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The Harvest

Spiritual Nourishment for the Church Year

By Ignatius (Brianchaninov)Translated by Helen Tsolaki, ,

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Attentive prayer … can be compared to the beneficial rain that irrigates a sown field, gives nourishment to the plants and ensures a rich harvest.

God’s rich blessings on “the crown of the year” can be experienced in their fullness throughout the annual cycle of Church services. This penultimate volume of the Collected Works of St Ignatius (Brianchaninov) contains fifty-two sermons given on Sundays, during Great Lent and Paschatide, and other occasions, including the foundation of a new monastery, and a presentation on the teaching of the Orthodox Church on the Mother of God.

An eclectic translator and compiler of the writings of the ancient desert fathers, St Ignatius not only freely weaves their words into his own preaching, but exhorts his readers to follow their example, so that they too may reap a rich spiritual harvest in this life and in the age to come. Particularly inspired by the writings of St Isaac the Syrian, St Macarius the Great, and St John of the Ladder, he also applies Holy Scripture and liturgical hymnography in his preaching to monastics and laypeople alike.

A towering figure of 19th century monasticism, St Ignatius’s influence has spread far beyond Imperial Russia, inspiring Orthodox Christians around the world in our own times. The Harvest is the last volume of his collected works to be translated into English, representing the completion of a fifty-four year project to bring his timeless works to a new audience.

Additional information

Weight 1 g
Dimensions 153 × 229 in
Imprint

Pages

408
Publisher

Author Name

Ignatius (Brianchaninov)
Translator

Helen Tsolaki
Language

English
Book Dimensions

229 × 153 mm × 20 mm
Format Detail

Paperback
Format

BC
Publication Date

20251021

Author Biography

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867) was a prolific author of Orthodox Christian ascetical works. Published toward the end of his life, his writings continued to grow in popularity long after his death. Along with his contemporary, St Theophan the Recluse, St Ignatius is now considered a foremost authority on Orthodox spirituality. He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988. His writings have previously appeared in English as The Arena and On the Prayer of Jesus, among other works.

Helen Tsolaki holds a degree in German and Russian Studies from Manchester University and a Master’s in translation from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. She has worked in Germany as a legal translator and at the Ministry of Education, and now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she translates on a freelance basis from German and Russian.

Contents

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Address to the Diocese on Peace

  1. Hear Him: Sermon on Epiphany
  2. On Repentance: First Sermon on the Sunday after
  3. On Repentance:  Second Sermon on the Sunday after Epiphany
  4. The Character of the Pharisee and of the Tax Collector: First Sermon on the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
  5. On Prayer and Repentance: Second Sermon on the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
  6. On Repentance: Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son
  7. On the Second Coming of Christ: Sermon on Meatfare Sunday
  8. The Precondition for Entering Great Lent: Sermon on Cheesefare Sunday
  9. Preparation for the Mystery of Confession: Talk on the Monday of the First Week of Great Lent
  10. On the Harm Caused by Hypocrisy: Sermon on the Wednesday of the First Week of Great Lent
  11. Your Body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit: Sermon on the Friday of the First Week of Great Lent
  12. On Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ: Talk in the First Week of Great Lent
  13. On Orthodoxy: Homily on the First Sunday of Great Lent
  14. The Meaning Of Fasting: Sermon on the Second Sunday of Great Lent
  15. On Taking Up One’s Cross: Sermon on the Third Sunday of Great Lent
  16. The Effect of Fasting on Fallen Spirits:  Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
  17. The Spiritual Tools of Almsgiving, Fasting and Prayer: Sermon on the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent
  18. The Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem: First Homily on Palm Sunday
  19. Lift Up the Gates: Second Homily on Palm Sunday
  20. On the Holy Mysteries of Christ: Homily at the Liturgy on Great Thursday
  21. The Lord Crucified: Homily at Vespers on Great Friday
  22. On Christianity: Sermon on the First Sunday after Pascha (Thomas Sunday)
  23. On the Mortification of the Human Spirit: Sermon on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, the Third Sunday after Pascha
  24. On the Punishments of God: Sermon on the Sunday of the Paralytic, the Fourth Sunday after Pascha
  25. On Worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth: Sermon on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
  26. On Conceit and Humble-mindedness: Sermon on the Sunday of the Man Born Blind
  27. The Sign of Those Chosen by God: Sermon on the Sunday of All Saints, the First Sunday after Pentecost
  28. The Precondition for Receiving Christ: Sermon on the Saturday of the Fourth Week after Pentecost
  29. God is the Helper of Man in His Tribulations: Sermon on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
  30. On Justice, Mercy, and Faith: Sermon on the Tuesday of the Eleventh Week after Pentecost
  31. Beneficial Instruction from the Word of God: Sermon on Avoiding Faults and Offenses Due to a Lack of Judgment
  32. On Salvation: Sermon on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
  33. On the Reason People Turn Away from God: Homily on the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
  34. On the Rich Man and Lazarus: Homily on the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
  35. An Explanation of the Lord’s Prayer: Homily on the Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week after Pentecost
  36. On Love for God: Sermon on the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
  37. On Love for One’s Neighbor: Second Sermon on the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
  38. On Covetousness: Sermon on the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
  39. On the Kingdom of God: Sermon on the Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week after Pentecost
  40. Jesus Teaches the People: Sermon on the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
  41. The Parable of the Great Supper: Sermon on the Twenty-Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
  42. On Giving Thanks and Glorifying God: Sermon on the Twenty-Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
  43. On Signs and Miracles: Homily on the Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week after Pentecost
  44. On Salvation and Perfection: Sermon on the Thirtieth Sunday after Pentecost
  45. The Mystical Significance of the Blind Man Receiving His Sight: Sermon on the Thirty-First Sunday after Pentecost
  46. On Zacchaeus: Sermon on the Thirty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
  47. On Prayer: Sermon on the Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week after Pentecost
  48. On Bodily and Spiritual Struggles: Sermon on the Gospel from St Luke, Which is Read at All the Feasts of the Mother of God
  49. How Deceptive Earthly Life is! Homily at the Opening of a Women’s Monastery
  50. On Salvation: Sermon to the People During a Visit in the Diocese
  51. Homily on the Necessity of Rejecting Conceit in Order to Attain Fruitful Repentance
  52. On the Mother of God: Exposition of the Teaching of the Orthodox Church

Appendix:  A Short Biography of Bishop Ignatius (Brianchaninov)

Notes

Subject Index

Scripture Index

 

 

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