Saint John of Kronstadt

Christian Philosophy

19th c. · Asceticism & Spirituality · English translation, 2026

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Source edition: Христианская философия: Дневник (azbyka.ru; selected diary entries, 1899-1902, first published St. Petersburg 1902)

Cover art: What Is Truth? Christ and Pilate (1890) — Nikolai Ge (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)

St. John of Kronstadt's own diary entries (1899-1902), gathered into a single sustained meditation on the Christian life -- man's creation, fall, and restoration in Christ, the Church and her Mysteries, and the soul's own struggle against sin -- first published in St. Petersburg in 1902 and translated here into English for the first time.