Lives of the Saints of Rus': A Legacy of Holiness - Volume 2

" Rejoice, O faithful realm of Rus' ! Rejoice, O right-believing Prince Vladimir, most rich! Rejoice, O chosen Olga! For ye were our first mediators before the master of all, the initiators of Orthodoxy, and guides to the True Faith! Rejoice, every place and land and city nurtured by the citizens of the kingdom of heaven! These saints have been shown to be beacons for our souls! With the radiance of miracles, and by deeds and signs, they have shone forth mystically upon all the ends of the earth. And they now entreat Christ for the salvation of our souls." - Doxasticon to All Saints of Rus' Royal princes and fools for Christ. Holy hierarchs and secluded hermits. Missionaries and martyrs. The choir of saints of Holy Rus' represents the fruit of the Holy Spirit brought forth over a millennium of Christian life. This inheritance has enriched and edified not only the saints' own kinsmen, but the whole world through the zealous missionary efforts of the Russian Church. This synaxarion organizes the lives of a multitude of Russian saints by their days of commemoration, with those commemorated from July to December in this second volume.