Convenient, pocket size book with necessary texts for the celebration of the liturgy of St John Chrysostom by the priest and deacon.
This account brings to light many primary sources that illuminate the story of St. Herman and the wider context of the little-known history of Russian colonization in the Pacific Northwest.
Metropolitan Anastasy was a leading figure of the Russian emigration following the Communist takeover of his country. These reflections are from his diary during the calamitous post-revolutionary period.
An accessible and well organised synthesis of the ancient Christian understanding of death and the afterlife.
A life of this ascetic and visionary of the Kiev Caves Lavra. Considered by some to be the model for the character of the holy fool in the popular Russian film "Ostrov" (The Island).
The services and prayer texts of the Orthodox Church are ancient and inspirational, and this invaluable reference guides priests, deacons, servers, readers, and singers in the customs and practices of the church.
Writing in the tradition of biblical exegetes, such as St John Chrysostom, Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria, and St Theophan the Recluse, the work of Archbishop Averky (Taushev)... Læs mere
This biography eloquently recounts the journey of an energetic and talented young man who loved life but who, deeply inspired by his Orthodox Christian faith, was willing to sacrifice it as a testimony to his faith in God.
This is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England's capital city.
This is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England's capital city.
Recollections of Jerusalem vividly opens up to us a world very different from our own. It affords the rare opportunity to see major world events through the eyes of one shaped by them, but unable to influence them.
This book brings to an English-speaking audience the spiritual counsels of another Russian monastic of the same period.