More Glorious than the Seraphim:
 Byzantine Homilies and Feasts in Honor 
of the Theotokos
Soon to be available through Light and Life

Contents

Introduction: Mary and the New Eve

Chapter One: Typologies for the Holy Spirit and the Theotokos

Chapter Two: Aphrahat: The Mother-Spirit and Mary

Chapter Three:  St.Ephrem: We Call the Church Mary

Chapter Four:  St.Gregory Nyssa: The Burning Bush and the Ever-Virgin

 Chapter Five: St. John of Damascus and the role of Mary in Iconography

 Chapter Six: Mary’s role as Mediatrix and Advocate in Hymnody

Chapter Seven: St. Gregory of Palamas on Mary’s Presentation in the Temple

Chapter Eight: Mary’s Annunciation: Vessel for Divine Wisdom

Chapter Nine: St Germanus and John of Damascus on the Dormition of Mary

Chapter Ten:  The Holy Spirit and Mary, the Divinized Temple at Pentecost