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Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian

By Saint Paisios the Athonite

Size: 5.6" x 8" (14.2  x 20.5 cm) 

Pages: 187

Binding: Softcover 

From the Prologue: "The setting for the remarkable Life which is the subject of this book is Pharasa, in Cappadocia in Asia Minor. Now a part of Turkey, Asia Minor had been part of the Greek Commonwealth from about 2000 B.C., as were areas along the Black Sea coast, the Crimea, and in Georgia and Armenia. 

Settled by Greeks, Asia Minor was later home to Early Christians (as Saint Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians and the Galatians bear witness), and then to the great Fathers of the Orthodox Church, among them Saint Basil the great, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John Chrysostom. Many of the more popular Saints are associated with Asia Minor, including Saint George, Nicholas and Charalambos. Indeed, in Byzantium Asia Minor provided much of the enormous wealth of the State, both materially..."

From the Contents:

- Hymns to Saint Arsenios in Greek and English 

- Prologue

- Part One: How the Book Came to be Written

- Part Two: The Life of Saint Arsenios (Hadjiephentis)

- Part Three: The Miracles of Saint Arsenios

- Epilogue 

- Maps  

View our Icon of Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian. 

Epistles

By Saint Paisios the Athonite

Size: 6" x 9" (15.5  x 23 cm) 

Pages: 283

Binding: Softcover 

From the Prologue: "In Christian literature, epistles have always been something more than a way of transmitting news or making events known. They provided a channel of profound communication, a testament of spiritual wealth and were a means of pastoral guidance. Using the format of an epistle, the Fathers of the Church usually expand on matters of faith, ethos and worship as they relate to the life of the Church. The Epistles of the New Testament, which had been written earlier, advance the truths of the faith and the unchanged spiritual life upon which those truths are founded. The fourteen Epistles of the Apostle Paul, which have a local church or one his co-workers as a specific recipient, become points of reference which Christians can consult in their daily life. The same can be said of the Epistles of the Apostles James, John, Peter, and Judas; however, they are given the titles of Catholic, as they are addressed to the entire .... 

From the Contents:

- Introductory Note 

- Biographical Note on Saint Paisios the Athonite 

- Prologue 

- Contract in the Form of an Epistle

- First Epistle  / For Novices 

- Second Epistle / A Small Blessing of a Few "Dry Nuts"

- Third Epistle / "Spiritual Herbs" 

- Fourth Epistle / "A Handful of Experience" 

- Fifth Epistle / On Charity and Love 

- Sixth Epistle / Beatitudes

- Index 

- Publications 

Elder Hadji-Georgis the Athonite

By Saint Paisios the Athonite

Size: 5" x 7.5" (12.5  x 19 cm) 

Pages: 105

Binding: Softcover 

From the Prologue: 

Descendants always have a sacred duty to write down the divine achievements of the holy Fathers of their times and the struggle they undertook out of philotimo in order to draw closer to God. Naturally, by writing about our Saints, we too benefit, because in this way, we remember and try to imitate them; then the Saints are moved even more to help us draw closer to them. 

Therefore, if we must speak and write about the virtues of these righteous souls (our holy Fathers), how much more should we not neglect or be silent about the souls of our just, but unjustly treated holy Fathers whom we, wretched people that we are, have tormented with persecutions and exiles out of our own human weaknesses, jealousies and envy... 

Yet if the unrighteous repent sincerely, they too are saved, while the unjustly treated are not only saved, but rewarded as well and are the most beloved of God's children. "The Lord loveth the righteous". Holy Scripture continually praises the souls of the righteous, and the prayers of the righteous are heard. "The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects".

Therefore, among the unjustly treated Fathers of our Church is also the Blessed Father George, Hadji-Georgis, a contemporary Saint of our times. We can also say that, considering our era, he is a great Saint indeed. 

By his spiritual way of life the Elder left behind him a great reputation: "A great ascetic and strict faster", people would say. His name is even used as  a nickname for those who were strict fasters: "He is a Hadji-Georgis", they would say. 

When I first came to the Holy Mountain and wandered about the Garden of the Panagia (as most beginners usually do) in order to seek out the fragrant flowers of the Panagia (the holy Elders), so as to gather up a little spiritual pollen, I would hear everyone talking about Hadji-Georgis. The many things that I heard about him .... 

