Title: Twarze Ojców Pustyni
Description: "The famous popularizer of the issues of Christian spirituality and the translator of parables about the Egyptian ascetics helps familiarize readers with the figures of the most famous monks. Stories about the solitude of the Fathers, written in a lively language, abound in humorous events, depicting the beginnings of monasticism not only in an attractive, but likewise illuminating, manner. Ascetics, usually presented as statuesque, and downright mythical figures, in Sister Borkowska are people, who struggle with their weaknesses. The great saints, in coming close to us [the readers], simultaneously help in the understanding of the roots of the Christian culture."-- Translated from p. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Monks, Biography, Ascetics, Fathers of the church, Monasticism and religious orders, History
Time periods: Early church, ca. 30-600