Diary of a Russian Priest brand_Hermitage Athonite Incense and finally the Elder's teaching

and finally the Elder's teaching on how to confront and prepare for death

Because Fr Alexander came to the priesthood through the gates of secular culture

Having ac­quired their mind

it contains a summation of the Church’s wisdom and experience of sanctity through the grace of Christ

Diary of a Russian Priest brand_Hermitage Athonite Incense and finally the Elder's teachingAlexander Elchaninov, one of the most gifted priests of the Russian emigration, died from a tragic illness in 1934, at the age of fifty three. In his early years he was involved in the cultural and religious movements which transformed the country's literature and art during the period of 1900 1910. He was ordained comparatively late in life, after passing through the harrowing experience of the 1917 revolution. While deeply rooted in the spiritual