/lit/ - Literature

>>21543475
This and Laurus.

Haven't seen a better cover than this. This is peak aesthetics, and fits the novel perfectly.

Laurus was the last book that impacted me. It ignited my faith in God, perception of circular time and understanding of the Russian soul.

>>19786030
Way of The Ascetics is a short guidebook (100 pages) how to live like a Christian. It summarizes the teachings of the Early Church and Desert Fathers in one neat little book.

Laurus is, besides the works of Dostoevsky, the best Christian novel I read, and it was published in 2012. It is set in 15th century Russia about the man Arseni, a doctor, who starts life of redemption for his lost loved one. It encaptures the mystical nature of Christianity, a life of complete self-denial and the perception of cyclical time. The concept of cyclical time is highly emphasized in this work and gave me a proper understanding how mankind from ancient to Midieval times perceived life in general.

Both books are a product of Russian Orthodoxy, but are not contrary to Catholic teaching. So yes, I highly recommend both.

>>19657854
Any contemporary fiction unless it is written by a Christian Russian academic, such as Laurus.