Simple, not shallow.
Each life is concise enough to enter easily, while citations keep the path open for deeper study.
An old name, a new work
A garden of remembered lives.
The Paradise of the Fathers is the famous English name of a classic Syriac collection of the lives and wisdom of early monastic fathers.
This website is not a new edition, translation, or replacement for that ancient book. It respectfully borrows the beloved name for a new, simple, illustrated collection focused on principal saints in the Church of the East.
Illustrated, not invented.
Documented icons and manuscript images are identified. Where no responsible likeness is available, the design uses a symbolic Syriac monogram rather than a fictional portrait.
Devotional and careful.
Sacred memory is treated with reverence, while later tradition and recoverable history are distinguished clearly.
The historical book
Follow the name to its source.
Enter the new collection