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(NEW)  (AGA) AKATHIST TO THE GUARDIAN ANGEL, Who keepeth unceasing watch over one’s life.  Translated from the Russian.  40pp.  Paper  e$4.00    Order

 (AHC) AKATHIST FOR HOLY COMMUNION
Translated from the Slavonic.
A brief service which may be used by the faithful in preparation for the reception of Holy Communion.  11pp.  Paper d$2.00 Order


(NEW) (ARA) AKATHIST OF REPENTANCE For One Who Has Aborted a Child. Trans. from the Russian.  During the Communist regime in Russian, abortion was an accepted means of birth control. Written from the heart by a Russian woman, this Akathist can be offered on behalf of someone else, or a doctor who performs abortions with the hope that God will lead him/her to repentance.  Paper  35pp.  e$4.00 Order

(AJC) AKATHIST TO JESUS CHRIST For a Loved One who has Fallen Asleep. Translated from the Russian, this comforting Akathist can be used by all.  32pp.  Paper  e$4.00 Order

(AKAL) AKATHIST TO THE LESNA ICON OF THE THEOTOKOS. Trans. by Isaac Lambertson, Contains a brief history of the wonder-working icon from Russia which has been at the Lesna Convent in France since the Revolution.  24pp. paper  d$3.00  Order

(NEW) (AKC) AKATHIST TO THE MOTHER OF GOD, HEALER OF CANCER, 32pp  Paper  e$4.00    Order

(NEW) (AIC) AKATHIST TO THE MOTHER OF GOD, THE INEXHAUSTIBLE CUP.
This akathist was written in honor of a miracle-working icon revealed to a man suffering from alcholism, and has since had aided many suffering from addictions to various substances.  Full color icons, pocket size, 32pp. 
Paper   e$4.00
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(ANC) AKATHIST TO THE MOTHER OF GOD, NURTURER OF CHILDREN. 
An akathist to the Mother of God  to raise children (by name) to be worthy heirs of Christ’s kingdom. Full color icon and other illustrations, pocket size.  24pp
Paper   e$4.00 Order

(NEW) (AKB) AKATHIST TO ST. BASIL THE GREAT. Contains not only the Akathist but several additional prayers to St. Basil and the history of the St. Basil’s Church which prinyted the booklet. 37pp Paper d$3.00  Order

(NEW) (AKAX) AKATHIST TO ST. XENIA OF ST. PETERSBURG: Homeless wanderer of St. Petersburg. 18pp.
Paper    f$3.00 
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(BA) THE BOOK OF AKATHISTS To our Saviour, the Mother of God, and Various Saints.
A collection of 23 Akathists in a handsomely produced volume with very readable type. Contains a musical supplement with typical refrains and Kontakia is Russian Plain Chant.  398pp. Cloth e$30.00
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(NEW) (APO) THE APOSTOL
The Epistle Book as used by the chanter. Contains all the Sunday and Feast day epistles, as well as the appropriate prokeimena. Follows the Slavic typikon.  Cloth d$65.00 $2.00 postage surcharge for expedited shipment.

(NEW) (APOS) THE APOSTOLOS: Epistle Lectionary. Translated by Holy Apostles Convent from the Greek and arranged for church use according to the Greek typicon. A sturdy binding of dark brown leatherette binding with gold foil stamping. The front and back covers have traditional icons of the holy Apostles and Prophets, with two sewn in ribbon markers. Printed in black and red on archival paper.  30 icons. 608pp  e$50.00  Order $2.00 postage surcharge for expedited shipment.

(NEW) (EVAN) THE EVANGELION: Gospel Lectionary. Translated by Holy Apostles Convent from the Greek and arraged for church use according to the Greek typicon. A sturdy binding of deep red leatherette binding with gold foil stamping. The front and back covers have traditional icons of the Resurrection and the Curcifixion, with two sewn in ribbon markers. Printed in black and red on archival paper.  45 icons. 480pp  e$50.00  Order $2.00 postage surcharge for expedited shipment.

