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THE SOUL AFTER DEATH - 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 only hints about a reality which even those who "return from the dead" often misunderstand? | Up
NIHILISM - In 1962, the young Eugene Rose undertook to write a monumental chronicle of the abandonment of Truth in the modern age. Of the hundreds of pages of material he compiled for this work, only the present essay has come down to us in completed form. Here Eugene reveals the core of all modern thought and life--the belief that all truth is relative--and shows how this belief has been translated into action in our century. | Up
THE PLACE OF BLESSED AUGUSTINE IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH - $10
When Fr. Seraphim found out that the early Western Father, Blessed Augustine of Hippo, was being attacked in contemporary Eastern Orthodox circles, then he--himself a Western convert to Orthodoxy--rose in his defense. This book is the outcome. Fr. Seraphim said he wrote it in the hope that it would help remove Augustine as a scapegoat for today's academic theologians, and thus "help free us all to see his and our own weaknesses in a little closer light--for his weaknesses, to a surprising degree, are indeed close to our own." | Up
GOD'S REVELATION TO THE HUMAN HEART - $5
What does man seek in religion and what should he seek in it? How does God reveal Himself in order to bring man to a knowledge of the Truth? How does suffering help this revelation to occur? Fr. Seraphim Rose addressed these and other issues during a lecture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1981. | Up
CHRIST THE ETERNAL TAO - $19
Not until now has the ancient wisdom of Lao Tzu been presented alongside the otherworldly revelation of Jesus Christ in a way that encompasses the full significance of both. Christ the Eternal Tao presents the Tao Teh Ching as a foreshadowing of what would be revealed by Christ, and Lao Tzu himself as a Far-Eastern prophet of Christ the incarnate God. | Up
THE PATH TO SALVATION - $19.95
This classic textbook of spiritual life, now being offered in its entirety for the first time in English, seems to have been sent directly to today's readers by the great Russian recluse himself. Every line breathes his profound psychological understanding, his intricate experience in spiritual struggle, and above all his love, compassion and all-consuming desire that every person might be saved. Inspiring the reader with a sober longing for acquiring the Kingdom of Heaven, St. Theophan provides an infallible system for taking the Kingdom by force, in a Christian life of grace and repentance. | Up
CHRIST IS CALLING YOU: A COURSE IN CATACOMB PASTORSHIP - $9.95
"The time has come, young man, for you to hear a voice which has been calling you..."

With these words, Fr. George Calciu began a series of seven weekly homilies to the youth of communist Romania in 1978. Hundreds of young people risked their lives to hear him, climbing over the walls when the authorities tried to keep them away. | Up
REPENTANCE: THE FORGOTTEN MEDICINE - $5
In THE FORGOTTEN MEDICINE, the renowned Bulgarian spiritual father Archimandrite Seraphim (†1993) details the reasons many give for not coming to Confession, and for each of these he clearly brings forth the truth of the matter. For those who feel awkward because of not knowing how to approach Confession, he explains in depth how to prepare beforehand and what to do afterwards. | Up
THE FORGOTTEN MEDICINE: THE MEANING OF SUFFERING AND STRIFE AND RECONCILLIATION, VOLS. 2 AND 3 - $8.95
THE MEANING OF SUFFERING and STRIFE & RECONCILIATION are presented as a two-volume sequel to FORGOTTEN MEDICINE. These volumes reflect a depth of insight and experience which can touch the souls of all those in the world today who are hungry for God-written by an outstanding contemporary pastor, spiritual writer and theologian. | Up
SAINTS BARSANPHIUS AND JOHN: GUIDANCE TOWARD SPIRITUAL LIFE - $12
GUIDANCE TOWARD SPIRITUAL LIFE also includes the Life of Saints Barsanuphius and John by Saint Nicodemus of Mount Athos, as well as selected passages from the Spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius the Great of Egypt. | Up
GREAT MARTYR LAZAR OF SERBIA - $9
Lazar was one of the Serbian noblemen who ruled the Serbian empire after the death of Tsar Dushan. After the death of Tsar Urosh, Patriarch Ephrem crowned Lazar as the Serbian king. Lazar sent a delegation to Constantinople with the monk Isaiah to implore the patriarch to lift [remove] the anathema from the Serbian people. He fought against the Turkish powers on several occasions. Finally, he clashed [fought] on the Field of Blackbirds [Kosovo Polje] on June 15, 1389 A.D. against the Turkish Emperor Amurat where he was beheaded. | Up
SALT OF THE EARTH - $9
lder Isidore (1814-1908) was a vivid representative of the tradition of eldership (starchestvo) in Holy Russia. Radiant with Christ-like love and childlike simplicity, he lived in another world yet kept both feet firmly planted on the ground. He was one of those whom Christ called the salt of the earth--a repository of the rare, otherworldly savor of ancient Christianity. A prophetic witness for the Church, he foretold the Russian Revolution and the second age of the catacombs. | Up
FATHER GERASIM OF NEW VALAAM - In the 1800's, on Alaska's remote and forested Spruce Island, there lived a holy Russian monk and missionary named Herman, who was to become America's first canonized Orthodox Saint. St. Herman prophesied that "a monk like me, fleeing the glory of men, will come and live on Spruce Island." This prophecy was fulfilled 100 years later in the person of Archimandrite Gerasim (+1969), who lived a hermitic way of life on the island for 30 years, guarding the Saint's relics and praying alone for the world. His solid spiritual formation in monasteries in Russia enabled him to withstand incredible obstacles, including concerted attempts to drive him off the island. His heroic witness is a beacon of ascetic Christianity in the 20th century. | Up
THE ORTHODOX VENERATION OF MARY THE BIRTHGIVER OF GOD - $7
This concise work is a classic exposition of how the Christian Church has venerated the Mother of God throughout the ages, and the chief errors which have attacked this veneration. It clearly tells why the Virgin Mary should be honored by all generations, but not considered a co-redemptress along with Jesus Christ, the only Savior of the world. "For He hath looked upon the lowliness of His handmaiden; for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed." (Luke 1:48) | Up
Blessed Athanasia and the Desert Ideal - $5
Long out of print, the new edition contains the life of a spiritual daughter of St. Seraphim of Sarov who lived in the wilderness of northern Russia, and newly added, an essay by the nuns of St. Xenia Skete, "The Desert Ideal." | Up
Maria of Olonets: Desert Dweller of the Northern Forests - $8.95
The monastic ideal is a complete renunciation of the world, and involves an inner struggle necessary for the soul's ascent towards God. Those who have been most faithful to this ideal have been the desert dwellers--hidden away from the seductive tumult of the world. | Up

