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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
With
more than a little regret, we have decided to discontinue
The Orthodox
Word
at the end of the next volume (no. 59). Our last issue will be no.
353, that is, six issues from the present one.
The
primary reason for this decision is the fact that, while the number of
Orthodox Word subscribers has stayed about the same for many years, the
amount of our book sales has increased tremendously. We find it
difficult to meet the growing demand for new titles and new editions of
old titles while at the same time publishing
The Orthodox Word, which
has become cumbersome to mail out due to new postal regulations. Thus,
we have decided to concentrate our time and energy on book publishing,
which now includes ebooks and audio books as well as print editions.
Among
our plans is the publication, in book form, of compilations of past
articles from
The Orthodox Word, so that this material will be available
to a wider readership and have greater permanency.
In
discontinuing
The Orthodox Word a year from now, we will strive to make
this as convenient as possible for you, our subscribers. To see when
your subscription runs out, look for the number of your last paid issue
on the right side of the mailing label of issues you receive. When your
subscription is about to run out, you will receive a notification from
us offering you to renew your membership through the remaining issues.
Those whose subscriptions end beyond no. 353 will receive a check in the mail in the amount of the overpayment.
Those
of you who have relied on
The Orthodox Word to be informed of the
publication of new titles and editions may in the future stay abreast of
such announcements by signing up to our email mailing list here:
https://sainthermanmonastery.com/v/vspfiles/emailsignupform.html.
Those
who instead wish to receive announcements by mail may write to us with
that request, and we will send you flyers or postcards.
We
wish to thank all of you, our subscribers, for your support,
encouragement and feedback over the years. While we are saddened to
cease publishing our magazine, which was blessed by St. John of Shanghai
and San Francisco in 1965 and was overseen by Hieromonk Seraphim Rose
of blessed memory for its first 101 issues, we look forward to being
able to publish more books, and thus reach a wider audience with the
Orthodox word of God.
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