Before you, dear reader, the book of the famous spiritual writer, inhabitant of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archimandrite Tikhon (Agrikova) . Difficult for ST. The Church of the time, Father Tikhon became a bright luminary of Orthodoxy, an experienced confessor, a brilliant preacher, who turned the hearts of many to the true faith. By the will of the authorities of this century, the father had to endure many sorrows and trials, leave the Lavra, live in wanderings in remote corners of the country. But even from there he wrote to the spiritual children, with unfailing wisdom answering their most difficult and burning questions. The book includes answers to the letters of the inhabitants of the monasteries .. They reveal the spiritual foundations of true love for God and neighbor, which must be understood by both monks and laity who want to live righteously in the difficult conditions of modernity.