The Great Synaxaristes - June

The Great Synaxaristes - JuneA 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

A must-read guide to the Prayer: this is a vital antidote to the temptation

but the bulk of the Pascha music book becomes an inconvenience

he was also an exemplary philanthropist

tried-and-tested model of  spiritual life

In this case

as well as sections on icons

The Holy Scriptures in the Orthodox World

John the Baptist

and his Rules for desert monastic life

but are not mere tracts

On the Lord’s Prayer

and unchanging meekness