This book was so popular and beneficial for those leading a spiritual life in pre-Revolutionary Russia that it was reprinted several times and distributed to all monasteries, sketes, and many parishes. It was a main guidebook for female monastic aspirants, giving them a right understanding of how to dedicate their lives to God.
By reading Abbess Thaisia's letters on spiritual life with a discerning eye--not relegating the principles in them solely to the realm of monastic experience--they can be soberly used among the spiritually struggling people of our modern urban society, enriching them with a prayerful life, their feet firmly planted on earth and their hearts abiding in heaven.
