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Saint Theophan the Recluse

The Gospel History

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19th c. · Gospel harmony · English translation, 2026

99,842 words · 8.3 hr read· Accessible

Source edition: Евангельская история о Боге Сыне, Богочеловеке, Господе нашем Иисусе Христе, изложенная согласно четырем Евангелиям / свт. Феофан Затворник. (1885)

Cover art: The Sermon on the Mount — Vladimir Makovsky (Russian, 1846–1920) (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)

Four Gospels, four vantage points on one life — and here Saint Theophan the Recluse sets them side by side and lets them run as a single stream. From the angel's word to Zechariah to the empty tomb and the road to Emmaus, he threads the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into one continuous narrative of Christ, pausing between the scenes only to mark how one follows upon another. It is the whole story of the Lord, told in order, in the Gospels' own words.

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