PUBLICATIONS OF ST. THEOPHAN THE RECLUSE IN THE "ATHOS LEAFLETS"
For the spiritual edification of pilgrims In the second half of the XIX century, leaflets of religious and moral content began to be published at many monasteries. «Athonite Leaflets» have been published since 1881. In total, more than 400 issues of the Athonite Leaflets have been published. Each sheet had a number and a subject. The leaflets were published in volumes of 4, 8 and 16 pages. The publisher was the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Athos. In the article, the task was set to identify and describe the publications of St. Theophan in the «Athos Leaflets». To achieve this goal, the publications of St. Theophan in the «Athos Leaflets» were considered. The methodology of the research was based on the complex application of traditional scientific methods: source studies, historical-logical and comparative-historical. In total, 35 publications of the saint were identified in 26 issues and a bibliographic list of publications was compiled. Almost all issues of the «Athos Leaflets» were compiled entirely from the works of St. Theophan, except for the issues №№ 111, 113, 117, 299. In some issues, two excerpts from the works of the saint were published - issues №№ 52, 58, 166, 168, 169; three excerpts - No. 21, 174. The basis for most of the publications were articles from the magazine «Home Conversation», some of the articles are excerpts from the sermons and works of St. Theophan.