September 6. Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy was a Russian writer—one of the greatest authors of all time. He wrote two of the world’s most acclaimed works of fiction: War and Peace and Anna Karenina.  In the 1870s, he experienced a profound moral crisis and a spiritual awakening. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, which centered on the Sermon on the Mount, led him to become a Christian.  We all have […]