Spiritual Life. First Step: Churching

A person entered the Church and found the joy of faith. Now it is important to learn to preserve and increase this faith. But how to deal with passions, how to correspond to the evangelical ideals, how to learn to see the true self? The author of the book, an experienced priest, speaks to the reader about the most important components of Christian life. Namely: the essence of prayer and the depth of repentance, asceticism and monasticism, the differences between external and internal fasting, spiritual guidance and the necessity of self-education, as well as the meaning of Christian service. The second book in the series Steps of Faith. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church IS R15-517-0818