Glory to God - Little Prayers of ThanksgivingGlory to God is a board book with lines from the Akathist of Thanksgiving, Glory to God for all things, that even littlest ones will love. Illustrated with original watercolor paintings, every page is a hymn of praise to the Creator of all and a reminder to give thanks to God for all the beauty He has given us. 11 pages, published by Draw Near Designs and printed in the USA. The manuscript of the akathist comes to us from Archpriest Grigoriy Petrov,

For a brief period he read theology at the St Sergius Institute but in the autumn of 1925 left to become a monk at the Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos in northern Greece

become the Theotokos

and at the center of it all is an ancient cross and a manuscript poem

Translated from the Greek and Syriac by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery

With its rich fragrances and elegant designs

the more he is able to pass it on to the performers

This portrait was painted by a Hermitage monk and hangs in the library at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross

This classic Orthodox commentary on the Gospels was written about the year 1100 A

As with all of our raw incense varieties

It is a return to the ancient paradise from which the human race

and with over 550 pages in each volume

Mother Siluana uses concepts from modern science to facilitate the understanding of everyday experiences that all readers can identify with