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Freedom, Faith, and Dogma: Essays by V. S. Soloviev on Christianity and Judaism V.S. Soloviev

Available July, 2009. Often remembered for his association with the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, V. S. Soloviev (1853-1900) remains the foremost representative of ecumenism in nineteenth-century Russia. Working in the name of the Universal Church, with the goal of restoring its unity, he often criticized the institutional churches severely...   [More...]

Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew I John Chryssavgis (editor)

In the past decade the world has witnessed alarming environmental degradation (negative climate change, loss of biodiversity, the pollution of natural resources) and a continued failure to implement meaningful environmental policies. During the same decade, one religious leader has discerned the signs of the times, calling attention to the growing...   [More...]

The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God — Frederica Mathewes-Green

Available October 21, 2009. In the earliest centuries of faith, Christians in the deserts of Palestine and Africa sought a short prayer that could be easily repeated, in order to acquire the habit of “prayer without ceasing.” The result was The Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” This jewel of Eastern Christianity...   [More...]

God Knows There’s Need: Christian Responses to Poverty — Susan R. Holman

The subject of poverty is rich in meanings and associations, among them hunger, stench, disease, disfigurement, shame, revulsion, and loss. It is a topic that has preoccupied the mind and hearts of the faithful since the inception of Christianity. In this insightful volume, Susan R. Holman blends personal memoir and scholarly research into ancient...   [More...]

Apocalyptic Thought in Early Christianity — Robert J. Daly

Apocalyptic Thought in Early Christianity explores how early Christian understandings of apocalyptic writings and teachings are reflected in the theology, social practices, and institutions of the early church. Experts on patristic and Byzantine Christianity present substantial samplings of biblical interpretation, theology, and visual art from first-millennium...   [More...]

Hidden and Triumphant: The Underground Struggle to Save Russian Iconography — Irina Yazykova

Translated by Paul Grenier Foreword by Frederica Mathewes-Green Despite persecution and the destruction of monasteries and much of religious life, a small group of iconographers kept the ancient story and practice alive. In Hidden and Triumphant, Irina Yazykova tells the dramatic history of the Russian Orthodox icon in the 20th century. She tells the...   [More...]

Orthodox Christianity At The Crossroad: A Great Council Of The Church ? When And Why — George Matsoukas

The purpose of publishing the papers presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of Orthodox Christian Laity is to improve “lay and clergy literacy” on the conference topic of “The Need for a Great and Holy Council.” The papers are presented with the hope that the information will motivate the faithful to participate in the conciliar...   [More...]

At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy — Frederica Mathewes-Green

The wonderful title of this book gives a glimpse into its subject: a life at the crossroads of everyday life in America and the timeless rituals in a Christian Orthodox service. Full of information about this ancient church, Mathewes-Greene–author of Facing East and a columnist for Christianity Today–uses a style that is both quirky and...   [More...]

A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria — John Mason Neale

The first volume of an ambitious project to document the history of the early church, The Patriarchate of Alexandria is one of John Mason Neale’s crowning achievements. Meticulously researched, Neale’s treatment of the early church in Egypt is among the required reading of any student of oriental Christianity still today. Beginning with the traditions...   [More...]

Simple Guides The Orthodox Church — Katherine Clark

THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU • to appreciate the depth and beauty of the dominant form of Christianity in Greece, Russia and much of Eastern Europe • to understand the tenets, nature and holy days of Orthodox belief • to recognize the physical features of an Orthodox church, and the spiritual significance of icons • to know what to expect and how...   [More...]

The Orthodox Confession Of The Catholic And Apostolic Eastern Church (1762)

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.  Read More →

Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians Thomas F. X. Noble

In the year 726 CE, the Byzantine emperor Leo III issued an edict declaring images to be idols, forbidden by Exodus, and ordering all such images in churches to be destroyed. Thus was set off the first wave of Byzantine iconoclasm, which ran its violent course until 787, when the underlying issues were temporarily resolved at the Second Council on...   [More...]

La iglesia de los ortodoxos — Olivier Clement

Perfect for those interested in learning more about other faiths, this unique collection offers an in-depth look at the major religions of the world. Rich with fascinating facts, each edition includes illustrations, photographs, glossaries, and information on the history, customs, and doctrines of each religion. By offering readers a deeper understanding...   [More...]

