Book: The Priest's Service Book
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Book: The Religion of the Russian People, by Pierre Pascal A lively study of Russian popular religion in the period of the great nineteenth-century novels, the last days of the Empire and the advent of the Revolution. Explores the Russian people's deep attachment to ritual and tradition.
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Book: The Rest of the Bible, by Theron Mathis An engaging and well-written introduction to all of the lesser known and read books of the Bible: the Readables, as St. Athanasius called them. Acquaint yourself with these books of Holy Scripture that the early Church Fathers accepted as canonical and which were universally accepted for the first 1,500 years of Christianity.
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Book: The Royal Passion-Bearers of Russia: Their Life and Service Price includes shipping.
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Book: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.
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Book: The Scent of Holiness, by Constantina Palmer Lessons from life in a women's monastery in Greece. Accessible and enjoyable.
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Book: The Sign of the Cross: the gesture, the mystery, the history “The book succeeds at translating the significance of the sign of the Cross into something personal and immediate.”
-Publishers Weekly
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Book: The Soul's Longing: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on Biblical Interpretation Utilizing all that is valuable in historical-critical and related research, Dr. Mary Ford demonstrates with force and clarity just why biblical hermeneutics needs to return to the perspectives and methods of early Christian interpreters, particularly those of Eastern Church tradition. Since the late Middle Ages, biblical interpretation in Western Christianity has been largely guided by historical-critical methodology. Highly useful for questions of "Introduction" (the "who, what, when, where and why" of biblical writings), it has nevertheless led to a serious "reductionism," represented most flagrantly today by members of the "Jesus Seminar." The indispensable link between exegesis and spiritual life has been largely obscured, with the result that concern for the Gospel promise of salvation has been sub
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Book: The Spiritual Father Prayer to Find a Spiritual Father: "O Lord, who desirest not the death of a sinner but that he should turn and live, Thou who didst come down to earth in order to restore life to those lying dead through sin and in order to make them worthy of seeing Thee the true light as far as that is possible to man, send me a man who knows Thee, so that in serving him and subjecting myself to him with all my strength, as to Thee, and in doing Thy will in his, I may please Thee the only true God, and so that even I, a sinner, may be worthy of Thy Kingdom".
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Book: The Truth of our Faith, by Elder Cleopa VOLUMES 1 AND 2 Discourses from Holy Scripture on the Tenets of Christian Orthodoxy
- Includes a short biography of the elder and a scriptural index
- Enriched with 29 photos & icons
2 volumes
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Book: The Truth: What Every Roman Catholic Should Know about the Orthodox Church Clark Carlton is the best selling author of THE FAITH and THE WAY, the most popular and widely used Orthodox catechism series in the English language. Mr. Carlton is an adjunct instructor of philosophy at Tennessee Technical University and holds a Master of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary as well as an MA in Early Christian Studies from Catholic University of America.
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Book: The Watchful Mind: Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart |
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Book: The Way to Nicaea, by Fr. John Behr Professor Behr does not take refuge in easy answers and his Orthodoxy is radical not conservative... This is, therefore, a demanding book, requiring of its readers careful attention: but such attention will be richly repaid.
-- Andrew Louth, from the Foreword
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Book: The Way, by Clark Carlton Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas:
"I recommend The Way to seekers of the truth, to Protestants or Roman Catholics who are trying to find their way to the Faith of the Apostles and to those Orthodox who have not fully understood why their Church makes the claims that it does."
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Book: The World of the Desert Fathers A slim volume packed with ancient Christian wisdom.
These stories and sayings of the Desert Fathers, in a translation by Columba Stewart, give insights into a tradition where words have a resonance beyond their surface meaning. They are intended to lead the reader further along the way of Christ. Columba Stewart provides an introduction to each section to help us understand the world of the early monks.
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Book: The Year of Grace of the Lord The Author:"A Monk of the Eastern Church" is the well-known pseudonym for Father Lev Gillet (1893-1980), who authored numerous volumes of biblical and spiritual reflections. United to the Orthodox Church in 1928, Father Lev Gillet was deeply imbued with Eastern monastic spirituality. In 1948 he was appointed chaplain to the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, dedicated to the work of Christian unity.
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Book: These Things We Believe: The Orthodox Defense of Reasonable Christian Faith Has God become irrelevant for the 21st Century? Is there anything left to believe in?
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Book: These Truths We Hold Written by a monk of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Monastery. These Truths We Hold is an extensive work, and is perhaps, one of the most complete English-language catechisms for those entering the Orthodox Faith or those who want to broaden their knowledge of what the Orthodox Church teaches. These Truths We Hold also makes a great group study book for the family or parish.
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Book: Thirst for Love and Truth: Encounters of Orthodox Theology and Psychological Science Author: Fr. Vasileios Thermos
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Book: Thoughts for Each Day of the Year according to the Daily Church Readings from the Word of God by St. Theophan the Recluse. Translated from the Russian by Lisa Marie Baranov. Short writings on the daily readings (or Feast) arranged chronologically. Excellent food for thought on a daily basis, each one being one page or less. Scriptural and topical index. 307 pages, softcover.
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