The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life

Name: The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
Brand: Holy Trinity Publications
SKU: 652878
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Author: Ignatius Brianchaninov
ISBN: 9780884652878

By: Ignatius Brianchaninov

Holy Trinity Publications / 2012 / Paperback

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One of the most important and accessible texts of Eastern Orthodox Christian teaching on the spiritual life, this book draws upon the ascetic and mystical doctrine of the Greek Fathers and greats of the Orthodox Christian church. In an age alienated from spiritual culture and rooted in materialism, these teachings pose both a challenge and an invitation to those seeking heightened spirituality. This book is essential reading for anyone who desires a profound spiritual journey based upon an encounter with Christ as God.

Product Information

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Title: The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life
By: Ignatius Brianchaninov
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 282
Vendor: Holy Trinity Publications
Publication Date: 2012

Dimensions: 8.90 X 6.00 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 2 ounces
ISBN: 0884652874
ISBN-13: 9780884652878
Stock No: WW652878

Author Bio

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Ignatius Brianchaninov was a 19th-century monk and the abbot of the St. Sergius Monastery in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is the author of On the Prayer of Jesus. Kallistos Timothy Ware is an Orthodox Bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the retired Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Studies at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He is best-known as the author of the classic text The Orthodox Church.

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"People often ask me about books. The one I've been recommending most in the last few years is The Arena, by St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, a Russian Orthodox bishop of the last century who was canonized in 1988. Although written by a rigorous monk for fellow monastics, all Christians possessing the courage and discipline to engage this book with attention and obedience may study it with great profit." —Fr. Thomas Hopko, dean emeritus, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary