Saint Païssy (Velichkovsky), the holy Elder of Moldavia. Life. Doctrine of mental Prayer

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Epochs of relative spiritual poverty alternate with periods of spiritual prosperity. In each century however there can be found spiritual torch-bearers, who showed the path to their contemporaries, who revealed to them God's will; through them and around them the Divine, sacred inner of the Church could continue to be built and the Church could continue its creative work.

The narrow monastic path of St. Païssy of Moldavia (Velichkovski) (1722 - 1794), a native of Ukraine, was ...