For the Star of Christmas

Forty days before Christmas begins a special period: the Christmas fast. A time when we walk to the Bethlehem cave. On this path, we encounter meetings, sometimes completely unexpected. The book you hold in your hands is dedicated to such meetings: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin and Abba Dorotheus, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and the Reverend John Climacus, Ray Bradbury and Saint Theophan the Recluse. These meetings are possible because truly talented writers sometimes come remarkably close to the Christian worldview and embody in artistic form the discoveries that saints made long before them. Then, in the words of the Reverend Barsanuphius of Optina, one can see reflections of paradise... or the Bethlehem star in their works. And these meetings are built around the main Meeting — with God. 

The main theme of the book: Divine communication in the mundane, the path of small deeds, for to “walk before God” according to one’s abilities, and primarily desire, is possible for each of us.