The first volume of the New Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church by Makarios of Simonopetra, in a second revised and expanded edition. In its pages, the reader will find all the saints celebrated by our Orthodox Church in the month of September. Saint Symeon the Stylite, Saint Mamas, Saint John the Theologian, as well as the Elevation of the Holy Cross and the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, along with other martyrs, new martyrs from the Greek region, and newly-revealed saints of the Eastern Churches illuminate our every day with their lives and martyrdom. The volume is adorned with selected Russian, Slavic, and Greek reference icons. [Excerpt from publisher or edition presentation text]