In the Orthodox Church there are many names renowned for the holiness of their lives, martyrdom, and spiritual feats. All of European culture was born on the blood of martyrs. And they do not fit into the truncated list of the hundred Orthodox saints. Yet among them there are names that became models of holiness for many centuries and are recognized throughout the Orthodox world. And in Rus’ there was a special veneration of the saints whose prayerful deeds determined the very existence of our Fatherland as a православной country.
In the audiobook, brief lives are presented of one hundred saints, many of whom are revered not only in Russia, but also throughout the entire Orthodox and Catholic world.