This is a paperback, three volume set.
Explores liturgical worship, with insights into the Divine Liturgy, the daily cycle of praise, the feasts and fasts of the year, architecture and iconography, and the role of the various ministers in Eastern worship. 81 pages, paper
This volume includes a translation of four spiritual treatises of Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662), plus an account of his trial. Included are The Four Hundred Chapters of Love, Commentary on the Lord's Prayer, Chapters on Knowledge, The Church's Mystagogy, and Trial of Maximus.
Here are the important and influential writings of a Christian mystic and early father of the Church. Origen (c. 185-254) was born in Alexandria and lived through the turbulent years during the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Detailed Description Part two in the illustrated series A Popular Presentation of Byzantine Christianity outlines the major forms of the Divine Services in the Byzantine tradition (the Divine Liturgy, the Daily Offices, the Holy Mysteries) as well as the Feasts and Fasts of the Church Year. 24 pages, paper Author: Fr. John Matusiak
A newly expanded edition of the Society of Publicans Prayer Book containing the Prayers of Intercession, Publicans prayer calendar, prayers for groups, Acathist Hymn to the Name of Jesus, Paraclisis; prayers for daily life and for various times of the day; occasional prayers, the Resurrectional Troparia; and more. This book is a pulication of the Prayer Ministry of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy …
The Theology of the Icon includes more than the basic theory of the transfiguration of beauty and the sanctification of art. It is a fundamental element in the entire body of Eastern Christian Tradition. In this two-volume work, Leonid Ouspensky provides the reader with a deep and serious approach to the mystery of the sacred image. He surveys the development of the sacred art of the …
In this volume is the authentic text of one of the most famous examples of Russian spiritual literature, which deals with various aspects of the Jesus Prayer. A redaction of this text is thought to have been written no earlier than 1859.
The work of Christ in His Body, the Church, as experienced through the Holy Mysteries. Christ the Victor over death, the living Bread, the Physician of souls and bodies is seen transforming those who participate in faith in these rites. Paper, 152 pages
Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)— monk, archbishop and theologian —was a major figure in 14th-century Orthodox Byzantium. This, his greatest work, presents a defense in support of the monastic groups known as the "hesychasts," the originators of the Jesus Prayer.
An overview of the patristic understanding of the Old Testament as prophetic, focused on Christ. The role of the Septuagint in the Byzantine Churches and those texts regularly read or alluded to in the worship of these Churches receive special emphasis. Paper, 238 pages Author: Rev. John Custer
Nicodemos (1749-1809), a monk of Saint Athos dedicated to asceticism and learning, was one of the most influential Orthodox writers of the last two centuries. His Handbook, written during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, shares an exalted vision of human nature, but a vision that proceeds from the truths of revelation as interpreted by the Greek Fathers, not Descartes.
A basic introduction to the major dogmatic themes of Eastern theology as expressed in the Nicene Creed and presented in the Church Fathers and liturgical texts. 104 Pages.
St. Symeon (942-1022), abbot, spiritual director, theologian and church reformer, was the great spiritual master of Eastern Christianity. His Discourses, the central work of his life, were preached to his monks during their Matins ritual.
The writings of Pseudo-Macarius, a Syrian monk of the 4th century, bring to Western Christianity a holistic “heart” spirituality that offers a necessary complementarity to the “head” spirituality of the West. The homilies reveal the typical traits of Eastern Christian asceticism and The Great Letter instructs the monastic community.
This is a 13-chapter introduction to the four canonical Gospels combining background and a commentary on passages, chiefly taken from Matthew and John, based on the writings of the Greek Fathers. Arranged with an eye to the liturgical usage of the Byzantine Churches with reference to some conclusions of contemporary scholarship. Paper, 450 pages Author: John Custer
Based on biblical rather than philosophical roots, Eastern moral thought rests on the understanding of our creation after the image and likeness of God, the restoration of that image in Christ, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 89 pages, paper
This biography of the late Melkite Catholic Archbishop, Joseph M. Raya, Archbishop of Nazareth and All Galilee, is truly inspiring. Archbishop Raya was a man of profound influence on Eastern Catholicism in the U.S. and around the world. He was deeply respected by his Eastern Orthodox brethren and was at the forefront of ecumencial activities between East and West. He touched so many …