The Orthodox Way
Title | The Orthodox Way PDF eBook |
Author | Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) |
Publisher | St Vladimir's Seminary Press |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Christianity |
ISBN | 9780913836583 |
First published in 1979.
Welcome to the Orthodox Church
Title | Welcome to the Orthodox Church PDF eBook |
Author | Frederica Mathewes-Green |
Publisher | Paraclete Press |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2015-04-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1612614345 |
Welcome to the Orthodox Church—its history, theology, worship, spirituality, and daily life. This friendly guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Orthodoxy, but with a twist: readers learn by making a series of visits to a fictitious church, and get to know the faith as new Christians did for most of history, by immersion. Mathews-Green provides commentary and explanations on everything from how to “venerate” an icon, the Orthodox understanding of the atonement, to the Lenten significance of tofu. It’s the perfect book for inquirers and newcomers, but even readers who have been Orthodox all their lives say they learned things they never knew before. Enjoyable, easy-to-read, and leavened with humor, Welcome to the Orthodox Church is a gracious guide to the ancient faith of the Christian East.
Orthodox Prayer Life
Title | Orthodox Prayer Life PDF eBook |
Author | Mattá (al-Miskīn) |
Publisher | St Vladimir's Seminary Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Prayer |
ISBN | 9780881412505 |
This volume evolved experientially: the fruit of fifty-five years of solitude by a contemporary Coptic Orthodox desert monk besieged by prayer. Fr Matta's prayer life initially was formed under the direction of the sayings of the Russian Fathers, and later expanded under the direction of other Fathers, both Eastern and Western. He imparts to his readers "a whole course" on prayer.
Facing East
Title | Facing East PDF eBook |
Author | Frederica Mathewes-Green |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2016-01-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0062463535 |
The Classic Story of a Family's Pilgrimage into the Orthodox Church Veiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world. Yet, as Frederica Mathewes-Green discovered, it is a vital, living faith, rich in ritual beauty and steadfast in integrity. Utilizing the framework of the Orthodox calendar, Mathewes-Green chronicles a year in the life of her small Orthodox mission church, eloquently illustrating the joys and blessings an ancient faith can bring to the worshipers of today.
Know the Faith
Title | Know the Faith PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Shanbour |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2016-10-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781944967017 |
Over the centuries since the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches, the two groups have diverged to the point that they often no longer understand each other's vocabulary, let alone the fundamental concepts on which each faith is built. Know the Faith is an attempt to present Orthodox Christianity in a way Western Christians can understand, grounding each point in Scripture and patristic theology, with comparisons to what Catholics and Protestants believe.Whether you are an Orthodox Christian seeking to explain your faith to others or an inquirer into this ancient faith, Know the Faith will help you understand and communicate the Orthodox faith as never before.
A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology
Title | A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology PDF eBook |
Author | Eve Tibbs |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2021-07-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493430912 |
Eve Tibbs offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church for Western readers. Tibbs has devoted her career to translating the Orthodox faith to an evangelical audience and has over twenty years of experience teaching this material to students. Assuming no prior knowledge of Orthodox theology, this survey covers the basic ideas of Eastern Orthodox Christianity from its origins at Pentecost to the present day.
Thinking Orthodox
Title | Thinking Orthodox PDF eBook |
Author | Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou |
Publisher | Ancient Faith Publishing |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2020-11-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781944967703 |
What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptions underlying what Christians believe? Orthodox Christianity is based on preserving the mind of the early Church, its phronema. Dr. Jeannie Constantinou brings her more than forty years' experience as a professor, Bible teacher, and speaker to bear in explaining what the Orthodox phronema is, how it can be acquired, and how that phronema is expressed in true Orthodox theology-as practiced by those who are properly qualified by both training and a deep relationship with Christ.