Most people begin their acquaintance with Orthodoxy by reading Orthodox fiction. Uninvented stories from the life of Orthodox people make you feel and sympathize with the characters, introduce you to Orthodox customs, and often involve the reader in the life of an Orthodox parish.

Reading Orthodox fiction is an exciting activity that allows you, together with the heroes of the works, to seek and find the truth, to think about a truly Orthodox understanding of events. Gradually, the reader has favorite Orthodox writers, favorite works of art. Some Orthodox authors write so soulfully that you will definitely want to have their works at home.

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Features of modern Orthodox books

Modern Orthodox spiritual literature attunes a person to positive thoughts and is a kind of psychological tool that can help you choose the right path, protect you from bad thoughts, survive the pain of loss and show the path of spiritual improvement.

Spiritual fiction is a promising trend in Orthodoxy. Church books are always valued, they are passed down from generation to generation and are a family heirloom. Reading them is useful and saving for the soul.

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Russian writers were able to reflect the essence of the Christian faith in their works. They feel spirituality, morality and reflect the soul of the author himself. Reading church prose allows you to consider all life situations from a different angle. They are written in an understandable language even for a simple reader and hold attention to the last lines.

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If up to this day you have always put off regular reading of Christian literature, then there are two whole reasons for this grace-filled work. Firstly, March 14th— Orthodox book day. The holiday is very young, introduced 4 years ago. But reading for a Christian is an important part of spiritual work. And now the other day begins, a great time for spiritual exploits!

The most important book for a Christian should undoubtedly be the Holy Scriptures. In addition, these are patristic works, the lives of saints. In addition, a lot of different books by Orthodox authors have recently appeared on the book market. And, of course, you need to remember that not all of them are equally valuable. Among these books there are those that are completely non-Orthodox in essence, there are those in which genuine Orthodox teaching is mixed with occult or pseudo-scientific ideas. Every person has their favorite books. According to the website lib.pravmir.ru we offer you 10 most read modern books useful in spiritual work.

1. - a book by Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov. Published in 2011. The book aroused great interest among the reading public. So, by October 2012, the total circulation of the book amounted to one million one hundred thousand copies. As Archimandrite Tikhon himself said: “I told almost all the stories that were included in the book during sermons. All this is part of our church life.”

2. - the last work of the Orthodox author Viktor Likhachev, who passed away in 2008. The writer did not have time to finish his book, but he hoped that everyone who reads it will recognize himself in it, feel that boundless love for Russia, for the Russian village, which the author nourished, let faith in God and the hope that that the Angels, our heavenly patrons, will never leave us...

3. " Prologue in the teachings for each day of the year "— the book was compiled in 2007 by Archpriest Viktor Guryev. "Prologue" is an ancient Russian collection of hagiographies, originating from the Byzantine chronologists, in which the lives of the saints are arranged in accordance with the days of their church memory. In addition, the "Prologue" is decorated with understandable and often entertaining passages from the ancient Patericons, parables imbued with thoughts of repentance, mercy, Christian love for one's neighbor, spiritual perfection and the salvation of the soul.

4. "Father Arseny"- this is a book that came out from the pen of an unknown author, clearly shows the reader the triumph of love over evil, life over death. Father Arseny is the image of a holy elder - a zealous man of prayer, sober, meek, who completely entrusted himself into the hands of God. The first editions spread throughout Russia and beyond its borders and made the book "Father Arseny" one of the most beloved in the Orthodox world.

5. "Soul After Death"(O. Seraphim Rose) - probably, there is no such book that so clearly, accessible and understandable reveals the posthumous experience of a person and gives an idea of ​​the angelic and other world. The book contains two thousand years of experience of the holy fathers. The purpose of the publication is twofold: firstly, from the point of view of the Orthodox Christian doctrine of the afterlife, to provide an explanation of modern "post-mortem" experiences that have aroused such interest in some religious and scientific circles; secondly, to cite the main sources and texts containing the Orthodox teaching about the afterlife.

6. "Easter Red"(Pavlova N.A.) - it was after this book that the author became widely known. The book is already 11 years old, but it does not lose popularity. It tells about the three New Martyrs of Optina - Hieromonk Vasily and monks Ferapont and Trofim. These are three completely different people, their paths to God were special. The ascetic life is amazing, many readers note that after reading this book, they immediately want to visit Optina Pustyn.

7. "Who will hear the linnet?"(Likhachev V.V.) — a novel about the motherland and the Russian soul. He leads the reader along the roads of the Russian provinces. The protagonist is drawn into real adventures: he carries a miraculous icon, evading a bandit chase... And internally, he goes the way of spiritual growth: from disbelief to faith, from confusion to blessed peace, from spiritual blindness and deafness to insight and hearing miracle of God.

