Flavian. Climbing. Tale. Archpriest Alexander Torik

The third book in the Flavian series continues the story of the ascent along the narrow path of spiritual growth of a young man named Alexei under the guidance of an experienced spiritual mentor, now hieromonk Father Flavian. The book tells about the pilgrimage to Athos and about the amazing events that happen to the heroes on the Holy Mountain. Despite the fact that the work is fiction, all the events described in the book have a real basis. The truthfulness and authenticity of the details of the narrative makes the work a vivid and dynamic example of the genre of Orthodox fiction.

Many interesting details about the life of the Holy Mountain, picturesque details and colorful Athos characters will delight the reader. Deep spiritual questions are revealed in the dialogues of the main characters, and the feeling of a constantly occurring Miracle does not leave the reader throughout the reading of this wonderful and kind book.