Light of the World: Prayers to our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristBOOK: Sewn hardcover, two page marker ribbons, gold edges, 124pp., 4x6in. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: PRAYERS TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, translated by Very Rev. Archimandrite Maximos Constas, is a collection of thirty prayers to Jesus Christ, along with a concluding prayer to God the Father. Intended as a companion volume to Mother of the Light: Prayers to the Theotokos, the prayers to Christ collected in this volume are remarkable for the

an Orthodox priest

They seek the face of the Ever‑Virgin Mary

too often overshadowed by the latter

those things understood yet surpassing all knowledge

this Serbian hierarch is regarded

Includes many illustrations

and Hermeneutics in Byzantium (Brill)

not sentimentality

written in 1921-1922 by Nicholai of Ohrid and Zhicha (1880-1956) who has been called the “New Chrysostom” for his theological depth and golden tongued eloquence

He demonstrates how their voice is one in guiding us on the Christian path

“Thou art a gold-entwined tower

150-knot Orthodox prayer rope chotki komboskini for praying the Rule of the Theotokos (Mother of God)