8. "Ways of Heaven"(Shmelev I.S) - a novel about the fate of the skeptic-positivist engineer Viktor Alekseevich Weidenhammer and the faithful, meek and internally strong Darinka, a novice of the monastery who left the monastery to connect her life with Viktor Alekseevich. Through suffering and joy, by mysterious and incomprehensible ways for the worldly mind, these heroes are led to the Source of Life. The inner plot of the book is "spiritual warfare" with passions and thoughts, temptations and attacks by dark forces.

9. "Chief of Silence"(Vsevolod Filpiev) - the book is addressed to eternal questions - love and hatred, loyalty and betrayal, truth and lies. The heroes of the book solve these issues differently and sometimes unexpectedly. An action-packed, realistic narrative takes the reader into the events that take place in the winter of 2002 in Moscow and North America. Together with the characters, the reader finds himself in St. Petersburg of the 19th century and in the historical times of princes Boris and Gleb. The story-parable is designed for a wide range of readers, and everyone is free to interpret it in their own way.

10. "We have repentance"(abbot Nikon Vorobyov) - letters addressed to their spiritual children, laity and monastics. Father Nikon edifies, instructs, calls for repentance and patience, shows what needs to be done, what thoughts need to be kept, comforts, teaches how to treat sorrows correctly: “The Fathers have long said about our times that people will be saved only by sorrows and illnesses. Healthy and happy people forget about God, about the future life: they live as if they will live forever on earth and will never die. And sorrows and illnesses make a person break away from earthly interests and turn to God... Save your souls with repentance, patience and humility.”

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Prayer before reading spiritual books:

Lord Jesus Christ, open my heart's eyes so that when I hear Your Word, I understand it and do Your will. Hide not Thy commandments from me, but open my eyes, that I may understand wonders from Thy law. Tell me the unknown and secret of your wisdom! I trust in You, my God, and I believe that You will enlighten my mind and meaning with the light of Your mind, and that then I will not only read what is written, but also fulfill it. Make it so that I do not read the Lives of the Saints and Your Word as a sin, but for renewal and enlightenment, and for holiness, and for the salvation of the soul, and for the inheritance of eternal life. For You, O Lord, are the enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, and from You is every good gift and every perfect gift. Amen.

Veronica VYATKINA

The word means "rightly praise". The Orthodox religion is one of the most widespread in the world along with Catholicism and Protestantism, it ranks third in terms of numbers among the generally recognized Christian religions.

The Orthodox Church emerged as an independent religion in 1054 after the Great Separation, during which there was a final division into the Roman Catholic Church with its center in Rome and the Orthodox Church with its center in Constantinople.

What do adherents of Orthodoxy believe in?

Here we will consider the main beliefs of the Orthodox, what they worship:

Icons . Believers of this trend treat icons as shrines: they kiss, ask for help. Icons are especially revered, with which cases of “miraculous healing” are associated.

"Holy relics" . According to Orthodox believers, the Saints are God's friends or "pleasers". They do not doubt the authenticity of the relics, unlike scientists, on the contrary, endow them with miraculous healing properties.

They believe in the Trinity. For the first time this theological term was used by Theophilus of Antioch, who lived at the end of the 2nd century, this word does not occur in the Holy Scriptures. According to the Orthodox faith, the "Trinity" is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All three persons live in one, in complete unity.

According to one handbook, God can go out of Himself and still be identical to Himself. The Holy Spirit, at the same time, can be on the border of being and other being. "Trinity" is one of the main holidays of Orthodoxy.

In the immortality of the soul . The "Holy Fathers" teach that the soul and body are united for a certain time. After death, the soul returns to the creator, where it awaits the verdict. Evil souls go to fiery hell, and good souls go to heaven.

Honor guardian angels . Angels glorify God, I proclaim his message. They are endowed with a mind that surpasses the human mind, and help in the work of preaching. Guardian angels supposedly protect their people from death or something bad.

The Twelve Spies and the Promised Land (from the Book of Numbers)

The Israelites left Egypt after four hundred years of slavery under the leadership of Moses . Soon they came to the border promised to his people, the land. Moses sent twelve spies ahead to get a good look.

When they returned, ten of them spoke only bad things about that land. They claimed that the people of that area were of enormous stature, in comparison with them, that they were good warriors with excellent weapons. They even became indignant, speaking harsh words to Moses.

The ten spies cried with one voice that they would all perish as one by the sword of these Canaanites. They wanted to choose another leader to take them back to Egypt. What's happened? They, seeing how God brought ten plagues on the Egyptians, did not believe that He could deliver them from the Canaanites.

The two spies, Joshua and Caleb, thought the Israelites could easily deal with them. Due to the fact that the people believed most of the spies and did not enter the Promised Land, they had to wander through the wilderness for another four decades.

All the generation that came out of Egypt and did not believe God did not enter the God-promised land. After the death of Moses, the faithful Joshua and Caleb led the people. What does this Bible incident teach us?

