Why does a man live?In this book made on creations of святителя Ignatius Брянчанинова - great Russian saint the XIX century - with peculiar to his word the Orthodox studies open up a brevity and clarity about sense of life of man : about all depth of his falling, about the very tall celestial calling and dignity of man, about the ways of ruin, rescue and perfection.To the reader, searching Truth, but to yet wandering on распутиях to human and demon wisdom, the beneficial word of святителя will help to come to the studies of Divine Wisdom - studies not flattering to the man, and to rescuing him.A book will give the clear understanding a church reader, from what, why and as needed to be "rescued", and will get a clear idea of main sense of life of man and advent on earth of Rescuer, specifying the higher aim of christian selfless devotion.Not without a benefit can read her and reader though and "good", but nonbeliever, and also believer formally and diffusely. Such man Scripture names dead (Мф. 8, 22) and asleep (Eph. 5, 14) - asleep under a lulling modern sermon that "God is gracious", that "He is love", that "this love fully gets along with lawlessness". Perchance - as on a scream about a fire jumps and deeply falling asleep are convincing and unprejudiced words of true about own position and possible irreversible consequences will awaken such serene reader and will give to him an opportunity to see itself and world not so as it is desirable and seem, but as I am actually.