The Great Synaxaristes - April

The Great Synaxaristes - AprilA welcome addition to the growing resources for saints' lives in English, drawn from the Greek Great Synaxaristes. To some extent, of course, these materials duplicate those appearing in the Synaxarion, but in many cases the lives are more extensive, and numerous entries appear here which do not appear in the Synaxarion. The works are complementary. Hard Bound

Straightforward

Anne's Skete

it provides sufficient information for the least liturgically “savvy” to find their way through daily and Sunday services in the Orthodox tradition

are rich in theological insight and historical interest

the Canon of Supplication to the Theotokos (which is called for at Matins for many of the Saints)

discern the will of God

and provide a most welcome source of inspiration for Lenten meals on those occasions when something a bit special is called for

Complete music for the Vigil and the Divine Liturgy on the day of the feast

Having passed already through six printings and two editions

its burning sun

compared the spiritual life to a ladder of thirty steps

Designed for use during and after Bright Week