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The Love Chapter: The Meaning of First Corinthians 13 — John Chrysostom (Author), Frederica Mathewes-Green (Foreword)

St. Paul was the first to really define love. St. John Chrysostom unpacks it. One of the most important passages in the Scriptures, First Corinthians 13 is often read and rarely followed. Medieval theologian, John Chrysostom, was called the “golden-mouthed” one, for the eloquence of his preaching. His reputation extended from his native East to... 

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... 

The Orthodox Church — Timothy Ware

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... 

Encountering the Mystery: Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today — Pat. Bartholomew I

Starred Review. Although the 16-year reign of the patriarch of the Orthodox Christian communion has largely gone unnoticed in America, this new book should serve to raise his profile considerably. Like some of his Western counterparts, the popes of Rome, Bartholomew has used his position to speak out against the ravages of the global economy and has... 

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... 

The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today’s World

The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible. Orthodox Christianity is the face of ancient Christianity to the modern world and embraces the second largest body of Christians in the world. In this first-of-its-kind study Bible, the Bible is presented with commentary from the ancient Christian... 

Light from the Christian East: An Introduction to the Orthodox Tradition — James R. Payton

To many people, the Orthodox Christian tradition (or Eastern Orthodoxy) seems unfamiliar and mysterious. Yet this tradition is arguably the most faithful representative of early Christianity in existence today and numbers roughly 250 million adherents worldwide. What’s more, a steady stream of evangelical Christians has been entering the Orthodox... 

The Philokalia: The Eastern Christian Spiritual Texts–selections Annotated & Explained — Allyne Smith

The Eastern Christian “Love of the Beautiful” can be a companion on your own spiritual journey A collection of writings by monks from the fourth to fifteenth centuries, the Philokalia more than any other text reflects the Eastern Church’s interpretation of the Bible’s meaning. Simply translated, the title means “love of... 

Facing East: A Pilgrim’s Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy — Frederica Mathewes-Green

The homespun mingles with the majestic in this affectionate account of a family’s romance with an ancient form of Christianity. The author, a columnist for the Religion News Service, was a lapsed Roman Catholic who tried Hinduism before becoming a charismatic Episcopalian; her husband, Fr. Gregory, pastor of the Holy Cross Mission in Baltimore,... 

The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality — Kyriacos C. Markides

The spiritual traditions of the Eastern Orthodox Church are all but unknown to most Christians in the West, who often think of Christianity as split into two camps: Bible-based Protestantism and sacramental Catholicism. Yet in The Mountain of Silence, sociologist Kyriacos Markides suggests that Orthodox spirituality offers rich resources for Western... 

Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture — Jaroslav Pelikan

Writing for the general reader, eminent church historian Pelikan proposes that, while the figure of Jesus provides the chief continuity in the history of Christianity, each age has depicted him in accordance with its own character. He demonstrates this in 18 brief yet magisterial essays, each describing an image of Jesus and its significance for a... 

Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future — Fr. Seraphim Rose

What is the ancient Christian understanding of today’s UFO sightings? What is behind the Charismatic Movement? What phenomena are assaulting Christianity in our modern world? How can Christians avoid being caught up in the Apostasy? ORTHODOXY AND THE RELIGION OF THE FUTURE examines in eight chapters these and similar questions facing Christians... 

For the Life of the World — Alexander Schmemann

Occasionally one will stumble upon a book so filled with simple Christian wisdom as to take one’s breath away. Such is the case with For the Life of the World by the late Orthodox writer Alexander Schmemann. Originally written as a study guide on the Sacraments for a conference, the impact was so great it was decided to make the study more widely... 

The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church — Vladimir Lossky

In his classic exposition of the theology of the Church, Lossky states that the Eastern Tradition…”has never made a sharp distinction between mysticism and theology; between personal experience of the divine mysteries and the dogma affirmed bu the Church.” The term “mystical theology” denotes that which is accessible yet... 

The Orthodox Way — Timothy Ware

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... 

Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith — Fr. Peter E. Guilquist

Becoming Orthodox by Peter Gillquist is a first-person account of the spiritual journey of a group of evangelical Christians over a period of fifteen years to their reception into the Antiochian Orthodox Church. Many of them had been involved in Campus Crusade for Christ during the sixties and had remained in contact with each other during the seventies... 

The Way of the Pilgrim — Helen Bacovin (trans.)

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... 

The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence — Steven Runciman

This is Sir Steven Runciman’s established and widely admired classic account of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, first published in 1968. The Great Church, as the Greeks called the Orthodox Patriarchate, was the spiritual centre of the Byzantine world. The Church’s survival during the four centuries of Turkish rule which followed the...