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The Russian Philokalia: Dobrotolubie, Volume II
Collected by Saint Theophan the Recluse
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Follow the daily contest for attention and prayer.
Volume II of The Russian Philokalia moves from ascetical foundations into the activity of the heart: how thoughts approach, passions grow, and attention is recovered. In Theophan’s Russian arrangement, John Cassian, Hesychios, Nilus, Ephrem, John Climacus, and other teachers address that contest from complementary directions. The substantial collection is suited to readers who want to compare patristic treatments of watchfulness rather than rely on scattered quotations.
Inside this book
- Cassian on purity of heart and the passions
- Hesychios on watchfulness and invocation
- Ephrem and Climacus on repentance and ascent
Choose Volume II to continue the sequence after Volume I or to study its particular authors with the wider ascetical context in view.
Edition details
- Compiler
- Saint Theophan the Recluse
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Length
- 628 pages
- Trim size
- 6 × 9 inches
- ISBN
- 9798189380921
- Publication date
- July 27, 2026