Summary

“ 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 54-year project to bring his timeless works to a new audience.

Author Biography

Helen Tsolak 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. 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.

Contents Foreword Preface Address to the Diocese on Peace Hear Him: Sermon on Epiphany On Repentance: First Sermon on the Sunday after On Repentance: Second Sermon on the Sunday after Epiphany The Character of the Pharisee and of the Tax Collector: First Sermon on the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector On Prayer and Repentance: Second Sermon on the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector On Repentance: Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son On the Second Coming of Christ: Sermon on Meatfare Sunday The Precondition for Entering Great Lent: Sermon on Cheesefare Sunday Preparation for the Mystery of Confession: Talk on the Monday of the First Week of Great Lent On the Harm Caused by Hypocrisy: Sermon on the Wednesday of the First Week of Great Lent Your Body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit: Sermon on the Friday of the First Week of Great Lent On Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ: Talk in the First Week of Great Lent On Orthodoxy: Homily on the First Sunday of Great Lent The Meaning Of Fasting: Sermon on the Second Sunday of Great Lent On Taking Up One’ s Cross: Sermon on the Third Sunday of Great Lent The Effect of Fasting on Fallen Spirits: Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent The Spiritual Tools of Almsgiving, Fasting and Prayer: Sermon on the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent The Lord’ s Entrance into Jerusalem: First Homily on Palm Sunday Lift Up the Gates: Second Homily on Palm Sunday On the Holy Mysteries of Christ: Homily at the Liturgy on Great Thursday The Lord Crucified: Homily at Vespers on Great Friday On Christianity: Sermon on the First Sunday after Pascha (Thomas Sunday) On the Mortification of the Human Spirit: Sermon on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, the Third Sunday after Pascha On the Punishments of God: Sermon on the Sunday of the Paralytic, the Fourth Sunday after Pascha On Worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth: Sermon on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman On Conceit and Humble-mindedness: Sermon on the Sunday of the Man Born Blind The Sign of Those Chosen by God: Sermon on the Sunday of All Saints, the First Sunday after Pentecost The Precondition for Receiving Christ: Sermon on the Saturday of the Fourth Week after Pentecost God is the Helper of Man in His Tribulations: Sermon on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost On Justice, Mercy, and Faith: Sermon on the Tuesday of the Eleventh Week after Pentecost Beneficial Instruction from the Word of God: Sermon on Avoiding Faults and Offenses Due to a Lack of Judgment On Salvation: Sermon on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost On the Reason People Turn Away from God: Homily on the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost On the Rich Man and Lazarus: Homily on the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost An Explanation of the Lord’ s Prayer: Homily on the Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week after Pentecost On Love for God: Sermon on the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost On Love for One’ s Neighbor: Second Sermon on the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost On Covetousness: Sermon on the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost On the Kingdom of God: Sermon on the Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week after Pentecost Jesus Teaches the People: Sermon on the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost The Parable of the Great Supper: Sermon on the Twenty-Eighth Sunday after Pentecost On Giving Thanks and Glorifying God: Sermon on the Twenty-Ninth Sunday after Pentecost On Signs and Miracles: Homily on the Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week after Pentecost On Salvation and Perfection: Sermon on the Thirtieth Sunday after Pentecost The Mystical Significance of the Blind Man Receiving His Sight: Sermon on the Thirty-First Sunday after Pentecost On Zacchaeus: Sermon on the Thirty-Second Sunday after Pentecost On Prayer: Sermon on the Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week after Pentecost On Bodily and Spiritual Struggles: Sermon on the Gospel from St Luke, Which is Read at All the Feasts of the Mother of God How Deceptive Earthly L

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