Elder Melchizedek
: hermit of the Roslavl Forest
/ Serge N. Bolshakoff
Translated as: Όσιος στάρετς ΜελχισεδέκLanguage: Αγγλικά.Country: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής.Publication: Platina : Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1988Description: 70 σ. : εικ. ; 21 εκ.ISBN: 093863528X (pbk.).Series: Acquisition of the Holy Spirit in Russia, 4Dewey: 271.819092 (Edition 23rd)Old Classification: Δ5 (Μοναχοί)Abstract: The Life of the pious man in ELDER MELCHIZEDEK was very unusual, even unique--it was an extremely long life, lasting for 125 years, from 1715 to 1840. At 95 years of age, Elder Melchizedek left his monastery for the life of a solitary in the great White Forest. At this age, he had the vigor of a man in his fifties, mentally alert and courageous. Elder Melchizedek was part of the whole phenomenon of the desert dwellers of Roslavl, which led to the formation of the Optina Skete. Similar to many others who pursued monastic love for the wilderness, he was a contemporary of outstanding men of prayer to whom mystical realities were opened.Subject - Topical Name: μοναχοί | στάρτσι | βιογραφία Item type:
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| Paraklitos Library Κεντρικά Βιβλιοστάσια | Αγιολογία & Εκκλησιαστικές μορφές | 271.819092 MelA BolS em 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | |
| Paraklitos Library Κεντρικά Βιβλιοστάσια | Αγιολογία & Εκκλησιαστικές μορφές | 271.819092 MelA BolS em 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available |
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| 271.819092 MakO ΙΜΟΣΝΘ σμ 2015 Ο Στάρετς Μακάριος, συνεκδίδεται και έτερος αναλυτικός βίος του καθώς και απάνθισμα επιστολών του | 271.819092 MakO ΙΜΟΣΝΘ σμ 2015 Ο Στάρετς Μακάριος, συνεκδίδεται και έτερος αναλυτικός βίος του καθώς και απάνθισμα επιστολών του | 271.819092 MelA BolS em 1988 Elder Melchizedek, hermit of the Roslavl Forest | 271.819092 MelA BolS em 1988 Elder Melchizedek, hermit of the Roslavl Forest | 271.819092 MelA BolS em/οσμ 2015 Όσιος στάρετς Μελχισεδέκ, ο ερημίτης των δασών Ροσλάβλ | 271.819092 MicE StaM i 1992 Interior silence, Elder Michael: the last great mystic of Valaam, in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Elder Michael's repose (1962-1992) | 271.819092 MicE StaM i 1992 Interior silence, Elder Michael: the last great mystic of Valaam, in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Elder Michael's repose (1962-1992) |
Summary or Abstract: The Life of the pious man in ELDER MELCHIZEDEK was very unusual, even unique--it was an extremely long life, lasting for 125 years, from 1715 to 1840. At 95 years of age, Elder Melchizedek left his monastery for the life of a solitary in the great White Forest. At this age, he had the vigor of a man in his fifties, mentally alert and courageous.
Elder Melchizedek was part of the whole phenomenon of the desert dwellers of Roslavl, which led to the formation of the Optina Skete. Similar to many others who pursued monastic love for the wilderness, he was a contemporary of outstanding men of prayer to whom mystical realities were opened.
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