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Our own modern English translations — made for Royal Archives and free to read here — including the complete Explanatory Bible (Tolkovaya Bibliya) of Alexander Lopukhin and Saint Theophylact of Ohrid’s Gospel and Epistle commentaries.

Anonymous 1

The Martyrdom of the Holy Polycarp 2nd c.

Saint Innocent of Kherson 1

The Last Days of the Earthly Life of Jesus Christ 19th c.

Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov) 1

Introduction to Orthodox Theology 19th c.

Saint Nikodim Milaš 3

Orthodox Church Law 20th c.
The Rules of the Orthodox Church with Commentary, Volume 1 19th c.
The Rules of the Orthodox Church with Commentary, Volume 2 19th c.

Saint Seraphim of Sarov 9

Conversation with Motovilov (On the Acquisition of the Holy Spirit) 19th c.
Life of Elder Seraphim of the Sarov Hermitage 19th c.
Sarov Pascha 20th c.
Sarov Pascha 20th c.
Spiritual Instructions to Monks and Laymen 19th c.
Spiritual Instructions to Monks and Laymen 19th c.
The Glory of St Seraphim of Sarov 20th c.
The Glory of St Seraphim of Sarov 20th c.
The Sarov Hermitage, Past and Present 20th c.

Viktor Gurev 1

Homilies Guided by the Life of Blessed Elder Seraphim of Sarov 19th c.

Anonymous 1

The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (Didache) 1st c.

Anonymous 1

The Epistle to Diognetus 2nd c.

Saint Ignatius of Antioch 1

The Seven Epistles of Saint Ignatius of Antioch 2nd c.

Saint Polycarp of Smyrna 1

The Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians 2nd c.

Saint Hippolytus of Rome 1

Commentary on Daniel 3rd c.

The Council of Constantinople (879–880) 1

The Acts of the Council of Constantinople (879–880) 9th c.

Saint Theophylact of Ohrid 2

Homilies and Shorter Works 11th c.
The Complete Commentaries 11th c.

The Holy Mountain (Hagioritic Tome) 4

The Hagioritic Tome in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts 14th c.
The Synodal Tome of 1341 14th c.
The Synodal Tome of 1347 14th c.
The Synodal Tome of 1351 14th c.

Saint Herman of Alaska 1

Letters 19th c.

Professor Alexander Lopukhin 12

Agnosticism as a Worldview, after Max Müller 19th c.
Christianity and Buddhism 19th c.
Church-Religious Life and Theological Thought in Russia, According to Palmer's Notes 19th c.
Life Across the Ocean 19th c.
Religion in America 19th c.
Roman Catholicism in America 19th c.
The Bible and Scientific Discoveries on the Monuments of Ancient Egypt 19th c.
The Catholicos of the East and His People 19th c.
The Centenary of the Orthodox Mission in North America 19th c.
The Explanatory Bible 19th–20th c.
The Legislation of Moses 19th c.
The Transoceanic West in Its Religious and Moral Aspect 19th c.

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov 5

Ascetic Experiences, Volume One 19th c.
Ascetic Experiences, Volume Two 19th c.
Ascetic Sermons 19th c.
On Death 19th c.
Supplement to “On Death” 19th c.

Saint Innocent of Alaska 7

Autobiographical Note 19th c.
Homilies for Fasting Penitents 19th c.
Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven 19th c.
Instruction to the Nushagak Missionary Hieromonk Theophil 19th c.
Instructions to the Priest Appointed to the Conversion of Non-Christians 19th c.
Note on the Religious Education of Children 19th c.
Spiritual Testament 19th c.

Saint John of Kronstadt 23

A Living Ear of Wheat 19th–20th c.
A Sermon for the New Year 1899 19th c.
A Simple Gospel Word to the Russian People: Readings for the Sundays and Feasts of the Whole Year 19th c.
A Word on Professor N. I. Ivanovsky’s Conferences with the Petersburg Schismatics 19th c.
Catechetical Talks 19th c.
Christian Philosophy 19th c.
Father John Sergiev of Kronstadt’s Instruction for the Mystery of Confession 19th c.
From the Diary of Fr. John of Kronstadt, in Denunciation of the False Teaching of Count L. Tolstoy 19th c.
Golden Words 19th c.
Great Lent 19th c.
In the World of Prayer 19th c.
Instructions, Words, and Talks for Sunday Days, Issue IX: The Sixth to Fifteenth Sundays after Pentecost 19th c.
Instructions, Words, and Talks for Sunday Days, Issue VIII: The First to Fifth Sundays after Pentecost 19th c.
Instructions, Words, and Talks for Sunday Days, Issue X: The Sixteenth to Twenty-Fifth Sundays after Pentecost 19th c.
My Life in Christ 19th c.
New Terrible Words on the Dread, Truly Coming and Approaching Judgment of God 19th c.
On Soul-Destroying Drunkenness, and on the Dread Judgment of God 19th–20th c.
Reply to Leo Tolstoy on His Appeal to the Clergy 19th–20th c.
Sermons and Instructions for the Feasts of Our Lord Jesus Christ 19th c.
Sermons and Instructions for the Feasts of the Mother of God 19th c.
Sermons for the High State Occasions 19th c.
Thoughts of a Christian on Repentance and Communion 19th c.
Thoughts of Archpriest John Ilyich Sergiev, Rector of the Kronstadt St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on Various Subjects of the Christian Faith and Morality 19th c.

Saint Nektarios of Aegina 4

A Sketch Concerning Man 19th c.
Course in Christian Ethics 19th c.
Historical Study Concerning the Precious Cross 19th c.
On Worship in Spirit and Truth 19th c.

Saint Sebastian Dabović 2

The Holy Orthodox Church 19th c.
The Lives of the Saints 19th c.

Saint Theophan the Recluse 18

Five Instructions on the Path to Salvation 19th c.
Four Homilies on Prayer 19th c.
Four Homilies on Prayer 19th c.
How to Learn to Pray 19th c.
Instruction on Progress in the Christian Life 19th c.
Lessons from the Acts and Words of the Lord 19th c.
Letters on Prayer and the Spiritual Life 19th c.
On Complete Conversion to God 19th c.
On Prayer 19th c.
The Complete Commentaries 19th c.
The Gospel History 19th c.
The Path to Salvation 19th c.
The Soul and the Angel Are Not Body but Spirit 19th c.
Thoughts for Each Day of the Year, According to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God 19th c.
Three Homilies on the Bearing of the Cross 19th c.
Unseen Warfare 19th c.
What Is Needed for a Repentant Person 19th c.
What the Spiritual Life Is and How to Attune to It 19th c.

Saint Tikhon of Moscow 2

Sermons and Addresses from the American Years (1898–1907) 19th–20th c.
Teaching to a Newly Ordained Priest 19th–20th c.

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