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Gifts from generous donors make a substantial and lasting difference to our library. 

How to Donate

Tax deductible donations to our library may be made in many ways:

Whole libraries or Selected items:  All Saints Library seeks donations of whole libraries or selected items from individual libraries on the Orthodox faith.  If you are thinking of discarding books, periodicals, or audiovisual materials on the Orthodox faith, please contact us to work out details for transfer.  

Memorial gifts commemorating the deceased or a living person are accepted.

Endowments in support of the whole library or any special collection may be established.

Wish List donations.  Your support, either through cash donations or through donation of the wished for item, will help make some of our wishes materialize.  Below we’ve listed some books and periodicals that the library would like to acquire.

 Books

1.  Cavarnos, Constantine.  Guide to Byzantine iconography, 2 vols.

     Vol. 1  New: $28.00

     Vol. 2    New: $23.00

2.  Cross, Samuel Hazzard.  Medieval Russian Churches.  Amazon used: $65.00

3.  Demetrius, St., Bishop of Rostov.  Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, February and March volumes.  $39.95 each

4.  Hellier, Chris.  Monasteries of Greece.  Amazon used:  $139.55

5.  Holy Apostles Convent.  The series on the Lives of the saints.

     The library needs the following titles:

     1.  Lives of the Holy Prophets.  New: $44.00

     2.  Lives of the Holy Apostles   New: $24.95

     3.  Life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos.  New:  $40.95

     4.  Lives of the Pillars of Orthodoxy.  New:  $37.95

     5.  Lives of the Holy Women Martyrs: an Orthodox Martyrologion of Spiritual Heroines

          New:  $34.95

6.  Any books by George Florovsky.

7.  Any books by Steven Runciman.

8.  Lives of Bulgarian Saints.  Translated from the original edition of St. George Zograph.  Slav-Bulgarian Monastery, Mt. Athos.  New:  $49.95

9.  Lives of the Georgian Saints.  Translated by David and Lauren Ninoshvili.  New:  $29.00

10. McLees, Mother Nectaria. Evlogeite!: A pilgrim's guide to Greece. Kansas City, MO: St. Nicholas Press 2002. New: $35.00

11. Orthodox Church in Russia.  Text by Archbishop Pitirim of Volokolamsk.  Photos by Fred Mayer.  Amazon used: $99.00.

12.  Ouspensky, Leonid.  Meaning of icons, revised edition.  New: $50.00

13.  Russian Monasteries, Art and Tradition.  St. Petersburg, 1997.  Amazon used: $85.00

14Christ is Calling You, by Fr. George Calciu.

Periodicals

Back issues of several periodicals are needed:

1.  Little Falcons.  (An Orthodox magazine for children). 

     There are 52 issues of this magazine. The library needs Issues 35-48.  Each issue is

      $5.00 (no postage).  Available from Little Falcons, P.O. Box 371, Grayslake, IL 60030.

2.  Living Orthodoxy.  The following issues are needed. 

       1986   Vol. 8, no. 2; Vol. 8, no. 6

       1987    Vol. 9, no. 3; Vol. 9, no. 5

       1989    Vol. 11, no. 1; Vol. 11, no. 4; Vol. 11, no. 5; Vol. 11, no. 6

       1990    Vol. 12, no. 2; Vol. 12, no. 3; Vol. 12, no. 4; Vol. 12, no. 5

       1991    Vol. 13, no. 1; Vol. 13, no. 2; Vol. 13, no. 3; Vol. 13, no. 4; Vol. 13, no. 5

       1993    Vol. 15, no. 2; Vol. 15, no. 6

       1994    Vol. 16, no. 1; Vol. 16, no. 2; Vol. 16, no. 3; Vol. 16, no. 5

     Back issues are available at St. John of Kronstadt Press, 1180 Orthodox Way, Liberty, TN 37095.  Web site:  www.sjkp.org   Email:  info@sjkp.org

3.  Again

       1979     Vol. 2, nos. 1, 2 and 4

       1986     Vol. 8, nos. 2 and 3

       1987     Vol. 9, no. 1

       1987     Vol. 10, nos. 1, 2 and 3

       1994     Vol. 17, no. 4

       1999     Vol. 21, no. 1

       2002    Vol. 24, no. 3 

Books and periodicals on the Orthodox Faith in foreign languages, especially Russian and Greek, are also of interest.