Everyday Saints and Other Stories

Everyday Saints and Other Stories (Russian: «Несвятые святые» и другие рассказы) is a book by the Russian author Archimandrite Tikhon (now the Metropolitan), published in 2011. It is a bestseller, and over 1.1 million copies in Russian have been sold.[1][2][3] Its translator Julian Henry Lowenfeld was baptized into the Orthodox faith that same year, on Holy Saturday, in Moscow's Sretensky Monastery, where Archimandrite Tikhon was hegumen at the time. At the beginning of 2019, more than 3 million copies had already been sold in Russia.[4] The English translation of the book was the subject of an event held in the Diplomatic Receptions Hall at Russia’s Consulate General in Manhattan.[5] A few days earlier there was a presentation of the book in the Library of Congress.[6]

Everyday Saints and Other Stories
Front page of Everyday Saints and Other Stories
AuthorArchimandrite Tikhon
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
GenreProse
Publication date
2011
Media typePrint
Pages640
ISBN978-0-9842848-3-2

The book has been translated into more than 17 languages, including French,[7] Chinese,[8] Serbian[9] and others.

The book tells us about the life in the Pskov-Caves Monastery and about other amazing stories from the lives of ordinary people.[10] There is a real miracle in every story of life that is not invented.

Awards and honors

In Moscow it has been awarded the Book of the Year prize for 2012.[2] In 2012 its English translation won a first prize at New York’s Read Russia 2012 Festival.[11]

References
  1. Sophia Kishkovsky (October 31, 2012). "Russians See Church and State Come Closer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Archpriest Andrew Phillips (September 28, 2012). ""You will not be able to put it down." A review of Everyday Saints, by Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)". orthochristian.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. Charles Clover (January 25, 2013). "Putin and the monk". Financial Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2020. How much influence does Father Tikhon Shevkunov have over the Russian president?
  4. Митрополит Тихон представил в Гонконге книгу "Несвятые святые" на китайском языке [Metropolitan Tikhon presented the book "Everyday Saints and Other Stories" in Chinese in Hong Kong] (in Russian). TASS. February 18, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  5. "English edition of Russian monk's book presented in New York". TASS. October 16, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  6. "Everyday Saints & Other Stories". Library of Congress. October 5, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  7. "Review of the French Edition of Everyday Saints". everyday-saints.com. April 3, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  8. "Everyday Saints and Other Stories being translated into Chinese". Shanghai: pravoslavie.ru. June 12, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  9. "Third edition of "Everyday Saints" in Serbian released". Belgrade: everyday-saints.com. August 12, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  10. Wesley J. Smith (March 8, 2013). "Everyday Saints and Other Stories". FirstThings.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  11. ""Everyday Saints and Other Stories", Russia's Number One Bestselling Book, Released in English This October". PR Newswire. October 5, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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