Blessed Euphemia of Serbia: The Life of an Apostolic Eldress

Publication Data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1996
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 143
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.4 cm × 0.8 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒938635‒98‒0

   
Translated by Joachim Wertz

Volume 8 of Modern Matericon Series: God-Pleasing Women

“For those who love the heavenly realms, the revelation of a new saint is a spiritual joy and consolation. Each one is a precious link in the golden chain of sanctity, illumining for us the way of sanctity in our present darkness. Blessed Euphemia of Ravanitsa, Serbia, (†1958) is just such a link for us. Her radiant soul, kindled by the Mother of God in her youth, burned for God, Who fashioned her into an apostle, shepherd and consoler of souls. Like and ever-burning vigil lamp before the Lord, she never rested from her labors despite war, death, sickness and despair raging all around her. First as a lay ascetic, and later as a monastic, she used the natural gifts given her by God in collaboration with Divine grace to enter a transfigured state and become a source of Christ’s love for all who came to her.”
—“Blessed Euphemia: A Modern Heroine”

CONTENTS

Introduction
   A Modern Heroine
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Serbian Edition
   1. On the Path of the Lord
   2. Among the Bogomoljci
   3. The Nun Eugenia
   4. In Charge of Her Own Monastery
   5. Kovilj Monastery: The Flourishing of our Spiritual Life and Mission
   6. In the Fire of the Trials of War
   7. Together Again at St. Paraskeva Monastery and at Rakovitsa
   8. At Ravanitsa Monastery
   9. The Teachings of Schema-Abbess Euphemia
   10. Her Last Days and Repose
   11. A Radiant Memory: The Fruits