Nicholas Chapman reviews Remember Thy First Love: The Three Stages of the Spiritual Life in the Theology of Elder Sophrony by Archimandrite Zacharias, published by the Stavropegic Monastery of St. John The Baptist. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Herman, A Wilderness Saint: From Sarov, Russia to Kodiak, Alaska by Sergei Korsun, published by Holy Trinity Publications. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Scent of Holiness: Lessons from a Women's Monastery by Constantina Palmer, published by Conciliar Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Bible for Young People by Zoe Kanavas (illustrated by Christos Gousides), published by Narthex Press. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Russian Catechism, Composed and Published by Order of the Czar. To Which Is Annex'd, a Short Account of the Church-Government, and Ceremonies, of the Moscovites. Illustrated with Cuts. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews And Then Nicholas Sang and What Do You Hear, Angel?, both by Elizabeth Crispina Johnson and published by Conciliar Press. …

Jane G. Meyer recommends children's coloring books by Anna Larsen and Potamitis Publishing. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Greece’s Dostoevsky: The Theological Vision of Alexandros Papadiamandis by Anestis Keselopoulos, published by Protecting Veil Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Sojourning with Angels: The Rise of Zazriel, published by Faith & Fiction. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Francis Woke Up Early by Josephine Nobisso, illustrated by Maureen Hyde and published by Gingerbread House. …

Katherine Hyde reviews A Champion of Good: The Life of Father Ilarion by Natalia Mikhailovna Kopyttseva, published by Holy Trinity Publications. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Grand Entrance: Worship on Earth as in Heaven by Edith M. Humphrey, published by Brazos Press. …

Katherine Hyde reads excerpts from A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, published by Holiday House. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews The Edge of Mysterion by Fr. Richard Rene, published by Conciliar Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Opposite of Art by Athol Dickson, published by Howard Books. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Exploring Belief Systems Through the Lens of the Ancient Christian Faith by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, published by Conciliar Press. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews The Princess and Curdie by George Macdonald, published by Johannesen Printing and Publishing. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Aletheia Writing Magazine, published by Nick and Stephanie Muzekari. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Fr. George Calciu: Interviews, Homilies, and Talks, published by St. Herman Press. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, published by Vintage Classics. …

Jane G. Meyer discusses the series of children's books illustrated by the Russian artist Gennady Spirin. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews A History of the English Church and People by the Venerable Bede, published by Penguin Classics. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams, published by Eerdman's Publishing Company. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Heart of Russia: Trinity-Sergius, Monasticism and Society after 1825 by Scott Mark Kenworthy, published by Oxford University Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Letters to St. Lydia written by Melinda Johnson, published by Conciliar Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Testament of Memory: A Siberian Life by Mikhail Chevalkov, translated by John Warden and published by Holy Trinity Publications. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma, published by Wm. B. Eerdsmans. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews, Child of Light: The Greek Orthodox Baptism Book, written by Jamie Jameson, and illustrated by Pat Kaufman. This book was recently published by ArtSource Publishing and printed by Light and Life. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Divine Liturgy - A Commentary in Light of the Fathers by Hieromonk Gregarios, published by Cell of St. John the Theologian, Koutloumousiou Monastery, Mount Athos. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Friends for the Journey by Madeline L'Engle and Lucy Shaw, published by Servant Publications. …

Fr. Michael reviews Emma by Jane Austen, published by Penguin. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, published by Penguin. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Aidan's Song: A Year in the Life of a Parish Priest by Fr. Aidan Wilcoxson, published by Conciliar Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews three children's books just in time for Christmas. The first is The Miracle of St. Nicholas by Gloria Whelan, published by Bethlehem Books. The second book is Prepare O Bethlehem: The Feast of the Nativity, illustrated for children by Niko Choceli and published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. The final book is The Donkey's Dream by Helen Berger, published by Philomel Books. …

