthodox Church in Russia in the half-century leading up to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. Fr John's veneration grew even greater after his death, and in 1964, the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia formally recognised him as a Saint.
About the translator: Nicholas Kotar is a graduate of Holy Trinity Seminary, Jordanville, New York, and holds a degree in Russian Literature from UC Berkeley. My Life In Christ is revised and adapted (with reference to the original Russian text) from the translation of E E Goulaeff by Nicholas Kotar.
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