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The Spiritual Life and How to Be Attuned to It

A series of pastoral letters written by St. Theophan from his cell at Vyshensky Hermitage to a young Russian noblewoman of the imperial circle on the inner shape of the spiritual life — from the awakening of faith and the first steps in repentance through the work of prayer and the long discipline of the heart.

1881 (Russian)

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Ephesians 4:26Ephesians 5:3Acts 2:38Colossians 2:3Colossians 3:12-15Deuteronomy 15:9Deuteronomy 31:6Ephesians 1:4Ephesians 4:19Ephesians 5:15Ephesians 5:211 Corinthians 3:161 Corinthians 7:311 Corinthians 12:31 Corinthians 16:131 John 3:31 Peter 1:21 Peter 5:51 Peter 5:81 Thessalonians 5:19Isaiah 10:15Isaiah 43:26James 4:6Job 1:21John 1:12John 3:5John 7:38John 16:7Luke 12:49Luke 22:3Mark 1:15Matthew 12:43-45Matthew 15:19Matthew 18:18Matthew 19:12Matthew 22:1-14Matthew 23:23Proverbs 3:34Psalms 2:1Psalms 4:4Psalms 4:5Psalms 22:4Psalms 23:4Psalms 46:7Psalms 52:7Psalms 90:14-15Psalms 102:20Psalms 103:22Psalms 144:18-19Psalms 145:18-19Revelation 3:15-16Romans 1:18Romans 1:23Romans 8:72 Corinthians 2:152 Corinthians 3:13-182 Corinthians 4:7Titus 2:1
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