Sche-abbot Raphael (Shishkov) was one of the first tonsures and inhabitants of the Danilov Monastery, which was returned to the Church in 1983. Moscow archpriest, parish priest and personal secretary of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev), in the fifty-third year of his life he came to the monastery to become a simple monk and help revive the monastery. “I would like to stay here forever and die” – the words he said then and came true after thirty-five years of monastic labors. This publication presents the memories of priests, relatives and spiritual children of the priest who flocked to him for advice and consolation. Father Raphael’s prayers always brought help and relief to those who came, the will of God was revealed to people, and many sorrows were resolved. The book also includes conversations with Father Raphael and his teachings about the salvation of the soul – the main matter on the earthly path of a Christian.