Lives of Saints

Item No. 9781944967413 by Fr. Lawrence R. Farley Popular biblical commentator and church historian Fr. Lawrence Farley turns his hand to hagiography in this collection of lives of saints, one or more for each day of the calendar year. His accessible...

Item No. 005691 by Archimandrite Ioanichie Bălan Elder Paisius (Olaru) of Sihla (1897–1990) was one of the most beloved spiritual fathers of Romania in recent times. In his youth he lived a life of prayer and service, learning from an older...

Item No. 005692 Translated from the Greek by Jeannie Е. Gentithes and Archimandrite Ignatios Apostololopoulos. Includes an introduction by Father Demetrios Carellas А son of а wealthy government official, St. Nephon was sent from Alexandria to...

Item No. 9780982277010 by Christine Benaugh Set against the turbulent backdrop of the early twentieth century, this fascinating true-life account reads almost like a novel. Demoralized by the encroaching liberalism of the Anglican Church, Englishman...

Item No. 005693 On Pascha of 1993, three young monks of the famous Optina Hermitage—Hieromonk Vasily, Monk Therapont, and Monk Trophim—were brutally murdered by a satanist. The saintly lives of these monks show that their martyric death was...

Item No. 9781944967246 by Andrew Stephen Damick St. Ignatius, first-century Bishop of Antioch, called the “God-bearer,” is one of the earliest witnesses to the truth of Christ and the nature of the Christian life. Tradition tells us that as a...

Item No. 9781888212686 by Patrick Henry Reardon In this sequel to Christ in the Psalms, popular pastor and scholar Patrick Henry Reardon once again applies his keen intellect to a topic he loves most dearly. Here he examines the lives of almost 150...

Item No. 008447 by Archimandrite Tikhon In Communist Russia in 1984, five youths from non-religious backgrounds joined a monastery. This is the story of what they experienced and some of the "everyday saints" they met. The author says, "In this book I...

Item No. 005686 by John B. Dunlop St. John Maximovitch (1896–1966) is loved and venerated throughout the world. Born on the eve of the Communist Revolution, he was a leading figure in the Russian diaspora, serving the Church in Yugoslavia,...

Item No. 006597 by F. A. Golder In 1794 a group of Russian missionaries from Valaam Monastery arrived in Kodiak, Alaska. For the next forty years one member of their party would remain, enduring hunger, cold, and mockery. He became a protector of the...

Item No. 006199 Through their life and labors, these saints who lived and worked in America proved that Christ and His Grace transcend any geographical limitation, and holiness can be achieved in any historical, sociopolitical, or geographic setting...

Item No. 9781955890670 by Oswin (John) Craton The existence of "fools for Christ" in the Orthodox tradition mystifies many people, even some within the Orthodox Church itself. People often wonder what purpose these sometimes comical and oftentimes...

Item No. 006150 This book is the first-ever English translation from the Greek with notes by the V. Rev. Father Daniel M. Rogich, PhD, of the critical text of the Enkomion to the Life of our Father among the Saints Gregory Palamas, by Saint Philotheos...

Item No. 001850 by David and Mary Ford This new expanded and revised 20th anniversary edition of Marriage, a Path to Holiness includes the lives of over 180 married saints. Also of interest is the extensive introduction, in which the authors present a...

Item No. 9781888212716 by Fr. David Smith In the Gospel of Luke, we hear the angel s timeless proclamation to Mary,  Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women  (Luke 1:28). Every generation of Christians...

Item No. 9781955890779 by Oswin Craton When St. Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to evangelize England in AD 595, Christianity was already long established in what is now Wales. Since the gospel may have reached this region as early as...

Item No. 000422 by Paul Garrett  This eminently readable biography traces the life of St. Innocent from his boyhood in Siberia, to his call to mission in America, his labors first as a priest and then as a bishop in America and Asia, and his last...

Item No. 006092 by Daniel M. Rogich SAINT JUSTIN THE NEW PHILOSOPHER, canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church in 2010, a fierce advocate of Orthodox Truth in Christ the Godman (Bogočovek), the finest systematic dogmatician since Saint John of...

Item No. 009974 by Sotos Chondropoulos St. Nektarios was born in Silyvria of Thrace in October 1, 1846 and gave up his soul to the Lord in November 8, 1920 at an Athens hospital. His baptismal name was Anastasios; the name Nektarios was given to...

Item No. 9781955890700 by Stephen De Young The centuries after the Protestant Reformation brought about a radical reinterpretation of the epistles of St. Paul, disconnected from any historical reality. But Paul operated, during his entire life, as a...

Item No. 9781944967857 by Melinda Johnson, Laura Jansson, Georgia Briggs, Molly Sabourin, Anna Neill, Summer Kinard, Katherine Bolger Hyde, and Melissa Naasko Written by a group of friends, ​Seven Holy Women​ is a one-of-a-kind journey into the lives...

Item No. 004650 by Archimandrite Sophrony In the autumn of 1892 a young Russian peasant named Simeon from the province of Tambov was drawn to that ancient repository of Orthodox spirituality, Mt Athos. He had done his military service and now came to...

Item No. 9781955890786 by Elissa Bjeletich Davis Each year after Pascha, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Myrrhbearers, who cared for Jesus’ body after He was crucified. But myrrhbearing has a broader definition; it can serve as a metaphor...

Item No. 008453 by Archdeacon Vasily Marushchak The inspiring biography of a bishop and surgeon during the darkest years of Soviet oppression in Russia. St. Luke endured unthinkable tortures at the hands of the atheistic state due to his outspoken...

Item No. 9781944967871 by Gabriel Wilson "It was a cruel invention, this wheel. A wheel that forced submission from those beneath it..." Young Katherine, born into noble wealth with an insatiable hunger for knowledge, surpasses even her tutors when it...

Item No. 9781944967598 by Gabriel Wilson He lost his wealth. He lost his family. He lost his station. He endured it all, to gain everything. Roman Commander Placidas was a man of great power and influence. He and his family wanted for little, yet...

Item No. 009975 by Saint Ignatius of Antioch Translated by Alistair Stewart One volume in the Popular Patristics Series. In the second-century, Ignatius was taken from Antioch to Rome in an imperial triumph, to be executed in the arena. He saw this...

Item No. 008573 by Saint Nicholai Velimirovich St Sava is among the best known and loved Serbian saints. Born in 1173, as a young man he left the home of his father, the King of Serbia, went to Mount Athos, became a monk and founded the great monastic...

Item No. 9781944967826 by Laura E. Wolfe Many centuries ago in the wilds of Africa, a startling and mystical friendship developed between a lion and a saint. St. Gerasim served the lion by removing a thorn from its paw, and in turn the lion served St...

Item No. 008718 by Bishop Artemije and Vladislav Maevskii "Thirty years have passed since Bishop Nikolaj departed from this world to a much better one, to God’s eternal world. Long before, however, this great man from Lelic, the Bishop of Ohrid...

Item No. 006638 by St. Nikolai Velimorovic Translated and edited by the clergy and monastics of the Serbian Diocese of Western America. This new edition of the Prologue is an amplified, revised, and expanded English translation...

Item No. 006085 by Daniel M. Rogich The Walking Saint: Patriarch Pavle of Serbia is the first of its kind in print. Taken from the original sources in Serbian, from the Saint's sermons, letters and writings, as well as from the documents surrounding...

Item No. 9781936270477 by Christopher Moorey  Do you long to establish a relationship with the saints, but find them—or the volumes written about them—a little intimidating? The saints started out as ordinary Christians, just like...