(NEW)
(CSC) CANON TO THE LORD FOR A SICK CHILD composed by the Elder Cleopa and translated from the Romanian. The introduction is translated from the book  “Children are ill: Counsels of an Orthodox pediatrician.” 36pp
Paper e$4.00  Order

(NEW) (CPB) CHILDREN'S ORTHODOX PRAYER BOOK
A very fine prayer book for children in liturgical language.  64pp Red or Blue Cloth   e$15.00  
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(NEW) (DCC) DAILY COMMEMORATION CARDS  Holy Transfiguration Monastery. 200 4x6 cards printed 2 sides, 2 colors, on heavy stock. Lists feasts and saints for entire year (very complete list), including Triodion & Pentecostarion. Includes Dismissals and Entrance Hymns. e$40.00/set  Order

(DPS) DIVINE PRAYERS AND SERVICES OF THE CATHOLIC ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Complied by and arranged by the late Rev. Seraphim Nassar.
The famous "5 pounder" service book. The book in use before the Festal Menaion and Lenten Triodion were issued. Contains an enormous amount of materials not found elsewhere. Contains an excellent section on what the church is as well as a fine explanatory section on the services of the church. An excellent reference work. Comparable to the Greek "Synekdemos".  1123pp. Cloth e$25.00   Order

(TM68) THE DIVINE LITURGIES AS CHANTED ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery. Has prepared its Divine Liturgy Music Project.It covers the Divine Liturgies of St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St. James and the Presanctified Divine Liturgy. This CD contains 900 music files which are downloadable. These files are available on the interactive CD which is compatible with Windows computers only. With this CD you can view, hear and print the music. The words of hymns are provided in Modern English, Elizabethan English and Greek. d$18.00.  Order


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THE EPISTLE LECTIONARY, The Apostolos of the Greek Orthodox Church According to the King James Version. This excellent edition contains all the Sunday Epistles and Alleluia Verses, as well as the weekday and feast day Epistles and appropriate Alleluia verses, and Feast day Antiphons in a compact volume. . Ideal for home useCenter for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies   474pp. Paper  f$25.00
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(FM) THE FESTAL MENAION
translated from the Greek by Mother Mary and Archimandrite (now Bishop) Kallistos Ware.
A  printing of this valuable service book containing the services for the Great Feasts of the Saviour and Mother of God. Excellent preface and appendix material. 564pp.  Cloth d$27.00 Order

(GHP) THE GLORIOUS AND HOLY PASCHA: The Music for Matins and Divine Liturgy
The Paschal Matins as found in the Greek typicon and the special music for the Paschal Divine Liturgy. Byzantine Ichant in western notation, with translations and music done by Holy Transfiguration Monastery.  36pp . Comb binding d$7.00 Order


(GOSL) THE GOSPEL LECTIONARY: The Evangelion of the Greek Orthodox Church According to the King James Version. The selections of the Gospel arranged according to the Orthodox liturgical year. Sturdy cloth binding with gold-stamped icons of the Crucifixion and Resurrection on the front and back covers. Full color icons of each Evangelist and two ribbon markers. Printed in red and black with an index to the readings at the end. Large format. Center for Traditionalist Studies.  465pp.  f$60.00  Order

(GBN1) THE GREAT BOOK OF NEEDS, VOL. 1: THE HOLY MYSTERIES expanded and supplemented, translated from Church Slavonic by St. Tikhon's Monastery.
Prayers for entry into the church (Baptism, Chrismation, emergency baptisms, etc), Confession, Emergency Holy Communion for the sick, Matrimony, Prayer Oil, Holy orders, the Blessing of Waters, Monastic Tonsure. 393pp . Cloth e$32.00 Order

(GBN2) THE GREAT BOOK OF NEEDS, VOL. 2: THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE TEMPLE AND OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL AND LITURGICAL BLESSINGS expanded and supplemented, translated from Church Slavonic by St. Tikhon's Monastery. 376pp. Cloth e$32.00 Order

