Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra Knihy

Contains 5 maps at the end of the book.

In the Orthodox Church, the Synaxarion is the classic, abridged, collection of the “Lives of the Saints,” intended for reading in the context of public worship, and to nourish the personal prayer life of the faithful. As the Church continues its journey toward its fulfillment in the Kingdom of heaven, it does not cease to grow through the addition of new saints in every generation. Thus the Synaxarion is a work which continues to be written, no so much with ink, but with the blood of the martyrs, the tears of the ascetics, and the wondrous deeds of those who love God, in every place where the word of the Gospel has resounded forth. In preparing his modern Greek edition of the Synaxarion of Constantinople, StNikodemos the Hagiorite (+ 1809) added the memories of a number of saints, most notably the New Martyrs. In the same spirit, this present edition, which is based on the work of St Nikodemos, has enlarged upon his work through recourse to additional sources and historical studies. Thus it includes saints venerated by the different local Orthodox Churches (Russia, Romania, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc.), many of whom were canonized after the collapse of the communist regimes. One will also find here many Western saints from the period of the undivided Church, so that the Synaxarion constitutes at present the most complete collection of saints’ lives of the Orthodox Church.

In the Orthodox Church, the Synaxarion is the classic, abridged, collection of the “Lives of the Saints,” intended for reading in the context of public worship, and to nourish the personal prayer life of the faithful. As the Church continues its journey toward its fulfillment in the Kingdom of heaven, it does not cease to grow through the addition of new saints in every generation. Thus the Synaxarion is a work which continues to be written, no so much with ink, but with the blood of the martyrs, the tears of the ascetics, and the wondrous deeds of those who love God, in every place where the word of the Gospel has resounded forth. In preparing his modern Greek edition of the Synaxarion of Constantinople, StNikodemos the Hagiorite (+ 1809) added the memories of a number of saints, most notably the New Martyrs. In the same spirit, this present edition, which is based on the work of St Nikodemos, has enlarged upon his work through recourse to additional sources and historical studies. Thus it includes saints venerated by the different local Orthodox Churches (Russia, Romania, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc.), many of whom were canonized after the collapse of the communist regimes. One will also find here many Western saints from the period of the undivided Church, so that the Synaxarion constitutes at present the most complete collection of saints’ lives of the Orthodox Church.

By Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos PetraPublished Sebastian Press for USA and Canada, Indikos and Holy Convent of The Annunciation of Our Lady, Ormylia (Chalkidike), Greece The The Lives Of The Saints Of The Orthodox Church, consists of 7 hardcover volumes, each one covering two months of the liturgical calendar and with over 550 pages in each volume, illustrated with numerous icons, miniatures, and ornaments from Byzantine manuscripts. Volume Introduction, September, OctoberVolume November, DecemberVolume January, FebruaryVolume March, AprilVolume May, JuneVolume July, AugustVolume Appendix, General Index For USA and Canada, exclusively available from Sebastian Press! PURCHASE ALL 7 VOLUMES AT A DISCOUNT!Volume Introduction, September, October Translated from French Christopher Hookway English 978-960-518-418-6 2013 Number of 581, hardbound Number of color 23