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On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, Holy Trinity Publications held a book launch for Tsarist Russia in Greater Syria at the Diocesan Chancery of Bishop John of Worcester and New England (Antiochian Archdiocese). The event featured greetings from Metropolitan Saba (in absentia) and Bishop John, followed by a conversation with the author, Dr Najib E. Saliba. Dr Saliba is Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science at Worcester State University and the youngest brother of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Philip (+2014). His work illuminates the history and legacy of the Russian Empire’s activities in the Near East in the century before World War I, drawing lessons of continued relevance today. In the author’s remarks, he stressed the vital role that Russia played in the renaissance of Arab culture and identity and in upholding the native Orthodox Christian population in the face of Roman Catholic and Protestant proselytism.

In addition to the host, Bishop John, some thirty guests were in attendance, including: Archpriest Thomas Zain, Vicar General of the Antiochian Archdiocese, who also wrote the foreword to the book; Archpriest Michael Crowley, rector of St. Xenia Orthodox Church in Methuen, MA; and members of the Saliba family. The formal event was followed by a meal provided by a member of the community of St George Orthodox Cathedral in Worcester, MA. 

Copies of Tsarist Russia in Greater Syria may be ordered worldwide from any good bookshop or online bookseller, or directly from the publisher at HolyTrinityPublications.com.

A full video of the evening will be released in the coming weeks. We pray that Tsarist Russia in Greater Syria will fill a critical gap in knowledge regarding the history of Russian influence in the region that continues to be relevant to today’s geopolitical situation.

In less than two weeks, Holy Trinity Publications will return to Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) that is held annually every October. Though the modern iteration of the book fair has been running for seventy-five years, its history can be traced to the 12th century, making it the oldest publishing trade gathering in the world.

Exhibiting at FBF allows us to meet face-to-face with existing and potential partners in the industry, building relationships that will help us expand our missionary publishing efforts all over the world. This includes meetings with distributors, international publishers with potential interest in translation rights, production and editorial companies, and other service providers within various facets of the trade.

HTP is especially looking forward to meeting with several new business partners: Glassboxx, who are building a new website and reading app set to launch later this year: and Gardners Books, HTP’s new worldwide distributor (excluding North America and Australia).

Holy Trinity Publications will be exhibiting in Hall 6.1, E115.

Holy Trinity Publications announces new collection of Western European saints’ lives.

True to the heritage of Orthodox Russia in reviving the veneration of ancient, pre-schism Orthodox saints in Western Europe, Holy Trinity Publications is pleased to announce the release of Saints of Switzerland, an extensive compilation of the lives of saints of ancient Helvetia, modern-day Switzerland.This publication continues in the footsteps of St John (Maximovitch), Bishop Ambrose (Cantacuzène) (+2009), and many others within ROCOR who strove for the revival of Orthodox veneration for ancient Western saints.  Specifically, it represents the culmination of the project begun by Bishop Ambrose to compile the lives of and compose hymnography to the ancient saints of his homeland. By the efforts of Subdeacon Claude Lopez-Ginisty of St Barbara Church in Vevey, Switzerland, Saints of Switzerland is now available to all readers.

The book is organized as a Synaxarion, or annual calendar of Swiss saints, beginning with the Church New Year. In addition to these lives, troparia are provided at the end of each entry, providing the reader hymns to sing in honor of each saint. Thus, Saints of Switzerland can be used as an aid in daily devotion. A liturgical service and akathist to the Saints of Switzerland, both composed by Bishop Ambrose, are also included. In Switzerland, as established by Archbishop Michael of Geneva and Western Europe, this liturgical commemoration is served on the third Sunday of September (according to the civil calendar), coinciding with the Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Prayer. 

We pray that Saints of Switzerland will become an integral part of the growing collection of works dedicated to the saints of the ancient Christian West, reviving their memory and veneration among Orthodox Christians today.