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This volume in the Holy Fathers series is an anthology of commentary by the Church Fathers on "The Lament of Eve".

Part of a series which provides scholars in music with the opportunity to publish the results of their research, this includes articles on Cyprian the Hymnographer, the Akathistos hymn, Byzantine and modern Greek parahymnography and performance of the kanon in Thessaloniki in the 14th century.

This study is the culmination of 20 decades of research on Orthodox Christian neomartyrs under the Ottoman Turks. Father Vaporis has compiled the life stories of almost 200 faithful men and women who were by and large of humble station who gave their lives, or witnessesd for Christ.

Discusses Fr Pavel Florensky (1882-1937), a talented figure of Russia's Silver Age, whose interests included mathematics and engineering, philosophy, theology and linguistics. He served his country, even under Communism, without renouncing his priesthood, and was ultimately executed.

Complete music and text for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Completely revised, updated and expanded, this volume includes several musical settings for all "sung" parts of the service. Arrangements by contemporary church musicians are also included.

The collected writings of Sergei Fudel (1904-1977). Though he spent much of his life in prison or labor camps and was never theologically educated, he was an astute observer of modern life, and understood the challenges of today's secular world.

In 1988 Russian Orthodox Christians celebrated the millennium of Christianity in Russia. This text examines the state of Christianity in Russia today, questioning whether religion is really freely exercised in contemporary Russia. It reverts to the past for historical explanations of present ills.

This volume considers the development and practice of liturgical chant in Russia, including its origins, extant manuscripts, notation performance sylistic evolution, early composers, its relationship to the liturgy, the language and its various problems that arose over the centuries.

A product of Byzantium's last great flowering of theology, this text sees man's redemption in Jesus Christ not just as a matter of history, but as a saving event in which he is called to participate here and now through the sacramental life of the Church.

Popular Patristics Series Volume 50Saint Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-378/9 CE) was a monk, bishop, preacher, theologian, and social activist who had very down-to-earth views about eating, drinking, fasting, and feasts in honor of local martyrs. In this new collection of sermon translations-most offered here in English for the first time-Basil addresses such issues as drunkenness, hesitations over baptism, community benefits of fasting, how to be thankful when facing loss and disaster, and the mystery of the incarnation. Also included are three sermons on local martyrs Julitta, Mamas, and Barlaam. This small volume of elegant translations will be a vital and valued resource for anyone interested in religion and the body, early Christian spiritual disciplines, and their application to the Church today.

An otherwise unknown second-century Christian, Ignatius was taken from Antioch to Rome in an imperial triumph, to be executed in the arena. He saw this triumphal procession as Christ's, as he went to a conquering death.

Christian tradition often seems to give only grudging approval to the married life, particularly its sexual aspect. In these sermons of St John Chrysostom we find an important corrective to this view. Although himself a monk, Chrysostom had a profound understanding of the needs of his congregation. Inspired by the epistles to the Corinthians and Ephesians, he discusses the reasons God instituted marriage--primarily to promote holiness of the husband and wife, and only secondarily to produce children. Chrysostom goes on to discuss sexual relations, the mutual responsibilities of marriage, and parenting. While parts of Chrysostom's sermons may seem limited to his own time, the vast majority of his advice has timeless relevance for the Christian family.