Armenian Golgotha — Grigoris Balakian

On the night of April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian, an Armenian priest, and more than two hundred other Armenian politicians and intellectuals were arrested in Constantinople. Soon, Armenians across Turkey were massacred or forced to join a death march to the desert of Der Zor. Balakian walked among the displaced for months before he fled, disguising...   [More...]

Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy — Adrian Pabst

This book presents the first debate between the Anglo-Catholic movement Radical Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodox theologians. Leading international scholars offer new insights and reflections on a wide range of contemporary issues from a specifically theological and philosophical perspective. The ancient notion of divine Wisdom (Sophia) serves as a common...   [More...]

Chrysostom: A Study in the History of Biblical Interpretation — Frederic Henry Chase

Reprint of a classic first published in 1887.  Read More →

The Annointing of the Sick — Paul Meyendorf

Review Based on an exacting investigation into the history of the rite, the author makes compelling proposals for recapturing its original spirit in parish life, at a time when the care of the sick a matter of grave concern. –V. Rev. Fr. M Daniel Findikyan Ph.D. St Nersess Armenian Seminary Description The healing ministry of Jesus Christ is...   [More...]

The Burning Bush: On the Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God Sergius Bulgakov

One of the 20th century’s leading Orthodox theologians, Bulgakov here refutes the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception and discusses the Orthodox veneration of the mother of God. Grounded in gospel witness and liturgical tradition, his consideration of the personal sinlessness of Mary includes perspectives from sophiology, anthropology,...   [More...]

Padre Arsenio, 1893–1973: Sacerdote, Prisionero, Padre Espirit — Carmen Gloria Burgos

En Español por primera vez! Este conmovedor relato de las experiencias de un sacerdote ortodoxo ruso en un campo de concentración (gulag) bajo el régimen de Stalin fue publicado originalmente como una colección de escritos secretos (samizdat) en la Rusia soviética. Padre Arsenio,un experto en arte eclesiástico quien llegó a ser el Prisionero...   [More...]

Origen and Greek Patristic Theology — William Fairweather

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.  Read More →

A Light Burden: My Life as an Orthodox Christian Logos Pilgrim

I sing like a plain, unexceptional black-feathered bird. With every stroke of my pen, I sing my modest song of worship, not always melodiously. I am reduced to more or less efficacious poetic words; I am not like the eagles who soar and fly with their powerful wings and supply meat to their young. I am a tiny, easily chilled bird, pecking at seeds...   [More...]

Saint Methodios of Constantinople: A Study of His Life and Works — George Peter Bithos

Saint Methodios of Constantinople: A Study of His Life and Works is the first full-scale study in English of the life and work of the great Patriarch of Constantinople, St. Methodios the Confessor (843-847). It was under him that the end of the second and final stage of the iconoclastic dispute came about. Patriarch Methodios was also responsible for...   [More...]

Matthew and The Canon Paul Nadim Tarazi

This is the fourth and final volume of Fr. Tarazi’s New Testament introduction tetralogy. In addition to his exegesis on the Book of Matthew, Fr. Tarazi discusses the formation of the New Testament canon and the Gospel of Matthew, which he argues was intentionally written as the closing book within this canon. “Fr. Tarazi’s application...   [More...]

The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies — Elizabeth Jeffreys

The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies deals with the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Late Roman Empire, from the fourth to the fourteenth century. Its centre was the city formerly known as Byzantium, refounded as Constantinople in 324 CE, the present-day Istanbul. Under its emperors, patriarchs, and all-pervasive...   [More...]

The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire c.500-1492 — Jonathan Shepard

Byzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled ‘emperors of the Romans’. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and structural changes, yet recovered repeatedly from disaster: even after the near-impregnable Constantinople fell in 1204, variant forms of the empire reconstituted themselves. The Cambridge History of the...   [More...]

The Beauty of the Unity and the Harmony of the Whole: The Concept of Theosis in the Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite — Vladimir Kharlamov

This book traces the emergence and development of the dei?cation theme in Greek Patristic theology with its subsequent transformation into the theology of theosis in Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. The main focus is to study the dei?cation theme as it is situated in the complex context of its historical development and, thus, to avoid the commonly...   [More...]

Sexuality, Marriage, and Celibacy in Byzantine Law — Matthew Blastares

Matthew Blastares compiled the most important legal collection of the late Byzantine Empire, a collection that Orthodox ecclesiastical judges continued to use in the Ottoman Empire. The collection ranges from church law that any Christian might recognize to laws that seem bizarre to the modern eye (such as multiple restrictions on menstruating women)...   [More...]

Touching Heaven: Discovering Orthodox Christianity on the Island of Valaam — John Oliver and Jonah Paffhausen

“Deep in a northern Russian forest of jade and brown, far from any hint of civilization, Valaam monastery sinks into the seasons of the year as it has for a thousand years before….” So begins the story of John Oliver, a young American on a journey of discovery— a journey that leads him to an ancient Russian monastery, a place of peace...   [More...]

Person and Eros — Christos Yannaras

Person and Eros is probably one of the most important theological works to be published in Greece in the twentieth century. It addresses the question of how we encounter the ultimate reality we call God. Christos Yannaras argues that the intellectual ascent to first principles which is characteristic of the Western philosophical tradition is based...   [More...]

A Noble Task: Entry into the Clergy in the First Five Centuries — Lewis J. Patsavos

This book presents a rich collection of key texts from the Fathers and early councils setting out what was expected in moral and educational terms from aspirants to the clergy in the early Christian centuries. Hitherto students of the early church have had to search for this material in a variety of different publications. Here they will find it translated...   [More...]

The Hermit, the Icon, and the Emperor: The Holy Virgin Comes to Cyprus — Chrissi Hart

Long ago on the island of Cyprus, a cuckoo sang a prophetic song that started a series of mysterious adventures. A hermit had a vision, a proud and selfish governor was stricken with paralysis, and a princess lay dying.All these events were part of a plan-God’s plan-to bring the very first icon of the Mother of God, painted by the Evangelist...   [More...]

Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives — Peter C. Bouteneff

What are we missing when we look at the creation narratives of Genesis only or primarily through the lens of modern discourse about science and religion? Theologian Peter Bouteneff explores how first-millennium Christian understandings of creation can inform current thought in the church and in the public square. He reaches back into the earliest centuries...   [More...]

First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew — Frederica Mathewes-Green

Join Frederica Mathewes-Green on a guided retreat—ideal for the Lenten season—through the classic Great Canon, a wise, ancient, Orthodox text that will enrich your experience of spirituality and prayer. First Fruits of Prayer will bring readers of all denominational backgrounds into the prayer experience of first millennium Christianity through...   [More...]

Macarius of Jerusalem: Letter to the Armenians, AD 335 — Abraham Terian

In his Letter to the Armenians, Macarius, Bishop of Jerusalem, draws on local tradition to respond to queries by the nascent Armenian Church regarding baptism and the Eucharist. He addresses his letter to Vrtanes, elder son and second successor to Gregory the Illuminator as head of the Armenian Church, and reveals much about the nature of pre-Nicene...   [More...]

Orthodox Readings of Augustine — George E. Demacopoulos

The engagement of the Latin and Byzantine theological traditions of old formed the strongest pillar of the Oecumenical faith. It is a delight to see it set up straight again in this current and lively collection of essays. –John McGuckin, Columbia University This is a magnificent contribution to the current trends in patristic reception- history,...   [More...]

Commentary on Isaiah: Volume I: Chapters 1-14 — St. Cyril of Alexandria

Available for the first time in a modern English translation, this imposing work by one of the great churchmen of the fifth century had been neglected on library shelves in a less-than-accessible Greek edition. Cyril of Alexandria wrote his Commentary on Isaiah during a time of ecclesiastical and theological peace, in the years before the Nestorian...   [More...]

Thinking Through Faith: New Perspectives from Orthodox Christian Scholars — Aristotle Papanikolaou

Within these pages a younger generation of Orthodox scholars in America takes up the perennial task of transmitting the meaning of Christianity to a particular time and culture. This collection of twelve essays, as the title Thinking Through Faith implies, is the result of six years of reflective conversation and collaboration regarding core beliefs...   [More...]

