Lives of early saints of Helvetia (modern day Switzerland) are presented here as an aid for pilgrims, travelers, and all who wish to deepen their understanding of the Church as truly Universal. The lives of Swiss saints are organized in a calendar. Also included are troparia to individual saints, an Akathist, sheet music for a pattern melody, service texts for remembering the Synaxis of the Saints of Switzerland liturgically, as well as maps and illustrations.

Learn about the legacy of the Russian Empire's activities in the Near East in the century before World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution, motivated by feelings of kinship between Orthodox communities as an aid to understanding today's geopolitical situation.

How is our Christian faith properly lived? Is Christianity a series of abstract teachings to which we, as individuals, give our mental or emotional assent? Or, as Russian Archbishop and New Martyr Ilarion (Troitsky) argues, is the true aim of Christian life the transformation of our whole being as members of the Body of Christ, His Church? Questions for group discussion or personal reflection have been added, as well as a biography of the author, subject and Scripture indexes.

A compilation of teachings on a perennial topic of fascination and concern for all Christians – the End Times. Also included are essays on the veneration of Holy Icons and the power of Holy Relics, and on the Church. This classic text of "Old Jordanville" has been freshly typeset and lightly edited and includes a short biography of Fr Panteleimon.

In this concise volume, Bishop Irenei renews his exploration of the patristic genre of centuries — 100 short paragraphs that can be read individually but are connected by a common theme. Here, His Grace offers five centuries that impart eternal truths expressed by the Holy Fathers on Love, on the Church, and more.