About the book: 2011 / The book "The Holy Great Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John" was compiled in accordance with the course of gospel events and is distinguished by the breadth of topics covered topics Its pages present the historical reality in which the Forerunner of the Lord preached, explain the Old Testament sacred rites and rituals, and characterize the rulers of Palestine and the followers of rabbinic teaching: the Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes. The book is based on Holy Scripture. The Gospel text and interpretations of the holy fathers gradually reveal to the reader the personality of the great Baptist and his service to the world before Christ went out to preach. The appendix contains an akathist to St. John the Baptist, who in church hymns is called “the world preacher of repentance.”».