Book: At the Ringing of the Bells: The Paschal Martyrs of Optina On Pascha of 1993, three young monks of the famous Optina Hermitage - Hieromonk Vasily, Monk Therapont, and Monk Trophim - were brutally murdered by a satanist. These men lived in our world. They went to public schools and universities. They faced the same kinds of temptations and struggles that modern people face. Yet, their saintly lives show that their martyric death was a special gift to them from the Lord, and that it is possible to dedicate one's entire life to God and become a saint in the 21st century.
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Book: Basic Orthodoxy: Key Words of the Faith, by Fr. Anthony Coniaris Volume 1
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Book: Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology By Fr John Behr. Small, hardbound with 41 color plates. Rich theological food for meditation. Small enough to fit inside a purse. Excellent Christmas gift.
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Book: Being as Communion The Author: John Zizioulas is Metropolitan of Pergamon in the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
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Book: Born to Hate, Reborn to Love By Klaus Kenneth. This is a story for our generation-- a true story that brings comfort, reassurance and hope to a world immersed in confusion, rejection and despair.
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Book: Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God About the Author: Archimandrite Meletios Webber is an Orthodox priest. He was received into the Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos Ware in 1971. He was educated at Dulwich College and Oxford University, and has a doctorate in psychological counseling. Fr. Meletios has served the Orthodox Church in Greece, Great Britain, Montana, and California. He is the author of Steps of Transformation.
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Book: Canon to the Lord for a Sick Child, by Elder Cleopa O Lord, show the power of Thy mercy!
O Lord, Thou Who arranges all for the salvation of mankind, receive my humble prayer for this child [Name] who is being tried by illness and heal him (her), for Thou dost know his (her) sufferings. Permit him (her) not to suffer, O Lord, but raise him (her) quickly from this illness, for Thou art good and the Lover of mankind.
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Book: Celebration of Faith: I Believe, by Fr. Alexander Schmemann The book is a transcript of Radio Liberty broadcasts pumped into communist Russia during the Cold War. Fr. Alexander knew his audience: atheists, agnostics and those clinging to what remained of a brutally persecuted Christian Church. This book, while outlining and explaining the Creed --the common symbol of faith for all Christians-- begins with the question: what is belief? It is here that Fr. Alexander shines with his simple and direct answers targeting his main audience. Highly recommended.
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Book: Children in the Church Today: An Orthodox Perspective Sister Magdalen's major emphasis is that "if children are conceived, born, and brought up surrounded by prayer and love, they will grow up as spiritual persons and thus fulfill their human vocation."
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Book: Christ in Eastern Christian Thought Meyendorff does a great job in surveying the various strands of Byzantine Christology. He unites them under the idea of man's being made to participate in the life of God. This requires a Christology to match, so we see an emphasis on the Logos taking to himself human flesh and deifying, which flesh then becomes the divine life for all of humanity. Some of the figures surveyed shed light on the Christology, but in many ways more importantly, the metaphysics of Byzantine Christianity.
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Book: Christ the Eternal Tao, by Hieromonk Damascene Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen) is an Eastern Orthodox priest, monk and spiritual child of ascetic and spiritual struggler Father Seraphim Rose, of St Herman of Alaska Monastery, Platina, California. Fr Damascene is the author of Fr Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works and
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Book: Christ's Comfort for Those Who Sorrow Fr. Anthony Coniaris shares beautiful vignettes to enlighten our understanding and bring peace to those who face loss.
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Book: Christ, Our Way and Our Life, by Archimandrite Zacharias Archimandrite Zacharias recapitulates and synthesizes both St. Silouan and his teacher, Fr. Sophrony of Essex, in a concise manner that brings the deepest aspects of our faith to any reader. Fr. Zacharias, a man of profound holiness and prayer, is truly a Holy Elder of our time and his writings are incomparably the best of our day.
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Book: Church, World, Mission, by Fr. Alexander Schmemann Father Alexander Schmemann was a prolific writer, brilliant lecturer, and dedicated pastor. Former dean and professor of liturgical theology at St Vladimirs Orthodox Seminary, he passed away in 1983 at the age of sixty-two. Father Alexander Schmemann's insight into contemporary culture, church life, and liturgical celebration left an indelible mark on the Chrisitian community worldwide.
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Book: Coming Home, by Fr. Peter Gillquist Coming Home is a collection of 18 personal stories of formerly Protestant clergy who converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Each person's journey to Orthodoxy is unique, yet they all have the same theme: each wanted more from his Christian worship and faith, and found his home in Orthodox Christianity.
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Book: Consoler of Suffering Hearts: The Life, Counsels, and Miracles of Eldress Rachel, Visionary of Russia
“We present here for the first time in the English language the life of a heroic saint, Eldress Rachel of Borodino Monastery, who lived almost in our own time—she reposed in 1928. We received several years ago from Russia the original manuscript, written a few years after her death by a pious archpriest who venerated her greatly. We were deeply moved by it and wanted very much to publish her life and miracles. [...]Mother Rachel lived into the horrible, Godless, communist times and guided many souls through the inhumanity and cruelty inflicted upon them by the communist regime. She truly fulfilled in part the prophecy of the holy Evangelist John, And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes (Rev. 21:4). The death, sorrow, crying and pain of all who flocked to her she took upon hers
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Book: Courage to Pray by Anthony Bloom "Prayer is a search for God, encounter with God, and going beyond this encounter in communion...Prayer is born of the discovery that this world has depths-- that we are not only surrounded by visible things but that we are also immersed in and penetrated by invisible things..."
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Book: Dimitri's Cross: The Life and Letters of St. Dimitri Klepinin, Martyred during the Holocaust ... a story of a man whose entire life was founded on love for his God, his faith, his family, his people, and all those who came to him for help.
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Book: Dorotheos of Gaza, Discourses & Sayings Essential reading for any Christian who desires to profit spiritually from the wisdom of the desert fathers.
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Book: Dragon's Wine and Angel's Bread: The Teaching of Evagrius Ponticus on Anger and Meekness Excerpt:
The one who strives for pure prayer and wishes to lead his intellect to God without thoughts should master anger and be on guard against the thoughts arising from this. I mean, the thoughts that befall us out of mistrust, hatred, and resentment, which most often blind the intellect and ruin its heavenly condition. St. Paul also advised us thus, saying that one "should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling."
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