What is this book about?
“Love Does Not Seek Its Own” is a new, most complete collection of stories and essays by Archpriest Pavel Kartashev, already familiar to Orthodox readers from books “I Want to Believe,” “Memory of Our Love,” and others.
Here, lyrical narrative stories from the author’s own life, from the lives of his parishioners, or simply of acquaintances, alternate with subtle, at times publicly sharp reflections on a person, on his or her calling, on our history and culture, and above all on the search for God in every moment of existence—and on the Christian position in the realities of the modern world.
Who is this book for?
For those who value the sincere authorial tone, who expect from prose genuine human stories, warmth, consolation, and, most importantly, love for people.
Why did we publish this book?
“Nowadays what we want is simple truth. Not sweetened consolation, not a cheap illusion, and not yet another shock, like a slap in the face, at what is happening on earth. No. Real, healthy truth,” the collection’s author writes. “Not to go to any extreme in...”