(GBN3) THE GREAT BOOK OF NEEDS, VOL. 3:  THE OCCASIONAL PRAYERS: Personal prayers and services, General Prayers and Blessings, Funeral Orders and Services, Commemoration of the Departed: The Lity, The Panikhida, expanded and supplemented, translated from Church Slavonic by St. Tikhon's Monastery. 468pp Cloth e$36.00 Order

(GBN4) THE GREAT BOOK OF NEEDS, VOL. 4: SERVICES OF SUPPLICATION (MOLIEBENS): General Calamities, General Supplications, Other Blessings, expanded and supplemented, translated from Church Slavonic by St. Tikhon's Monastery. 390pp Cloth e$32.00 Order

(GC) THE GREAT CANON, The Work of St. Andrew of Crete. The Great Canon of Repentance
arranged as read in the Great Lent in four sections for the First Week, and complete with the Triodion Canons for Thursday of the Fifth Week. Also contains the complete Life of St. Mary of Egypt.  98pp . Paper d$6.00  
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(HOR) THE GREAT HOROLOGION
translated from the Greek by The Holy Transfiguration Monastery 1997
Part One provides the order of services with complete texts and lenten variants for the Midnight Service, Matins, the Hours, Vespers, Small and Great Compline, much supplemented for chanters' convenience. Part Two contains the Menologion, giving a short description of the Feast or Saint celebrated each day of the year, with Dismissal Hymnand Kontakion, for a total of over 500; the Triodion and Pentecostarion which give the same for these movable feasts; Troparia of the Resurrection in the Eight Tones, and Theotokia for every tone; the Katavasiae for the Seasons of the year; and the Eclogarian, which contains the psalmic selections used for the Polyeleos. Part Three contains Akathists to our Saviour, the Theotokos, and the Cross; Supplicatory Canons to our Saviour, the Theotokos, the Guardian Angel, and to the Angels and All Saints; the Commuion Prayers; an alphabetical index of Saints and feasts with over 4,500 entries, and a Paschalion through the year 2100. Large format (8" x 11 1/2") for easy reading in church, printed in black and red throughout on acid-free paper. Indispensible for the divine services either in church or home.  900+pp . Cloth f$120.00 $2.00 postage surcharge for expedited shipment.   Order

(GVA) GREAT VESPERS AND ARTOKLASIA SERVICES for Sts. Constantine & Helen.
Compiled by Father Asterios Gerostergios.
Saints' hymns translated by Holy Transfiguration Monastery   60pp  Paper d$6.00 Order


NEW  (HEAR) HEAR ME: A Prayerbook for Orthodox Teens compiled by Annalisa Boyd.  An interesting approach to prayer directed towards young people with explanations. Contains selections daily prayers, prayers for any time, prayers for others and various needs, preparation for Confession, and some excellent sections on dealing with the issues facing young people today, interspersed with quotations from saints and the Scriptures. Uses a mixture of traditional and contemporary language. 87pp.  Paper  d$9.00  Order

(HWP) HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
An excellent book for the worshipper to follow the Holy Week services with compunction and understanding. Greek and English on opposite pages. Contains the complete services for Matins of Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Holy Unction, and all services from Holy Thursday through the Agape Vespers.
Vinyl 1002pp.  e$22.00  Order

NEW  (HBH) THE HOROLOGION: BOOK OF HOURS translated by Fr. German Ciuba from the Slavonic of the 1910 Chasaslov Old Ritualist edition. Contains the daily cycle of services, collections of Troparia, Kontakia from the Menaion, Triodion and Pentecostarion, as well as some rules and explanations concerning the services.  Printed in black and red with 2 ribbon markers, leatherette binding stamped in gold.  557pp.  e$75.00  Order

(LAM) THE LAMENTATIONS of Matins of Holy and Great Saturday

translated from the Greek by Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Contains the full text of the Lamentations with the interspersed verses of Psalm 118, and the "Homily on the Burial of our Lord and His Descent into Hades, by St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus. SPECIAL LIMITED PRINTING in red and black. 58pp. Paper e$7.00    Order

