06 — The Russian Philokalia
The revival reaches its Russian height. St. Theophan the Recluse rendered and greatly expanded the Dobrotolyubie into living Russian (five volumes, 1877–1889), reshaping the collection with his own additions and omissions; and St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, in his related writings, gave the nineteenth-century Russian neptic recovery its other great voice.
Tradition: Russian Orthodox
This section treats the two great Russian transmitters of the Philokalic tradition, both deferred to their own collections. The first file follows St. Theophan’s expanded Russian Dobrotolyubie and his editorial choices; the second treats St. Ignatius Brianchaninov and the wider nineteenth-century Russian neptic revival.
Files in This Section
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| theophan-the-recluse-and-the-russian-dobrotolyubie.md | St. Theophan the Recluse’s expanded Russian Dobrotolyubie (1877–1889); his editorial choices — the omissions (notably of the physical technique) and the additions (notably St. Isaac the Syrian). |
| ignatius-brianchaninov-and-the-neptic-revival.md | St. Ignatius Brianchaninov’s related transmission of the neptic fathers; the 19th-c. Russian hesychast recovery and the differences between the two teachers. |
See Also
- The Slavonic Dobrotolyubie — the previous stage
- The Way of a Pilgrim — the popular fruit of the same revival
- St. Theophan the Recluse and St. Ignatius Brianchaninov — the transmitters’ own collections
- Master README — the whole guide