Akathists, Services, Canons, and Other Prayers – Volume I

An Akathist (from the Greek Akáthistos ýmnos, unseated hymn) is a devotional hymn to a saint, holy event, or one of the persons of the Holy Trinity, which is said in churches or by the faithful in private devotion. This volume contains thirty Akathists, including those to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the Mother of God, as well as other Saints, including several Saints of the British Isles and North America. Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall is an Eastern Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, historian, and cultural commentator. He served as a Field Education Supervisor for seminarians and as both a disaster response and hospital chaplain. Dr. Hutchison-Hall has lectured widely and written on pastoral care in disaster response. In addition to providing pastoral counselling, Dr. Hutchison-Hall runs support groups for people with mental illness. Dr. Hutchison-Hall has lectured widely and written on pastoral care in disaster, and compiled several service books. His latest work, Orthodox Saints of the British Isles, is the first comprehensive compendium of its kind; totalling four volumes, it will be followed by a multi-volume work of the Lives of Orthodox saints of pre-Schism Western Europe. Dr. Hutchison-Hall lives in New York City and has a Bachelor of Arts (Double Honours) in History and Philosophy with a concentration in Bio-Ethics, a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology, and a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Counselling.