The origins of Russian spirituality lie both in the Ancient Fathers and from the influence of Byzantine traditions. The distinctive character of Russian spirituality may be in the way the living tradition of popular piety intersects with the rituals of the Church and the teaching role of the Russian startzy (spiritual directors).
[The Spirituality of the Christian East by Tomáš Špidlík]
Ways of Russian theology, Georges Florovsky
Orthodox Theology: An Introduction, Vladimir Lossky
Russian religious mind, G. P. Fedotov
The Spiritual Life and How to be Atuned to It, Feofan, Saint, Bishop of Tambov
Nikita Pustosviat Disputing About Faith by Vasily Perov (1880)
Modern encyclopedia of religions in Russia and the Soviet Union, edited by Paul D. Steeves
The Philokalia : the complete text, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios of Corinth; translated from the Greek and edited by G.E.H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, Kallistos Ware; with the assistance of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline)...[et al.]
Patrologiae Graecae [electronic resource], J.-P.Minge
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Early Church Fathers
The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity, edited by Ken Parry, 2007
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, New York Oxford University Press, 2009
The Cambridge companion to Orthodox Christian theology, edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Elizabeth Theokritoff
Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, John Anthony McGuckin, 2011
Butler's Lives of the Saints, Butler, Alban, 1711 - 1773
Eastern Orthodoxy: a Selected Bibliography, developed and maintained by Tina Demetracopoulos, Georgia State University
Spiritual Elders: Charisma and Tradition in Russian Orthodoxy, Irina Paert
Ultimate questions: an anthology of modern Russian religious thought, ed. Aleksandr Shmeman
Saint Sergius of Radonezh, his Trinity Monastery, and the formation of the Russian identity, by David B. Miller
A treasury of Russian spirituality, Fedotov, G. P. (Georgiĭ Petrovich), 1886-1951
The Orthodox Church : an introduction to its history, doctrine, and spiritual culture, John Anthony McGuckin
An Early Soviet saint : the life of Father Zachariah, translated [from the Russian MS.] by Jane Ellis ; and with an introduction by Sir John Lawrence
