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Books From Serbia

THE PROLOGUE: IN 2 VOLS.
St Nikolai of Zica (Velimirovic) (1880-1956) has been called the "Serbian Chrysostom" for his theological depth and golden-tongued eloquence. Now for the first time, a complete and unabridged English translation of St. Nikolai's Prologue of Ohrid has been made available. St. Nikolai's Prologue has become a much-loved spiritual classic for Orthodox Christians worldwide. An inspirational source-book of the Orthodox Faith, it contains within its pages a summation of the Church's wisdom and Her experience of sanctity through the Grace of Jesus Christ. Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies are presented for every day of the year. St. Nikolai's beautiful Hymns have never before appeared in English. | Up
THE LIFE OF SAINT SAVA - $12.95
Bishop Nicholai writes about St Sava in a simple, moving and clear manner. He uses his sources to convey the atmosphere and history of the time. Often brief chapters are accompanied by the Bishop's meditations on the meaning of particular events in the life of the saint. St Sava, he writes, "wanted only through the nationally organized church to make his people worthy members of the universal Orthodox family of Christ. He himself was permeated with the spirit of ecumenical Christianity. As such, he felt at home in every Orthodox community of every race and language." | Up
CHRIST THE ALPHA AND OMEGA - $20
Christ The Alpha and Omega is the first of a planned collection of works of contemporary Serbian theologians. It is an anthology of Bishop Athanasius' articles which have appeared in Serbian, Greek, French, English and Russian. Focusing on themes central to Christian patristic Triadology, Ecclesiology and Anthropology, the book reveals the ultimate purpose of man and the universe, and speaks of how each of us can realize this purpose within the divine-human community of the Orthodox Church. Bishop Athanasius reminds us that the God-man Jesus Christ is the Beginning and the End of all things, and that we must seek our own end, goal, and fulfillment in Him. | Up
Montenegro: The Divided Land - $12.95
Coastal and highland regions naturally divide Connecticut-sized Montenegro, and its position between Catholic Middle Europe and the Islamic Near East means it has been in the way of imperial aggrandizers from the Middle Ages to the present. Predominantly Serbian since the ninth century, Montenegrins adopted clan organization for survival. As in Scotland and Ireland, clans fostered fierce local loyalties at the expense of unity against exterior enemies. Led for centuries by members of two successive dynasties whose members fought among themselves as much as against aggressors, Montenegro actually was kept going by its Orthodox Christian faith. After World War II, Tito's Communists slaughtered thousands of educated and middle-class Montenegrins, virtually erasing Montenegrins' consciousness of their history and Serbian identity. | Up