˜yÐÄvlog

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starets

[ stahr-its, -yits ]

noun

Russian Orthodox Church.
plural startsy
  1. a religious teacher or counselor.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of starets1

1915–20; < Russian ²õ³Ùá°ù±ð³Ù²õ elder, derivative of ²õ³Ùá°ù²âǐ old
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“Do you want to hear what the special method of praying was that the starets told him about?” she asked.

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He was so alarmed that he wrote about it to the starets.

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“Well, the starets tells him about the Jesus Prayer first of all. ‘

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There were pilgrims who constantly tramped from one holy place to another and from one starets to another, and were always entranced by every shrine and every starets.

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All he could do then was to obey the starets, to restrain himself, to undertake nothing, and simply to wait.

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