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Abbess Thaisia of Leushino: The Autobiography of a Spiritual Daughter of St. John of Kronstadt

Nota bene: The cover of this work is blemished.

Volume 3 of Modern Matericon Series: God-Pleasing Women

“St. John of Kronstadt (+1908), the great Russian Orthodox luminary of modern times, has long been known to much of the Christian world through the publication of his famous spiritual diary, My Life in Christ. Unfortunately, the phenomenal woman whom he guided, admired and relied upon, who herself achieved greatness as a dynamic promoter of women’s monasticism, has heretofore been completely unknown to the English-speaking world. With the publication of the present book, this woman—Abbess Thaisia (†1915)—will at last begin to be brought out of obscurity. St. John of Kronstadt called the autobiography of Abbess Thaisia ‘wonderful, beautiful, divine,’ and urged that it be ‘printed for general instruction.’ This work is a rarity in Orthodox literature, for it almost never happens that a genuine Orthodox saint writes about himself, thereby producing a spiritual biography that is trustworthy. Abbess Thaisia was known throughout the whole of the Russian Church at the turn of the century.”
—“PREFACE”

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: The Gospel Call to Monasticism
I. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABBESS THAISIA
   Instead of a Foreword
   1. Family Background and Religious Formation
   2. Afflictions at School
   3. A Calling from God
   4. Preparation for A New Life
   5. The Enticements of the World
   6. Independent Life in Borovichi
   7. The Path to the Convent
   8. Pilgrimage to Tikhvin
   9. Help from the Mother of God
   10. Counsels of Father Laurence
   11. Going to Golgotha
   12. Tests of Constancy
   13. An Old Nun’s Prayer
   14. The Cross-Baptism
   15. Brought Home by St. Alexis the Man of God
   16. The Monastic Cell
   17. Monastic Life Is Not “Fair”
   18. A Fate Preordained by God
   19. Twilight in the Monastery, Midnight in the World
   20. “We Shall Meet Again”
   21. Thorough Confession Before Communion
   22. St. Symeon the God-Receiver
   23. The Curtain Is Rent in Twain
   24. The Eve of Becoming an Abbess
   25. The Intercession of the Queen of Heaven
   26. A Miraculous Healing from a Serious Illness
   27. The First Tonsure into Monasticism
   28. The Appearance of the Mother of God
   29. In the Great Church
   30. “O All-Praised Mother”
   31. The Vision of Archimandrite Benjamin
II. THE HISTORY OF THE LEUSHINO CONVENT
III. THE REPOSE OF ABBESS THAISIA
   1. A Biographical Sketch
   2. Last Days and Funeral
   3. Funeral Orations
IV. CONVERSATIONS OF ST. JOHN OF KRONSTADT AND ABBESS THAISIA
The Skete “Hermitage” or “Little Cross”
Manuscript Notes of Fr. John of Kronstadt
V. ABBESS THAISIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO SPIRITUAL LITERATURE
In the Midnight Hour
Precious Moments
The Sea of Life
Upon My Grave
To Father John
Faith
On the Birth of Christ
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Item Number: BKP223DSC
Publication data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood Press, 1989
Format: softcover
Number of pages: 344
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.4 cm × 1.7 cm
Additional information: black-and-white illustrations, full-color illustrations
ISBN: 0‒938635‒42‒5

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