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The Orthodox Liturgy

The Orthodox Liturgy

The Divine Liturgies of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil the Great and the Divine Office of the Presanctified Gifts, together with the ordering of the Holy and Divine Liturgy, the Office of Preparation for the Holy Communion and the Prayers of Thanksgiving after the Holy Communion.

The present translations have been made from the Old Church Slavonic service-books (in consultation with the corresponding Greek texts). Save for a few instances where the original requires the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament, they look to the language of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible or the almost contemporary Book of Common Prayer—liturgical English at its noblest. Spelling, punctuation and the use of capital letters likewise conform. Of ‘an innumerable multitude’ of possible references those suggested in the footnotes are either direct quotations or they give the source of a word or phrase having the same weight and gravity, and offering comparable associations.

The pre-Reformation Prymers have similarly proved a fount of inspiration in the work of adaptation from, and into, the genius of the two languages, Old Church Slavonic and liturgical English.

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The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

The book of the Great Canon with the life of Saint Mary of Egypt is a new translation into English. The text of the Great Canon of Saint Andrew follows the language of the Authorized King James Version. These texts had been by Rosemary Edmonds, the translator of the most important works of Saint Sophrony. For the first time, these texts are being published and made available by our Monastery.

The Unseen Discipleship to Christ

The fear of God becomes a word of spiritual edification, divine consolation, and strength. A characteristic example is that of the Apostle Paul, who confessed to the Corinthians: ‘And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.’ It is the fear of God that made the Apostle Paul a great preacher.

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Sonny

Saint Siliouan

I honestly can't believe just how stunning the quality of these books are. I treasure mine dearly.
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Spyros

Fabulous

I purchased this book to follow the service of St Basil during lent. The book is beautifully produced and splendidly laid out. The preface is perfect.
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Erin Maria
The profundity of the words and teachings of Fr. Zacharias never cease to deepen our faith and love for Christ. We are given spiritual consolation for our hearts and new breath to our prayers by daily steeping ourselves in words so beautifully distilled from love for God.
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Cathy

A Wonderful read.

A Wonderful read as are all Father Zacharias’ books. A book that I will need to go back to again and again to fully grasp its length and breath. Eternally grateful for All of Fathers books. They are very helpful in the daily spiritual struggle of trying to be a better Christian and also helpful in any persons’ journey of living a Christ centred life. With Love Cathy
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Nicholas Menicou

The Orthodox Liturgy

This is the best translation in English of the Orthodox Liturgy.
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Matthew Bodycombe

A wonderful edition!

This is a beautifully produced book. I must say the Monastery is very well served by its printers Lhynia Press in Greece. The book has a leather effect cover, it is printed on thick cream paper and has a sown binding so it should cope with years of regular use. The preface says that the translators have taken inspiration from the wonderful poetic language of the Authorised version of the Bible (which Archimandrite Zacharias always uses in his books) and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. As somebody who is coming to look at Orthodoxy from an Anglican background this has a welcome degree of familiarity about it without taking away the unique beauty of the two liturgies contained in the volume. I will take it along with me whenever I visit the Monastery to attend the Liturgy
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Fr David Abernethy

Monasticism: The Precious Jewel of the Church

Here Archimandrite Zacharias offers a vision of monastic life that shines with both realism and beauty. He presents monasticism not as an institution but as the revelation of what it means to be fully human. The monk, he says, is the image of the Christian heart purified by grace, a living sign of the soul’s call to love God with undivided attention. At the center of this work is his profound statement that “the very nature of the Church is hesychastic.” This means that the silence, prayer, and stillness of the monk express the inner life of the whole Body of Christ. Every believer, whatever his calling, is invited to share in this spirit of watchfulness and repentance. In reading this book one feels that monasticism is not something remote or reserved for a few, but the hidden pattern of life that gives the Church her depth and beauty.
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Fr David Abernethy
In this remarkable book, Archimandrite Zacharias speaks of faith as an act of total trust in God, an act that requires the soul to step beyond all human security. The “abyss” is the mystery of God’s transcendence and our own poverty. To believe is to cast oneself into that abyss, not recklessly but with the confidence that love will bear us up. He writes with a simplicity that conceals immense depth, showing that every genuine movement of faith is a flight sustained by grace. Reading these pages, one senses that the Christian life is not a cautious path but a daring surrender. The abyss is crossed not by knowledge but by love. The believer learns to walk, as it were, on air, upheld by the mercy of God. In this way the book becomes an icon of what the Desert Fathers lived: the letting go of all that is passing in order to live from the word and breath of God alone.
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Fr David Abernethy
This book reveals the very heart of the Gospel. Archimandrite Zacharias teaches that divine love is utterly “other” because it is born of humility and self-emptying. It is not the love of sentiment or desire, but the love that bows low, that embraces enemies, that bears the weight of the world in silence. In the light of this love the soul discovers both its poverty and its true calling. Here he unfolds the theology of personhood inherited from Saint Sophrony. To become a true person is to love as God loves, to live in self-offering and prayer for all. In every chapter one senses that love and being are one and the same reality. The more we love, the more we exist. The more we humble ourselves, the more divine life is revealed in us. This book is a call to enter the fire of God’s love that purifies and renews all things.
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