As Then, So Today, Satan Uses Intimidation Tactics . It corrupts a person morally and spiritually. Those who have weak faith easily fall for his bait and fall into his disastrous nets.

We need to develop faith in God, trust in his strength, power and the fact that He wants a better life for us. Read the Bible on our website online for free, study it and become stronger in faith!

Bring me, he says, a scarlet flower. He carries a huge broom of red roses. And she sings through her teeth: it's small! You would have brought me a damn dandelion. And he goes for an exotic flower, so that one bud is the size of an umbrella. And she through his teeth: well, technically, this is not a flower at all, but a root crop. Bring me, he says, a Koshcheevo egg. To with a needle inside. So that the hare is in the chest. Bring the golden chain from the big tree. A sorcerer with a magic wand in his hand. Bring the dragon's tooth. Feather zharptitsyno. Goldfish. And another big mac. And he goes to carry everything immediately. After all, a man, when in love, is such a fool. Well, with a Big Mac it somehow turns out right away. And the dragon dentist adjusts the tooth. But Koschey fights furiously for the eggs, the scientist cat guards the bravo oak. In general, he then stomps around the world for a long time, on trolleybuses, horses, metro, on foot. She says she cried all the time. She doesn’t need eggs, hares, or firebirds, she says, and immediately drags him into the house. And now a golden chain, a big mac, a dragon’s tooth are lying around the house on the porch. Women also fool when they fall in love. And, sometimes, even more stupid than the one who loves. And here's another story: they quarreled out of the blue. Delimited territory. We tried, to be honest, to divide in half the bathroom, food, and water in the tank. It's all nonsense. And most importantly, how they shared the dog. She offered a hallway, shelves in the kitchen and a blanket for the dog. He laughed in response: they say, me too! For such a dog, a washing machine and a TV are not enough. He offered her the whole closet and the lamp. And the dog, with the face of a pharmacist, raised his paw on the chair. She reasoned: the borders are new, which means that signs need to be placed. So the dog marked the territory in front of people. This one is in a squeal. Like, velor! Get spoiled! This one is right in the face with a slipper. And the dog does not calm down, and walks, with a raised paw, then to the sofa, then to the curtains with a brush, then to the pillows and blankets. I interrupted, for a minute, to the bowl. These two caught her. She pulled out, bit into the soft, and quickly under the bed, into the shelter. Slippers were thrown aimingly after her, only where could these two knock her out, because she, like the wind, is fast, and, like an instant-25, maneuverable. They called, they rattled bowls. Look, they found a naive one here, also to me. They spoke in an unctuous voice, seduced with a bag of meatballs, called for a dog's conscience, threatened with a belt and cages, swept away with some kind of broom, but she hid in a corner. Harmoniously and imperceptibly, these took and reconciled. Rupert was named. No, think about it: Rupert Semyonitch. Rupert Semenych Tsybulko, for you to understand. Poor, unfortunate, innocent cub! How did they even write this into their documents? Grandmother drinks valerian and prays to God. Grandfather hiccups nervously at the sight of his grandson. Rupert Cybulko is cooing and sucking his leg. It seems to be much tastier than a hand. Grandfather thinks: what will his name be at school? Rupik would be better. That's just most likely - Perdik. The grandfather told all his friends that the granddaughter's name was Kolya. So do colleagues, relatives and neighbors. The grandmother of the grandson calls only a bunny, the sun, joy, a baby, an angel and a kitten. He will remember the name - and immediately cries, hiding his face behind a scarf so that the child does not see. Rupert is growing up, and walking in the parks with a stroller is a thing of the past. It's time to storm the playgrounds. Grandfather and grandmother are nearby and terribly unhappy. Rupert is pleased. He rides a horse down a hill. Alfred slides down the hill and breaks the horse. Jessica is crying, a speck has got into her eye. Grandpa and grandma think: it doesn't happen! Rihanna and Isaac run past in pursuit. Homer and Rogneda are flying past on a swing. Nearby, in the sandbox, crap crap Elvis is crying. At home, grandparents will suddenly tell their parents: Rupert is a great name! Not a name, but a charm! Where does homeland begin? I think with the letter "r". From currants frozen in July, from big bureaucratic scams. From facades covered with rags, from villages thumping with trash, from salaries that mice cried, from pants where the belt is tighter. Or maybe it starts with big pension reforms? Where if you have time to grow old, then life has passed, in principle, the norms. Or maybe from road surfaces for five hundred billion rubles? Or maybe from the outskirts of Lipetsk, where people are robbed on the highways? Where the motherland begins - I don’t know and don’t want to know. I even love her, it seems. As an appendicitis to a doctor, I like the country that has become prettier in modern times. She, like a beloved woman, happens alone in life ... Malvina Matrasova