Everyday Saints and Other Stories
Since its release in 2011, Everyday Saints has sold millions of copies. From Conciliar Press: In Communist Russia in 1984, five youths from non-religious backgrounds joined a monastery. This is the story of what they experienced and some of the "everyday saints" they met. The author says, "In this book I want to tell you about this beautiful new world of mine, where we live by laws completely different from those in 'normal' worldly life—a world of light and love, full of wondrous discoveries, hope, happiness, trials and triumphs, where even our defeats acquire profound significance: a world in which, above all, we can always sense powerful manifestations of divine strength and comfort."
Originally published in Russian, Everyday Saints has been translated into ten languages. In September 2012, Everyday Saints received the Russian “Book of the Year Award”, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Russia. You can now experience in English the grace-filled world that has charmed and blessed so many—believers and atheists alike.
Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) is a priest-monk of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate. He is the Abbot of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, the Executive Secretary of the Patriarchal Cultural Council of the Moscow Patriarchate and a member of the Presidential Council on Culture and the Arts for the Russian Federation.
The book discussion for Everyday Saints and Other Stories will be held in the evening of August 7, 2013 after the Service of the Paraklesis to the Theotokos on the portico of the church courtyard. Everyday Saints may be purchased in the church bookstore or borrowed from the church library.
The book discussion for Everyday Saints and Other Stories will be held in the evening of August 7, 2013 after the Service of the Paraklesis to the Theotokos on the portico of the church courtyard. Everyday Saints may be purchased in the church bookstore or borrowed from the church library.
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