Katherine Hyde discusses the works of Jane Austen, providing her top ten reasons to read these classic novels. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, published by Penguin. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Hidden and Triumphant by Irina Yazykova, published by Paraclete Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Bearing the Saint by Donna Farley, published by Conciliar Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Community of Grace by Mary Alice Cook, published by Conciliar Press. …

Fr. Michael Gillis reviews War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. The publisher is Alfred Knopf. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Heavenly Realm: Lay Sermons by Fr. Seraphim Rose, published by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Ravens of Farne: A Tale of Saint Cuthbert by Donna Farley, published by Conciliar Press. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews the book, The Great Church in Captivity by Steve Runciman, published by Cambridge University Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews A Pocketful of Seeds by Sylvia Leontaritis, published by St. Nectarios Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Steps of Transformation: An Orthodox Priest Explores the Twelves Steps by Fr. Meletios Webber, published by Conciliar Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Bring Forth the Best Robes: A Spiritual Understanding of Severus Snape by the self-published and anonymous author Logos Pilgrim. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, published by Puffin Classics. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Way of the Ascetics by Tito Colliander, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Lucia: Saint of Light by Katherine Bolger Hyde, published by Conciliar Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: the Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, published by St. Herman Press. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Beauty for Ashes: The Spiritual Transformation of a Modern Greek Community by Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer That Tunes the Heart to God by Frederica Mathewes-Green, published by Paraclete Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Woman and the Wheat by Jane G. Meyer, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews The Winter Pascha by Fr. Thomas Hopko, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Break the Holy Bread, Master: A Theology of Communion Bread by Sergei Sveshnikov, published by BookSurge Publishing. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns, published by Paraclete Press. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews My Life in Christ: Extracts from the Diary of St. John of Kronstadt by St. John of Kronstadt, published by Holy Trinity Monastery Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Child's Paradise of Saints by Nun Nectaria Mclees, published by Christ the Savior Brotherhood Publishing. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews A Cry of Stone by Michael D. O'Brien, published by Ignatius Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, published by HarperCollins. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father, translated by Vera Bouteneff and published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Naming the Child: Hope-filled Reflections on Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Jenny Schroedel, published by Paraclete Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Fragrance of God by Vigen Guroian, published by W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris, published by Riverhead Hardcover. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Anointing of the Sick by Paul Meyendorff, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos Markides, published by Image. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews four children's books from Potamitis Publishing, all written by Dionysios and Egle-Ekaterine Potamitis. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven—A Pilgrimage by Scott Kairns, published by HarperOne. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God by Fr. Meletios Webber, published by Conciliar Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews The Journals of Fr. Alexander Schmemann, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews Praying with Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis Books. …

Katherine Hyde reviews The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Anchor Books. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Book of Pastoral Rule (2007) by St. Gregory the Great, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Pearl of Great Price: The Life of Mother Maria Skobtsova by Sergei Hackel, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews From I-ville to You-ville: The Timeless Wisdom of Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain for Children and Adults by Mersine Vigopoulou, published by Uncut Mountain Press (2006). …

Katherine Hyde reviews The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite by Dick Staub, published by Jossey-Bass. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews the novel Gilead by Marilyn Robinson, published by Picador. …

Jane G. Meyer reviews A Trace in the Sand: A Tale of the Early Martyrs by the Zoe Brotherhood of Theologians, published by Saint Herman Press. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Children in the Church Today: An Orthodox Perspective by Sister Magdalen, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. …

Katherine Hyde reviews Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, published by Atlantic Monthly Press. …

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories, Vol. 1 by Alexandros Papadiamandis. …

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece by H. Middleton, published by Protecting Veil Press (2003). …

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Road to Emmaus by Jim Forest, published by Orbis Books. The recording quality of this episode is not up to our usual standards, so we apologize in advance. …

Katherine Hyde reviews this gripping spiritual memoir by Dionysios Farasiotis, published by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood (2008). …

In this first episode, Nicholas Chapman reviews this helpful little book originally written in Russian and available from Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY (http://jordanville.org/). …