The Struggle For Virtue

The Struggle For Virtue by Archbishop Averky of ROCOR came to me in two ways. First, by an online suggestion that was strong enough for me to order it. Second, by a monk who gifted it to me directly. I’m skeptical of believing in coincidences so I came to conclude that this was an important book for me to read.

Christianity is asceticism

Asceticism is something so closely bound up with the spiritual life that without it spiritual life is simply inconceivable. It is, so to speak, the primary ins...