This is a classic text that offers many treasures for seekers of the spiritual life today. Subjects covered include unceasing prayer, the need for spiritual direction and the importance of Divine meditation. Translated into English by Father Lazarus Moore from the original Russian edition published in 1867. It encapsulates the legacy of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) as it was published in the year of his death, after some forty years of monastic life. Whilst directed specifically to monks it contains much that will be of benefit to any one concerned with discovering the Christian mystical life.

The Arena: An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism

Religion & Spirituality

Ignatius Brianchaninov

Christian Books & Bibles

Holy Trinity Publications

This is the most popular Orthodox prayer book published in the English language, frequently referred to as "The Jordanville Prayer Book." Contains morning and evening prayers, the Divine Liturgy, Canons and much more. Traditional English is used throughout. Beautifully bound in maroon color with a gold embossed cover and gold guilded pages.

Prayer Book

Leland Scott

Now in its seventh English language printing, this is one of the finest introductions to the Orthodox Faith ever written. Prior to the Alaska purchase of 1867 the "Great Land" was part of the Russian Empire. This catechism was authored by the sainted Russian Bishop and missionary Innocent of Alaska who created the written Aleut language.  The original edition was published in the Aleut (Native American) language in 1833.  The book begins with the premise that we are not to live on earth like animals and then to disappear but rather to live with God and in God for eternity. It is seen as natural and good to seek for happiness and prosperity whilst understanding that these are only truly found in God. It explains how this may be.

Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven

St. Innocent of Alaska

St. John of Kronstadt was one of the great saints of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 19th century.  He was a parish priest in the naval city of Kronstadt, working with the poor and orphans of his city, his fame spread through all of Russia.  Many people found spiritual strength from their correspondence with St. John, attending the services he officiated at, and his personal example of humility.  He exemplified the Christian virtues of love, humility, and charity in modern times. Designed to inspire children from an early age with the ideals of sanctity.

The Life of Righteous Father John Wonderworker of Kronstadt for Young People

This is the classic canon of repentance, chanted in parts over the first four days of the Orthodox Lenten Fast and in its entirety on the Thursday of the fifth week. The full text of the life of our Holy Mother Mary of Egypt is also given, as read liturgically during Matins on the Thursday of the fifth week. Traditional English translation.

The Great Canon: The Work of St. Andrew of Crete

Crete, Andrew

The Divine Liturgy is the name given in the Orthodox Church to the service of Eucharistic communion. This convenient pocket size sewn volume actually contains two books in one: All the necessary texts for the celebration of the liturgy by the priest and deacon, interpolated with comprehensive rubrical directions, and "Instructional Information" explaining how the clergy should prepare themselves to celebrate divine services. It also includes the thanksgiving prayer and three appendices with petitions for particular needs that may be inserted in the litany of fervent supplication, daily and festal dismissals. Traditional English is used throughout in the translation of service texts.

Service Book: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Holy Trinity Monastery

This convenient pocket-size book contains the necessary texts for the celebration of the liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by the priest and deacon, interpolated with comprehensive rubrical directions. Texts sung by the choir are also shown. The parallel format gives the Church Slavonic texts on the left page and the English on the right. The book includes the proskomedia, daily and festal dismissals, thanksgiving prayers, petitions for the sick, for travelers, and more.

The Divine Liturgy of Our Father Among the Saints John Chrysostom: Slavonic-English Parallel Text

The Orthodox Church is alive and growing on the North American continent thanks in no small part to the prayers and labors of holy men who have served here, some who have been formally glorified as saints and others who may yet be.This book is much more than a simple historical account or retelling of their lives and particular service in America: It is a spiritual manual, which strives to inspire and encourage it' s readers in their own struggle for the attainment of the holiness that adorns the lives of those recounted here and to emulate their deeds.Chronologically the lives described herein span the years from 1854 to 2019 and focus on the time each man spent laboring in North America: primarily the United States, but also Canada and Mexico. None of them spent all their life on this continent but they left a legacy on these shores that endures to this day and will surely continue. The extensive collection of both black and white photographs and pen and ink drawings that intersperse the text, together with a final section of rich color photography at the end of the work, contribute greatly to bringing the reality of their life and times to us.

Glorified in America: Laborers in the New World from Saint Alexis to Elder Ephraim

Biographies & Memoirs

St. John the Forerunner Monastery

Leaders & Notable People

As a merchant gathers various goods from different countries and carries them home and stores them up, so the Christian may gather edifying thoughts and lay them up in the storeroom of his heart, and enrich his soul with them.Drawing upon numerous examples from daily life and human relationships, St Tikhon weaves together wisdom on how to live a life pleasing to God. His words are frequently embellished by scripture and together these call the reader to repentance and a fuller embrace of godly living. In a world that typically only values material goods his writing constantly reminds the reader of that which is of true value - the knowledge and love of God. As the reader progresses deeper into this work his soul will find refreshment, purpose and meaning for his life. His message is clear: True riches are not of this world, but of the age to come. These riches both can and should be acquired now.

A Gathering of Spiritual Riches

of Zadonsk, St. Tikhon

Conflict or concord? Histories of Islam from its early seventh century beginnings in Arabia often portray its explosive growth into the wider Middle East as a story of struggle and conquest of the Christian people of Greater Syria, Palestine and Egypt. Alternatively these histories suggest that as often as not the conquerors were welcomed by the conquered and their existing monotheistic faiths of Christianity and Judaism tolerated and even allowed to flourish. In this short but in depth survey of the almost nine centuries that passed from the beginning of the spread of Islam up to the Ottoman Turkish conquest of Syria and Egypt beginning in 1516, Constantin Panchenko offers a more complex portrayal that opens up fresh vistas of understanding of these centuries focusing on the impact that the coming of Islam had on the Orthodox Christian communities of the Middle East and in particular the interplay of their Greek cultural heritage and experience of increasing Arabization. This work is drawn from the author's much larger work, Arab Orthodox Christians Under the Ottomans, being an updated and expanded version of the first chapter of that book which set the historical context for the period after 1516. It will deepen the readers understanding both of the history of the Middle East in these centuries and of how the faith of Orthodox Christians in these lands is lived today.

Orthodoxy and Islam in the Middle East: The Seventh to the Sixteenth Centuries

History

Panchenko PhD, Constantine A.

Middle East

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