Poustinia
- A silent place for prayer.
- A Russian word literally meaning 'desert'
- The poustinia is a place (really a state of mind, body, and spirit) where we go to be intimate with God. Literally, poustinia means “to go to the desert,†and a poustinik is one who is living in a poustinia.
- http://www.lifechallenges.org/create/YanceD.html
- Poustinia: Encountering God in Silence, Solitude and Prayer by Catherine Doherty