Elder Zenobius

A Life in Spiritual Continuity with Pre-revolutionary Russia

By Zinoviy ChesnokovTranslated by Sophia MoshuraSaint's Lives and Biographies

Description

The life of a twentieth century spiritual elder based on the recollections of many contemporary figures who knew him, including Patriarch Ilia of Georgia and Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk.

Elder Zenobius was an example of authentic Christian life, faith and leadership. His life illustrates how the Orthodox Church in Russia survived its Babylonian captivity of atheist persecutions and repression, being supported in this by its sister church in the then Soviet republic of Georgia. The spiritual interplay between Russia and Georgia that took place in this period is one of the many fascinating aspects of this work.

A spiritual son of the last elders of the pre-revolutionary Glinsk Hermitage, he suffered in the Soviet camps never knowing if each day given to him by God would be his last. Living as a simple monk, even after becoming a metropolitan in the Georgian Orthodox Church, he always focused on the inner man, despite the active demands of the episcopate.

He gave his time and love freely to all who came to him without consideration for his own comfort or needs. In return God gave him the rare ability to see into peoples’ hearts and discern their motives, whilst simultaneously making them feel loved and at peace in his presence. His life is a witness to the continuance of God’s Grace in His Church amidst the upheavals and sufferings of the twentieth century.

Additional information

Author Name	Zinoviy Chesnokov
Translator	Sophia Moshura
Publisher	Holy Trinity Publications
Imprint	Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
Language	English
Pages	120
Book Dimensions	9 x 6 ins
Paperback ISBN	9780884653318
eBook ISBN	9780884653509

Author Biography

Zinoviy Chesnokov was born in 1988, in Schepetovka,a small city in Western Ukraine. For many years Zinoviy’s father was the cell-attendant of Elder Zenobius, and named his firstborn son in his honor, at his birth three years after the Elder’s repose. Zinoviy graduated in 2010, from the prestigious Moscow Orthodox Theological Seminary, and is currently (2013) pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg Switzerland. He has a talent for languages, with a knowledge of English, Italian, German, and French, in addition to his native Russian.

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