The monk priest Iliodorus

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Lev Tolstoy in 1908

The monk priest Iliodor ( Russian Иеромонах Илиодор , Ijeromonach Iliodor ) is a short story by Lev Tolstoy , the writing of which began in early 1909. The fragment was published posthumously in 1912 in vol. 3 of Tolstoy's bequeathed works in Moscow .

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The former Colonel of the Guard, Prince Ivan Tverskoi, has been ordained a monk and spent three years in the forest as the Klausner monk Iliodor. The several years of dialogue with God brought a new feeling of freedom over time. But in the end Iliodor had to confess to the head of the monastery how discouragement, weakness, and even depression mixed with the high spirits. The head of the monastery knows what to do. Iliodorus leaves the forest at the behest of his superior and holds a weekly service in the church. There are also other pastoral tasks. Conversations with churchgoers who have come to confession flatter Iliodor's vanity. He loses self-respect because all actions before the altar, even the administration of Holy Communion, are mixed with thoughts of his own worldly fame.

The monk-priest Iliodor resigned, noted in his diary on September 15, 1902, that the god he sought for four years does not exist.

Used edition

  • The monk priest Iliodorus. Translated from the Russian by Hermann Asemissen . P. 373–377 in: Eberhard Dieckmann (Ed.): Lew Tolstoi. Haji Murat. Late narratives . Vol. 13 by Eberhard Dieckmann (ed.), Gerhard Dudek (ed.): Lew Tolstoi. Collected works in twenty volumes . Rütten & Loening, Berlin 1986

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  1. ↑ Notes (Russian Примечания)