A sweeping treasury of holiness across the centuries, The Lives of the Saints for Orthodox Christians presents over six hundred carefully selected saintly lives, from the Old Testament forefathers to modern confessors of the 20th century. This unique collection spans East and West, including many lesser-known pre-schism Western saints-figures often overlooked in Orthodox circles but vital to the shared heritage of the undivided Church.
Organized by calendar day and rooted in the Orthodox Church's liturgical tradition, this volume includes foundational saints such as Saint Anthony the Great, Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, and Saint Gregory the Theologian, alongside venerable Western saints like Saint Patrick of Ireland, Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saint Augustine of Hippo, and British saints such as Saint Bede the Venerable, Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, and Saint Alfred the Great.
The book also honors the living continuity of Orthodox sanctity, including modern saints like Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis, Saint Paisios of Mount Athos, and Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr, as well as American saints such as Saint Herman of Alaska and Saint John Maximovitch of San Francisco.
Compiled in the spirit of reverence and spiritual curiosity, this book is offered as a devotional companion and tribute to the countless lives transformed by grace. It bears witness to the Church's universal call to holiness-across all lands and generations.
Some of the Western and recent Saints included in this book amongst many others.
Saints of America
- Venerable Herman of Alaska
- Metropolitan Innocent of Alaska
- Saint Jacob Netsvetov
- Archbishop John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker
- Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Apostle to America
- Hieromartyr Juvenaly of Alaska
- Matushka Olga Michael of Alaska (local commemoration)
Anglo-Saxon & British Saints
- Saint Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
- Saint Bede the Theologian of Jarrow
- Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
- Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
- Saint Wilfrid of York
- Martyr Edward the King & Passion-Bearer
- Martyr Oswald of Northumbria
- Martyr Edmund, King of East Anglia
Elders and Martyrs of Mount Athos
- Venerable Paisios of Mount Athos
- Venerable Porphyrios the Kapsokalivite
- Saint Silouan the Athonite
- Venerable Athanasius of Athos
- Venerable Peter the Athonite
- Venerable Acacius of Mount Athos
- Venerable Niphon of Mount Athos
- Fool-for-Christ Hieromonk Anthymus of Athos
- Monk-Martyr Nicodemus of Mount Athos
- Venerable-Martyr James of Mount Athos and his disciples
