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starets::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | adviser, advisor, consultant |
Examples of starets
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Next, the conspirators shot the starets a few times, and that slowed him down.
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One of these starets, an illiterate Siberian, Grigori Rasputin, appeared to have some success.
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Grigori Rasputin was styled starets by his followers, although he was not generally recognised as one.
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Starets loved church singing, and composed many spiritual songs and hymns which he performed himself.
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His disease led to controversy, as it led to gossip that his mother was having an affair with the Russian starets, Grigori Rasputin.
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The thoughts of the starets spoken during these earthly conversation became a sort of spiritual testament for many Russian Orthodox.
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He became particularly famous after a surviving sailor came to him and recognised in him the starets, who appeared to him during an accident.
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More importantly, he intensified his relationship with a starets or spiritual elder, Matvey Konstantinovsky, whom he had known for several years.
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From the middle of 1999 the starets did not meet anyone, which provoked pilgrims to such a point that complaints were written to the administration of the Russian president.
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- A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- A starets (Russian: u0441u0442u00E1u0440u0435u0446; IPA:u00A0; fem. u0441u0442u00E1u0440u0438u0446u0430) is an elder of a Russian Orthodox monastery who functions as venerated adviser and teacher. Elders or spiritual fathers are charismatic spiritual leaders whose wisdom stems from God as obtained from ascetic experience...