MARIA OF OLONETS offers an extraordinary account of one woman's solitary struggle. Maria's life is a witness to the reality of Christ's otherworldly Kingdom. | Up
ABBESS THAISIA OF LEUSHINO: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPIRITUAL DAUGHTER OF ST. JOHN OF KRONSTADT - $15
St. John of Kronstadt called the autobiography of Abbess Thaisia “wonderful, beautiful, divine,” and urged that it be “printed for general instruction.” For the first time in English, ABBESS THAISIA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY begins to bring this extraordinary servant of God out of obscurity and provides contemporary lovers of Orthodox spirituality and monasticism with a down-to-earth personal testimony of a real struggle undertaken out of love for Jesus Christ. | Up
LETTERS TO A BEGINNER: ON GIVING ONE'S LIFE TO GOD - $7.95
The aim of the present work is to acquaint those who are newly entering the monastery with the major principles and works of monastic life, about which most of them have not the least understanding. Although all such principles are expounded excellently and in detail in numerous ascetic works, not everyone has access to these precious books, not everyone can easily understand them owing to their profound content, and even their selection must be very careful. | Up
BLESSED XENIA OF ST. PETERSBURG: LIFE AND AKATHIST WITH SERVICE - $3
St. Xenia reposed in St. Petersburg, Russia about 1803, at the age of 71. She is a member of that rare class of Orthodox saints known as the "Fools for Christ's Sake", i.e., she feigned insanity as her God-given ascesis. | Up
BELOVED SUFFERER: THE LIFE AND MYSTICAL REVELATIONS OF A RUSSIAN ELDRESS: SCHEMANUN MACARIA - $10
Crippled from birth, Schemanun Macaria shines forth as a modern saint - a loving patron of of the maimed and cripled. Her closeness with the Theotokos is awe-inspiring; equally incredible is the mountain of faith in this long suffering woman. This book relates visions and miracles that ring very true because of the unconditional love and great suffering of this holy woman. | Up
BLESSED EUPHEMIA OF SERBIA - $8.95
By their nature women are called by God to reflect the spirit of other-worldliness in this temporal world. Although often hidden from common view by virtue of their humility, holy and righteous women have spiritually illumined the path to the heavenly realms in all times. Among them shines the image of this modern-day heroine, Blessed Euphemia of Ravanitsa, as it is presented in this biography, lovingly written by her devoted spiritual daughters. | Up
FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN THE APOSTOLIC ADVENTURES OF ST. INNOCENT OF ALASKA - $14
A daring adventurer who did not hesitate to risk his own life for the sake of the Alaskan natives and Siberian nomads, who traversed the frigid territory of Siberia by reindeer and dogsled and charged the mighty waves of the Aleutian Islands in a small kayak, this Saint braved the harshest elements in order to enlighten the uttermost regions of Creation. This book includes the Life and Spiritual Counsels of St. Innocent, together with a beautiful full-color pictorial biography. | Up
NEW VALAAM AT MONKS' LAGOON ON ST. HERMAN'S SPRUCE ISLAND - $10
This book contains the 200-year history of Orthodox monasticism in Alaska. Into this virginal forestland was deposited the Philokalic wisdom brought from ancient Valaam Monastery in Russia. Also included are poetical inspirations and photographs, which evoke in the reader a yearning to enter into intimate communion with God and His creation. Beholding the azure realm where heaven and earth meet in Alaska's "Northern Thebaid," one will seek to find that same realm in one's own heart. "For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you." | Up
ABBA GERASIM AND HIS LETTERS TO HIS BROTHERHOOD - $10
These letters bear witness to Fr. Gerasim’s uncompromising stand for Truth before an apostate world. For thirty years he kept solitary vigil before the relics of St. Herman, receiving divine strength to endure to the end, and passing on his precious spiritual inheritance from Holy Russia. His words reveal that he knew God through a life of struggle and prayer, of constantly “standing before God.” It is this living Christianity that ignites the hearts of the searching people of our day and sheds the light of Christ into the darkness of this world. | Up


THE DOOR TO PARADISE - $3
An inspiring and easy-to-follow introduction to the Orthodox Church, artistically designed with pictures on every page. With its beautiful full-color cover, this large-format booklet makes an excellent missionary tool to give to friends and relatives, and even to people on the street who would want to discover the fullness of the ancient Christian faith. | Up