Russian Ascetics of Piety: March

Compiled by New-hieromartyr Nicodemus, Bishop of Belgorod
Paperback: 444 pages

Russian Ascetics of Piety was the most extensive work compiled by St Nicodemus, Bishop of Belgorod. This multi-volume set was originally published by the Athonite Monastery of St. Panteleimon between the years 1906 - 1910. It contains a large collection of the lives of holy ascetics of the 18th and 19th centuries. Since the publication of this work, many of these ascetics have been recognized as saints. The compiler himself died as a martyr at the hands of the Communists in 1919.

Translated from the original Russian. Contains the lives of the following ascetics:

Priest Conon

Ryassophore Monk Hilarion of Optina

Hieroschemamonk Joshua of Solovki

Hieroschemamonk Nikon of Valaam

Metropolitan Parthenius of Smolensk

Ivan Yakovlevich Koreisha, Moscow Fool for Christ

Archimandrite Gennadius of Borovsk

The Ascetic Elder Basilisk

Igumen Niphon of Sarov and His Fellow Ascetics Hieromonks Hilarion and Eugene

Hieroschemamonk Theodotus of Optina

Priest Theodosius Levitsky

The Sufferer Basilissa

Hermits in the Roslavl Forests

Hieroschemamonk Gregory of Athos

Schemamonk Father Carpus the Blind (Optina)

Igumen Andrew, the Former Superior of the Rafailovo Trinity Monastery of Tobolsk Diocese

Nun Angelina, the Foundress and Stewardess of the Tvorozhkovo Holy Trinity Women’s Obshchina

Hieroschemamonk Demetrius

Hieroschemamonk Parthenius of Kiev Caves

Hieromonk Gennadius of Optina

Eldress Marina

Archimandrite Innocent of the Rostov St. Jacob Monastery

Archimandrite Hilarion

Hermit Antonushka

Anthony I, Bishop of Voronezh

The Hospitable Monk Nikon

Schemamonk Andrew, the Disciple of the Athonite Father Confessor Arsenius

Hieromonks Palladius and Apollonius, the Superiors of Ordynka Hermitage

Igumenia Eugenia of Buzuluk and Her Fellow Ascetics Augusta, Joannicia, Irais, Hilaria, and Magdalene

Hieroschemamonk Alexis, the Ascetic of Moscow’s Simonov Monastery

Blessed Helen of Arzamas

The Steward Hieromonk Maximus, the Superior of St. Nicholas Peshnosha Monastery

The Monks of Glinsk: Schemamonk Mark, Hieromonk Porphyrius, and Monk Demetrius

His Grace Sophronius, Bishop of Irkutsk

Holy Hierarch Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow

Igumen Philaret, the Superior and Restorer of Glinsk Hermitage