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Lubov Millar
Publication Data: Richfield Springs, NY: Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society, 2009 Format: hardcover Number of Pages: 389 Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.4 cm × 14.9 cm × 3.4 cm Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations, dust jacket ISBN: 978‒0‒9719505‒4‒2
Lubov Millar
“The author has enhanced her spiritual portrait with hitherto unpublished letters, including a revealing exchange between the Grand Duchess and her closest relatives on the subject of her conversion to Orthodoxy, a step which she took after careful deliberation and, as she herself affirmed, ‘from a pure conscience.’ In chronicling further her spiritual journey, the author details the establishment in Moscow of the Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy, a seminal institution which the Grand Duchess intended should combine the active and contemplative life exemplified in the Gospel by the sisters of Lazarus. It was an ideal to which the Grand Duchess applied herself with quiet, purposeful determination born of love for Christ, a determination which sustained her through difficult times and, in her final agony, won for her a martyr’s crown. Fascinating as a historical biography, the book is also remarkably relevant to spiritual seekers and strugglers of today, illustrating as it does the practical realization of timeless spiritual principles against a background—of waning faith, decaying morals and social ills—not so very different from our own.” —“Publisher’s Preface”
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Publisher’s Preface Author’s Notes Chapters 1. Princess of Hesse 2. A Royal Engagement 3. Ilyinskoe 4. At Home in Russia 5. Convert to Orthodoxy 6. Moscow 7. Coronation 8. “No longer safe” 9. Assassination 10. A New Purpose 11. Convent of Mercy 12. A Gift for Healing 13. Among the Poor 14. The “Better Part” 15. A Clouded Horizon 16. War 17. From Bad to Worse 18. Anguish 19. Arrest 20. A Company of Exiles 21. Martyrs of Alapaevsk 22. A Revelation of Sanctity Afterword Publisher’s Epilogue Appendices: I. Grand Duchess Elizabeth’s Letters to the Tsar II. Archpriest Mitrofan Srebrianski: The Final Chapters of His Life An Explanatory Word In the Footsteps of Christ III. The Journey of the Relics List of Letters Genealogy Chart Bibliography
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