DIE HEIMLIKE HEILIGDOM

72pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2020

Fifty sonnets on saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Includes additional biographical notes on the lesser known saints. 

Jacobus van der Riet is an ordained priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. He currently combines the Orthodox priesthood in the dioceses of Johannesburg and Pretoria with work as a librarian in Johannesburg. He is the author of the poetry collection Die Onsienlike Son.