From the Contents:

- Prefatory note

- Preface

- Introduction

- The Life of our Blessed Father George (Hadji-Georgis)

- Letter of Hadji-Georgis to Metropolitan of Chios

- The Spiritual Forefathers of Hadji-Georgis

- Spiritual Laws

- Epilogue

- Maps 

- Publications 

Size: 3.5" x 4.75" (8.9 cm x 12 cm)

Pages: 48

Binding: Softcover 

This lightweight, pocket-size book contains the entire service of Preparation for Holy Communion and the Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy Communion, printed in full color. 

Author: St. Nektarios of Pentapolis

Pages: 124

Binding: Softcover

St Nektarios of Pentapolis (1846-1920) was both a careful student of the art of teaching and a tireless teacher. The present work aims to present and analyze his labors with the sphere of education as well as furnish translations of his core writings on the topic. By these means he is shown a strong proponent of the view that education is properly understood as formation of the whole person, rather than the simple imparting of information.

FROM THE PROLOGUE: It is often observed that St. Nektarios’ well-earned reputation as a wonderworker has largely overshadowed his other feats and accomplishments, as well as the other gifts he has bestowed upon the Church. Numbered among these oft-forgotten contributions is the bequest he has made to the sphere of education, a bequest under-girded by a rare, insurmountable desire to both learn and teach. From the time the Saint could read the 50th Psalm, he began repeating and emphasizing the line, I shall teach transgressors Thy ways, and the ungodly shall turn back unto Thee. From the time his little hands could manage, be began sewing together little booklets in order to disseminate God’s words. From the time he could clamor, he would ascend the stool in his mother’s kitchen and preach the homily he had heard that morning in church for the benefit of any who might hear. These youthful expressions of that desire to teach are interpreted by the Saint’s modern encomiasts as foreshadowing the significant educational work which would occupy a central, albeit oft-overlooked, place in his life and spiritual legacy.

Holy Hesychasterion "Evangelist John the Theologian"

By the Holy Hesychasterion Evangelist John the Theologian in Vasilika, Thessaloni, Greece. 

Size: 6.5" x 9.5" (16.7  x 24.3 cm) 

Pages: 190

Binding: Softcover 

From the Prologue: 

"The present publication has been provided in response to the requests of the many pilgrims and visitors who wish to learn about the history of the Hesychasterion, as well as the lives of its patron Saints. 

The history of the Holy Hesychasterion Evangelist John the Theologian is rather short; October of 2020 marked fifty-three years since its first Sisters were settled here. Its founding is attributed primarily to Saint Paisios the Athonite. It was he who, from the start, saw to both its structural and spiritual foundation, endowed it with the sacred relics of Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian, and guided the Sisterhood, for twenty-eight years (1966-1994), with its divine wisdom and love. After having fallen asleep in the Lord, he rests in accordance with his wish, on the premises of the Heschaterion, next to the Church of Saint Arsenios. 

The book begins with an informative section about the region in which the Hesychasterion is located, and is followed by a short summary of its journey up until the present time. The subsequent chapters include excerpts on the subject of monasticism taken from unpublished letters which Saint Paisios had addressed to the Sisterhood. These, in turn, are followed by..."

From the Contents:

- Prologue

- The Region

- The Hesychasterion: A Brief Retrospective of its History

- On Monasticism From Unpublished Letters of Saint Paisios

- Brief Biographies 

By Hieromonk Gregorios, Elder of the Cell of St. John the Theologian, Koutloumousiou Monastery, Mount Athos.

Size: 6.7" x 9.4" (17 x 24 cm) 

Pages: 80

Binding: Softcover

In the Church, Christ’s clinic, his co-celebrant practices the science of healing, for he is the one who “will refashion the creature, who will restore the image and create citizens for the world above, and greatest of all, be God and make others God.”

Saint Maximos the Confessor compares the Priesthood to a ray of light from the sun which transmits its brightness to healthy eyes: “Just as a beam of light gently attracts healthy vision, which by nature rejoices in the light, and transmits its own brightness, so also true priesthood, being, through all that it is, an outward imprint of the blessed divinity for those upon the earth, draws to itself every God-loving and divinely disposed soul and transmits its own knowledge, peace and love, so that once it has brought each potentiality of the soul to the limit of its own actuality, it may place beside God those who have been deified in all things and initiated by it in the mysteries. For the end... of true priesthood is both to be deified and to deify.”

AVAILABLE IN GREEK: "Η Θεραπεία των Θεραπευτών"