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""Prayer is a refuge of God's great mercy to the human race."" The refuge is a place of inner stillness and peace where the heart is fully opened to the embrace of God's love. It is a return to the ancient paradise from which the human race, in Adam, had to depart because of disobedience to the command of God. The Refuge is an exposition of the concrete actions we should take if we truly desire to live with and in God. It weaves together meditations on scripture (from the Psalms in particular) and amplifies these with the wisdom of early Christian saints, in particular the ascetical writings of St John of the Ladder, St Macarius the Great and St Isaac the Syrian. It is an active exhortation for us to reacquire the original nobility with which God fashioned us in the beginning.

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Author:   Ignatius Brianchaninov ,  Nicholas Kotar
Publisher:   Holy Trinity Publications
Imprint:   Holy Trinity Monastery,US
Volume:   3
ISBN:  

9780884654292

ISBN 10:   088465429
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 December 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Blessed is the Man Joseph: An Edifying Story taken from the Book of Genesis A Letter to the Brotherhood of the Sergiev Hermitage from the Nikolo-Babaev Monastery The Fear of God and the Love of God The Judgments of God A Meeting of the Soul and the Mind Seeing One’s Sins The Image and Likeness of God in Man A Reflection on the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to Timothy, Referring Primarily to the Monastic Life The Essential Work of a Monk The Spirit of a Beginner’s Prayer The Cell Rule of Prayer Prayer in Church Prayer Spoken Aloud Remembrance of God The Prayer of the Mind, the Heart, and the Soul The Jesus Prayer A Wanderer A Mystical Interpretation of Psalm 99 Salvation and Christian Perfection The Various States of Human Nature in Relation to Good and Evil

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Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807Ð1867) was a prolific author of Orthodox Christian ascetical works. Published toward the end of his life, his writings continued to grow in popularity long after his death. Along with his contemporary, St. Theophan the Recluse, Ignatius is now considered a foremost authority on Orthodox spirituality. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988. Deacon Nicholas Kotar is a recent graduate of Holy Trinity Seminary and an assistant editor at Holy Trinity Publications in Jordanville, NY. He also has a degree in Russian Literature from UC Berkeley. Having begun conducting with the youth choir in the Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco, Nicholas helped establish the St John of San Francisco Men’s Chorale, which has released two disks to date: Rejoice in Song and Chrysostom. Currently he conducts the monastery and seminary choir at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville. He is also a founding member of Conquering Time, an ensemble of performance, visual, and literary artists inspired by the Inklings that stages original works of storytelling and traditional music and publishes new poetry and prose. 

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