$8.00
This luxurious vanilla is rich and buttery, sweet and creamy. Create a feeling of comfort with this favorite fragrance.
New, improved fragrance!
Hermitage Room Sprays offer you wonderful fragrances which contain only healthy and environmentally friendly ingredients. Commercial air fresheners are often laden with toxins which are best avoided. Hermitage Workshops has developed a formulation that allow you to enjoy beautiful room sprays without the chemicals!
Handcrafted Room Spray
8 oz.
$22.00
These Orthodox prayer ropes are handmade with high-quality wool cord threads and acrylic beads.
These prayer ropes are made durable and strong enough to stretch over the hand up to 4 inches. Over time the ropes will reduce in size to fit around the wrist after wearing.
A prayer rope (Greek: κομποσκοίνι, komboskini; Russian: чётки, chotki (most common term) or вервица, vervitsa (literal translation); Romanian: metanii / metanier; Macedonian and Serbian: бројаница, broyanitsa; Bulgarian: броеница, broyenitsa) is a loop made up of complex knots
The prayer rope is part of the habit of Eastern Orthodox monks and nuns and is employed by monastics (and sometimes by others) to count the number of times one has prayed the Jesus Prayer or, occasionally, other prayers. Historically, the prayer rope would typically have 100 knots, although prayer ropes with 50 or 33 knots can also be found in use today. Hermits in their cells may have prayer ropes with as many as 300 or 500 knots in them.
Orthodoxy regards the prayer rope as the sword of the Spirit, because prayer which is heartfelt and inspired by the grace of the Holy Spirit is a weapon that defeats the Devil.
$12.00
by Nun Christina
A Supplicatory Canon in the Byzantine Rite, is a service of supplication for the welfare of the living.
Author: Nun Christina
Paperback
Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
34 pages
$5.00
Переплет: мягкий
Страниц: 109
$12.00
The latest in our line of extremely popular rose fragrances, Bethlehem Rose is a very distinct powdery rose fragrance warmed with woody musks and sweet vanilla.
1 oz.
This traditional Athonite-style incense for church and home use, is handcrafted at Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, in a wide variety of fragrances, suitable for every service and devotional occasion. The incense is made by the monks as part of their daily obediences. Produced from pure frankincense resin and cut for use in charcoal burning censors.
$12.00
A white floral bouquet of pure honeysuckle complemented with touches of jasmine, honey, citrus notes, lavender, vanilla musk and sandalwood.
This traditional Athonite-style incense for church and home use, is handcrafted at Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, in a wide variety of fragrances, suitable for every service and devotional occasion. The incense is made by the monks as part of their daily obediences. Produced from pure frankincense resin and cut for use in charcoal burning censors.
$12.00
From the rolling meadows of Cyprus comes a magnificent floral blend of rose, orange blossom, geranium, jasmine, and carnation combined with citrus fruit oils tempered with woody and mossy base notes.
1 oz.
This traditional Athonite-style incense for church and home use, is handcrafted at Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, in a wide variety of fragrances, suitable for every service and devotional occasion. The incense is made by the monks as part of their daily obediences. Produced from pure frankincense resin and cut for use in charcoal burning censors.
$8.00
The grace of God is made manifest in the marvelous world which surrounds us. This is apparent both in the beauty of the natural world and in the everyday blessings in our lives. Yet history is filled with instances of supernatural grace, or miracles. Such was the appearance of the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God found by a hunter in a forest near the Tuscary river. The text for this coloring book gives the history of this icon, miracles associated with it -- including the healing of St Seraphim of Sarov, and the hymns associated with the feast in the Orthodox Christian Church.
The artwork includes lavish borders in an old Russian the style which will be a joy to color. With illustrations and borders to color and interesting text to inspire, this will make an excellent gift or school room resource.
Age Range: 5-12 years
Format: Paperback
Page Length: 32 pages
$3.50
Holy oil blessed before the relics of St. Sergius.
1/2 fl oz
$27.00
"May our love for the Sun, the will of God, be as strong as the sunflower’s, so that even in days of hardship and sorrow we will continue to sail unerringly along the sea of life, following the directions of the barometer and compass of God’s will that leads us to the safe haven of eternity."
