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The Moscow Sretensky Monastery is holding meetings on the topic: “Practical experience of the lives of outstanding pastors of the 19th-20th centuries.” These meetings are a continuation of the project “Orthodoxy. Educational courses for the laity.” The fifth lecture, given by Hieromonk Irenaeus (Pikovsky), a resident of the monastery, is dedicated to Saint Theophan the Recluse. In his speech, Father Irenaeus examined the following issues: • The life and deeds of Saint Theophan the Recluse. • The main stages of the “Path to Salvation.” • Communion with God as the goal of Christian life. • The concept of prayer in Saint Theophan the Recluse. Degrees of prayer. • The essence of morning and evening prayers. • Prayer and spiritual life.