“One of the last Elders who grew up from the root of pre-revolutionary Optina is Schema-archimandrite Sebastian (Fomin, †1966)—a disciple of Elder Joseph and, after his death, of Elder Nektary. Having absorbed within himself the traditions and the grace-filled patristic spirit of Optina Monastery and having been tried, like iron, in the furnace of fiery trials, enduring banishment and imprisonment in the soviet camps, he, by the ineffable judgments of God, bore his service of eldership in the sultry steppe of Central Kazakhstan, in much-suffering and blessed Karaganda where, during the period from the 1930s to the 1950s, one of the most tragic acts of the God-fighting drama of our century unfolded.” —“Foreword to the Russian Edition”
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION FOREWORD TO THE RUSSIAN EDITION CHRONOLOGY PART I: THE PRIMA VITA OF ELDER SEBASTIAN 1. Youth and Life in Optina 2. Arrest and Exile 3. Life in Karaganda 4. Last Days 5. Canonization PART II: ACCOUNTS OF SPIRITUAL CHILDREN PART III: TEACHINGS OF ELDER SEBASTIAN PART IV: SELECTIONS FROM SERMONS PART V: ELDRESSES OF KARAGANDA 1. Schema-nun Agnia 2. Schema-nun Anastasia APPENDIX: Historical Information on the “Karlag” AKATHIST GLOSSARY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Item Number: BKP556 Publication data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1999 Format: softcover Number of pages: 490 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.5 cm × 2.5 cm Additional information: black-and-white illustrations ISBN: 0‒938635‒62‒X
