“In the spring of 1878, in April, Hieromonk Clement, in the world Konstantin Karlovich Zederholm, died of pneumonia in Optina Hermitage. He was not yet fifty years old.Father Clement was neither an eloquent preacher, nor a striking, external, so to speak, bodily ascetic| nor was he one of those famous confessors or elders whom not only monks, but also many lay people of all conditions and ages seek guidance and advice.And despite all this series of denials, Father Clement was a wonderful person and an even more remarkable monk.His merits, his history, his role are absolutely special and it would be the greatest injustice to leave them in oblivion.Here is a brief history of his life…”