A classic introduction to the lives and writers of ten of the greatest early Church Fathers: Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Athanasius, Basil, John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory Nazianzen, Dionysius the Areopagite, John of Damascus and Gregory Palamas.

Shows the sacramental character of the created world and the potential of everything in the created world to act as witness to the Creator....a gift to scholars and lay people alike...

Six lectures originally delivered in Jerusalem in the mid fourth century to those about to be received into the Church. The meaning and purpose of baptism, chrismation and the Eucharist in the life of the believer are clearly explained.

A Syrian monk of the fourth century gives practical, monastic pedagogy with an emphasis on spiritual combat, the action of the Holy Spirit and interior prayer.

This writing of Pseudo Dionysius includes a foreward and notes by Paul Rorem, a preface by Rene Roques and an introduction by Jaroslav Pelikan, Jean Leclerco and Karlfried Froehlich.

St. John Cassian was one of the primary conveyors of the monasticism of Egypt and Syria to Western Europe. This is his classic study of the Egyptian ideal of the monk.

This life is a classic of Christian asceticism. His life gives an ideal pattern for monastic life. The Letter to Marcellinus presents a variety of attitudes which coexist in a truly harmonious and whole sense of prayer. Part of the Catholic Classics of Western Spirituality series.

This is the traditional spiritual reading for the the Great Fast, divided into thirty steps, appointed to be read at the sixth hour on each weekday of Great Lent. Part of the Classics of Western Spirituality series.

The first translation into English of eleven homilies of ancient preachers and the earliest “official” retelling by an Orthodox Bishop of the narrative of the Dormition as well as the earliest attempts of theologians to interpret her “falling asleep” in the light of the Paschal Mystery.

This work is newly translated from the ancient Armenian and is the only extant work of St. Irenaeus other than Against Heresies.

An exploration of the theory and practice of contemplation as found in the writings of St. Symeon.

Practical teaching with a psychological, spiritual and ethical focus. A classic on preparing the soul to receive the uncreated energies of God.

The founder of mystical theology gives his thoughts on the Psalms.

This classic defence of the holy icons and their veneration ranks alongside that of St. John of Damascus in Orthodox teaching.

St. John Chrysostom was fearless and lucid in his application of the Orthodox Faith to everyday life and none more so in his critique of wealth and poverty.