“In 1881 the superior of Saint Michael the Archangel monastery of Cheremis in the diocese of Kazan, Hegumen Paisii Fedorov, published in Kazan four tales of a certain pious pilgrim. The tales described how the pilgrim obtained the gift of praying the Jesus prayer unceasingly and the edifying and instructive events that happened to him while he wandered at length across the limitless expanses of Siberia. The book was called ‘The Candid Tale of a Pilgrim to His Spiritual Father.’” —“Introduction: From ‘A Seeker of Unceasing Prayer’ to ‘The Candid Tales of a Pilgrim’ (notes on the textual history and authorship of The Pilgrim’s Tale)”
CONTENTS
Preface Introduction Notes to Introduction THE TALES OF A PILGRIM, A SEEKER OF PRAYER The Tale of a Pilgrim, how he acquired the gift of interior unceasing prayer of the heart The Pilgrim’s Tale on the occasion of his second meeting, 13 December 1859 The Pilgrim’s Tale on the occasion of his third and farewell meeting, 20 December 1859 The Pilgrim’s Tale on the occasion of a fourth and unexpected meeting Appendix Tales Five, Six, and Seven The Pilgrim’s Tale on the occasion of the fifth meeting The Sixth Meeting The Seventh Meeting Notes to Text Bibliography Index
Item Number: BKPP492 Publication Data: New York, NY/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999 Format: softcover Number of Pages: xii + 237 Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.8 cm × 15.3 cm × 1.6 cm ISBN: 0‒8091‒3709-7
