Russian Orthodox

Twelve Russian Orthodox Fairy Tales Stories of Faith and Wonder from the Lands of Ancient Rus’ In the ancient lands of Rus’, where rivers flow beneath kremlin walls and golden domes rise over birch forests, every season of the year had its feast, and every feast had its story. A princess who longs to run with the wolves is trapped behind a dome of darkness until a white owl leads her home. A sickly boy’s prayer saves a besieged city when the Theotokos spreads her veil over its walls. A jealous sister turns a maiden into a swan, and only a bow of forgiveness can break the spell. A ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 026 St Seraphim of Sarov taught that the grace of the Holy Spirit is given particularly through prayer. With an introductory biography of the saint, this book concentrates upon a record made by Nicolas Motovilov of a conversation with St Seraphim in 1831, soon after Seraphim had healed him of paralysis. It was discovered in 1902 and published in the Moscow Journal of July 1903, the month Seraphim was canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Why are Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox — who share so much and a thousand years of common history — still unable to share the same chalice? First published in 2007 and now thoroughly revised, His Broken Body remains the most comprehensive, fair-minded, and readable examination of the schism between Rome and Orthodoxy. Writing from an Orthodox perspective but without polemical intent, Fr Laurent Cleenewerck traces the historical, theological, and liturgical questions that divide the two communions — Peter’s primacy and succession, ecclesiology, infallibility, the filioque, ...

Discover the Timeless Spiritual Wisdom of Saint John of Kronstadt This powerful new English translation (2023) brings to life the profound spiritual diaries of Saint John of Kronstadt (1829–1908), one of the most beloved Orthodox Christian saints and miracle workers of Russia. Originally published in 1893 as "My Life in Christ, or Times of Spiritual Revelation and Contemplation, Reverent Feelings, Spiritual Enhancement and Silent Existence in God," this masterpiece contains 1,820 daily reflections on prayer, faith, repentance, and living a Christ-centered life. A Translation Blessed by a ...

Lives of the Saints: Part III Continue the journey through the lives of holy men and women whose steadfast faith and spiritual triumphs shaped the Orthodox Christian Church. This volume illuminates lesser-known saints from Scotland, Sicily, Gaza, Milan, and Kazan, each offering unique contributions to the faith. With a special focus on Russian saints, including St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, this inspiring collection celebrates those who provided hope and pastoral care during challenging times. Perfect for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Orthodox spirituality and ...

Explore the unlikely friendship between 17-year-old Nick and his elderly Greek neighbor, Petrakis, in the old man's final days. Nick, too Russian for his schoolmates and too American for his immigrant friends, searches for guidance that no one but Petrakis can offer.

A fresh English translation of the letters of St. Ambrose of Optina, one of the great spiritual elders of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the height of Optina Monastery’s spiritual flowering, St. Ambrose became known as a wise and compassionate elder whose counsel reached monks, families, widows, parents, converts, the sick, the sorrowing, and Christians struggling to live faithfully in the world. St. Ambrose of Optina: Letters to Spiritual Children in the World gathers his spiritual letters to laypeople into a reader’s edition for Orthodox Christians seeking guidance in prayer, ...

The Prayer is a refuge because it offers peace to the soul, but it does not generate inertia, on the contrary, it activates the action transformadora. The assiduous practitioner becomes stronger and still in the middle of the world, it finds in itself the sufficient distance between the stimuli and the reaction. It spread this one interior, previously to the answer that happens to the events, to he allows to act with deliberation, looking for the coherence between its conduct and the message of the Gospel. The Prayer of the Holy Name, known also like the Prayer of the heart, is a particular...

Before Maria Solopova became Abbess Thaisia of Leushino, she endured illness, family opposition, and years of uncertainty to follow the monastic vocation that had taken hold of her heart. Raised in nineteenth-century Russia and educated in St. Petersburg, Maria felt drawn toward prayer and service from childhood. Her path into monastic life, however, was neither simple nor sheltered. In this candid spiritual autobiography, she recounts the loss and illness that marked her early years, her struggle to obey both her parents and her calling, the severe trials of convent life, and the ...

Embark on a visual odyssey through the lives of over a hundred saints from the Serbian Orthodox Church. This collection unveils the lives of spiritual luminaries in a language accessible to all. 🌟 Discover the iconic and lesser-known saints who have shaped Serbian Orthodoxy. 📖 Learn who they are and what they have done. Here are some examples of several famous Serbian saints that you will find in this book: Venerable Avakum (Deacon Avakum) Saint Sava I (First Archbishop of Serbia) Saint Stefan of Dečani (King Stefan Uroš III) Hieromartyr Teodor Nestorović (Bishop of Vršac) ...

Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 79 pravoslavnyh molitv za boljashhih: Molitva o bol'nom, kotoromu net nadezhdy na vyzdorovlenie, kotoryj muchitsja i muchit drugih, skoree byl prizvan k Bogu. Molitva o boljashhih ko Gospodu. Molitva o tom, chtoby uhazhivat' s ljuboviju za boljashhimi. Molitva ob iscelenii bol'nogo....

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...

Three Saints Tikhon: Light in Our Times Lives and Miracles of Modern Orthodox Saints Experience the profound spiritual journey of three extraordinary men who bore the same name and shared a singular devotion to God. In this inspiring collection, discover the lives of three pillars of Orthodoxy: Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, the "Helper in Sadness"; Saint Tikhon (Bellavin), the courageous Patriarch of Moscow and Apostle to America ; and the hidden Athonite treasure, Elder Tikhon (Golenkov), the spiritual father to the world-renowned Saint Paisios. Though they lived in different eras, their lives ...

The Russian Leonardo: Scientist, Priest, Martyr. Most people have never heard of Pavel Florensky. Yet, he was a man who refused to be only one thing. In the turbulent heart of Soviet Russia, he was a mathematician who wore his priestly cassock to engineering conferences. He was an electrical engineer who argued that Einstein’s relativity describes the geometry of the Kingdom of God. He was a philosopher, art historian, and botanist who filed seven patents while imprisoned in a Gulag. The Sacred Scientist tells the extraordinary story of a polymath who saw no conflict between the ...

The Foundations of Christian Monasticism Ancient Monastic Rules gathers in one substantial volume the great early guides to the common life: St. Pachomius the Great, St. Basil the Great, St. John Cassian, and St. Benedict of Nursia. Collected by St. Theophan the Recluse from the 1892 Russian edition, this work brings together the spiritual architecture of Christian monasticism: obedience, prayer, labor, fasting, humility, repentance, brotherly love, correction, and the disciplined pursuit of holiness. This is not merely a historical curiosity. It is a treasury of ascetic wisdom showing how ...

Prayer, repentance, and the hidden life of the heart meet in a classic work of Russian Orthodox spirituality. St. John of Kronstadt wrote My Life in Christ not as a theory of devotion, but as a spiritual journal: brief meditations born from prayer, self-examination, pastoral struggle, Scripture, and the life of the Church. In these pages he speaks directly about faith and doubt, sin and mercy, spiritual watchfulness, humility and pride, the sacraments, the saints, the wounds of the passions, and the nearness of Christ in ordinary life. The result is a book for slow reading. A single ...

For many generations, a wealthy Russian-American family has been tracking down an important and priceless ancient family relic; the Holy Chalice of their ancestors. This is the gilded cup used by the clergy to serve the Mystery of the Eucharist to the ancient Emperors of Byzantium, and their successors after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. With nothing but dead ends and hard stops to show for their efforts, the family turns to employ Thomas Fernandes, a former Roman Catholic priest who himself was once called upon to recover a holy relic for the Vatican. But the family is not the only ...

Alexander Nevsky: Defender of Orthodoxy, Protector of Holy Russia Step into the world of Alexander Nevsky, the legendary warrior-prince, saint, and protector of Rus’. This in-depth exploration uncovers the life, victories, and spiritual legacy of a ruler who shaped the destiny of medieval Russia and left an enduring mark on Orthodox Christian tradition. ✨ A Leader, A Saint, A Legend From his stunning victory at the Battle of the Neva to his triumph in the Battle on the Ice, Alexander Nevsky defended Rus’ from Western invaders while navigating the complex political landscape of Mongol ...

The Siberian Elders brings together the lives, teachings, letters, and spiritual counsels of the holy ascetics of the Siberian wilderness in a complete English edition for Orthodox readers. This volume centers on St. Basilisk, St. Zosima Verkhovsky, Peter Alekseevich Michurin, Monk Jonah, and other Siberian elders whose lives were formed by prayer, poverty, obedience, silence, repentance, and the struggle for purity of heart. It is a book of Russian Orthodox eldership: not theory, not modern commentary, but the living witness of men and women shaped by the monastic path. Within these pages ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 124 Using the words of the Russian Orthodox spiritual teacher, St Theophan, that in prayer we should ‘stand with the mind in the heart’, Sandy Ryrie explains how to use short phrases to still the mind and enable us to rest with our attention set on God. In standing before God, we open ourselves to God’s work in us. The author then explores the particular situation of night prayer. In hours of darkness and sleeplessness, we are vulnerable to the anxieties and fears which daytime activity sometimes holds at bay, but at night the spirit may also become more aware ...