About the book: 1992 / I had the good fortune to see and read the diaries of Father John of Kronstadt in the original. I remember that I had sixteen notebooks of different shapes and sizes, covered in the hand of the great lamp. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the lessons, I was not able to understand and study them well in due time, but meanwhile they contain a lot of interesting things. Only reverent reflections and spiritual contemplations were extracted from there, yet diary entries about the personal and intimate experiences of the priest - about his constant struggle with sinful thoughts and feelings - remained unpublished, while every line of the All-Russian shepherd can have meaning for someone who, following his example, seeks spiritual improvement.Bishop Arseny (Zhadanovsky) (1874 - 1937)