Help Publish an SVS Press Book:
Four Hundred Chapters on Love
Would you like to contribute to the publishing of a St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press book? Each year, SVS Press publishes and distributes spiritually enriching Orthodox Christian material. One hundred percent of net sales directly support the formation of St. Vladimir's seminarians, doubling the impact of each gift that underwrites a new Press title.
Four Hundred Chapters on Love by St. Maximus the Confessor is ready to go to press. We’re offering a unique opportunity to those who want to help make this text available to all.
St. Maximus the Confessor (ca. 580–662) remains one of the most influential Church Fathers and theologians, and his Four Hundred Chapters on Love is one of the most famous of his many works. It is considered one of the greatest achievements of the Byzantine monastic tradition. In the Four Hundred Chapters on Love, Maximus presents a sustained treatment of how to foster the virtue he perceived to be the center of the Christian life. The treatise’s ultimate aim is to cultivate love for neighbor, but also the love for God that must orient all other human affections and desires. Maximus uses the well-known monastic genre of “chapters” to deliver short, digestible maxims that nevertheless remain unsurpassed in their profundity and insight into human psychology. In doing so, he means to instill in the reader the habits necessary so that, as St. Paul would say, the same mind is in you as was in Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:5).
Now you can help make this beloved work available to all in a fresh English translation, and for the first time printed with the Greek text on the facing page. Become a partner with SVS Press and invest in this exciting project at the levels below, or with any gift amount of your choosing.
The book sponsorship levels are:
$500+ — Name listed in the book, plus 1 copy of the book
$1,500+ — Name listed in the book, plus 5 copies of the book
$2,000+ — Name listed in the book, plus 10 copies of the book
$2,500+ — Name listed in the book, plus 10 copies of the book and a short dedication of your choice in the front
To have your name or dedication added to the book, please submit your gift by May 10, 2026.
Questions? Feel free to reach out to Ginny Nieuwsma in the Office of Advancement at 914-961-8313 ext. 317, or email advancement@svots.edu.