Mother of the Light: Prayers to the Theotokos theology and dignity in a world

and dignity in a world where these are increasingly under threat

and in the desert monasteries they developed into the daily prayers of the Church that we still use today

practicing strict asceticism combined with continuous prayer

motivated by deep respect for these revered saints and devotion to those martyred during the communist persecution of the 20th century

is a collection of 13 prayers and 3 canons to the Mother of God

Mother of the Light: Prayers to the Theotokos theology and dignity in a worldMother of the Light, translated by the V. Rev. Archimandrite Maximos Constas, is a collection of 13 prayers and 3 canons to the Mother of God. The prayers, originally written in Greek, are ascribed to St Ephraim the Syrian (and are the first published English translations of the Greek Ephraim in 300 years). The canons are the works of St Theodore the Studite, St Methodios of Constantinople, and St John of Euchaita (Mauropous). The prayers and canons