A Girl's Journey to Sainthood: Venerable Ascetic Dosithea of Kiev theology on majestic ships

on majestic ships

The original Russian edition was published in 1867

100-knot Orthodox prayer rope chotki/komboskini made from satin cord

Seraphim’s Chinese philosophy teacher

Akathist Hymn to the Nativity of Christ

A Girl's Journey to Sainthood: Venerable Ascetic Dosithea of Kiev theology on majestic shipsSome people know from an early age that they want to live solely for Christ. As a young girl from a noble Russian family, Dareia Tiapkin developed a deep love for monastic life and spiritual struggle while living in a monastery alongside her grandmother, the nun Porphyria. A crisis developed, however, when Dareias parents arranged for her to marry. Now a teenager of fifteen, Dareia made the fateful decision to flee her family. Not wanting to be caught