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Orthodox Biographies
Biographies and autobiographies of noted Orthodox men and women who have not been canonized as saints. Because we regularly look for new books to add, the lists are not alphabetical but are in order of listing (i.e.new books are added to the top of the list/category). This makes it easy to see what has been listed since you last visited. Brief explanations are furnished for selected titles only.
American
Reflections on a Spiritual Journey
(Met. Jonah of the OCA)
Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works
Abba Gerasim and His Letters to His Brotherhood (The American paradise series)
(AK)
Father Gerasim of New Valaam
(AK
And He Leads Them
(Antiochian Met. Philip Saliba)
Greek
Father George Calciu: Interviews, Talks, and Homilies
We Shall See Him As He Is: The Spiritual Autobiography of Elder Sophrony
Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos
Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Volume 2
Conversations With Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Saint Silouan, the Athonite
The Monk of Mount Athos: Staretz Selouan 1866-1938
Greece's Dostoevsky: The Theological Vision of Alexandros Papadiamandis
Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece (Volume 1)
ELDER ANTHIMOS OF SAINT ANNES
Russian
Elder Anthony of Optina
Elder Nektary of Optina (The Optina Elders Series, Vol. 5)
Elder Sebastian of Optina (Optina Elders Series)
Elder Barsanuphius of Optina
Elder Ambrose of Optina
Elder Anthony of Optina
Elder Macarius of Optina
Little Russian Philokalia: Abbot Nazarius of Valaam
Little Russian Philokalia: St. Theodore of Sanaxar (Vol V)
Little Russian Philokalia: St. Seraphim of Sarov
Holy Women of Russia: The Lives of Five Orthodox Women Offer Spiritual Guidance for Today
Father Alexander Men: Martyr of Atheism
The <i>Paterik</i> of the Kievan Caves Monastery (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature)Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature)
Champion of Good
Various Countries
This Holy Man: Impressions of Metropolitan Anthony
An Englishman in the Court of the Tsar
Royal Monastic: Princess Ileana of Romania
Orthodox Biographies
Biographies and autobiographies of noted Orthodox men and women who have not been canonized as saints. Because we regularly look for new books to add, the lists are not alphabetical but are in order of listing (i.e.new books are added to the top of the list/category). This makes it easy to see what has been listed since you last visited. Brief explanations are furnished for selected titles only.
American
Reflections on a Spiritual Journey
(Met. Jonah of the OCA)Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works
Abba Gerasim and His Letters to His Brotherhood (The American paradise series)
(AK)Father Gerasim of New Valaam
(AKAnd He Leads Them
(Antiochian Met. Philip Saliba)Greek
Father George Calciu: Interviews, Talks, and Homilies
We Shall See Him As He Is: The Spiritual Autobiography of Elder Sophrony
Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos
Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Volume 2
Conversations With Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Saint Silouan, the Athonite
The Monk of Mount Athos: Staretz Selouan 1866-1938
Greece's Dostoevsky: The Theological Vision of Alexandros Papadiamandis
Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece (Volume 1)
ELDER ANTHIMOS OF SAINT ANNES
Russian
Elder Anthony of Optina
Elder Nektary of Optina (The Optina Elders Series, Vol. 5)Elder Sebastian of Optina (Optina Elders Series)
Elder Barsanuphius of Optina
Elder Ambrose of Optina
Elder Anthony of Optina
Elder Macarius of Optina
Little Russian Philokalia: Abbot Nazarius of Valaam
Little Russian Philokalia: St. Theodore of Sanaxar (Vol V)
Little Russian Philokalia: St. Seraphim of Sarov
Holy Women of Russia: The Lives of Five Orthodox Women Offer Spiritual Guidance for Today
Father Alexander Men: Martyr of Atheism
The <i>Paterik</i> of the Kievan Caves Monastery (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature)Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery (Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature)
Champion of Good
Various Countries
This Holy Man: Impressions of Metropolitan Anthony
An Englishman in the Court of the Tsar
Royal Monastic: Princess Ileana of Romania