(LT) THE LENTEN TRIODION
translated from the original Greek by Mother Mary and Archimandrite Kallistos Ware
Contains complete services for all Sundays of the Triodion, the complete first week of Great Lent, Thursday of the Great Canon of St. Andrew, the Laudation of the Theotokos, Lazarus Saturday and Great and Holy Week.  699pp. Cloth d$28.00 Order

(LITG) LITURGIKON: The Book of Divine Services for the Priest and Deacon
Handsomely printed in black and red, this volume was compiled using various Greek and Arabic liturgica, hieratica and horologia, and has linguistically attractive translations from the original Greek text. Long needed in English, this volume is a must for clergy. Superior to any other English edition. Contains detailed rubrics and variations for the liturgies of St. John, St. Basil and Presanctified, preparatory prayers, daily cycle of services, and many special services. 528pp . Sturdy gold-stamped cloth binding. e$60.00  Order

(MG) MEGALYNARIA OF THE GOSPELS.
by  Ephraim Figueroa. Short verses on the themes ofthe yearly cycle of Gospel readings, patterned after hymns chanted on Mt. Athos and other places in honor of the feast or saint of the day. May be chanted in the Liturgy at the end of the Anaphora, at a Supplicatory Canon or with private devotions. Musical types included. Paper 68pp. e$10.00 
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(NEW) (MOP)  MANUAL OF EASTERN ORTHODOX PRAYERS.  Published in 1945 in England for both Orthodox and non-Orthodox Christians. This is the 11th edition of this popular prayer book Contains morning, evening, occasional prayers, Communion prayers, Festal hymns, The Order of Confession, as well as a listing of major saints for each day.  113pp.  Cloth   d$13.00  Order      

(NEW) (MEN) THE MENAION in traditional English, translated from the Greek by Holy Transfiguration Monastery, many hymns metered for Byzantine Chant. Services for every day of the year, printed in red and black in large format (10 x 14 page size), on archival paper, sewn binding, hard cover. Each volume has a frontispeice of a full-color icon of the saints celebrated that month. Sold by the set only.  12 volume set $1200. (postpaid surface shipping in U.S. - please inquire for order outside of the US.)  Order

(OCTS) THE OCTOECHOS: The Hymns of the Cycle of the Eight Tones for Sundays and Weekdays. Translated from the Church Slavonic by Reader Isaac Lambertsen.  Also includes the eleven Resurrection Gospels and their stichera and Exapostilaria and the daily Exapostilaria. Four volumes (two tones each). Each volume between 156pp and 166pp. Paper, comb binding,  e$160.00 set.   Order

(OPB) OLD ORTHODOX PRAYER BOOK 
The "Pre-Nikonian" prayer book with morning, evening and daily prayers; selections from Vespers, Matins, Hours and Divine Liturgy; pre-and post-Communion prayers; canons to the Lord Jesus Christ, Mother of God, and more. Slavonic and English on facing pages. Deluxe edition in red and black print.  758pp. Leatherette e$22.50  Order

(NEW) (OPE) ORTHODOX PRAYERS FOR EVERYDAY translated and compiled by Maureen Girard. A small format (4-1/2 x 7-1/4) book containing the daily cycle of services, morning and evening prayers and pre-Communion prayers arranged (and somewhat abridged) for personal use. 147pp. Cloth d$17.00     Order

(PARN) PARACLESIS: The Office of Supplication to Saint Nectarios. A handy, small format booklet with the full service to St. Nectarios in Greek and modern English, translated by Fr. Spencer T. Kezios. Also contains a very brief account of the life of St. Nectarios.  85pp. Paper  f$5.00  Order

(PEN) THE PENTECOSTARION 
The complete Pentecostarion, translated from the Greek by Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Contains all daily and Sunday services from Pascha through the Sunday of All Saints. Translation is made to facilitate chanting to Byzantine Chant. Deluxe cloth edition printed in red and black on acid free papa with a sturdy library binding and large 7-1/2 x 10 in. format.  492pp. OUT OF PRINT

