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Gilbert Keith Chesterton called himself a "pagan" at 12 and was agnostic by 16. He then developed a personal, positive philosophy that turned out to be orthodox Christianity. First published in 1908, when he was 35, this intellectual and spiritual autobiography combines simplicity with subtlety in a model apologetic for those who face the same materialism and anti-supernaturalism as the "man at war with his... (more)

The Orthodox Church: New Edition

by Kallistos

Since its first publication thirty years ago, Timothy Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard introduction to the Orthodox Church. Orthodoxy continues to be a subject of enormous interest among Western Christians, and the author believes that an understanding of its standpoint is necessary before the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches can be reunited. He... (more)

The Orthodox Way

by Kallistos

This book is a general account of the doctrine, worship and life of Orthodox Christians by the author of the now classic The Orthodox Church. It raises the basic issues of theology: God is hidden yet revealed; the problem with evil; the nature of salvation; the meaning of faith; prayer; death and what lies beyond. In so doing, it helps to fill the need for modern Orthodox catechism. Yet this book is not a mere... (more)

The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way: A New Translation

The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way: A New Translation

This classic work of Russian spirituality tells of an anonymous peasant's quest for the secret of prayer. The Pilgrim searches high and low to know what St. Paul meant when he said that Christians should pray always. Each new stop becomes a home for a moment for this happy wanderer who has only a knapsack and a few crusts of bread, but who finds goodness and plenty wherever he goes.

Orthodox PsychotherapyMetropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos

Orthodox Psychotherapy

by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos

Mudhouse Sabbath

by Lauren F. Winner

Despite her conversion from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity, Lauren Winner finds that her life is still shaped by the spiritual essences of Judaism---rich traditions and religious practices that she can't leave behind. In MUDHOUSE SABBATH, Winner illuminates eleven spiritual practices that can transform the way we view the world, and God. Whether discussing her own prayer life, the spirituality of... (more)

The Philokalia : The Complete Text (Vol. 2)

The Philokalia : The Complete Text (Vol. 2)

by G. E. H. Palmer, Kallistos Ware, Nicodemus, Makarios, Philip Sherrard, Kallistos

The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence in the recent history of the Orthodox Church far greater than that of any book apart from the Bible. It is concerned with themes of... (more)

The End of Liberal Theology: Contemporary Challenges to Evangelical Orthodoxy

The End of Liberal Theology: Contemporary Challenges to Evangelical Orthodoxy

by Peter Toon

The Inner Kingdom: The Collected Works (Ware, Kallistos, Works. Vol. 1.)

The Inner Kingdom: The Collected Works (Ware, Kallistos, Works. Vol. 1.)

by Kallistos

This is a revised and expanded version of a book that has appeared in French, Italian, and Greek. It focuses on themes central to Eastern Christian worship and spiritual life and serves as an introduction to the series of six volumes of Bishop Kallistos' collected works. The opening chapter recounts the author's journey to Orthodoxy. The next two chapters provide profound and illuminating insights on death,... (more)

Deification in Eastern Orthodox Theology: An Evaluation and Critique of the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae (Paternoster Biblical and Theological Monographs)

Deification in Eastern Orthodox Theology: An Evaluation and Critique of the Theology of Dumitru Staniloae (Paternoster Biblical and Theological Monographs)

by Emil Bartos

Bartos studies a fundamental yet neglected aspect of Orthodox theology: deification. By examining the doctrines of anthropology, christology, soteriology and ecclesiology as they relate to deification, he provides an important contribution to contemporary dialogue between Eastern and Western theologians.

In the Light of Christ: Saint Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022 : Life-Spirituality-Doctrine)

In the Light of Christ: Saint Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022 : Life-Spirituality-Doctrine)

by Vasilii?

