THE ORTHODOX FAITH series is intended to provide basic, comprehensive information on the faith and life of the Orthodox Church. It consists of four volumes.This volume is divided into two parts. The first outlines the doctrinal teachings of the Orthodox Church by looking at its sources, followed by a commentary on the Nicene Creed and an explanation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Part Two contains an explanation of the primary source of Christian doctrine - Scripture - through an overview of the contents of both the Old and New Testaments.

The Orthodox Faith: Doctrine and Scripture (1)

Religion & Spirituality

Hopko, Thomas

Christian Books & Bibles

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr

THE ORTHODOX FAITH series is intended to provide basic, comprehensive information on the faith and life of the Orthodox Church. It consists of four volumes. This volume contains five sections, highlighting different aspects related to worship in the Orthodox Church: the church building; vestments and symbols; the sacraments; the daily cycles of worship; the church year with its fasts and feasts; and the Divine Liturgy.

Worship (The Orthodox Faith, 2)

THE ORTHODOX FAITH series is intended to provide basic, comprehensive information on the faith and life of the Orthodox Church. It consists of four volumes. This expanded volume summarizes the primary personalities, controversies, and events of the Christian era through a synopsis of each century, beginning from the birth of the Church through the early 21st century.

Church History (The Orthodox Faith, 3)

THE ORTHODOX FAITH series is intended to provide basic, comprehensive information on the faith and life of the Orthodox Church. It consists of four volumes. This volume deals with the main themes of Christian Life: prayer, fasting, repentance, the virtues, witness in the world, and communion with God.

Spirituality (The Orthodox Faith, 4)

When the winter begins to make way into the Northern World, the Church of Christ begins to celebrate 'a splendid three-day Pascha.' Thus Father Thomas Hopko begins the first of forty meditations for the season of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, ending with the feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple on the fortieth day after Christ's birth. In the style of his popular book for the paschal fasting season, The Lenten Spring, the author again draws on the biblical readings and liturgical hymns and verses of the season to illumine the way for believers to follow the Church's days of preparation and celebration for the Coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in human flesh. Many references are made to the writings of the saints and Church Fathers, as well as to contemporary Christian teachers and spiritual guides. All those who love the Lord's Coming will find comfort and strength, as well as enlightenment and instruction, for having passed through the Winter Pascha with this book as their companion.

The Winter Pascha: Readings for the Christmas-Epiphany Season

Worship & Devotion

Explanation of the Orthodox faith and life in the Russian language.

Foundations of Orthodoxy - Translation From English (Written in Russian) (Russian Edition)

History

World

These collected lectures were written during Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko's decade as dean of St Vladimir's Seminary from 1992 to 2002, and all deal with what it means for Orthodox Christians to speak and to act in a loving manner in societal and ecclesiastical settings, particularly in twentieth-century North America. Especially relevant are his remarks regarding education and spiritual formation in Orthodox theological schools: his historical background regarding the formation of Orthodox seminaries in the United States is enlightening. In an effort to dispel misconceptions, he also presents readers with an insightful view of Orthodox participation in ecumenical activities. Additionally, he comments on the relationship between clergy and laity and makes some pertinent observations about the challenges to the Church in post-modern and post-communist societies. The thread holding these essays together is St Paul's admonition to speak the truth in love and to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ (Eph 4.15).

Speaking The Truth In Love: Education, Mission, And Witness In Contemporary Orthodoxy

This lecture series on the Book of Revelation links the early Christian liturgy with the symbols in the scripture, and, discrediting futuristic prophecy, concentrates instead on the experience of eternal life in Christ Jesus in the worship of the Christian community.

Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation Within Orthodox Christian Tradition

Fr Thomas approaches sin as a corporate human tragedy rooted in personal independence from God, who is Love. Using the Orthodox ascetical tradition and Holy Scripture as his bases, he addresses several topics, including: definitions and origins of sin; inherited and personal sin; the term "original sin"; recognition of sin; faith and works; addictions; mourning, anger, and forgiveness; victory over sin in Jesus Christ.Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko is Dean Emeritus of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, where from 1968 to 2002 he taught courses in Dogmatic Theology, Practical Theology, Homiletics, and Spirituality. His other spoken word recordings published by SVS Press include: The Lord's Prayer, Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation within Orthodox Christian Tradition, Praying with Icons, and The Word of the Cross.

Sin: Primordial, Generational, Personal

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St. Vladimir's Seminary Press

The essays collected in this book deal with a wide variety of subjects God and man in Orthodox theological perspective, the Bible, ecumenism, the Eastern Rite, children in the Church, the American religious mentality, witness and service in Christian life but they all have the same theme. They witness to the conviction that human beings are made to be filled with all the fullness of God. They claim that divine fullness dwells bodily in Jesus Christ, and that this fullness may be found by God s creatures in the Church of Christ, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all (Eph. 1:23). They therefore are about life in the Church, and the life of the Church: God s own life given in abundance in Christ and the spirit as the life of the world.

All the Fullness of God: Essays on Orthodoxy, Ecumenism and Modern Society

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