The Way of a Pilgrim

This classic of world spirituality recounts an anonymous 19th-century Russian peasant''s attempts to follow St. Paul''s advice to "pray without ceasing." In addition to its profound theological and philosophical observations, it offers an authentic portrait of Russia''s social conditions during the final years of serfdom. This classic of world spirituality recounts an anonymous 19th-century Russian peasant''s attempts to follow St. Paul''s advice to "pray without ceasing." In addition to its profound theological and philosophical observations, it offers an authentic portrait of Russia''s social conditions during the final years of serfdom.