{"title":"Father Arseny","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"father-arseny","title":"Father Arseny: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father (New Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is one of the great mysteries of life that in atmospheres of the harshest cruelty, a certain few not only survive but emerge as beacons of light and life. Father Arseny, former scholar of church art, became Prisoner No. 18736 in the brutal \"special sector\" of the Soviet prison camp system. In the darkness of systematic degradation of body and soul, he shone with the light of Christ's peace and compassion. His sights set on God and his life grounded in the Church, Father Arseny lived by injunction to \"bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ\" (Galatians 6:2).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis narrative, compiled from accounts of Father Arseny's spiritual children and others whom he brought to God, gives stirring glimpses of his life in prison camp and after his release. It also tells the stories of people whose lives, often during times of almost unimaginable crisis, were touched and transfigured through their connection with Father Arseny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmerging from the context of the particular tragedies of Soviet Russia, this book carries a universal impact certain to be felt by readers in the West today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Vera Bouteneff.åÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 85%; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e279 Pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSt. Vladimir's Seminary Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #396774; font-family: 'Brandon Grotesque'; font-size: 18.6111px;\"\u003e978-0-88141-675-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6 x 9 x 1 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"St. Vladimir's Seminary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":721031539,"sku":"978088141675-6","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0494\/6593\/products\/Father_Arseny_Front__17731.1611846695.png?v=1626186623"},{"product_id":"father-arseny-a-cloud-of-witnessess","title":"Father Arseny: A Cloud of Witnessess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stories of Father Arseny and his work in the Soviet prison camps have captured the minds and hearts of readers all over the world. In this second volume readers will find additional narratives about Father Arseny newly translated from the most recent Russian edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An utterly overwhelming book: it is hard to read it without tears coming to one's eyes, and yet there is no trace of sentimentality. Here are the stories of more of Father Arseny's spiritual children, which we might place alongside those told by Solzhenitsyn and others of the cruel inhumanity of life in Soviet Russia. But these [stories] tell of love and prayer: of carrying one another's burdens in the most direct and natural ways, and of a ceaseless prayer to God and the saints making such love possible. We read of miracles, uncanny gifts of clairvoyance; but the greatest miracles are found in the transformation of human lives through Father Arseny's extraordinary spiritual insight, and in the profound spiritual honesty that informs all these stories.\" - Andrew Louth,åÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of Patristics and Byzantine Studies, Durham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"For those of us who regretted coming to the end ofåÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFather Arseny: Priest, Spiritual Father\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eåÊthis new collection is truly an unexpected joy. These memoirs by his spiritual children place us around the dining room table with that holy man, listening to stories and wisdom that enlighten our own difficult times.\" - Frederica Mathewes-Green,åÊ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eåÊTranslated by Vera Bouteneff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 85%; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e244 Pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSt. Vladimir's Seminary Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780881412321\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6 x 9 x 1 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"St. Vladimir's Seminary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":721032859,"sku":"9780881412321","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0494\/6593\/products\/fr_arseny_cloud.gif?v=1403196260"}],"url":"https:\/\/holycrossbookstore.com\/collections\/father-arseny.oembed","provider":"Holy Cross Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}