This authoritative work gives Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022 AD), monk and later abbot of the monastery of St Mamas, the place he deserves as a spiritual renovator, the first and perhaps greatest Byzantine mystic. Drawing on Scripture and certain traditions of the Early Church, Symeon explores the theory and practice of contemplation, culminating in a direct perception of the Divine Light. Always more the... (more)

Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way

by Matta? al-Miski?n

Saints who experience the power of prayer say it gives them wings to fly: wings of elation from being in proximity with Jesus Christ and relief from the burden of a sinful conscience. Once engulfed in the grace of the Holy Spirit, the person in prayer experiences death to sin, resurrection in the Spirit, and mystical ascension to the Father. The visible touches the Invisible, and joy wells up in the human heart.... (more)

The Prologue of Ohrid: Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies for Every Day of the Year (Volume 2: July to December)

The Prologue of Ohrid: Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies for Every Day of the Year (Volume 2: July to December)

by St. Nikolai Velimirovic

St Nikolai of Zica (Velimirovic) (1880-1956) has been called the "Serbian Chrysostom" for his theological depth and golden-tongued eloquence. Now for the first time, a complete and unabridged English translation of St. Nikolai's Prologue of Ohrid has been made available. St. Nikolai's Prologue has become a much-loved spiritual classic for Orthodox Christians worldwide. An inspirational source-book of the... (more)

The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God

The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God

by St. John Maximovitch, John Maximovitch

This concise work is a classic exposition of how the Christian Church has venerated the Mother of God throughout the ages, and the chief errors which have attacked this veneration. It clearly tells why the Virgin Mary should be honored by all generations, but not considered a co-redemptress along with Jesus Christ, the only Savior of the world. "For He hath looked upon the lowliness of His handmaiden; for,... (more)

Christ in His Saints

by Michael Keiser, Patrick Henry Reardon

This is a book for those of us who are struggling to establish an effective prayer life. Written neither for monastics or scholars, A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer speaks to the average man or woman on the street who desires a deeper relationship with God but is unsure how or where to begin. Drawing from nearly 2000 years of Orthodox spiritual wisdom, the author offers warm, practical, pastoral advice whose genius is... (more)

The Lenten Spring: Readings for Great Lent

The Lenten Spring: Readings for Great Lent

by Thomas Hopko

The Church welcomes the Lenten spring with a spirit of exultation...with the enthusiasm of a child... The tone of the church services is one of brightness and light. Thus the author begins the first of forty meditation on Great Lent, casting out the gloom and darkness with which many Christians approach this holy season and revealing, in a simple, clear and beautiful manner, its true meaning. In his... (more)

The Festal MenaionMother Mary, Bishop of Diokleia Kallistos, Kallistos Ware

The Festal Menaion

by Kallistos

Containing the variable texts for all the services of the Twelve Great Feasts of Christ and the Mother of God.

Springtime of the Liturgy: Liturgical Texts of the First Four Centuries (Classics in Liturgy)

Springtime of the Liturgy: Liturgical Texts of the First Four Centuries (Classics in Liturgy)

by Deiss

Text: English, French (translation)

Montanism: Gender, Authority and the New Prophecy

Montanism: Gender, Authority and the New Prophecy

by Christine Trevett

The rise of Montanism was important in the history of the early Church. This prophetic movement survived for centuries after its beginnings in the second half of the second century and was a challenge to the developing Catholic tradition. Montanism looks at its teachings and the response of other Christians to it. To an unusual degree Montanism allowed public religious activity and church office to women. This is... (more)

Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity Through Two Centuries

Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity Through Two Centuries

by Sergei Kan

In "Memory Eternal", Sergei Kan combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years. As a native speaker of Russian with eighteen years of fieldwork experience among the Tlingit, Kan is uniquely qualified to relate... (more)

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by G. K. Chesterton

by Kallistos

by Kallistos

by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos

by Lauren F. Winner

by G. E. H. Palmer, Kallistos Ware, Nicodemus, Makarios, Philip Sherrard, Kallistos

by Peter Toon

by Kallistos

by Emil Bartos

by Vasilii?

by Matta? al-Miski?n

by St. Nikolai Velimirovic

by St. John Maximovitch, John Maximovitch

by Michael Keiser, Patrick Henry Reardon

by Thomas Hopko

by Kallistos

by Deiss

by Christine Trevett

by Sergei Kan