(PPB) POCKET PRAYER BOOK FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS
This popular little prayer book, first published in 1956, has a selection various prayers for many occasions, as well as the complete Divine Liturgy in English. 126pp. Paper e$4.00 Order

(PB) PRAYER BOOK
published by Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, N.Y.
The popular prayer book containing morning and evening prayers, Communion prayers, selected canons, akathists, The Divine Liturgy, excerpts from Vespers and Matins and more 368pp. Cloth d$15.00  Order

(PBB) A PRAYER BOOK FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS
translated from the Greek and published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Boston
This is a valuable addition to the English-speaking Orthodox world. Contains daily prayers, Vespers, Little Compline, Matins, Divine Liturgy, Small and Great Paraklesis to the Mother of God, Canons to the Saviour, Mother of God and Guardian Angel, Dismissal Hymns (Troparia) and Kontakia from the Triodion, Pentecostarion and Great Feasts, and more. 382pp. Cloth e$14.00  Order

(PCM) PRAYERS AT MEAL TIME
A folded card with the prayers used before and after meals. a$.35 Order

(PFP) PRAYERS FOR PURITY
Translated from the Greek.
A small book containing prayers from the Euchologion (Book of Needs) for those suffering from carnal temptations.  42pp. Paper a$4.00  Order

(PV) THE PSALM VERSES OF THE ORTHODOX LITURGY
Contains the Antiphonal, Entrance, Prokeimena, Alleluia, and Communion Hymns and their biblical citations according to both Greek and Slav usages. 189pp   Large format. Paper e$20.00   Order

(SBH) SELECTED BYZANTINE HYMNS According to the Tradition of the Great Church of Christ, Revised Edition.
Prepared by Holy Transfiguration Monastery.
Contains selections from Vespers, Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha. Music transcribed into western notation with text in English.  81pp .  Comb binding e$12.00 Order   Also available on 4 cassette tapes in binder.  f$30.00
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(SB) SERVICE BOOK OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
translated by Isabel Hapgood
The classic English translation of Orthodox services. Contains daily cycle of services, Divine Liturgy, some of the Great Feasts, and many services from the Book of Needs such as ordinations, burials, wedding, baptism, and more.  616pp. Cloth e$24.00 Order

(AKA) THE SERVICE OF THE AKATHIST HYMN, The Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos
translated from the Greek by Holy Transfiguration Monastery
This compact book contains the complete services to the Theotokos according to the Greek typikon for the Friday evenings of Great Lent. The first section is arranged for the first four weeks, the second section for the fifth week (complete Akathist interspersed with Canon Odes), and the third section contains the complete music in western notation Byzantine Chant. Companion edition to THE LAMENTATIONS, printed in red and black on acid-free paper. 116pp . Paper e$10.00  Order



BACK IN PRINT   (PCH)
THE SERVICE OF PREPARATION FOR HOLY COMMUNION
, trans. By Holy Transfiguration Monastery.  Back in print after several years, this handy pocket size book, 4-7/8 by 3-1/4 inches, printed in red and black contains Small Compline, the Prayers Before and After Holy Communion, and the Akathists to the Sweetest Lord Jesus and the Mother of God. Paper  122pp.  e$5.00  
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(AKA4) SERVICE OF SMALL COMPLINE AND THE AKATHIST HYMN:  For the First Four Friday Evenings in Great Lent.
Complete Service with Byzantine Chant in western notation, set up as used in Greek practice.
Translation by Holy Transfiguration (except for Akathist, which is Faith Press translation).
28pp. Comb Binding d$6.00 Order

(AKA5) SERVICE OF SMALL COMPLINE AND THE AKATHIST HYMN: For the Fifth Friday Evening in Great Lent
Same as above except the arrangement is for the Fifth Week (full Akathist is done) . Comb Binding d$6.00 
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(SMG) THE SERVICE OF THE SMALL SUPPLICATORY CANON TO THE MOTHER OF GOD. Translated, with full music
(Byzantine Chant) in western notation, by Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Large format. 48pp. Paper c$8.00     Order


