Books

Selected Writings of St. John Cassian the Roman $9.00

A collection of excerpts, gleaned from the best writings of the saint, offer the reader insight into a variety of spiritual topics, including Perfection: The Theory of Spiritual Life, Some Enemies of the Spiritual Life, Some...

Russian Letters of Spiritual Direction, 1834-1860 $12.00

In the last century a cross-section of Russian society - peasants, nobles, writers, soldiers - streamed to the Optino Hermitage for advice - and received it, from a succession of startsi, or "elders," monks whose God-given...

Letters to a Beginner on Giving One's Life to God $8.95

This book was so popular and beneficial for those leading a spiritual life in pre-Revolutionary Russia that it was reprinted several times and distributed to all monasteries, sketes, and many parishes. It was a main...

God's Revelation to the Human Heart $6.00

“When conversion takes place, the process of revelation occurs in a very simple way—a person is in need, he suffers, and then somehow the other world opens up. The more you are in suffering and difficulties and...

Wisdom from Mount Athos: The Writings of Staretz Silouan $14.00

Staretz, or "elder", is a title given to Orthodox monks of particular spiritual development. Staretz Silouan (later glorified as a saint by the Orthodox Church) was a Russian peasant whose only formal education consisted of...

The Soul After Death $9.95

What happens to the soul when it leaves the body at death? What is its state from then until the Last Judgement? Do the numerous present-day books on life after death give any real answers to these questions, or are they...

Guidance Toward Spiritual Life: Answers to the Questions of Disciples $12.00

With the practical aim of guiding the brothers at his monastery in the wilderness of northern California, Fr. Seraphim Rose set out to select and translate these counsels of Saints Barsanuphius the Great and John the...

The Prayers of St. Isaac the Syrian: 2nd Edition $5.95

A wonderfully organized prayer book featuring prayers by St. Isaac the Syrian, a 7th century saint of the Orthodox Church. Translated by Sebastian Brock and adapted to modern English by the Brotherhood of the Monastery of St...

Elder Sergei of Vanves: Life and Teachings $14.00

Elder Sergei of Vanves was one of the most charismatic figures in 20th-century Western Europe, yet until now, little if anything has been written about him in English. He was a man in whom the holy traditions of Old Valaam...

The Unknown Pilgrim $4.97

A pilgrimage is a manifestation of an inner journey, often referred to as an allegory of the soul's journey to God. On this journey the pilgrim perceives the gap between what he should be and what he really is. Rene Gothoni,...

St. Nikolai Kasatkin and the Orthodox Mission in Japan $9.95

Essential reading for any serious student of Christian Mission. St. Nicholas Kasatkin founded the Japanese Orthodox Church in the second half of the nineteenth century and was described by Bishop Tucker of the American...