Lives of the Saints translated from the Greek — complete, unabridged, & annotated.

This is one of FOURTEEN (14) volumes now available in a new 14-volume series of books from Holy Apostles Convent and Dormition Skete.

The Lives of the Saints in English, together with homilies for major feast days, are arranged around the monthly lectionary calendar of the Orthodox Church.

This classic collection, which has inspired generations of Orthodox, is indispensable for all. No Orthodox library can be without this standard and blessed reference work. This should now be the first place to which one turns for information on the saints' struggles, sufferings, and achievements. The hagiographies are furnished with explanatory notes and references. An alphabetical index of the Saints and feast days has been included at the end of each volume.

Compilers include Saint Symeon the Metaphrastes, Agapios the Cretan, Nikodemos the Hagiorite, Efthymios Zigabenos, Dositheos of Jerusalem, Church Fathers, and Athonite writers; also cited are Ecclesiastical Histories, together with Neon Paradeison, Neon Thesavron, Neon Eklogion, Neon Martyrologion, and Ephraim.

The Triodion Synaxaristes and Pentecostarion Synaxaristes:

• Homilies and theological discussions on the feast days from patristic sources.
• Commentaries on the Gospel, Epistle, or Prophetic Readings for the day. Questionnaires on confession.
• Catechisms on the Soul Saturdays, the soul, our resurrection, the Mystical Supper, reasons for the Crucifixion, Christ keeping sabbath in the tomb, descending into Hades, and encountering death.
• In-depth material on the Antichrist and the end times, and Old Testament prophecies on the feasts during the Triodion and Pentecostarion periods.
• Exhortations on fasting, forgiveness, becoming children of God, struggling with the passions and how to practise virtue, perfect love, voluntary mortification, and much more.
• Discussions on the purpose of illness and its potential to perfect us, and appealing to the martyrs for healing.
• Histories and accounts of the victories of our champion leader, the Theotokos, as well as sections on icons, sacred music of the feasts, and Christology.
• The theme of the Triodion and Pentecostarion volumes revolves around the events in the first three chapters of Genesis, then the coming of the New Adam, followed by how we might become partakers of the divine nature, and going from glory to glory.

The Pentecostarion Synaxaristes Volume also includes a Master Alphabetical Index for all 14 Volumes of The Great Synaxaristes.

Sturdy 6 x 9 Smyth-sewn case-bound books, with gold-stamped spine and cover.

Acid-free high opacity vellum sheets.

August Volume: 1,424 pp.

Lavishly illustrated with icons, commemorating the Saints for each day of the month—

August Volume: 419 icons

Each month contains over a hundred accounts of Saints with full-length Lives and biographical notices, or feasts with homilies. Some major figures and days have received as many as one hundred pages. Thousands of additional names are also given with either simple commemorations or brief information.

124 Full-length accounts for August

Printed with the blessing of the holy Synod of Bishops of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America and the holy Synod of Bishops of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece and the Diaspora.