This is a thoroughly practical manual of the spiritual life focusing on the central goal of every Christian: learning the will of God and struggling to mold our life to it, just as Christ “humbled Himself and became obedient.” (Phil. 2:8) Even more fundamentally, St John addresses the question of why we should care about God’s will. Finally, the reader will find eternal wisdom running through these writings on questions of theodicy, free will, and Divine Providence.
This work is reminiscent of the classic text "Unseen Warfare" in its historical genesis as an Orthodox redaction of an originally Roman Catholic text. First published in 1627 as “The Heliotropium” it was the work of a German Jesuit writer Jeremias Drexelius. The future St John adapted this text for an Orthodox audience as a student and then teacher at the Kiev Academy in the 1670’s but it was not published until 1714, just a year before the author’s death. This is the first English edition of St John’s text, further edited and abbreviated for the contemporary reader.
$15.50
Measures: 3" x 1.876" x 0.30"
Triptych icon of the Mother of God, Christ the Savior and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Blessed by the clergy at our affiliated church.
$18.00
By Metropolitan Ambrose (Ermakov) of Tver and Kashin
The spiritual life of every Orthodox Christian begins and ends in the heart. Whether we rejoice or suffer, love or hate, it is in our heart that we must find Christ. Metropolitan Ambrose has drawn on his decades of experience in theological education, his love for the Divine Services and his years as a monastic, to offer precious nuggets of wisdom on how to nurture the life of the heart.
Each short chapter addresses one element of the spiritual life, presenting a precious spiritual nugget in easily-accessible language. These reflections are divided into three sections: Meditations on Education, The Journey of Lent, and the Life of a Monk.
Vladyka Ambrose is the former abbot of Sretensky Monastery and has been rector of both the Moscow Theological Academy and the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. This soft-cover, perfect-bound book is richly embellished with dozens of full-color photographs. 192 pages.
$8.00
Laser-cut wooden cross pendant encased in white metal.
1.50 in (Length)
1"(Width)
0.18"(Height)
$10.00
Paperback: 24 pages
This book provides nine pages for listing the names of living Orthodox loved ones to pray for and provides ten pages to list Orthodox loved ones who have died. Printed with color icons. In the Russian tradition, this book is handed to the priest with the small prosphora before the beginning of the liturgy.
$8.00
A complex and comforting blend of blueberry, white freesia, wild grape, pomegranate, lily, magnolia, green vines, cashmere, and violet.
Hermitage Room Sprays offer you wonderful fragrances which contain only healthy and environmentally friendly ingredients. Commercial air fresheners are often laden with toxins which are best avoided. Hermitage Workshops has developed a formulation that allow you to enjoy beautiful room sprays without the chemicals!
Ingredients: Distilled Water, Witch Hazel, Alcohol and Fragrance.
Shake well before use.
Do not use as a linen spray as vanilla content in some fragrances may stain fabrics.
Handcrafted Room Spray
8 oz.
Copyright Hermitage of the Holy Cross
$310.00
Triptych of Saint George (Георгий Победоносец)
Blessed at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Handmade triptych of Saint George (Георгий Победоносец). The metal parts are ennobled with 24-carat gilding (the finest and highest quality gilding on the market), as well as 925 fine silver plating. The icon is additionally decorated with zircons, in order to draw even more attention to all the smallest details that have been taken care of during production.
The back of the triptych also has a handle/stand so you can easily position it anytime, anywhere. You can even choose a triptych, silver or gold, to be even more sure that it will fit perfectly with your home.
There are two angels in the left and right wings of the triptych.
The icon was modeled after the medieval icons, which were made to the smallest detail. It was made using the technique of engraving, and then pouring metal into molds.
$24.00
This brass candle stand is ideal for all of your devotional needs.
Measurements:
3.50 inches tall.
Candlestick base diameter 1.875 in.
Best fit for candles with a base diameter of 0.25 inches.
