Orthodox Churches category: 320 books
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
A Western Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
In this reliable and engaging survey, Daniel Clendenin introduces Protestants to Eastern Orthodox history and theology with the hope that the two groups will come to see their traditions as complementary and learn to approach one another with a "hermeneutic of love" that fosters "mutual...
by Otto F. A. Meinardus
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought according to tradition by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church has flourished ever since, with millions of adherents both in Egypt and in Coptic communities around the world. Since its split...
by Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
An e-prayerbook following the Tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church. This book is ideal for daily personal use, especially when “on the go.” Included are Morning and Evening Prayers; Prayers at Meals: Akathists to our Sweetest Jesus Christ and our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God; Canon of...
Jesus Wept
A Psychospiritual Handbook of Death, Grief, and Bereavement Counseling for Eastern Orthodox Clergy
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
One of the less formal but most important functions of parish ministry entails providing counseling to parishioners in need of sympathetic hearing and understanding advice from someone they personally know and trust. Jesus Wept provides a theological, psychological, and doctrinal foundation of the...
God, Hierarchy, and Power
Orthodox Theologies of Authority from Byzantium
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
In the current age where democratic and egalitarian ideals have preeminence, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, among other hierarchically organized religious traditions, faces the challenging questions: “Why is hierarchy maintained as the model of organizing the church, and what are the theological...
Christos Yannaras
Philosophy, Theology, Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Christos Yannaras is one of the most significant Orthodox theologians of recent times. The work of Yannaras is virtually synonymous with a turn or renaissance of Orthodox philosophy and theology, initially within Greece, but as the present volume confirms, well beyond it. His work engages not only...
by Constantin Panchenko
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Following the so called "Arab Spring" the world's attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predominantly Islamic Middle East. Of these minorities Christians are by far the largest, comprising over 10% of the population in Syria and as much...
Christian Faith and Same-Sex Attraction
Eastern Orthodox Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Father Thomas Hopko draws on the wisdom of the Orthodox Christian Church and the Holy Scriptures to help us understand same-sex attraction, with both compassion and clarity. Combining theological and pastoral insights, this small gem will aid pastors, those who experience same-sex desires, and anyone...
Season of Repentance
Lenten Homilies of Saint John of Kronstadt
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Each year the journey to the radiant feast of Pascha begins anew, entering the season of repentance known as Great Lent. The homilies presented in this modest volume, from one of the spiritual giants of the Orthodox Church of Russia, can both encourage and inform in this struggle of the Fast. For...
Correlating Sobornost
Conversations between Karl Barth and the Russian Orthodox Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The diaspora of scholars exiled from Russia in 1922 offered something vital for both Russian Orthodoxy and for ecumenical dialogue. Liberated from scholastic academic discourse, and living and writing in new languages, the scholars set out to reinterpret their traditions and to introduce Russian Orthodoxy...
How Our Departed Ones Live
The Experience of the Orthodox Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Even as Americans abandon traditional religion in droves, the question of death and afterlife continue to dominate our spiritual consciousness. How Our Departed Ones Live goes beyond popular flash-in-the-pan near-death experiences to express the age-old tradition and experience of the Orthodox Christian...
by Laurence Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
This book provides the basic "skeleton" for all the services of the Orthodox Church, into which variable texts from other sources are inserted. The work is presented in a well-bound large print format. Using traditional English the book has the fixed texts for all the daily services of the...
by Hieromonk Damascene
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
This epic biography of Hieromonk Seraphim Rose tells the unique story of a man who, having grown up in a typical American home in southern California, became one of the greatest teachers of Orthodox Christianity in our times, loved and revered throughout Russia and Eastern Europe.
Quoting...
Metropolitan Petros of Astoria
A Microcosm of the Old Calendar Movement in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
This work examines the career of Metropolitan Petros (Astyfides) of Astoria (1915-1997), the founder of St. Markella’s Cathedral and first bishop of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America (also known as the Greek Old Calendarist Church). Metropolitan Petros’s life spans the entire...