Letters of Mother Taissia
to a Novice Nun | Coptic Reads
Author:Mother Taissia
Translation: Our Lady's
Convent – BalamandPublisher:Alif Baa Al-Adeeb Press,
DamascusPublish Year:2004Pages:131Categories:Biblical Commentary، Spiritual Life and VirtuesDescription:Mother Taissia (1840–1915) was one of the most prominent monastic figures in Russia,
dedicating her life to the renewal of ascetic life and the spiritual guidance of nuns. Her letters to a novice nun reflect her rich spiritual and administrative experience, addressing essential themes such as monasticism and communal life, submission and obedience, love, chanting, asceticism, moderation in worldly concerns and speech, the acceptance of sorrows and illnesses, external and inner prayer, and finally monastic ordination and the Great Schema. These letters constitute a practical and spiritual guide aimed at forming and strengthening the novice in accordance with the Orthodox monastic tradition.
