The first volume of the New Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church by Makarios Simonopetritus.

Within its pages, the reader will find the compilation of saints that our Orthodox Church celebrates in the month of September. Saint Simeon the Stylite, Saint Mammas, Saint John the Theologian, as well as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, along with other martyrs, new martyrs from the Greek lands, and newly revealed saints of the Eastern Churches illuminate, through their lives and martyrdom, each of our days.

The volume is adorned with selected Russian, Slavic, and Greek reference icons.