Saint Theophan the Recluse (181594) was an outstanding Russian spiritual writer of the late 19th century. Being a member of the Palestine Mission, rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, bishop of Tambov and then Vladimir Cathedral and spending 22 years in a prison in the Vyshensky Monastery, he brought the gift of spiritual advice given to him by God to people who came into contact with him .. Having been imprisoned in a prison, the saint left private associations, but due to this the light of his writings, published and reprinted, spread throughout Russia. His numerous translations of the Holy Fathers ("Compassion", "Words of St. Simeon the New Theologian", etc.) were published. ). A special place in the works of Theophan the Recluse, as, indeed, in general in the spiritual literature of the last two centuries, is occupied by the work “Interpretations of the Epistles of the Apostle Paul” .. With these "interpretations" he seems to bring us back to the times of early Christianity. Under the grace-filled gaze of Saint Theophanes, the epistles of the Apostle Paul are revealed to us with amazing novelty and depth, reinterpret the path of our spiritual work and set us inwardly before the wisdom of the Creator. The Saint , by grace , We read the Apostle’s revelations about the mystery of the incarnation of God ,. On the Atonement of Man by the Cross , the Creation of the Church the Body of Christ , about the adhesion of man in the Mystery of Baptism to the Body of Christ , On the Participation of All Persons of the Holy Trinity in the House-Building of God . The Orthodox Church commemorates St. Theophan the Recluse of Vyshensk on January 10 (23) and June 16 (June 29) .