Lives of Saints Volume 29: Great Martyr Marina (Paperback) - by Holy Dormition Sisterhood

God’s power is manifested in the life of this fifteen-year-old maiden, who acquired so much power over the devil that she was able to grab him by the hair and beat him physically. Accordingly, she is especially prayed to for help against demonic temptations.

♦ Saint Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople was a strict monk who became one of the Church’s most zealous defenders of the holy icons. He underwent

suffering, slander, and imprisonment in an underground tomb for his confession of faith, as well as many temptations from the demons, but emerged victorious through God’s grace. He spent his last years guiding the Church as Patriarch of Constantinople. ♦ Saint Anatolius the Younger was one of the many holy Elders of the Optina Monastery in Russia. He was an attentive and loving spiritual father who advised the sad and depressed to seek comfort by relying on God’s will rather than on their own minds and thoughts. He lived to be persecuted by the Red Army, but God found a special way for him to prepare for his final arrest.

♦ Saint Demetius of Rostov is best known as the compiler of the standard series of the Lives of the Saints in Russian, much of which is now available in English. He was a man of great education who used his learning for God’s glory by preaching, writing, teaching, and administering both monasteries and dioceses. He was strict with his clergy, insisting that they serve the Divine Liturgy reverently, encourage their flock to receive the Holy Mysteries, and provide a Christian example in both word and deed. Nonetheless, he was kind and merciful to the poor, keeping for himself only what was strictly necessary and giving all he could to the needy.

80 pages.