In the stillness of early 20th-century monastic solitude, beside the quiet shores of Lake Ohrid, Saint Nikolai Velimirovich poured out his heart in a series of meditative cries to God-aching with sorrow, brimming with praise, and radiant with mystery. Prayers by the Lake is not an ordinary collection of devotions; it is a collection of prayers written with poetic intensity, rich in Orthodox theology and luminous with inner longing.

From a soul laid bare before its Creator, Saint Nikolai speaks with the voice of a priest, a shepherd, and a penitent. His prayers weave together Scripture and stillness, grief and glory, offering reflections that draw deeply from the tradition of the Church while expressing a uniquely personal yearning for purity and union with God.

Whether pondering the silence of God, the pain of sin, or the radiant beauty of the Trinity, these meditations draw the reader into a deeper awareness of divine presence. Prayers by the Lake invites us to stand beside the water with Saint Nikolai-to gaze inward, to speak honestly with God, and to find ourselves slowly transformed by grace.

This edition features a new English translation. Every effort has been made to preserve the poetic beauty, spiritual depth, and Orthodox heart of the original Serbian. Prayers by the Lake is not merely a book-it is a companion for the souls which long for God, a mirror of repentance, and a quiet flame for those who try to walk the narrow path.