About the book: 2008 / This book is an attempt to consistently present the teaching of the Orthodox Church about passions, sin and the fight against them, and also to show in what guise passions operate in their modern form, how they control human behavior. The book is based on Orthodox anthropology, it provides many examples both from the lives of our contemporaries and from the lives of Christian ascetics and saints. The book is intended for everyone interested in Orthodox anthropology and the ascetic teaching of the Orthodox Church about passions and the fight against them…