This candle stand pairs well with:
Thin Hand-dipped Candle: Golden (10 in)
Thin Candle: Golden (9 in)
Thin Feast Day Candle: Red (9 in)
Thin Feast Day Candle: Green (9 in)
Thin Feast Day Candle: Blue (9 in)
$3.00
$36.00
St. Basil of Ostrog - High Quality Icons / 6"x 3"
High Quality Icons are printed with archival, pigment-based inks, on a special, artist grade canvas selected for its extremely unobtrusive weave. The canvas prints are then mounted on solid poplar icon panels, drum sanded to a perfectly flat finish. Traditional hardwood (oak) support slats are inserted in the reverse of the panel to prevent warping. Our panels are identical to those used for centuries in the creation of hand painted icons. This combination of carefully selected components gives our High Quality Icons a look and feel like no other. While others have since imitated our innovative mounted icon design, Damascene Gallery remains the original.
$14.00
In honor of the upcoming 15th anniversary of the wondrous appearance of the miraculous Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Mother of God of Hawaii (2022), the Orthodox Hawaiian Iveron Icon Association has published this Akathist. As expressed in the introduction, “Wherever the Holy Icon goes, the Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Holy Mother abound. People have commented that just being in the presence of this Icon, one feels such an abundance of love and joy. It is truly indescribable. We are so very blessed that God has shown His love toward us by allowing us a small foreshadowing of what the saints call ‘the true odor of sanctity.’ ”
The publication includes a Foreword by His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, an Introduction about the Holy Icon, and Troparia to Iveron Icons “of Hawaii,” “of Montreal,” “of Mount Athos,” and “of Moscow.” The pages are richly enhanced with well over two dozen photographs. Cover includes flaps; binding is stitched so as to lay flat; inner pages are printed on glossy paper. Trim size is 5.5 x 8.5, with 40 pages. $10.
Income from the publication assists the Foundation in bringing the Holy Icon throughout the Orthodox world, as well as toward the memorial shrine being built in honor of the Holy Icon, in Hawaii.
$25.00
Large: 5 inches x 8.5 inches
$12.00
As Byzantium bridged the East and West, so this fragrance brings together our floral and spicy fragrances capturing the best of both worlds. A sweet and warm garden fragrance subtle hints of geranium, lily and wild berry, rounded out with neroli, cinnamon, clove, warm vanilla and galbanum.
This delightful fragrance was first introduced some years ago as ‘Sarov’ and since then has always remained one of the best-loved incense fragrances at the monastery. Although production stopped some time ago, due to customer demand and our own love of the fragrance we are now reintroducing it with a new name which does real justice to this wonderful and majestic incense.
This traditional Athonite-style incense for church and home use, is handcrafted at Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, in a wide variety of fragrances, suitable for every service and devotional occasion. The incense is made by the monks as part of their daily obediences. Produced from pure frankincense resin and cut for use in charcoal burning censors.
$12.00
A strong and spicy rose scent, with hints of geranium, cloves, cardamom and berries, rounded out with woody base notes.
1 oz.
This traditional Athonite-style incense for church and home use, is handcrafted at Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, in a wide variety of fragrances, suitable for every service and devotional occasion. The incense is made by the monks as part of their daily obediences. Produced from pure frankincense resin and cut for use in charcoal burning censors.
$10.00
Author: Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov
In the early years of his life, Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov, the author of this memorable book, was under the spiritual guidance of St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai, who subsequently ordained him to the diaconate. After Archbishop John’s canonization on June 19/July 2, 1994, Father Valery set as his goal to share the miraculous events of the glorification with a wide audience of believers through the publication of his book, Lantern of Grace – in Russian (1999), followed by the English translation (2004). The book was reissued as an enlarged Russian edition (2010), that embraced our younger generation, including stories and reminiscences of students, altar boys, orphans, and numerous other people from various walks of life, whom St. John helped in time of need. The present extended English edition (2017) incorporates additional material on Vladyka’s life, his repose and the funeral, the uncovering and re-vesting of his relics, preceding the canonization, and the ever memorable and joyous glorification. This book contains a collection of precious photographs of Vladyka John, a saint who was our contemporary.
As readers make their way through the pages of this book, we hope they will feel the blessing bestowed by the hand of this wondrous miracle-worker. We trust that, guided by the ever-present Hand of God, they will discover a fresh, new source of faith and hope.
400 pages
Format: hardcover
$11.00
Measures: 2.25" x 1.25" x 0.30"
Triptych icon of the Mother of God, Christ the Savior and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Blessed by the clergy at our affiliated church.
