True Elder Books

Optina Elder Series
Platina offers these books today for a fair price
     https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com

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   Out-of-Print books, some still can be found for a fair price, or else I can help you find a digital copy:

Elder Nektary Optina
Elder Macarius
Elder Zosima
Moses Optina   ISBN: 0-943405-07-6
Joseph Optina    ISBN: 0-913026-53-0
Elder Isidore, Salt of the Earth   ISBN 10: 0938635727
Blessed Xenia, Fool  ISBN10: 0884650006 
Eldress Rachael  ISBN: 1-887904-35-2 
Abbess Thaisia, Autobiography
Abbess Rufina, The Gospel Pearl

   More worthwhile true elder books that get overlooked:

Hieroschemamonk Feofil, Fool 
Nun Parasceva Semyonovna, St. Seraphim's Seraphim
Elder Zenobius   ISBN: 978-0-88465-331-8
Fr. Arseny ISBN: 978-0-88141-180-5
Diveyevo nun Eupraxia
Diveyevo nun Pelagia
Abp. Anthony Vovonezh  ONLY $2 each  — 11 copies left — buy extras for gifts

     https://churchsupplies.jordanville.org/products/archbishop-anthony-of-voronezh

 I'm interested in finding Book 4 of  this series: Great Ascetics of Russia.  I have Books 1,2,3, and 5.  Does anyone have Book 4?  or 6?   (There might not be a Book 6.)

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Do not doubt these quotes:

"ROCOR brought holiness to America"
     Metr. Demetrius GOC, St. John's monastery in New York
     https://startingontheroyalpath.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-light-of-rocor.html

"The Christian who studies the Apostolic Scriptures, writings of the Holy Fathers and Ascetics, or texts of the divine services can enter into a spiritual communion outside of time, with the very authors of these writings. . . "
     Fr. Michael Pomazansky
     https://startingontheroyalpath.blogspot.com/2023/11/catholicity-and-cooperation-in-church.html 

     Do not doubt that you can have a personal encounter with a true elder when you read his life, homilies, counsels.  It can happen when you turn a page, or maybe more of a delayed reaction, later on when you are distracted with some chore.  This can happen for the least of us.  Get to know the true elders, and you will be less likely to be fooled by the many neo-false elders out there today.  (Beware of any elder who died after 1920.)

     I know there are many true Greek elders also we can meet, but we Americans should first get to know the Russian elders.  Even though most of us are now in our Sister Church GOC, we still owe our parentage to Russia, and even our Greek Sister Church recognizes this.  I'm referring to what Metr. Demetrius says, that "ROCOR brought holiness to America."  [You will not hear a declaration like that from Etna....not even an acknowledgement giving ROCOR any credit...*]  Today many who are ROCOR-at-heart find themselves in the GOC.  The GOC and all of Orthodoxy is indebted to what ROCOR brought not just to America, but to all of true Orthodoxy — the whole Universal Church Triumphant. 

*   except for one thing, in 2019 Etna provided Americans with a highest quality English translation of our modern Holy ROCOR Father Michael Pomazanky's important writing: On the Church of Christ in the Light of the Orthodox Faith. This effort was an unspoken admitting by Etna that ROCOR made a valuable contribution to Orthodoxy.  But notice whose picture is on the cover of the Etna book, notice who wants credit...  Compare that cover with St. Fr. Seraphim Rose's cover he chose for his translation of Fr. Michael's Dogmatic Theology book.  As they say. "One picture is worth a thousand words."

     Do not deprive yourself of this book.  Etna's intentions for providing the publication come into question, but Fr. Michael's essay is given to us from heaven.

https://churchsupplies.jordanville.org/collections/books-media/products/on-the-church-of-christ-in-the-light-of-the-orthodox-faith

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