The Diary of a Russian Priest

Alexander Elchaninov, who died in 1934 aged 53, became a priest comparatively late in life after a harrowing experience in the 1917 Russian Revolution. He was closely in touch with the intellectual movements of his own day and writes on themes of universal concern such as sin and nervous disease, marriage, the meaning of art, and on facing illness and death. His book will be of particular value to those who are trying to live the Christian life in an increasingly secular and materialistic world.