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Lent & Pascha Catalog 2019 lent & pascha catalog 2019 800-967-7377, monday - friday, 9 am - 6 pm central store.ancientfaith.com 2 store.ancientfaith.com 800-967-7377 3 A B C F G H D I J Mixed Pack Assortment of E PaschaCards— 10 cards and envelopes 2 each of all 5 cards on this page 005794 $12.95 Find more unique Pascha card styles and designs at store.ancientfaith.com/cards A. Bestowing Life D. Myrrhbearing Women at the Tomb F. Embroidered Cross Appliqué I. The Harrowing of Hades Right inside panel: Left inside panel: Left inside panel: Top inside panel: Christ is Risen from the dead, Before the dawn, Mary and the women came and found the stone I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? trampling down death by death, rolled away from the tomb. They heard the angelic voice: “Why do he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me Christ is risen, and you are overthrown! and upon those in the tomb bestowing life. you seek among the dead as a man the one who is everlasting life? shall never die. —John 11:25, 26 Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen! Pack of 10 cards, 005791—$12.95 Behold the clothes in the grave! Go and proclaim to the world: The Pack of 10 cards, 005757—$12.95 Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice! Christ is risen, and life reigns! Individual card, 005791-1—$2.95 Lord is risen! He has slain death as He is the Son of God, saving the Individual card, 005756—$2.95 Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in a tomb! human race.” (Hypakoe of the Paschal Canon) —from the Paschal homily of St. John Chrysostom B. Rise Again Right inside panel: G. Gospel Cover Detail Bottom inside panel: Right inside panel: Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Left inside panel: Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many Pack of 10 cards, 008082—$12.95 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He Pack of 10 cards, 005755—$12.95 things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, Individual card, 008083—$2.95 rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did Individual card, 005754—$2.95 and be killed, and after three days rise again. not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He —Gospel of St. Mark 8:31 E. He Is Risen said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every J. He Is Not Here, for He Is Risen! Top inside panel: Pack of 10 cards, 0005793—$12.95 Top inside panel: creature.” —Mark 16:14, 15 “Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, Individual card, 005793-1—$2.95 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. Right inside panel: and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! Rejoice in the good news of Christ’s Resurrection! spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled C. Basket of Red Eggs He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. Pack of 10 cards, 005751—$12.95 away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body Left inside panel: But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going Individual card, 005750—$2.95 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.” of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, —Gospel of St. Mark 16:6–7 H. We Glorify Your Holy Resurrection shining garments.” even so we also should walk in newness of life. —Romans 6:4 Pack of 10 cards, 005792—$12.95 Right inside panel: Bottom inside panel: Right inside panel: Individual card, 005792-1—$2.95 We venerate Your Cross, O Christ, and we glorify Your holy The angels said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Resurrection, for by Your Cross, joy has come into all the world! dead? He is not here, for He is risen!” —Luke 24 Pack of 10 cards, 005749—$12.95 Pack of 10 cards, 008084—$12.95 Pack of 10 cards, 005753—$12.95 Individual card, 005748—$2.95 Individual card, 008085—$2.95 Individual card, 005752—$2.95 4 store.ancientfaith.com 800-967-7377 5 Tending the Garden Thirty Steps to Heaven of Our Hearts The Ladder of Divine Ascent for All Daily Lenten Meditations Walks of Life for Families by Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou by Elissa Bjeletich and Kristina Wenger Many laypeople have attempted to read the great spiritual classic, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, but have been frustrated in attempting Are you looking for a way to keep your family engaged to apply the lessons of this monastic text to their everyday lives in in the true spiritual nourishment Lent has to offer? the world. Archimandrite Vassilios interprets the Ladder for the Tending the Garden of Our Hearts offers family ordinary Christian without sacrificing any of its beauty and power. devotions based on the scriptures for each day of Now you too can accept the challenge offered by St. John Great Lent, including questions to discuss and ponder Climacus to ascend closer to God with each passing day. and an appendix full of hands-on activities to bring the lessons of the season to life. Whether you use it Paperback, 250 pages every day or dip into it occasionally as time permits, 9781936270897—$18.95 this book will help the whole family get more out of Also available as an ebook this crucial season of the Orthodox year. Paperback Meditations for Great Lent 5.5 X 8.5, 264 pages Reflections on the Triodion 9781944967536—$17.95 by Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou Also available as an ebook Using hymns from the Triodion and the Scripture readings appointed for the season, Meditations for Great Lent shows us how to make our fast acceptable: to fast not only from food but from sin; to fast with love and humility, as a means to an end and not an end in itself. Keep this gem of a book with you to inspire you for the Fast and to dip into for encouragement as you pursue your Lenten journey. Paperback, 96 pages 9781936270606—$9.95 Also available as an ebook Meditations for Holy Week Dying and Rising with Christ FROM THE INTRODUCTION by Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou “As we raise our children in the Church, we must find ways to grow through the experience of Great Lent together: to fast together, to attend Archimandrite Vassilios brings his liturgical and devotional insights and church together, to do works of service together, and to study together. It is our hope that these meditations will give the family something warm, accessible style to bear on the services of Holy Week, helping helpful to dig into and learn together, sparking conversation and helping to bring the fast to life in the home. And as we take this journey the reader enter fully into this most rich and intense period of the together, we’ll be learning why we live out Great Lent as we do. May this holy therapy heal the hearts of our families!” Christian year. Paperback, 134 pages 9781936270880—$12.95 Also available as an ebook Elissa Bjeletich hosts three popular Ancient Kristina Wenger is a mom of two who enjoys Meditations for Pascha Faith Radio podcasts: Raising Saints, Everyday interacting with little people. She is an Orthodox, and together with Kristina Wenger, educator who has taught first grade and Reflections on the Pentecostarion Tending the Garden of Our Hearts. She is the Sunday church school, homeschooled, and by Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou co-author of Blueprints for the Little Church: co-founded an educational organization. Far from being merely a “vacation from fasting,” the Creating an Orthodox Home (Ancient Faith She works part time for the Antiochian Pascha season is a time that, properly understood, can Publishing, 2016) and author of Welcoming the Orthodox Department of Christian Education, greatly enrich our faith. During the Pascha season, we celebrate Christ Child: Family Readings for the Nativity Lent (Sebastian Press, managing several of their media ministries and writing curriculum. and rejoice in our Lord’s Resurrection and we prepare for 2017), and In God’s Hands: A Mother’s Journey through Her Infant’s She is also a storyteller who voices some of Ancient Faith’s the great feast of the Holy Spirit descending upon us. Critical Illness (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2013). She serves as the audiobooks as well as the Let Us Attend and Tending the Garden Sunday school director at Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church. podcasts. Kristina and her husband have two grown children and Paperback, 112 pages Elissa lives near Austin, Texas, with her husband, Marko, and their five are members of St. John Chrysostom Church, York, PA. 9781936270255—$11.95 daughters. Also available as an ebook 6 store.ancientfaith.com 800-967-7377 7 OTHER LENTEN Lent, Wonderful Lent! BOOKS Debra Sancer Hardcover, 24 pages Great Lent Ages 5 to 10 Journey to Pascha 008348—$16.00 Alexander Schmemann 000404—$16.00 Glorious Pascha Debra Sancer The Lenten Spring Hardcover, 24 pages Thomas Hopko Ages 5 to 10 000428—$18.00 008349—$16.00 First Fruits of Prayer The Legend of the Cross A Forty-Day Journey Through the Chrissi Hart, Illustrated by Niko Chocheli Ancient Great Canon of St.
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