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"There are other introductory books about Orthodoxy, but they are all somewhat academic. This one comprehensively covers the history, theology, and practice without talking over your head. Mathewes-Green takes the original approach of bringing you into a typical church for a series of visits. That is how Christians learned the faith for most of history, by coming into a community and keeping their eyes and ears open. Designed primarily for newcomers...
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"Beautifully illustrated with icon photographs, this book guides you to a knowledge of icons, how they are created, and the prayerful details that draw you to God"--
"A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide to Russian icons - the "beating heart of the Christian East" Religious icons have been at the spiritual heart of the Christian East for nearly two thousand years. Their mysterious, peaceful quality and almost magnetic power can stop...
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"The Jesus Prayer has historically been passed on face-to-face, from one Christ-loving person to the next, down the generations ever since the desert saints. It is learned in a community of fellow-believers, all of whom are aware of their need and sin, trying daily to resist temptation better and love God more. As you form the habit of saying this prayer in the back of your mind all the time, it soaks into you, like dye into cotton, and colors the...
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The tools of Theosis (becoming like God) are made available, not only to special saints or monastics, but given to all Christians when they are baptized and chrismated. This book explores the countless tools that our Lord has placed at our disposal to enable us to move from being created in His image to becoming like Him. Orthodox Christians refer to this movement as Theosis (deification or Christification) and it is the goal of every Orthodox person.
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St. Paul clearly states: "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus..." (Phil 2:5.) How do we acquire this Mind of Christ and where is it to be found? For the Orthodox Christian, salvation is the acquisition of this Mind of Christ which is to be found in the Church. This acquisition moves us from the image of God to the likeness of God; through our obedience to this call we begin to know God and this knowledge is eternal life (John 17:3)....
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An excellent companion for those who are walking through the valley of the shadow of death due to the passing of a loved one. Combines superb insights on coping with grief along with the healing that comes from the spiritual resources of our Orthodox Christian faith down through the ages. Two-page chapters on facing pages are designed for daily reading and meditation. A most helpful gift for the bereaved individual or for church grief groups.
8) Journey to the Kingdom: An Insider's Look at the Liturgy and Beliefs of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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The Orthodox Liturgy is not just an act of worship, but a potentially life-changing journey. Fr Papavassiliou takes you through this journey with clarity and passion, exploring the Liturgy as a reflection of heavenly worship, and an invitation to enter the Kingdom of God. The hymns, prayers, creed and actions of the Liturgy are explained, covering subjects such as Communion, Trinity, baptism, sainthood, Resurrection, and much more. The book includes...
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This beginner's guide to the great 5-volume classic of Eastern Orthodox spirituality studies the many concepts addressed in the Philokalia. Each chapter focuses on a single spiritual concept explaining it as simply as possible. Chapters include - Watchfulness (Nepsis), Logismoi (Thoughts), Ascesis, Theosis, The Passion, Stillness (Hesychia), the Jesus Prayer, etc. A superb introduction to the Philokalia. Easy to read. Useful individually or studied...
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Sergius Bulgakov is thought by many to be the twentieth century's foremost Russian Orthodox theologian. The Bride of the Lamb is widely regarded as Bulgakov's magnum opus and, even more, as one of the greatest works ever produced in the modern Orthodox church. This book is now available in English thanks to esteemed translator Boris Jakim, along with an introduction to Bulgakov and his theological context.
For readers new to Russian religious thought,...
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Complied by the beloved Fr. Anthony M. Coniaris, Volume 4 offers a brief meditation for each day of the year (along with the saints commemorated) to help brings God's comfort, peace, and strength to those who are hurting from sorrow, suffering, grief, loneliness, and despair. "A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," Jesus understands the hurting heart as no one else can and offers redemptive meaning in suffering.
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One of the less formal but most important functions of parish ministry entails providing counseling to parishioners in need of sympathetic hearing and understanding advice from someone they personally know and trust. Jesus Wept provides a theological, psychological, and doctrinal foundation of the Eastern Orthodox Christian view of death that counselors can pass along to help the bereaved place the decedent's passing into proper spiritual context....
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Orthodox Christianity at the Crossroad:A Great Council of the ChurchWhen and WhyThe 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 decision-making process that moves the Church...
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The Desert Fathers and Mothers-those early Christian ascetics who withdrew from the world to seek God-have influenced the spiritual lives of many people, from Saint Augustine to Thomas Merton. Their words, sometimes inspiring and uplifting, sometimes agonizingly painful, sometimes humorous, always speak straight from the heart. They resonate through the centuries because they tell the story of the "deserted" soul in its pilgrimage from darkness to...
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The author demonstrates, through many powerful examples, how true balance occurs in life when we prioritize God, seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness. By exposing the many imbalances in contemporary life, Fr. Coniaris points out the need for a vital balance in prayer, love, work, play, etc. and exposes the dangers of living outside of such a balance. Choosing to pursue the virtue of (temperance) balance produces a more sane and healthy...
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El cristianismo ortodoxo es en la actualidad la tercera minoría religiosa en España por número de seguidores. Esta introducción a las iglesias ortodoxas presentes en España constituye una estupenda y pionera radiografía, profusamente ilustrada, de una realidad mucho más plural y presente de lo que pudiera parecer a primera vista.
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Orthodox Life is a Journal published six times a year in English. It provides inspiring but practical articles on the spiritual life, contemporary moral issues, practical matters of church life, theological questions, and book reviews. This digital edition includes fifty articles that appeared in Orthodox Life between July 2012 and December 2011. This is the first electronic edition of this classic journal.
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Covering an expanse of more than three thousand years,Hellenic Temples and Christian Churches charts, in one concise volume, the history of Greece's religious cultures from antiquity all the way through to present, post-independence Greece.
Focusing on the encounter and interaction between Hellenism and (Orthodox) Christianity, which is the most salient feature of Greece's religious landscape-influencing not only Greek religious history, but Greek...
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