Translated by Vera Bouteneff- 244 pgs.

A marvelous and uplifting account of Father Arseny (1894-1975) by his spiritual children in Russia. He was a monk of Optina, a priest of a vibrant spiritual community in Moscow, and a prisoner of the Godless Communist regime for the most part of thirty-one years, including many years in the Gulag. This is filled with gripping and uplifting stories.