Despondency is one of the deadly sins. The Holy Fathers considered him a great danger on the path to salvation. Saint John Chrysostom writes: “Despondency and incessant sadness can crush the strength of a Christian’s soul and bring it to extreme exhaustion.” This spiritual illness is very strong and can be cured by the constant abiding of the believer’s heart in God. The collection contains teachings, sermons, instructions from holy fathers, devotees of piety and modern priests about the causes of despondency and ways to combat it.