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Posted: May 22 2006 at 3:09am | IP Logged Quote aussieannie
I thought I would make mention of a beautiful book that I acquired only fairly recently - it is called: The Wonderful Life of Russia's Saint Sergius of Radonezh by Alvin Alexsi Currier.

It is a beautiful picture book - A4 size with pictures that are painted to a very high standard that have an 'orthodox' feel to them.

St Sergius' life is a miraculous one which is told in great detail and it is written in a lyrical or poetical style.

There are other books written by the same author and using the same illustrator, but I have yet to come across them - does anyone have any of them that they could make a comment about? (Two that I have heardof is The Miraculous Child and Alyosha's Apple).





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Looks really nice...I haven't seen or heard of his works before. Apparently the author is a convert to Orthodoxy from Presbyterianism! I found a little of his mission here.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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I just snagged an English language copy ofHow the Monastery Came to be on Top of the Mountain not too long ago at the thrift store!! This is the first I've heard of the author as well...thanks.

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