ELDERSHIP IN RUSSIA

© Moscow Metochion of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. 1999

CONTENT

The book "Eldership in Russia" and its author

Part I

Prologue

Fundamentals of Eldership

On the History of Russian Eldership

Restoration of the eldership in Russia

Eldership in the Optina Hermitage

Zosima Hermitage and Eldership

Addendum from the compiler

Eldership in other Russian monasteries

Part II

Introduction

On the Letters of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

On the Letters of St. Theophan the Recluse

On the Letters of Ivan Ivanovich Troitsky

On the letters of Abbess Arsenia

On the Letters of St. Macarius of Optina

On the Letters of St. Ambrose of Optina

On the Letters of St. Anthony of Optina

On the Letters of St. Gabriel (Zyryanov)

On the Letters of Schema-Archimandrite Ignatius (Lebedev)

Afterword

Part III. Annexes

Appendix I. From the Letters of Ivan Ivanovich Troitsky

Appendix II: From the Letters of St. Gabriel (Zyryanov) to the Nuns of the Martha and Mary Convent

Appendix III: Letters from the Imprisonment of Schema-Archimandrite Ignatius (Lebedev)