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

There were pilgrims who constantly tramped from one holy place to another and from one starets to another, and were always entranced by every shrine and every starets.

From Father Sergius by Maude, Louise Shanks

Sergius obeyed the starets, showed his letter to the Abbot, and having obtained his permission, gave up his cell, handed all his possessions over to the monastery, and set out for the Tambov hermitage.

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