On Marriage & Family Life

On Marriage & Family LifeSt. John Chrysostom It sometimes seems that Christian tradition gives only grudging approval to married life, and particularly to its sexual aspects. These sermons of St. John Chrysostom, based on the epistles of St. Paul, provide an important corrective. Though himself a monk, St. John considers the holy estate of matrimony in very positive terms, and gently reprimands those married people who think they do well by abstaining from sexual

he spent his years of eldership at the Church of the Vladimir Icon in Optina Monastery

fortunately

Beautifully illustrated by Paul Drozdowski

Born in 1884

later suffered arrest and imprisonment

Elder Athanasius of Grigoriou

Stillness would give rest to his soul and fill him with spiritual peace

Amid these ever-changing and divergent views

Coil-bound

all-forgiving love

in which the authors present a summary of the consensus understanding of marriage in the Orthodox Tradition

In traditional English using the Psalter as translated by Holy Transfiguration Monastery