Royal Monastic: Princess Ileana of Romania - Softcover

Bev Cooke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888212322 ISBN 13: 9781888212327

Publisher: Conciliar Press, 2008

Synopsis

The life of a princess isn't all glamor, handsome princes, and beautiful clothes. It's also devotion to duty, sacrifice for your people, and a lot of just plain hard work. And if your country happens to suffer two world wars and a communist takeover in your lifetime, it means danger and suffering, exile and heartache as well. Princess Ileana of Romania endured all this and more. But her deeply rooted Orthodox faith saw her through it all, and eventually led her in her later years to the peaceful repose of monasticism. But that life included sacrifice and hard work as well, because as Mother Alexandra she was called to build the first English-language Orthodox women's monastery in the United States-the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Princess Ileana's story is a thrilling tale of love and loss, danger and rescue, sacrifice and reward. Her inspiring life stands as a beacon of faith and holiness for young women of all times and nations to follow.

About this title

About the Author:

Bev. Cooke is the author of Keeper of the Light (Conciliar Press, 2006) and Feral (Orca Book Publishers, 2008). She lives in Canada.

Review:

Here is a book that makes sanctity believable as well as attractive. At the end of the book, we feel that we truly know the saintly protagonist, and wish that we could get to know her even better. Although we cannot meet this remarkable woman on earth, we can rely on her heavenly prayers, and rejoice in her life, thanks to this wonderful new volume. --Fr. Lawrence Farley, author of Shepherding the Flock: The Pastoral Epistles from St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy and to Titus

Royal Monastic is an excellent and engaging historical biography of a truly remarkable princess turned monastic. As the founder of Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, Mother Alexandra, Princess Ileana of Romania, is an example of Orthodox Christian virtues of love, suffering and self-sacrifice. --Chrissi Hart, author of The Hermit, the Icon, and the Emperor: The Holy Virgin Comes to Cyprus and Under the Grapevine: A Miracle by St. Kendeas

Royal Monastic is a portal into a small and vital corner of Eastern European life during a time of great struggle. Princess Ileana's commitment to Orthodox monasticism in the latter part of her life, as Mother Alexandra, has left the royal seed of Orthodox altruism planted on American soil, leaving a lasting and growing vine of Truth. This is a history well worth reading. --Claire Brandenburg, author of Song of the Talanton, The Monk Who Grew Prayer, and Daniel and the Lion

About this edition

• Publisher: Conciliar Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1888212322
• ISBN 13: 9781888212327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200