On Earth We're Just Learning How to LivePresented here for the first time in English, this heartfelt and moving memoir has become quite popular in Russia since its publication in 2004. In it, Russian archpriest Valentin Biryukov endeavors to pass on the spiritual wisdom gleaned from his long life. Now ninety four years of age, Fr. Valentin has had innumerable experiences of Gods mercy and has met a great many others who have experienced God in profound, at times miraculous, ways. He has

Thomas Sunday

Ignatius recognizes that this cultivation requires discipline and awareness of the enemies that thwart our efforts to live a holy life

as well as the Director of the Saints Cyril and Athanasius Institute for Orthodox Studies

seminaries

with the aid of divine grace

Living in Sihăstria Monastery — where his spiritual son

uniting insights from a host of Christian sources to guide readers in their spiritual journey

he will always help us

One of these was Elder Vitaly (Sidorenko)

the Holy Scriptures

These holy fathers teach us that we cannot cure afflictions of the immortal soul simply by drugging the short-lived mortal brain

When I see a young child