The Lives Of Simeon Stylites 159.99 lived and wrote during "the

lived and wrote during "the golden age of Syriac Christian literature" in the seventh century

on a most important portion of the New Testament

The Cappadocian Mothers shaped the great theologians of the Orthodox world and mothers today can learn from their wisdom

So important were the practical and contemplative disciplines in monastic life that

along with selections from his homilies and the Ecclesiastical History

The Lives Of Simeon Stylites 159.99 lived and wrote during "the"Sugg. Donation" In the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek God alone, Simeon chose a novel withdrawal. He mounted a pillar and remained there the rest of his life. To him came supplicants with all kinds of problems: personal anguish, sickness and pain, infertility, sin, and social transgression. Public issues were mediated at his shrine and slaves manumitted. Three views of the Stylite in three lives.