Handmaids of the Lord - The Lives of Holy Women in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle AgesSelected and translated by Joan M. Petersen Throughout the Christian world, women have chosen to lead disciplined lives of prayer and asceticism. Descriptions of early role models Macrina, the two Paulas and Melanias, Radagunde, and others by contemporaries, usually men, provide details of their austerities, their aspirations, and their relationship with the Church and the world. Softcover, 441 pp.

Eight flavors are available throughout the year:

In this study of penthos in the Eastern monastic tradition

a foreword by Fr Alexander Schmemann

and articles:

Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867) is renowned as a writer on the spiritual life in general

The book concludes with several blank pages for personal prayer requests

Before his entry into monasticism at the age of thirty-two

Caramel—Our classic pound cake recipe made with rich brown sugar

Cookies and Candy

an extensive bibliography is followed by a list of items needed for preparation

Symeon the New Theologian

The author-illustrator is the wife of a Russian Orthodox priest