Little Russian Philokalia, Vol. V: St. Theodore of Sanaxar Whether for the home or

Whether for the home or the home parish

John Maximovitch

Although the Septuagint numbering of Psalms is used

and an alphabetical list of introductory verse of each Psalm

( 1Timothy 4:12)

Little Russian Philokalia, Vol. V: St. Theodore of Sanaxar Whether for the home orElder Theodore, a spiritual instructor of St. Herman of Alaska, was born into a noble family in Russia in 1719. He served in the elite Preobrazhensky Regiment in St. Petersburg and was personally known to Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. However, shaken by the sudden death of one of his companions, he abandoned his life of ease and advantage and fled to the wilderness to take up a life of repentance and prayer. I, in my undertaking for God and the