Simple, Straightforward Rules for Life from a Russian Saint (Hilarion of Optina, 1805-1873)
by St. Hilarion of Optina (Russian Faith)
Optina Pustin is one of the most important Russian monasteries and it produced a large number of great Russian monastics in the 2nd half of the 19th c., a phenomenon which mirrored the extraordinary cultural attainments in literature and the arts in that era. For more information about St. Hilarion, see here.
Simple, Straightforward Rules for Life from a Russian Saint (Hilarion of Optina, 1805-1873)