Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers: A Manual of Preaching, Spiritual Reading, and Meditation This beautifully bound 4-volume, hard-cover set is a superb series for preaching, spiritual reading and meditation. It contains the Gospel reading for each Sunday and Feast Day, and parallel Gospel texts, along with several sermons for each Gospel from both early Eastern and Western Fathers of the …
The Menaion contains the Propers for the Great Feasts and Saints of the month for Vespers and Orthros (Matins and Lauds combined). The Menaion is published in twelve volumes, one volume for each month. The editions are spiral-bound—designed to lay flat for easy use on cantor’s stands. These editions are newly revised and expanded. The Menaion series are spiral bound with …
A handsome new setting of the celebration of the most awesome and sacred mystery of the Eastern Christian faith: the Divine Liturgy. Here is a stunningly beautiful revised edition of Archbishop Joseph Raya’s translation of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the jewel and centerpiece of Byzantine Christian spirituality. Archbishop Joseph here instills into his translation a renewed …
The acathist hymn to the Mother of God was first composed in the year 532, and is to the Byzantine Church what the Rosary and the Litanies of the Blessed Mother are to the Latin Rite. The hymn exalts the mystery of the Incarnation: the miraculous maternity and perpetual virginity of Mary cannot be admired without concurrent adoration of the condescension and wisdom of God who enclosed his …
The acathist hymn (standing hymn) to the Name of Jesus was first composed in the ninth century. Archbishop Raya's English version has been designed with harmony and balance to calm the body and free the soul to rise and soar and to praise Jesus. All those who seek a most intimate relation with the Lord, and those who are already aflame with longing to see his face, are invited to recite this …
This 23 page pamphlet is the crown of Eastern Christendom's tribute to Mary. Suitable for public or private recitation as a novena or devotions to Our Lady.
The Triodion contains the Propers of Great Lent for the Presanctified Liturgy, the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, and for Vespers, Sext, and Orthros. It also contains the Canons of Great Lent, including the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete and the narrative of St. Mary of Egypt. It is published as a four-volume set: Volume 1 contains the three preparation weeks before Great Lent. Volume 2 contains …
The Great Octoechos contains the Propers for Vespers and Orthros for each week according to the eight Byzantine liturgical tones. Published as a four-volume set, each book contains two of the eight tones. Spiral-bound for easy use on cantor’s stand. The Great Octoechos (Paraclitiki) series are spiral bound with a black paper cover and black spiral binding. Service Books of the Byzantine …