$5.50
The wonderworking, myrrh-streaming icon of the Mother of God, “Softener of Evil Hearts,” is one of the sacred treasures of the Russian Orthodox Church today. The icon depicts the boundless sorrow and pain of heart that the Theotokos experienced during her earthly life, as prophesied by Simeon the Godreceiver, a sword shall pierce through thine own soul also... (Luke 2:35). The icon first began to stream myrrh in 1998 and continues to stream, often in response to occurrences in the world, including the 9-11 terrorist attack and the Beslan school massacre. On Pascha night, 2020, bright red drops resembling blood appeared on the icon. I n an interview with the guardian of the icon, Sergei Fomin, he speaks of the many healings that occur. Everywhere, the icon is received with joy and hope. Multitudes of people come to venerate the holy icon and to ask for healing from bodily illnesses (including cancer), for consolation in sorrows and afflictions of life, for the softening of their own hearts and those of their neighbors, for help and support for their spirits and souls. All those who turn to the Mother of God in prayer before the icon sense an easing of spiritual and physical suffering. They begin to recognize that when they pray for their enemies before the icon, their feelings of enmity are softened, and that strife and hatred abate, giving way to kindness.
Full-color cover and inner pages, abundantly illustrated.
Format: Softcover
Pages: 32
$27.00
An accessible and well organized synthesis of the ancient Christian understanding of death and the afterlife. Drawing primary from the Greek language writings of the Fathers it does not neglect the Latin sources. It will benefit all who desire to understand the classical Christian teaching of what lies beyond our temporal life.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 344
This book offers an accessible and well organized synthesis of the ancient Christian understanding of death and the afterlife. French philosopher and patrologist Jean-Claude Larchet draws both from Scriptures and a multiplicity of early Christian writings, both Greek and Latin, in demolishing false conceptions such as reincarnation, whilst setting forth with clarity an authentically Christian understanding.
The reader will gain understanding of both the time and modalities of the bodily resurrection, the nature of the Particular and the Universal judgments, and of the Church's intercessory prayer for the departed. He notes that some divergences between eastern and western traditions have existed since the fifth century and argues that these became of much greater importance after the twelfth century, when the Roman Catholic Church developed the notion of Purgatory.
This work will be of benefit both to the Orthodox Christian reader in enhancing their own understanding of the Church's teaching, and to Roman Catholics, Protestants, and others who desire to become acquainted with the fullness of the Christian tradition on death and the afterlife. All will encounter the abundant heritage of “the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3).
Dr Jean-Claude Larchet is one of the most notable living philosophers and authors on Orthodox Christian Patristics. He holds a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Nancy and a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Strasbourg. A teacher of philosophy for nearly thirty-five years, he is an author of over thirty books and countless articles whose work has been translated into seventeen languages. His magnum opus, Therapy of Spiritual Illness, and several other works have been translated into English to wide acclaim.
G. John Champoux is a retired independent scholar. He is the translator and editor of several French spiritual writings and the author of The Way to Our Heavenly Father: A Contemplative Telling of the Lord's Prayer.
Preface
Notes
Bibliography
$12.00
This brass candle stand is ideal for all of your devotional needs.
Measurements:
2.75 inches tall.
Candlestick base diameter 1.50 in.
Best fit for candles with a base diameter of 3/16 inch, or our Set of 12 Mini Beeswax Candles.
$40.00
Blessed by the clergy at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
$55.00
$49.00
$20.00
The spiritual realm after death defies observation, yet mankind persists in its desire to peer beyond this threshold—a threshold through which we all must pass.
“You will not die. Your body will die, but you will go over into a different world, being alive, remembering yourself and recognizing the whole world that surrounds you.” —St. Theophan the Recluse, 19th Century
THE SOUL AFTER DEATH is a comprehensive presentation of the 2,000-year-old experience of Orthodox Christianity regarding the existence of the other world, addressing contemporary “after-death” and “out-of-body” experiences, the teachings of traditional Oriental religions and those of more recent occult societies.
