Raising Them Right: A Saint's Advice on Raising Children

by Theophan The Recluse Govorov, Seraphim Rose (Translator), Peter E Gillquist (Foreword by)

Overview

Saint Theophan, while from a different era and country, has an uncanny ability to communicate with modern Westerners. Raising Them Right provides both practical and spiritual insight into a variety of areas of concern to parents, such as baptism, guiding the spiritual and psychological development of children through their teens, and preserving grace in a child's life. A fresh redesign of a spiritual classic. "What good fortune therefore it is to receive a good, truly Christian upbringing, to enter with it into the years of youth, then in the same spirit to enter into the years of adulthood." --Saint Theophan

Find practical advice for reaching these goals for your children in RAISING THEM RIGHT.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780962271304
Publisher:	Ancient Faith Publishing
Publication date:	05/25/2005
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.53(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Theophan the Recluse was born in 1815 in Chernavsk, Russia. After completing a theological education, Theophan took monastic vows and was ordained to the priesthood. In 1859, he was consecrated as a bishop, serving first in Tambov, then later in the diocese of Vladimir. Although a kindly bishop and a good administrator, Bishop Theophan grew increasingly weary of public office, and he longed to lead a life of prayer and seclusion. In 1866 he resigned from his active work of diocesan administration and retired to a remote monastery hidden in the great forests at Vyshen. Here he was to remain in seclusion until his death twenty-eight years later. After six years as abbot of the monastery and being an active part of the monastic services, in 1872 Theophan became a recluse. He remained strictly secluded, never going outside his cell, seeing no one but his confessor and the superior of his monastery. As a recluse for the rest of his life, Theophan devoted himself to prayer and asceticism, to correspondence, and to literary work.

Table of Contents

Foreword • 5

Life of Saint Theophan the Recluse • 7

Chapter One

The Christian Adult • 11

Chapter Two

Baptism: The Adult and the Child • 22

Chapter Three

The Developing Child • 36

Chapter Four

Forming Attitudes • 50

Chapter Five

The Years of Youth • 57

Chapter Six

Understanding a Young Person • 64

Chapter Seven

Preserving God's Grace • 79