Romanian Shepherd
Shepherd of Souls: The Life and Teachings of Elder Cleopa, Master of Inner
Prayer and Spiritual Father of Romania (1912–1998)
by Archimandrite Ioannichie Balan
Platina, California: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2000
(230 pages; $12.00, paper)
The Truth of Our Faith: Discourses from Holy Scripture on the Tenets of
Christian Orthodoxy
by Elder Cleopa of Romania; translated by Peter Alban Heers
Thessalonica, Greece, and London, Ontario: Uncut Mountain Press, 2000
(256 pages; $19.95, paper)
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