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#296379 - 07/31/08 12:44 AM Saints
indigo Member Registered: 05/18/04 Posts: 707 Loc: small blue planet	After reading St. Seraphim of Sarov by Archimandrite Moore, I've decided to continue reading about saints,and I wonder if anyone can recommend 1- a good book with a genera overview of saints and 2- a book length book about a particular saint. I would like to find out more about St. Irene of Chrysovalantou, but other than that I have no druthers and I'm open to suggestions. Thanks for your help! Peace, Indigo
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#296506 - 08/04/08 05:09 PM Re: Saints [Re: indigo]
indigo Member Registered: 05/18/04 Posts: 707 Loc: small blue planet	Okaaay. so any suggestions of where I might go to find answers to my questions in the first post?
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#296545 - 08/04/08 09:51 PM Re: Saints [Re: indigo]
Terry Bohannon Member Registered: 05/15/07 Posts: 2232 Loc: Houston, TX USA	Ha, I was going to say I liked reading a copy of St. Martin of Tours by Regine Pernoud, but I don't know how it would compare.
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#296732 - 08/06/08 04:17 PM Re: Saints [Re: Terry Bohannon]
indigo Member Registered: 05/18/04 Posts: 707 Loc: small blue planet	Terry, thanks for the suggestion;you're right, St. Seraphim of Sarov is a tough act to follow (ah, so that's why no one dared to respond), but I assume that since he's a saint, there's something I can learn from St. Martin of Tours. I'll check that book out. Again, thanks. Peace, Indigo
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#296790 - 08/07/08 11:54 AM Re: Saints [Re: indigo]
Terry Bohannon Member Registered: 05/15/07 Posts: 2232 Loc: Houston, TX USA	Indigo, His life reflected the radical transformation in his soul when he converted. He clashed against the norms of society and the expectations placed on him and he helped convert a large number of pagan Gauls. He girded his loins and responded with courage and passion to the spiritual occasion of his time. I haven't read it since I was confirmed, but at the time I read his saint story, my soul was moved and I gained a greater respect for the Christian history I was not taught as a Baptist. Terry
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#296810 - 08/07/08 04:30 PM Re: Saints [Re: Terry Bohannon]
francis Member Registered: 03/18/04 Posts: 479 Loc: Maryland	indigo, I recently read the St. Martin of Tours book mentioned above, and found it quite moving. Some other saint books I'd recommend: Life of Antony by St. Athanasius Perfect Joy of St. Francis by Felix Timmermans Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
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