Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Vols. I, II, III
by Saint Demetrius of Rostov

This offering of the famous Russian collection of Lives of the Saints by Saint Demetrius of Rostov (1651-1709) marks the first time any of these national collections have been published in their entirety in the English language.

(Vols. I & II, about 500 pp); (Vol. III, 686 pp)

The Orthodox Church
by the Very Rev. Timothy (Kallistos) Ware

A clear, detailed introduction to the Orthodox Church, written for the non-Orthodox as well as for Orthodox Christians who wish to know more about their tradition.

(paperback, 558 pp)

The Truth of Our Faith
by Elder Cleopa of Romania
Translated by Peter Alban Heers

Elder Cleopa answers the questions of inquirers on such subjects as: the study of Holy Scriptures, the veneration of icons, relics, the Saints and Angels, the Virgin Mary, and the True Cross and more.

(paperback, 254 pp)

Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy
by Alexander Schmemann

A stimulating survey and interpretation of the history of the Orthodox Church.

(paperback, 343 pp)

On Prayer
by Archimandrite Sophrony

As remarkable as the book is its author, Archimandrite Sophrony. Like a good plot, his life has proceeded from possibility to probability to necessity — from marked success as a painter exhibiting in the great Paris salons after the Russian Revolution via a brief period of study at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris to Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain of Eastern monasticism, where he spent twenty-two years, first as a monk in the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon and for the final seven years as a hermit in the "desert."

(paperback, 128 pp)