(SSC) THE SERVICE OF THE SMALL SUPPLICATORY CANON TO THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS, trans. by Holy Transfiguration Monastery. A small (3-1/2" x 4-1/2") pocket edition ideal for personal use, printed in red and black.  28pp Paper  $4.50  Order


(GHW) THE SERVICES OF GREAT AND  HOLY WEEK AND PASCHA (2nd Edition) edited by V. Rev. John G. Winfrey. A magnificent edition of the complete services of Holy Week and Pascha, IN ENGLISH, printed on bible paper in red and black and hard bound in gold-embossed leather, with two ribbon markers, traditional language. Only 9.5" x 6.5"  x 1", the book opens flat and has clear type with rubrics printed in red. 855 pp. Cloth e$25.00  Order

(SQH) THE SUPPLICATORY CANON TO OUR LADY QUICK TO HEAR Composed by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain. Translated by Holy Transfiguration Monastery, with a history of the wonderworking icon Quick to Hear and a full-color reproduction on the cover. Printed in red and black.  30pp.  Paper  e$6.00 Order

(HERS) SERVICE TO OUR HOLY AND GOD-BEARING FATHER SAINT HERMAN WONDERWORKER OF ALASKA.  24pp.  Paper  e$3.00    TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT
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THE SERVICE OF THE SUPPLICATORY CANON TO SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANNA, THE ANCESTORS OF GOD
translated by Holy Transfiguration Monastery
This canon is chanted especially by those who desire to have children. This revised and expanded edition now has the lives of Saints Joachim and Anna. 40pp. Paper b$4.00
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(SJM) SERVICE TO HOLY AND GOD-BEARING HIERARCH, ST. JOHN MAXIMOVITCH
translated from the Russian  36 pp.   Paper e$3.50 Order

(XENS) SERVICE TO OUR BLESSED IN CHRIST SAINT XENIA, Homeless Wanderer of St. Petersburg reprinted from The Orthodox Word . Contains also a condensed version of her life from several sources.  48pp . Paper f$4.00 Order

(NEW) (SO) THE SUNDAY OCTOECHOS. The text of the Orthodox services, according to the pre-17th century books of the Old Rite, for Small and Great Vespers, Compline, Midnight Service, Matins and the Sunday Beatitudes according to the Eight Tones.  Includes all Canon Hymns (Heirmosi) in Znamenny Chant (10th-11th C). These hymns are presented in English with BOTH the ancient "hook" notation -AND- "bar-and-staff notation." Two CDs are provided containing all the chants in the book.  879pp. Cloth  e$99.00.     Order

(SLT) SUPPLEMENT TO THE LENTEN TRIODION. Includes all the missing material from the Lenten Triodion . 338pp. Cloth $55.00  TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

(SCA) SUPPLICATORY CANON TO ST. ANASTASIA THE DELIVERER FROM POTIONS
A canon written especially to ask aid for those suffering from the temptation of drugs, alcohol and other substances so prevalent today. Contains a short life of St. Anastasia. Written to Greek metre. 30pp. Paper a$3.00  
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SCG) SUPPLICATORY CANON TO ST. GEORGE THE TROPHY-BEARER translated and set to Byzantine meter by Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Printed in red and black, this is the complete service of the supplicatory canon.  28pp.  Paper  e$6.00  Order

(PSN) SUPPLICATORY CANON TO ST. NECTARIOS OF PENTAPOLIS
translated by Holy Transfiguration Monastery Complete service in English 26pp Paper b$3.00
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(SLP) SYNAXARION OF THE LENTEN TRIODION AND PENTECOSTARION
Short accounts of the feasts or events commemorated during these periods in the Church year. Usually read in abbreviated form after the sixth ode of the matins canon, this volume contains the full explanation of the event compiled by the priest Nikephoros of Hagia Sofia (14th c), together with a short patristic homily.  256pp Paper e$19.00  Order



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