Although the mystery of what lies beyond the veil of death is not fully visible to us in this life, nonetheless, writings and teachings of ancient Christianity dating from the first century have proven timeless and straightforward, yielding sound insights into the spiritual world beyond death. From the firm foundation of Orthodox patristic teaching, Fr. Seraphim Rose offers an interpretation of the meaning of the contemporary experiences which have been publicized by Drs. Kubler-Ross, Moody, Osis and Haraldsson, and other researchers.
“He who has the memory of death as his constant companion, painfully seeks to learn what awaits him after departure from this life.” —St. Symeon the New Theologian, 11th Century
Principal teachings of Orthodox Christianity concerning the properties of the soul after death are presented in a clear concise manner, as taught by Church fathers and teachers of the early centuries. THE SOUL AFTER DEATH offers an undiluted draught of pristine, mystical Christianity as it has existed since the time of Christ.
300 pages, full-color cover, paperback
Copyright St. Herman's Press
$30.00
This brass candle stand is ideal for all of your devotional needs.
Measurements:
5.55 inches tall.
Candlestick base diameter 2.5 in.
Best fit for candles with a base diameter of 0.55-0.75 inches.
This candle stand pairs well with:
Thick Candle: Golden (5 in)
Thick Feast Day Candle: Red (5 in)
Thick Feast Day Candle: Green (5 in)
Thick Feast Day Candle: Blue (5 in)
$15.00
Size: 2.25" x 3" inches
$22.00
Wooden square box carved. Size: 3.6 x 3.6 x 2 in
$12.00
A beautiful spicy fragrance with soft floral blends, a touch of cinnamon and clove and sweetened with honey. If you like Cassia or Evergreen & Embers, you are sure to love Burning Bush incense. The original burning bush that Moses saw still exists on Mt Sinai and is often referred to as a symbol for the Mother of God.
1 oz.
This traditional Athonite-style incense for church and home use, is handcrafted at Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia, in a wide variety of fragrances, suitable for every service and devotional occasion. The incense is made by the monks as part of their daily obediences. Produced from pure frankincense resin and cut for use in charcoal burning censors.
$10.00
A luxuriously rich blend of vanilla, cream and caramel. This sweet fragrance is warm and comforting.
Handcrafted in the workshop of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.
8 oz.
$10.00
Bright and breezy, this fragrance is the essence of clean. A sparkling blend of coconut water, pink Himalayan salt, key lime, lotus, rose, and sage leaf, infused with essential oils of lemon and grapefruit. The scent of seashell and wildflowers - orange blossom, magnolia, and jasmine - lingers in the finish.
Handcrafted in the workshop of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.
8 oz.
$30.00
Beautifully ornated icon. Has all required hardware for hanging on the wall. Red gift box.
$38.00
St Alexander Nevsky - 6" x 4.5"
Icons are printed with archival, pigment-based inks, on a special, artist grade canvas selected for its extremely unobtrusive weave. The canvas prints are then mounted on solid poplar icon panels, drum sanded to a perfectly flat finish. Traditional hardwood (oak) support slats are inserted in the reverse of the panel to prevent warping. Our panels are identical to those used for centuries in the creation of hand painted icons.
$10.00
The classic and ancient scent of Spiced Honey & Tonka.
Essential oils and resins are infused in this unique soap.
Handcrafted in the workshop of Holy Cross Monastery in Wayne, WV.
8 oz.
$30.00
St. Gabriel (Urgebadze) High Quality Icon 7"
Blessed by the clergy at our affiliated church.
$38.00
Size: 6"x 5 1/4"
High-quality classic print icon mounted on wood, with a keyhole wall mount.
The image provided of the back view is a sample depicting the perfectly centered keyhole wall mount, hand-painted wrap-around burnt sienna edging, as well as a representation of the thickness and smooth finish of the natural wood icon. Measurements and scaling of the sample photo are not true to size. See measurements above for actual size.
Blessed by the clergy at our affiliated church.
$30.00
Tea Light Holder For Multiple Occasions: The tea light holder for using as a scented wax melt wamer, burner, it also is a great decoration for living room, balcony, patio, porch and garden
$45.00
Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy
First English Edition
Copyright Holy Trinity Publications
$15.00
9.25" long water blessings brush, with synthetic bristles and natural wood.