The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to the History, Doctrine, and Spiritual Culture — Fr. John Anthony McGuckin

Review “McGuckin’s hope that his book may contribute to the dialogue between East and West deserves to be realised.” (Church Times, October 2008) “This is an unparalleled introduction to the Orthodox Church. Comprehensive in its scope, surveying the history and present state of the Church, it is also bold and fresh in its presentation...   [More...]

Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society — Susan R. Holman

Wealth and poverty are issues of perennial importance in the life and thought of the church. This volume brings patristic thought to bear on these vital issues. The contributors offer explanations of poverty in the New Testament period, explore developments among Christians in Egypt and Asia Minor and in early Byzantium, and connect patristic theology...   [More...]

Surprised by Christ: My Journey from Judaism to Orthodox Christianity — Fr. A. James Bernstein

Raised in Brooklyn by formerly Orthodox Jewish parents whose faith had been undermined by the Holocaust, Arnold Bernstein went on his own personal quest for spiritual meaning. He was ready to accept God in whatever form He chose to reveal Himself and that form turned out to be Christ. But Bernstein soon perceived discrepancies in the various forms...   [More...]

Encountering the Mystery — Patriarch Bartholomew

“Orthodoxy is neither just a theological system nor just a set of liturgical disciplines; it is in the most serious and full sense wisdom – a perspective of Spirit-led insight that transforms both vision and action. In this exceptional book, Patriarch Bartholomew inducts his readers into this wisdom and demonstrates with authority how it bears...   [More...]

Lynette’s Hope: The Witness of Lynette Katherine Hoppe’s Life and Death — Luke Veronis

In frank and poignant prose, Lynette’s journals, newsletters, and website chronicled her struggles in the ‘valley of the shadow’ as she faced impending death. Close family friend and fellow missionary Fr. Luke Veronis briefly tells the story of Lynette s life, then lets her writing speak for itself, showing how Lynette’s radical...   [More...]

Drita: An Albanian Girl Discovers Her Ancestors’ Faith — Renee Ritsi

This book vividly and beautifully captures the joy and excitement of the spirit of missions and resurrection in what was formerly one of the most totalitarian and militantly atheistic regimes in the world. Drita is a great way to introduce our children to this essential spirit of the Christian life. –Fr. Luke A. Veronis, editor of Lynette’s...   [More...]

Baby Moses (Old Testament Stories for Children) — Mother Melania

The princess took him as her own, And now as Moses he was known For from the Nile the princess drew The child whose life began anew. Everywhere in the Old Testament, the Fathers of the Church see Christ, the Theotokos, and the Church revealed. The Fathers always understood the Old Testament in light of the New. Moses in the basket is a type of baptism....   [More...]

Shepherding the Flock: The Pastoral Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy and to Titus (The Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series) — Lawrence Farley

The latest volume in Fr. Lawrence Farley’s Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series, Shepherding the Flock: The Pastoral Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy and to Titus, combines a fresh, literal translation of the pastoral epistles with verse-by-verse commentary written “for the average layman, for the non-professional who feels a bit intimidated...   [More...]

Moses’ Flight from Egypt (Old Testament Stories for Children) — Mother Melania

Everywhere in the Old Testament, the Fathers of the Church see Christ, the Theotokos, and the Church revealed. The Fathers always understood the Old Testament in light of the New. Moses in the basket is a type of baptism. Jacob crossed his hands to bless Joseph’s younger son (Ephraim) over his older son (Manasseh) — a prefiguring both of...   [More...]

The Hidden Man of the Heart (1 Peter 3:4): The Cultivation of the Heart in Orthodox Christian Anthropology — Archimandrite Zacharias

The Hidden Man of the Heart consists of a series of presentations on the place of the heart in the spiritual life of the Christian, with special reference to the writings of St. Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938) Elder Sophrony of Essex (1896-1993). Delivered in Wichita, Kansas at the 2007 Clergy Brotherhood Retreat of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian...   [More...]

Restoring the Unity in Faith: The Orthodox-Oriental Orthodox Theological Dialogue

Since the fifth century, the Christian East has been divided over the theological description of the reality of Jesus Christ. For the past five decades, the two families of churches, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox, have been cooperating to restore unity in the faith. Church leaders, theologians, and lay people are working to bridge the gaps in language,...   [More...]