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SAINT VARNAVA’S OF GETHSEMANE SPIRITUAL ELDERSHIP AS BASIS OF MISSIONARY ACTIVITY
Bogachev Evgenii Nikolaevich
Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University in Moscow
Abstract. The article presents results of studying Saint Varnava’s (Merkulov) spiritual eldership. The author concludes that Saint Varnava’s spiritual allegiance manifested itself in missionary activity and was a center of spiritual life and a basis of educational work of monks and laymen. The paper identifies and analyzes forms and methods of the elder’s missionary activity. Special attention is paid to analyzing formation and development of the elder’s personality as a basis of successful mission, the researcher identifies and describes typical features of the elder’s personality and its influence on Russia’s spiritual and moral life.
Key words and phrases: старчество, прп. Варнава Гефсиманский, Гефсиманский скит, миссионерское служение, монастырь, eldership, Saint Varnava of Gethsemane, Gethsemane hermitage, missionary allegiance, monastery
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