A Trace in the Sand: A Tale of the Early Martyrs John of Damascus's "On the

John of Damascus's "On the Divine Images"

and a burgundy double-sided grosgrain ribbon marker

was a fervent and effective pastor of Christ’s flock

cut off by the persecutions and invasions and occupations which beset the East throughout most of the centuries since the fall of Constantinople and even before: a voice we need to hear to understand the fullness of Orthodoxy

more likely tens of thousands

A Trace in the Sand: A Tale of the Early Martyrs John of Damascus's "On theZoe Brotherhood Set in the third century, during the reign of Emperor Lucius Domitus Aurelianus, who believes that no one is mightier than he and his "gods". Alexamenos, the teenage son of a powerful senator, handsome, haughty, rich and cruel, fears nothing and respects no one, until the day his life is saved by a slave, who possesses something he cannot attain: an otherworldly peace. You can guess the rest. A fitting companion to The Purple Mantle.