The Writings of Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov – On Mircacles and Signs Book 1

Saint Ignatius, Bishop of the Caucasus and the Black Sea is a wonderful example of an educated bishop-saint who sprouted forth from 19th century Russia. In him was combined a rare eloquence of style and a profound understanding of the Christian life of struggle through which he was able to inspire many souls, blinded by Western “enlightened” ideas, to return to the safe harbour of the Church.

Bishop Ignatius was a prolific writer best known in the English-speaking Orthodox world for his masterful work The Arena – An Oeering to Contemporary Monasticism in which he skillfully engaged in the arena of the spiritual combat – out of which he himself emerged such a glorious victor.