Old Maria
Subtitle: a grandfather's tale of spiritual warfare once upon a time in Old Russia
By: told here by Alvin Alexsi Currier ; with illustrations by Nadezda Glazunova
Contributors: Glazunova, Nadezda
Publisher: A.A. Currier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
ISBN-13: 9780972341103
Subjects: Tales; Monasteries; Juvenile literature; Christian Abbesses
Description: A tale from a village in old Orthodox Russia. A pious Grandfather shares with his grandson the dark history behind the building of the majestic monastery that stands above their village. Compassionately we watch a spiritual battle unfold as the evil one uses pride and greed to bridle the gifted abbess building the monastery, and God chooses an old woman armed only with her faithful prayers to save both the monastery and the abbess.