On the Imitation of Christ is the most famous and beloved book of Western Christians after the Bible, an inspiring, comprehensive guide to Christian spiritual practice for both monastics and laity. The book consists of four separate, independent treatises. This publication is based on the translation from Latin

by Professor K.P. Pobedonostsev, made by him in 1869 with some abbreviations. It fills in what was not translated by K.P. Pobedonostsev, outdated

words and expressions were replaced with those used in our time, some corrections were made after checking with the two most authoritative translations into English and partially with the Latin original.