Spiritual Life. First Step: Churching

A person has entered the Church and found the joy of faith. Now it is important to learn to preserve and multiply this faith. But how to deal with passions, how to correspond to the evangelical ideals, how to learn... to see the true self? The author of the book, an experienced priest, speaks to the reader about the essential components of Christian life. Namely: about the essence of prayer and the depth of repentance, about asceticism and monasticism, about the differences between external and internal fasting, about spiritual guidance and the necessity of self-education, as well as about the meaning of Christian service. The second book in the series Steps of Faith. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church IS R15-517-0818