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Revised edition of Tim Vivian's Becoming Fire continues to inspire readers with ancient wisdom for modern Christian contemplation.
The sayings of the desert monks of the fifth and sixth centuries…
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Hyperechios's Exhortation to the Monks for the first time in English translation
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Michael Plekon
Congregations are shrinking and in decline. Fewer people are part of communities of faith. Michael Plekon's previous book, Community as Church, Church as Community, traced the factors behind this as…
Tim Vivian
Journeys in Ancient and Modern Egyptian Monasticism
Poetry should be transitive, and deal with something other. Thus, a doorway offers transition, liminal space, an invitation, a going across, into possibly numerous somethings other. We can't assume, however…
Saint Antony, Abba Pambo, Syncletica of Palestine, Saint George of Choziba, Abba Aaron, Saint Theognius, Saint Omnophrius come to life through translations og biographical documents from Greek and Coptic. Discussion…
Paphnutius
Upper Egypt
Why do we tell stories? Why are stories so indigenous to religion? Stories. Sacred stories. The three Western Scriptures express themselves most fully, and deeply, in stories. The original idea…
Plague is both metaphor and physical presence. The poems in this volume, written between January and June of 2020, address the plagues of COVID-19; racism, police brutality; and political indifference…
Gawdat Gabra
Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich source of monasteries and monastic art. This volume takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant…
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Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers
"A new translation of the Greek alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Includes expansive notes and glossary texts"--
Saint Daniel, Of Sketis
Abba Daniel of Scetis
Lives of the Jura Fathers
Saint John the Little was a monk and hegumen of Scetis (Wadi Natrun) during the first great period of early Egyptian monasticism. The Apophthegmata preserve some fifty sayings by or…
A new translation of the Greek alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Includes expansive notes and glossary texts –
Four translations of major accounts of the life of the fourth-century Egyptian desert father St. Bishoi, in one volume
Saint Bishoi of Scetis (d. ca. 417) enjoys tremendous popularity throughout…
Vivian French
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Athanasius Of Alexandria
The Life of Antony, The Coptic Life and The Greek Life
Courtney Taylor
God gets kidnapped and Jesus has to rescue Him.
