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Spiritual Conversations. Cell Notes

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This new, revised edition of the spiritual conversations and cell notes of St. Barsanuphius of Optina (Plikhankov) († 1913) is of great value to those interested in the history of the Russian Church, Optina Hermitage, and the problems of monasticism and spiritual life.

This book includes all the surviving texts of the elder's conversations with his spiritual children and his "Cell Notes"—a notebook he kept from 1892 to 1896. The saint's conversations are published in their original form, as they were recorded in the early 20th century at the Church of St. Mary of Egypt in Optina Hermitage and at the Old Golutvin Monastery.

"Cell Notes" is published from St. Barsanuphius's manuscript (autograph), which is part of the Optina archive, which is housed in the Manuscript Department of the Russian State Library. Novice Pavel Plikhankov conceived the idea of compiling a book of the lives of modern ascetics and began collecting materials for it. Although the work remained unfinished, the "Cell Notes" of the Optina Skete are a remarkable, highly spiritual work.
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