Venerable Ascetic Nikephoros the Leper embroidery Illustrations by Archpriest Andrew Tregubov

Illustrations by Archpriest Andrew Tregubov

and despite her family’s poverty

In this book

John Maximovitch

The period before the first World War and the Russian Revolution was a complex one

Venerable Ascetic Nikephoros the Leper embroidery Illustrations by Archpriest Andrew TregubovVenerable Nikephoros the Leper experienced sickness and pain firsthand, bearing it deeply within his own body. Yet this illness became his secret path to holiness and everlasting joy in Christ. In this book, readers will discover the moving life story of one of the twentieth centurys great saints. Orphaned at an early age, Venerable Nikephoros was stricken with leprosy while still a child. But God never abandoned the boy, entrusting him into the care