staretz

You'll meet the staretz, or living spiritual master, Father Lazarus, and hear his explanation of what exactly this simple prayer is, and how to use it.

Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: Ancient Christian Meditation Discovered 2010

Frequently some out-of-work cobbler would leave his native village and set forth on a pilgrimage in the character of a _staretz_; or some

Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890

One of these was the _staretz_ (ancient) Anthony, who in three or four years amassed a considerable fortune.

Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890

Cronstadt, town of drunkards and of miracle-workers _par excellence_, boasted about two hundred _staretz_.

Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890

It harboured, among others, a _douchoboretz_; a "god" of the Sava persuasion, with his wife, representing the "Holy Ghost"; a _chlyst_, who rotated indefatigably round a tub of water; a captain who claimed the honour of brotherhood with Jesus Christ; a man named Pouchkin, who supposed himself to be the Saviour reincarnated; a _skopetz_ who had brought a number of people from Moscow to be initiated into the sect of the Russian eunuchs; and the _staretz_ Israïl, a famous seer, who desired to found a "Church Triumphant" among the inhabitants of the prison.

Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890

_staretz_ disappeared, there were always ten new ones to take his place, and the flood mounted to such an extent that the authorities were often powerless to cope with it.

Modern Saints and Seers Jean Finot 1890