Saints of England’s Golden Age

Author: Vladimir Moss

Description:
“Saints of England’s Golden Age” is a rich and entertaining collection of the lives of over fifty saints from early Christian Britain, focusing on the “Golden” period, between the 6th to early 8th centuries, when Celtic Orthodoxy captured the hearts of the British people.

What makes this book especially exciting is its recovery of the deeply Orthodox past of the British Isles. Alongside well-known figures like Saint Augustine of Canterbury, it brings to light many lesser-known saints, showing how holiness was lived out across these islands in real, often striking ways. The inclusion of a calendar for British saints and liturgical material helps embed this often forgotten “Golden Age” within the living tradition of the Church.

For readers in the British Isles, this book is particularly inspiring. It reveals that Orthodoxy is not something distant or foreign, but something that once flourished here. The foundation of Britain’s historically Christ oriented ethos. For newcomers and laity, it offers both encouragement and a strong sense of connection. Reminding that the path to holiness has already been walked in these very lands.