The lives of the saints of the Orthodox Church, which are included in the Mineas, are located in order for each day of the month during the year. In total, five such works are known, composed at different times and different people. The most common are the lives set forth in the late XVII – early XVIII centuries. Demetrius Rostov. His work was blessed by the abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Archimandrite Varlaam. The main source for the compilation of lives to St. Demetrius of Rostov was the great Chesta-Mineas of St. Macarius. Saint Demetrius worked on the compilation of life for twenty years of his life. Until the death, St. Dimitri collected new, additional materials about the life of the saints. His work was praised by Patriarch Adrian, from which St. Dimitri received a commendable letter.
Lives have become the most popular reading of the Orthodox people. Everyone could find an example in lives for his own spiritual edification and increase in the Orthodox faith. A competent syllable delighted readers …
Author
Saint Dimitri Rostov
Publisher
Siberian Braveznitsa, 2008
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