God walks in Scripture
seeking man.
Saint Ambrose of Milan (340-397 AD)
Chrysostom Press publishes two classic series of Orthodox books that have never before been translated into English. These books have had an enormous influence on the spiritual life of Byzantine and Slavic Christians over the past 900 years. Now we offer them to you, the Orthodox faithful of the West, and to all those seeking the ancient Faith of our Fathers.
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In August, 2007, Chrysostom Press published The Explanation of the Gospel of John by Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria. This completed the four volume set of Theophylact's classic Gospel commentaries, composed about the year 1100 AD. Work is now underway to complete the translation (from the original Greek) of Blessed Theophylact's commentary on Acts and Epistles. A 20th century bishop of Ochrid, St Nikolai Velimirovic, says of Theophylact’s work: These commentaries on the Four Gospels and other books of the New Testament ... are the finest works of their sort after St John Chrysostom, and are read to this day with great benefit. (From The Prolog from Ochrid, December 31)
Chrysostom Press also publishes the twelve-volume set of The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, compiled by St Demetrius, Bishop of Rostov, a renowned Russian church leader and writer of the 17th century. One of the most comprehensive collections of full-length lives of saints to be published in English, The Great Collection covers the universal saints of the first millennium, as well as Russian saints of the first half of the second millennium. (Note: only in heaven is there a collected record of the life of every saint!) The first seven volumes already available present the lives of saints who are celebrated each day, from September through March. The eighth volume (for the month of April) will be published in late 2010.
Chrysostom Press was founded in 1991 by Fr Christopher Stade, the rector of St John Chrysostom Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) near St Louis, Missouri. He is the translator of The Explanation of the Gospels and director of Chrysostom Press. A small group of parishioners from St John Chrysostom Church ably assist him in producing the books, advertising, and order fulfillment. Among those who help are: Fr Matthew Williams, the rector of St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Endicott (Binghamton), New York, assists with book layout, website, and brochures; Kristen Vogt works in the Press office; and Ron Fruend provides invaluable business savvy.
Far to the east, in upstate New York, Fr Thomas Marretta has been working mightily—in conjunction with Chrysostom Press since 1993—to translate The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints from the original Church Slavonic text of St Demetrius of Rostov. St Demetrius is a famous Russian bishop and writer of the 17th century. When Fr Thomas completes the final draft of each volume, he sends it to Chrysostom Press in House Springs for layout and production.
Plans for future publications (in addition to completing the two ongoing series) include: booklets of individual Lives of the Saints from The Great Collection, with accompanying Akathist Hymn; and CDs of recorded Lives of the Saints by a gifted storyteller recounting and explaining them for young children.
