Greek Saints

Spiritual words shaped by the personal experiences of Elder Ephraim. Thirty three homilies that are indeed alive, informative, inspiring, and which outline, with profound simplicity, the means that securely lead to salvation.

Prophecy, Armegeddon and the end times Prophesied by the Orthodox Fathers. Plagues, pestilences, famines, climatological disasters, wars rumors of wars. Orthodox fathers prophesied about these as well as how people will not trust politicians, lose their faith and live in fear and uncertainty. They prophesied about America, the E.U, about a n upcoming war between Greece and Turkey that will take place after the predicted Syrian war and which will finally end because of world war III (Armegeddon).Elder Paisios the Athonite, St. Cosmas of Aetolia, Elder Joseph of Vatopedi Mt Athos, St. Matrona...

Felicia Day, actress and instant New York Times bestselling author of the “engaging and often hilarious” (USA TODAY) You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), returns with a “stirring, beautifully illustrated hero's journey overflowing with heart and a wicked sense of humor” (Ernest...

Written between A.D. 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, a book which is vital to the understanding of modern Western society. Augustine originally intended it to be an apology for Christianity against the accusation that the Church was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire, which had occurred just three years earlier. Indeed, Augustine produced a great amount of evidence to prove that paganism was responsible for this event. However, by the time the work was finished, the book had taken on a larger theme.

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Ariadne, Elektra, and Atalanta, a propulsive, empowering retelling of Hera, reclaiming her as a feminist hero Even the gods must have their queen. When the immortal goddess Hera and her brother Zeus overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams...

The epic, captivating tale of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who must reconcile her mind and heart when she is drawn against all odds to Ares, the god of war, from the internationally bestselling author of Ariadne and Hera. “Mythological reimagining at its finest . . . I loved Aphrodite’s...

When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon betrays Clytemnestra in the most unimaginable way, she must confront the curse that has long ravaged their family. In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: No one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding.

“It’s a literary gift to see gender expansiveness depicted in an ancient myth with such grace and ease.” —Electric Literature Fans of Circe and Black Sun, “prepare to be astonished” (R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries) with this bold and subversive feminist and queer retelling of...

"Divine Ascent - Daily Quotes” contains 366 of the most direct and inspiring quotations from "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" by Saint John Climacus. The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an important ascetical treatise for monasticism and for those of us living our Christian faith in the world. Written ca. 600 AD, The Ladder remains popular today.

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 094 In the final years of his life the fourth-century Greek theologian, Gregory Nazianzen, devoted himself to the writing of poetry. One of the most eloquent men of his age and friend of St Basil the Great and St Gregory of Nyssa, he is known as the Theologian because he used his rhetorical and literary gifts to defend and develop the tradition of the Church in the spirit of Nicene orthodoxy. This selection of twenty poems

Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this “haunting, deeply moving” (Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author) debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind. Among the women of Greek mythology...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 145 Translated into English for the first time by John Chryssavgis, these Reflections present, with great simplicity, the day-to-day teaching and example of one of the great sixth-century eremitical Fathers of the Palestinian desert. For Abba Zosimas, obedience to the gospel implies a radical disposition of love for the neighbour in every thought, word and action. This is the key to freedom and joy. Abba or Saint Zosimas, also known as Zosima, was born c. 460 in Palestine, and became a monk at a young age. He gained a reputation as an elder and ascetic, moving to a ...