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    Review: Harp of Glory(Post)

    From the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Comes a distinctly African hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary:For the roots of the tree of your love are entwined within my heart, And that tree grows in stature a ...

    Review: How to Be a Sinner(Post)

    The Sinner Identity Done RightHaving come up with a provocative and compelling title, Peter Bouteneff more than delivers on its promise in How to Be a Sinner from St Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Pr ...

    Review: His Life Is Mine(Post)

    His Life Is Mine. The title of this work stands as something of a promise fulfilled. Having believed that life—true life, eternal life—is found in Christ, the Russian Athonite monk, Sophrony set abou ...

    Review: Orthodox Christianity, Vol. 5: Sacraments and Other Rites(Post)

    The Sacraments of the Church as “Arsenal”In the fifth volume of his masterwork series, Orthodox Christianity (published by St Vladimir’s Seminary [SVS] Press), Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev describes ...

    Review: Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image(Post)

    God’s Human Death as the Doorway to LifeIn fact, death is the only unavoidable partof life.It is the only thing which I can be sure of,and, thus,the only thing which I must contemplate.Death is a nec ...

    Christ the Conqueror of Hell(Post)

    Though not encyclical, such as other tomes (The Departure of the Soul jumps to mind), Christ the Conqueror of Hell is a fantastic insight into the deep liturgical, dogmatic, and poetic roots of our O ...

    Review: On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy(Post)

    The Most Profound Church Father of the 7th Century Has a Simple Message: Go to Church!During these months of lock-down, when so many of us have been denied the consolation of the Church, the Divine L ...

    Review: Hymns of Repentance(Post)

    Of the likely hundreds of kontakia, or hymns, composed by St Romanos the Melodist, fifty-nine of his genuine “sermon-poems” survive today, yet he is known mainly as the author of the Akathist Hymn to ...

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    Trade Returns Policy All returns require prior permission. Customers may return most new and unopened items in their original condition within 30 days of invoice for full refund. Retail and distribu ...

    About SVS Press(Page)

    Welcome to our online bookstore! Founded in 1968, St Vladimir's Seminary Press is the largest and most active publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language, with more than 500 titles ...

    Submissions Guidelines(Page)

    Thank you for your interest in publishing with SVS Press! The SVS Press Submissions Committee accepts submissions on a rolling basis, but reviews and makes decisions once per quarter. In order for y ...

    Starting a Parish Lending Library(Page)

    By John W. Truslow, Jr. This article is written in the hope that you, with God's help, will pray for and build a parish/mission lending library for the good of your own community and for your own ed ...