The Way of Martha and the Way of Mary

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Stephen Graham. The Way of Martha and the Way of Mary

The Way of Martha and the Way of Mary

Table of Contents

PREFACE

I. THE RUSSIAN IDEA

I. TO RUSSIA

II. MODERN RUSSIA AND HOLY RUSSIA

III. PEREPLOTCHIKOF AGAIN

IV. AT THE THEATRE

V. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLES

VI. LET US GO INTO THE TAVERN

VII. IN THE CHURCH

VIII. IN THE MARKET-PLACE

IX. THE RUSSIAN IDEA

X. THE LABYRINTH

II. MARTHA AND MARY

I. THE PODVIG

II. THE HERMITAGE OF FATHER SERAPHIM

III. TOLSTOY’S FLIGHT FROM HOME

IV. BACK TO MOSCOW

V. THE RELIGION OF SUFFERING

VI. THE TWO HERMITS

VII. AT THE CONVENT OF MARTHA AND MARY

VIII. THE WAY OF MARTHA

IX. MARTHA’S TRUE WAY

X. MAKING WEST EAST

XI. THE ECCLESIASTICAL CHURCH AND THE LIVING CHURCH

XII. WITNESS UNTO THE TRUTH

XIII. THE FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD

III. THE DESERT AND THE WORLD

I. A CHAIN OF HAPPENINGS

II. THE HERMITS

III. IN THE DESERT

IV. THE WORLD

V. ST. SOPHIA

VI. FROM EGYPT TO RUSSIA

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I. WAR AND CHRISTIANITY

APPENDIX II. THE CHOICE OF EAST AND WEST

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Stephen Graham

Published by Good Press, 2021

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We seek Lauras and Beatrices, not knowing that such creatures are only the incarnation of male fancy, and do not and cannot exist.

Girls are charming, but when you marry one you find her to be a tedious baba like the rest. At the piano they tinkle, “I am a princess, I am a princess.” All young girls are princesses, but you never come across a queen.

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