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Wisdom from Mount Athos: The Writings of Staretz Silo

1 review
Siluan, A. Sophuney, ...

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2001

St. Silouan, pray for us!
From my friends I have learned to kiss not only precious people but precious objects, and holy ones. This is a book to read, to love and to kiss. It contains some sayings of St. Silouan the Athonite, a twentieth-century Russian Orthodox Christian monk living on Mt. Athos, compiled by his disciple Archimandrite Sophrony. St. Silouan never tires of praising the Holy Spirit, who enlightens us and ...

The Orthodox Church

1 review
Sergius Bulgakov

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1997

A Journey into Orthodoxy
The book opens with a forword by Fr. Thomas Hopko and it is best ignored when one starts to read this book. Fr. Hopko's forword praises Bulgakov and belittles Bulgakov, reflecting the ambivalent attitude towards Fr. Bulgakov in certain Orthodox circles. Ch. 1 "The Church" Ch. 2 "The Church as Tradition" Ch. 3 "The Hierarchy" Ch. 4 "The Unity of the Church" Ch. 5 "The Sanctity of the Church" Ch. 6 ...

Byzantium and the Rise of Russia: A Study of Byzantino-Russian Relations in the Fourteenth Century

2 reviews
John Meyendorff

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1997

outstanding history
This is an excellent buy for the serious amateur history buff, especially those interested in the interplay of medieval religious and political factions in 14th century Europe. Meyendorff does a superb job of describing how Byzantium maintained its political influence despite its declining economic and military prowess. His focus is on Constantinople, but the intrigues of Russia, Lithuania and ...

Christ Is in Our Midst: Letters from a Russian Monk

1 review
Fa John

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1996

True Christian Love
The letters of people 'in the world' are full of the boundless love of an elder, who lived his life in Russia and Finland in the Valaam Monasteries. Skhemaigumen John had a vast correspondence that was collected in the fifties by a small group of people. Here is a short extract form the book: In our Monastery life goes silently on although the brothers are quite old, just like in an old peoples ...

The Jesus Prayer

3 reviews
Lev Gillet; Kallistos (FWD) Ware

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1987

A Wonderful Overview
This book is a wonderful overview of the Jesus Prayer. As a bonues there is even simple instruction and advice on how to practice this prayer yourself. Recommended!

The Communion of Love

7 reviews
Matthew the Poor, Matta El-Maskeen

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2004

Koinonia of Love; An Introduction to Coptic Piety
Communion is a Verb: The Title Communion of Love; Koinonia, in both Coptic and Greek means fellowship or communion of the Christians with each other and with The Father through His only begotten Son IC XC: Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit; "God is Love, who abides in love abides in God, and God in him". 1 John 5:16. Accordingly, the abbot of St. Macarius narrates in his tightly packed confession ...

The Orthodox Way

31 reviews
Kallistos Ware

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1995

... should be called "The Christian Way" ... it's that Good
While I am an Evangelical Protestant, I have enjoyed this book tremendously. Often, when reading various passages, I felt that this book should be re-named "The Christian Way" because of the orthodox truths presented. REMEMBER: "orthodox" is an adjective "Orthodox" is an important branch of Christianity (and one of the most ancient one). While this book is not a systematic theology of the ...

Thinking Through Faith: New Perspectives from Orthodox Christian Scholars (Zacchaeus Venture)

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2008

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 of the Orthodox faith, tenets that the authors present from fresh perspectives that appeal to ...

The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church

1 review
John Meyendorff

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2000

The Byzantine Mind
Fr. John Meyendorff, who died about ten years ago, was one of the leading spokesman for Eastern Orthodoxy in the Western world. Haven written more than a score of books, he remains a respected guide into the mind and heart of the east. His thoughts are balanced, very informed, and full of insights that weigh the best of past and present scholarship. Combined with an almost freaky familiarity with ...

Imperial Unity And Christian Divisions: The Church from 450-680 (Church in History, Vol 2)

2 reviews
John Meyendorff

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1989

The period of ecumenical counclis
The late Father John Meyendorff was a deeply knowledgeable historian of Christianity, who, unlike most of his peers was Orthodox, but also of the west. Church history has lost a major scholar and writer. The material in this volume covers a period during which the Roman government at Constantinople sought to unify the church. Unfortunately, many regions (Egypt and Syria, as well as those areas ...

Sweeter Than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma And Truth (Foundations Series, Bk. 3)

4 reviews
Peter C. Bouteneff

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2006

Not just answers - also the important questions
Calling a book popular can signal many things, some good and some not. What the label "popular" often means is that the book provides more answers than questions. To make a complicated subject accessible to lay people, the popular book often papers over the vexing questions that experts debate, and simply provides easily digestible answers to those complex questions. Bouteneff's book is ...

St. Innocent: Apostle to America
Paul D. Garrett

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1979

Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue

2 reviews
Jim Forest

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2007

Daving others in a time of horror
Jim Forest has brought us many wonderful books about the spiritual life, looks at icons and praying with them, a recent exceptional vision of pilgrimage as a way of life: The Road to Emmaus, his fine biography of Thomas Merton, Living with wisdom, an examination of the Beatitudes. only to cite several. This children's book takes the reader into a terrible time, one in which whole families were ...

The Challenge of Ou Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History

5 reviews
John H. Erickson

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1997

Canon, Meaning and Relevance
Professor Erickson, former Dean of St Vladimir's, does us a favor in reminding us that canon law is not supposed to be legalistic. That may sound like an oxymoron, but it is true nonetheless. Using the canons as if they were self-interpreting is dangerous since it takes away the spirit of the rule, which is to bring us into a life-giving union with God in Christ Jesus. Rather, canons are to be ...

The Divine Liturgy

1 review

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2005

Devine Liturgy
I love this Book. I bough it for my Church Choir, and it is awesome

Liturgy and Tradition: Theological Reflections of Alexander Schmemann

2 reviews

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1990

Reflections that Go to the Soul
Father Schmemann was one of those extraordinary theologions who delved into the heart of the matter. His strength in theological reflections is in the liturgy and editor Thomas Fisch nicely gathers the right material for this expose on Father Schmemanns thoughts on the Eucharists in particular and the liturgy in general. The introduction is written by Fisch and concisely puts into perspective ...

Celebration of Faith

1 review
Alexander Schmemann

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2001

Outstanding Introduction to the Nicean-Constantinopolitan Creed
The book is little more than a transcript of Radio Liberty Broadcasts pumped into communist Russia during the Cold War. Fr. A. knew his audience: atheists, agnostics and those clinging to what remained of a brutally persecuted Christian Church. This book, while outlining and explaining the Creed --the common symbol of faith for all Christians-- begins with the question: what is belief? It is here ...

Ages of the Spiritual Life

2 reviews
Paul Evdokimov, Michael Plekon, ...

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1998

beautiful look at Christian spirituality thru history
As co-translator of this book, an Evdokimov scholar and Orthodox priest, it's a joy to share the insight of this lay theologian of our time. This is a challenging,rich journey through our century's crisis of faith,Christian spirituality's development,especially monasticism's gifts, and how authentic spiritual life can be lived today.

St Paul's Epistle to the Romans: A Pastoral Commentary
Dmitri Royster

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2008

Written with the average lay reader in mind, this pastoral commentary on the Epistle to the Romans offers readers a clear explanation of the Apostle Paul s influential and controversial letter. Quotations from church fathers and parallel expressions from Scripture create a methodology consistent with Orthodox tradition. By also using hymns and texts from the Orthodox liturgical services, the author supplies deeper and broader contexts for ...

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