By ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΠΉ Π‘Π΅ΡΠ³Π΅Π΅Π²ΠΈΡ
ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°, ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΊΠ° ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ° ΠΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡ Π‘Π΅ΡΠ³Π΅Π΅Π²ΠΈΡΠ° ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ (1865β1941) ΠΏΠΎΡΠ²ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π° ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ ΡΠ²ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π€ΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡΠΊΠ° ΠΡΡΠΈΠ·ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ (1181β1226). ΠΡΠΎ Π²ΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠΈ Β«ΠΠΈΡΠ° ΡΠ²ΡΡΡΡ ΠΎΡ ΠΠΈΡΡΡΠ° ΠΊ Π½Π°ΠΌΒ», Π² ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΠ°Π²Π΅Π», ΠΠ²Π³ΡΡΡΠΈΠ½ ΠΈ ΠΠ°Π½Π½Π° Π΄βΠΡΠΊ. Π ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΡ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π° ΠΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΆΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠ» Ρ ΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ Ρ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ³ΠΈΠΎΠ·Π½ΠΎβΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΡΡΡΠ΅, ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π² ΡΡΠΊΡΡ Π±Π΅Π»Π»Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΡ Π±ΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ. Π’ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠ°Π³Π°Π½Π΄ΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΏΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π° ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°ΠΌ Ρ ΡΠΈΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π²Π΅ΡΡ, Π½Π° ΡΠΎΠ½Π΅ Π΅Π²ΡΠΎΠΏΠ΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ Π°Π³ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ°, Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ° ΠΈ Π½Π°Π΄Π²ΠΈΠ³Π°ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠΉΠ½Ρ.
This volume by Russian writer, poet, historian and philosopher Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865β1941) explores the life of Saint Francis of Assisi (1181β1226). It is the second book in the trilogy "Faces of the Saints from Jesus to Us," which also includes studies of Paul, Augustine and Joan of Arc. Written in the final years of Merezhkovskyβs career, the work merges a Christian historical novel with a religiousβphilosophical essay. The central theme of the trilogyβhuman salvation through a return to the fundamentals of Christian faithβis set against the backdrop of a Europe threatened by totalitarianism, atheism and the looming specter of a new world war.