Благословенная Оптина

In 2011, the pilgrim center "blessing Athos" in conjunction with the Optina monastery organized the SMS newsletter "Optina".
Within 3 years, the recipients each morning expelled a text message with the spiritual word of the Optina elders. Then the subscribers more than 200 000 people. After the closure of the distribution we restore this tradition through a favorite app for mobile phones. All previously sent SMS messages are stored in the application.

Blessing:
The application created with the blessing of Abbot of the Monastery of Optina, Archimandrite Benedict.

Application features:
- Quotes from 14 Optina elders;
- In 3000 the basis of quotations + new every morning;
- Adding favorite quotes to favorites;
- Setting the time the message was received;
- A handy feature to share quote with friends (sms, viber, telegram, whatsup, etc.);
- Select Alert tunes (Optina selection of hymns and audio recordings);
- Search quotes by topic;
- The function for the visually impaired;

* Quotes elders, their brief lives and the pictures are taken from the official site of the monastery Optina. (Www.optina.ru)

Developer: Pilgrimage Center "Blessed Athos» (www.blagosloven.ru)
Pilgrimage to Mount Athos. Individual and group travel.