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Man & the God- Man

by Archimandrite Justin Popovich

“The mystery of Truth is not in things, not in ideas, not in symbols, but in Personhood, namely the Theanthropic Person of the Lord Christ who said, ‘I am the Tr

uth.’”(John 14:6) Rarely is theology so lucid as it is in the writings of Father Justin Popovich. This book gathers in essays and homilies from various times and sources to form a kind of meditation on Christ as fully God and fully Man and how this Truth influences culture, education, history, and is in fact the only true measure for humanity.

Another book about Elder Porphyrios. It is not as if there can be too many written about this remarkable contemporary elder. This book suffers a little from an ESL translation but rewards the patient reader, but offers many stories of witnessed by one of the elders spiritual children, stories of healing and counsel and wisdom.

This impressive tome includes all 63 of St. Gregory’s Homilies together with indexes of scriptural references, names, subjects, Greek words and over 1000 notes and scholia. An earlier 2 volume edition of St. Gregories Homilies did not include any of these tools which transform this work into a valuable reference resource. 

Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica was one of the most renowned spiritual guides of Serbia in the twentieth century. As a novice he lived in obedience to Elder Ambrose of Miljkovo Monastery, a disciple of the Optina Elders. From him Fr. Thaddeus learned the Prayer of the Heart and the selfless love that came to characterize his whole ministry to the suffering Serbian people.  This book includes a short life and his writings, offerign valuable and wise guidance for those learning to guard their thoughts. We have already managed to sell out our first 10 copies of this book but will have more in soon.

We are grateful to Anaphora Press for this classic Biography by Fr. Lazarus Moore which has been out of print for years. Now many will benefit from getting to know our beloved patron, St. Seraphim of Sarov.  This edition is available in hardback and in paperback and includes items that were not in the last edition, incuding a biography of Fr. Lazarus Moore, The Prayer Rules of St. Seraphim, and an Akathist to St. Seraphim.

Starting Friday November 6, St. Seraphim Bookstore will have evening hours on the first friday of the month.

On Friday November 6 we plan to be open from Noon till 8 pm.

Also, look for us on Thursday evenings till 8pm!

Thou Has Proved Me, O God and Knowest…:The Life of Hieromonk Vasily of Optina

This is a life of one of the three New Martyrs murdered at Optina Hermitage in 1993.  It is a moving brief life of a contemporary struggler, a world class athlete who grew up under Communism but turned from the world and chose the kingdom of heaven. There are many inspiring insights from this saint:

People spend their entire lives straightening up at home, at work, in their gardens, but are careless about their souls. However the soul is more precious than the whole world. One should order oneself internally and come to love God, and nothing can hinder us from loving God.

THE PARTHENOMETOR

Presentation in a brief and concise way the Virgin Mary’s Life: Her early years, the engagement, the Annunciation, the Birth of our Saviour and all those events that took place in Her life afterwards until Her Assumption. Based on the Holy Scripture and the Fathers of Orthodoxy.

PRAYER: The GREAT PRIVILEGE

When man is given the opportunity to get to know the wonderful value of prayer – in relation with some other action which can be in the filed of science, arts, medicine, social and political action – it is not difficult to sacrifice material prosperity in order to enjoy the respite of conversing with God. Prayer is a great privilege which does not come to an end and which infinitelly surpasses the most  worthy achievementsof science, philosophy, art etc. At first the attempts to reach such a privilege may pose a disproportionate difficulty. However, the quest of freedom for prayer may become imperative.

The Hymn of Love

Based on St. Paul’s Hymn of Love in 1 Cor 13.

We don’t yet have The Law of God and the Man.