Zoë Press is a unique Orthodox Christian boutique publishing house in that we are financially and ethnically independent and publish books with all Orthodox Christian readers in mind. Profits from Zoë Press publications are used to publish new books and make private donations when we are able. We are also blessed to offer a catalog of books & CDs published by our neighbor: The Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos the Life Giving Spring in Dunlap, CA. 100% of those sales go directly to the monastery to help support the nuns.
Marie Eliades (owner) earned her B.A. and M.A. in clinical psychology (with a concentration in marriage, family, and child counseling) at Antioch University, Los Angeles, California. Over the course of a decade, while raising her family, she completed a rigorous series of courses earning a diploma in Orthodox Christian Studies through Saint Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology (1997-2010).
She and her family were active parishioners of Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church in Novato, CA from 1996-2014, when she and her husband moved to Dunlap, CA.
Marie was a long-term editor/columnist of The Trading Post column in The Handmaiden - An Orthodox Christian Women's Journal (1997-2008) of the Antiochian Archdiocese.
In 2004 she began collaborating with Constantine Zalalas, of Saint Nicodemos Publications, organizing transcribers, as well as transcribing and editing various Orthodox Christian theological books, many of which bring the teachings of the holy Elder, Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios (1927-2006) from spoken Greek into the English written word.
Concurrently, in 2008, she began collecting, editing, formatting, designing, and producing an anthology of writings published as Orthodox Christian Parenting – Cultivating God’s Creation in 2013 under the company she created, Zoë Press. She has been blessed with help from a small army of friends, laity, parents, priest wives, priests, and monastic volunteers through the years. In 2016 she made it into an Ebook: https://www.zoepress.us/all-books-cds/orthodox-christian-parenting-cultivating-gods-creation-2016-ebook.
The first volume in the Revelation series, Homilies on the Book of the Revelation was published in 2009, after which Marie began learning book design and publishing, resulting in the second volume: Revelation: The Seven Seals - Orthodox Christian Lessons Volume 2 by Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios in 2014; Revelation: The Seven Trumpets & The Antichrist - Orthodox Christian Lessons Volume 3 (2015). In 2016 Zoë Press released the 2nd edition of Homilies on the Book of the Revelation (2009) now titled: Revelation - The Seven Golden Lampstands - Orthodox Christian Lessons Volume 1, including a new matching blue cover, editing updates, and color photos with a new series matching title in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Elder's repose. In 2017 Revelation The Seven Angels - Orthodox Christian Lessons Volume 4 was released. In 2020 the final volume in the series: Revelation: The Triumph of the Lamb - Orthodox Christian Lessons - Volume 5 was released.
In 2021 the 5 volume series was re-edited and Ebook conversions were made directed towards our readers out of the USA, who either cannot get books through normal shipping channels, or due to excessive shipping costs. These Ebooks are only for those out of the USA/Canada.
The entire series has been translated and adapted by Constantine Zalalas of Saint Nicodemos Publications.
Additionally, in the fall of 2015 Marie, Zoë Press, served as Copy & Managing Editor for the English edition of Tears of Repentance True Experiences in A Greek Taxi Cab by Athanasios Katigas, published by Saint Nicodemos Publications.
In 2020, Zoë Press published the second edition of Orthodox Christian Parenting - Recipes for Raising Children, which had been sold out, with new art, subtitle, and lots of new content! The book weighs in at 2 pounds.
By 2023 volumes 1-5 of the Revelation series each sold out of their first printings and more. We did some light editing before each reprint.
2024 - Zoë Press collaborated with Saint Stephanos Monastery in Holy Meteora, Greece to create: Joyful Light - Saint Haralambos: The Saint martyred at the age of 113. (AD 202) The book contains the story of his life written and translated by one of the sisters, some of his many miracles, and three newly translated services.
Marie met her husband, Peter George Eliades, in 1982, has been married nearly four decades, and raised three children. She earned a California teaching credential and homeschooled their children through high school. Two children graduated from UC Berkeley and the third graduated from UC Davis. Their daughter is a monastic. Their son, George, travels the world, is successful in his finance career, and graduated from MIT Sloan Business School in 2021 and lives in NYC. Their youngest son, Father Alexander (Holy Cross M. Div.), is married to Presvytera Laura. They have a son, Panayiotis Maximos (b. 2019) and a daughter Penelope Irini (b. 2023). Father serves at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ.
Marie is a very blessed woman and the sole proprietor of Zoë Press.
Glory to God for all things!