Bodies Like Bright Stars: Saints and Relics in Orthodox Russia

by Robert H. Greene

While Russian Orthodox theologians celebrated saints as paragons of virtue and piety whose lives were to be emulated in the search for salvation, ordinary believers routinely sought the assistance of the holy dead for commonplace and earthly matters. The Orthodox faithful were more likely to pray to the saints for help in the everyday concerns of health and home than for salvation. Evidence from miracle stories, devotional literature, parish records,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875804098
• ISBN13: 9780875804095
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher