LIVING WITHOUT HYPOCRISY: SPIRITUAL COUNSELS OF THE HOLY ELDERS OF OPTINA

The Optina monastery, south of Moscow, was in many ways the greatest spiritual centre of nineteenth century Russia. Here we are offered wisdom from the spiritual Fathers of that time in the form of pithy thoughts organised thematically under headings such as Faith, Love of Neighbour, Inner Peace etc. They both challenge and encourage the reader towards a life without hypocrisy.