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Barsanuphius of Optina Talks on prayer, humility, temptation, despair, repentance, and the inner life Teachings from the Optina tradition, including guidance on the Jesus Prayer A reader glossary of Orthodox, monastic, and liturgical terms A rare collection of Orthodox spiritual counsel from one of the great elders of Optina. This fresh English translation of Talks with Spiritual Children includes: A new English translation from the Russian primary text Spiritual counsel from St. Talks with Spiritual Children gathers the recorded spiritual instructions of St. Barsanuphius of Optina, one of the revered Optina Elders of early twentieth-century Russia.