starets

Example Sentences

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“Do you want to hear what the special method of praying was that the starets told him about?” she asked.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

“Well, the starets tells him about the Jesus Prayer first of all. ‘

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

By return of post came a letter from the starets, who wrote that Sergius's pride was the cause of all that had happened.

From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks

All he could do then was to obey the starets, to restrain himself, to undertake nothing, and simply to wait.

From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks

In general all this time he lived not by his own will but by that of the starets, and in this obedience he found a special tranquillity.

From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks