Download or read book On Earth We're Just Learning how to Live /cArchpriest Valentin Biryukov ; Translated and Edited by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood written by Valentin Biryukov and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of Archpriest Valentin Biryukov (1922-). Fr. Valentin was born in the Altai region of western Siberia. He has lived through almost the entire history of the Soviet Union-- exiled with his parents in Siberia, wounded while fighting the Nazi blockade of Leningrad in World War II, and finally becoming a priest. During his long life, Fr. Valentin has had innumerable experiences of God's mercy and has met a great many others who have experienced God in profound and at times miraculous ways. He has recorded these experiences in this book in order to strengthen people's faith, and in order to derive teachings on how to live as true Christians: with prayer, love for others, hope in God, humility, repentence, and forgiveness.--Publisher.