Ordinary Wonders
Ordinary Wonders
Stories of Unexpected Grace
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— About the Book —
The Deceitful Onion Bulb. A Blessing to Smuggle. The Conjuror of Rain. In this collection of stories as whimsical as their titles, award-winning author Olesia Nikolaeva poignantly recounts life for Christian believers in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. In a manner reminiscent of the bestselling "Everyday Saints" these tales reveal a common theme - the subtle, sometimes imperceptible movement of Divine Providence at work in the lives of saints and sinners alike. Her writings bring us to what the ancient Celts called “thin places” where the boundaries of heaven and earth meet and the sacred and the secular can no longer be distinguished.
— Author Biography —
Olesia Nikolaeva is a prolific and award-winning author, poet, and essayist. She has been composing verse since her early youth and was first published at the age of seventeen. Bishop Tikhon (Shevkhunov), author of the 2011 bestseller "Everyday Saints", called her "a trailblazer in Russian Orthodox prose."
Alexandra Weber holds an MA in Russian Literary Translation from Columbia University. She previously translated A Singing Heart: A Book of Quiet Relfections, by Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin.
— Contents —
In Lieu of an Introduction
The Conjuror of Rain
The New Nicodemus
Confusion
Two or Three Days
Flowers for the Shroud
Monk Leonid
Another Source
How I Battled the Gypsies
Non-Komsomol Gingerbread
At Blessed Xenia's
The Hunger Striker
"A Little Piece of Wood"
The Gypsy
Martyr Tryphon
Criss-Cross
The Queen's Pendants
Embrace
About Love
"You Do Not Know What You Ask" (Mk 10:38)
Wishes Come True
More Than Enough or Nothing Extra
Come and See
Bring Back My Husband
The Apple of My Eye
The Thrill-Seeker
An Experiment
Quid Pro Quo
Temptation
Confession to the Prison Guard
One Wave after Another
The Sound of Trumpets
"Our Boys" and "the Germans"
Five Months of Love
Mysteries beyond the Grave
Augustine
The Lord Gave and the Lord Took Away
Halvah
The Deceitful Onion Bulb
How I Lost My Voice
Money for Sabaoth
Kalliping
Good Material for a Television Series
A Blessing to Smuggle
Payback
The Delusional One
How the Vatican Shod Our Bishops
The Little Cloud
Sokratis
The Late Husband of Mother Seraphima
The Angel
Heavenly Fire
Corfu
Appendix: A Short Reflection on Miracles
Notes