THE OPTINA LIBRARY
Talks with Spiritual Children
By Saint Barsanuphius of Optina
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Hear the Optina tradition in the form of talks.
Saint Barsanuphius’s talks offer a different encounter with eldership from the letters of Ambrose and Macarius. The spoken teaching form allows readers to follow counsel addressed to spiritual children across a substantial volume. For someone building an Orthodox spiritual library, it provides a useful companion to correspondence: a way to compare how related concerns are expressed in conversation and in personal written guidance.
Inside this book
- Spiritual talks associated with Barsanuphius of Optina
- Counsel addressed to spiritual children
- A companion to the Optina letter collections
Choose this if you prefer the form of talks, or if you have begun the Optina letters and want to hear another elder’s voice.
Edition details
- Author
- Saint Barsanuphius of Optina
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Length
- 325 pages
- Trim size
- 6 × 9 inches
- ISBN
- 9798184503912
- Publication date
- June 27, 2026
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