The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church

The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Churchby Fr. Seraphim Rose When Fr. Seraphim learned that the early Western Father, Blessed Augustine of Hippo, was being attacked in contemporary Eastern Orthodox circles, then hehimself a Western convert to Orthodoxyrose in his defense. This book is the outcome. Fr. Seraphim said he wrote it in the hope that it would help remove Augustine as a scapegoat for todays academic theologians, and thus help free us all to see his and our own weaknesses in a

as he became a beacon of light for those in the depths of despair

John the Hesychast

for the benefit of the twenty-first century pastor and aspirant to the priesthood

They come to Optina from a world that no longer moans

(comb-bound)

marker ribbons

and how many perplexities are uncovered

The Priest John Veniaminov was a Russian born and raised in Siberia

as had the righteous ones in the Old and New Testaments

from which it is here translated

… But then the Lord conceals Himself from us again

01 - The Protection of the Theotokos