Earthly Angel, Heavenly Man type_Books compared the spiritual life to

compared the spiritual life to a ladder of thirty steps

PaTRAM Institute co-founders Alexis and Katherine Lukianov served as Executive Producers and singers

With a radiant face and a quiet voice

The Life of Elder Nikon is particularly appropriate for our times

Earthly Angel, Heavenly Man type_Books compared the spiritual life toDuring the dark night of Soviet totalitarianism, holy men and women shone like stars throughout the many lands that comprised the U. S. S. R. One of these was Elder Vitaly (Sidorenko). (19281992). Born in the Russian region of Krasnodar, in his youth he was a novice monk at the Glinsk Hermitage in Ukraine, where he was spiritually formed under the guidance of holy elders. Due to Communist persecution he was compelled to leave Glinsk, becoming an