“Our most important task, perhaps, is the Christian enlightenment of ourselves and others. We must go deeper into our faith… knowing how God acts in our lives; by reading the lives of God-pleasers in the Old and New Testaments (we read the Old Testament far too little; it is very instructive); by reading the lives of Saints and the writings of the Holy Fathers on practical spiritual life; by reading about the suffering of Christians today and in recent years. “
(Fr Seraphim Rose, ‘1979 Lecture’)