Orthodox Churches category: 320 books
by Frederica Mathewes-Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” This very simple prayer was developed in the deserts of Egypt and Palestine during the early centuries of Christian faith, and has been practiced in the Eastern Orthodox Church ever since. It is a prayer inspired by St. Paul’s exhortation to...
by John P. Nasou
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Following his retirement after twenty-five years of medical practice, he proceeded to writing the Sunday bulletins of the cathedral and essays on a variety of topics of interest to his fellow Orthodox parishioners. He was urged by the protopresbyter Steven Zorzos, the current dean of the cathedral,...
Field
Cultivating Salvation
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Many people today are uncertain about what they believe and how they should live. They seek for a tradition that demonstrates antiquity and possesses authenticity. This newly translated volume of the writings of the Orthodox spiritual teacher Ignatius Brianchaninov offers a vision of a life that flows...
The Sign of the Cross
The Gesture, The Mystery, The History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
“This book is a little masterpiece: it informs and it explores, it recounts history and it provokes a religious quest. It is a personal book, yet it explores the great questions of theology; it is full of learning, but not ponderous; it is written from the perspective of faith, but is not off-putting...
Tears On The Equator
Muzungu
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
In the beginning, in 1973, when a young couple met at a seminary in the city of Boston, during a time of great racial tension over an issue called bussing, they dared to share a dream and the dream was about faith, progress, unity, love and sustainable development in Africa. She trained in education,...
The Noetics of Nature
Environmental Philosophy and the Holy Beauty of the Visible
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Contemplative or “noetic” knowledge has traditionally been seen as the highest mode of understanding, a view that persists both in many non-Western cultures and in Eastern Christianity, where “theoria physike,” or the illumined understanding of creation that follows the purification of the...
The Philokalia and the Inner Life
On Passions and Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental...
My Life in Christ: 2 Volume Set
The Spiritual Journals of St John of Kronstadt
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
2 Volume Set My Life in Christ has been read by millions, making it one of the most beloved modern works of Orthodox Christian spirituality. In this new edition, the English translation has been thoroughly revised and freshly typeset to make St John's own words more accessible to today's reader....
Close to Home
One Orthodox Mother's Quest for Patience, Peace, and Perseverance
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This book is for every young mother who's ever wished children came with an instruction manual; who's ever longed for just one quiet minute to finish a thought or utter a prayer; who's ever despaired of perfecting herself in time to become a good example for her children; who's ever wondered why "happily...
Copts in Context
Negotiating Identity, Tradition, and Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Though the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt is among the oldest Christian communities in the world, it remained relatively unknown outside of Egypt for most of its existence. In the wake of the Arab Spring, however, this community was caught up in regional violence, and its predicament became a cause...
by Archbishop Averky (Taushev)
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Writing in the tradition of biblical exegetes, such as St John Chrysostom and Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria, the work of Archbishop Averky (Taushev) provides a commentary that is firmly grounded in the teaching of the Church, manifested in its liturgical hymnography and the works of the Holy Fathers....
Law of God
For Study at Home and School
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This is the English edition of the classic Russian textbook designed for parents to teach their children "all the fundamental points of the Orthodox Christian faith and way of life." Because children are growing up quickly in a society that raises serious and agonizing questions the author...
My Life in Christ
The Spiritual Journals of St John of Kronstadt, Part 2
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
My Life in Christ has been read by millions, making it one of the most beloved modern works of Orthodox Christian spirituality. In this new edition, the English translation has been thoroughly revised and freshly typeset to make St John's own words more accessible to today's reader. The bite-sized...
by Maria Courey
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
A touching story and recipe for Eastern Orthodox Communion Bread