The Gold That Does Not Tarnish
Fifteen centuries after his death in a remote corner of the Roman Empire, John Chrysostom still opens every Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Eastern Church.
He Was Silenced. Exiled. Forgotten by the Powerful. His Words Outlasted Every One of Them. Fifteen centuries after his death in a remote corner of the Roman Empire, John Chrysostom still opens every Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Eastern Church. His homilies are still copied, studied, and preached. His letters from exile, written cold, sick, and abandoned, still move readers to tears. This is not the story of a plaster saint.
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This is the story of a man who burned so bright that the empire itself tried to put him out. In The Gold That Does Not Tarnish , readers meet John Chrysostom whole, the young ascetic who nearly broke his body in the Syrian desert, the electrifying preacher who packed the churches of Antioch and Constantinople, the bishop who locked horns with an empress and lost his throne but never his voice. Drawing closely from his own homilies, letters, and treatises, this devotional account is warm, direct, and deeply rooted in primary sources. It is written for faithful readers in the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and broader Christian traditions who love the Church Fathers and want something richer than a feast-day summary.
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Lives that walk beside Saint John Chrysostom, chosen for their likeness, not their fame.
