When this suffering goes on across the population of a whole vast modern conglomerate of nations, it can lead to a faith with a totally unexpected power and freshness. That is what Michael Bourdeaux believes is happening in Russia and he believes the rest of the world can learn much from it. He writes:     When I was a student in Moscow, Russia felt to me an alien land at first. Through my contact with Christians there during that year and on many other visits over the last twenty-three years, I have come not only to love Russian Christians, but to realize that the whole world has a lesson to learn from them. This book does not deal with persecution as such, but with the example of the suffering church from which the whole world can draw inspiration. Suffering deepens and redefines faith. Out of it has come a joy and a commitment which Christians elsewhere so often lack. The worse the suffering, the more intense their experience.

Risen Indeed

Michael Bourdeaux

Religion & Spirituality

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr

Commentary on the Divine Liturgy

Cabasilas, Nicholas & J.M. Hussey & P.A. McNulty

Russian Piety is a history of Orthodox spirituality in its Russian forms. Many texts unknown in the West are translated here, and the chapters on the saintly life are a valuable and reliable anthology. The book is a gallery of intimate scenes, portraits and memoirs, and is indispensable for an understanding of the complex history of Russian and the tradition of her Church, whose role in the contemporary Ecumenical Movement is already familiar to all. The author, who was formerly Professor of New Testament and Apologetics at St Vladimir's Seminary, is intimately acquainted with Russian literature, and expertly traces its spiritual themes and issues. He makes it possible for us to see how the Revolution of 1917 exploited and betrayed a messianism which Russian literature can never fully express so long as it is not rooted in Christianity. In spite of the present difficulties, which Professor Arseniev discusses candidly and without political rancor, Russian Orthodoxy is still alive. By separating what is essential from what is secondary in the Russian Church today, Russian Piety gives us an inkling of the nature of Russia's spiritual destiny in the years ahead.

Russian Piety

History

Arseniev, Nicholas

World

Fighters of the Faith

Tarasar Contance

This popular series by Fr Thomas Hopko on the Orthodox Faith is intended to provide basic, comprehensive information on the faith and life of the Orthodox Church for the average reader. It consists of four handbooks.Volume I on Doctrine contains three sections: the sources of Christian doctrine, the main doctrines of the Orthodox Church presented by way of commentary on the Nicene Creed, and an explanation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Orthodox Faith, The, vol. I: Doctrine

Fr. Thomas Hopko

Includes prayers and meditation for the sick and the suffering.

For the Sick and the Suffering Prayers and Meditation

Orthodox Church in America

The Paschal Service

A small paperback edition of the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, with photographs of the Divine Liturgy. Perfect for Children.

The Divine Liturgy

A practical guide, offering the reader words of encouragement on preparing for confession.

If We Confess Our Sins: Preperation and Prayers

Thomas Hopko

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)

Hopko, Thomas

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