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The tools of Theosis (becoming like God) are made available, not only to special saints or monastics, but given to all Christians when they are baptized and chrismated. This book explores the countless tools that our Lord has placed at our disposal to enable us to move from being created in His image to becoming like Him. Orthodox Christians refer to this movement as Theosis (deification or Christification) and it is the goal of every Orthodox person.
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Relations between evangelical mission workers in the Middle East and the Orthodox churches of the region have been, characterized by tension and suspicion. Should mission workers ignore and even oppose these ancient churches, and should the Orthodox churches think of missionaries as 'sheep stealers'? Or, is there a way for cooperation and support to promote the worldwide mission of God, and, if so, how? Turning Over a New Leaf is, written by evangelical...
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An excellent companion for those who are walking through the valley of the shadow of death due to the passing of a loved one. Combines superb insights on coping with grief along with the healing that comes from the spiritual resources of our Orthodox Christian faith down through the ages. Two-page chapters on facing pages are designed for daily reading and meditation. A most helpful gift for the bereaved individual or for church grief groups.
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This beginner's guide to the great 5-volume classic of Eastern Orthodox spirituality studies the many concepts addressed in the Philokalia. Each chapter focuses on a single spiritual concept explaining it as simply as possible. Chapters include - Watchfulness (Nepsis), Logismoi (Thoughts), Ascesis, Theosis, The Passion, Stillness (Hesychia), the Jesus Prayer, etc. A superb introduction to the Philokalia. Easy to read. Useful individually or studied...
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Sergius Bulgakov is thought by many to be the twentieth century's foremost Russian Orthodox theologian. The Bride of the Lamb is widely regarded as Bulgakov's magnum opus and, even more, as one of the greatest works ever produced in the modern Orthodox church. This book is now available in English thanks to esteemed translator Boris Jakim, along with an introduction to Bulgakov and his theological context.
For readers new to Russian religious thought,...
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This book is a friendly, engaging explanations of the traditions and lifestyles of Orthodox Jews. Informative for both Jews and non-Jews, Eli W. Schlossberg draws on personal experiences as an Orthodox Jew active in the international business world to answer the most commonly asked questions people have about religious Jewish life. “The World of Orthodox Judaism” is a concise resource for anyone interested in learning more about the customs and...
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The Desert Fathers and Mothers-those early Christian ascetics who withdrew from the world to seek God-have influenced the spiritual lives of many people, from Saint Augustine to Thomas Merton. Their words, sometimes inspiring and uplifting, sometimes agonizingly painful, sometimes humorous, always speak straight from the heart. They resonate through the centuries because they tell the story of the "deserted" soul in its pilgrimage from darkness to...
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In this book, Marta T. Topel utilizes anthropological research to analyze both macro and micro social processes among secular and Orthodox Jews in Israel. She covers such complex issues as the tensions between the two groups and the radicalization of Israeli Jewish Orthodoxy in the last thirty years. The book also delves into micro social processes such as the long and tortured journey of Israeli religious dissidents and the role of non-governmental...
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El cristianismo ortodoxo es en la actualidad la tercera minoría religiosa en España por número de seguidores. Esta introducción a las iglesias ortodoxas presentes en España constituye una estupenda y pionera radiografía, profusamente ilustrada, de una realidad mucho más plural y presente de lo que pudiera parecer a primera vista.
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The author demonstrates, through many powerful examples, how true balance occurs in life when we prioritize God, seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness. By exposing the many imbalances in contemporary life, Fr. Coniaris points out the need for a vital balance in prayer, love, work, play, etc. and exposes the dangers of living outside of such a balance. Choosing to pursue the virtue of (temperance) balance produces a more sane and healthy...
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Complied by the beloved Fr. Anthony M. Coniaris, Volume 4 offers a brief meditation for each day of the year (along with the saints commemorated) to help brings God's comfort, peace, and strength to those who are hurting from sorrow, suffering, grief, loneliness, and despair. "A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," Jesus understands the hurting heart as no one else can and offers redemptive meaning in suffering.
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Wallace Stevens wrote that poetry is generated by the pressure of reality on imagination. Along the same lines, practical halakhah, at its best, is generated by the pressure of reality on the Torah. "Divine Will and Human Experience" illuminates every stage of that process in a wide variety of contexts and genres. Readers will find the halakhot of art and the art of halakhah. In this book, Rabbi Klapper discusses an authoritative responsum, a psak...
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"Jesus became what we are so that we might become what He is" These wise words form the basis of this book. Labelled as the "Father of Orthodoxy", St. Athanasius' amazing mind helps show what Jesus is like - and how we as humans should behave.
St. Athanasius' defence of Christology, described in the first chapter of St. John's Holy Gospel, further exemplifies how Christian principles became eternal, life-changing values in this current Era. Every...
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Gury (Karpov), also Gurias of Tavryisk, was Archbishop of Tauris and Simferopol during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He was a scholar and missionary in China, leading the fourteenth Russian mission in Beijing. He was glorified by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 2008. He is remembered on March 17, the day of his repose.
Grigory Platonovich Karpov was born in 1814 in the town of Saratov, Russia. His father was a priest. He attended the...
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The story about, the life of Saint Seraphim of Sarov1, the miracle-worker, was first printed by the Monastery of Sarov in 1893. It was, then re-written by N. Puretzki and published by the printer I. D. Sytin in Moscow in 1903.
Saint Seraphim's Teaching was, taken from the original edition of this book, which was, reprinted in Moscow in 1991 by the Moscow Section of the National Trust for Preservation of Monuments.
The cover image is a photo of one...
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The problem of modern man is that many do not remember their soul, and feel lonely and abandoned. If you feel this way, these prayers will open your heart and fill it with joy. So you can change your life yourself and give it a deep meaning, because deep faith and love are all-powerful, you just have to start...
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Reposo divino para la inquietud humana no es un libro polémico. Es una presentación práctica de cómo el sábado, día de reposo, culto y servicio, puede ser la solución para algunos de los más urgentes problemas de nuestro tiempo. Es un estudio del significado y el mensaje del sábado para el cristiano de hoy. El sábado es valioso. Es de vital importancia para el pueblo de Dios. Y el gran desafío que nos presenta Dios hoy es mostrar al mundo...
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In 1964, a little-noticed albeit pioneering encounter in the Holy Land between the heads of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church spawned numerous contacts and diverse openings between the two "sister churches," which had not communicated with each other for centuries. Fifty years later, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meet in Jerusalem to commemorate that historical event and celebrate the close relations that have developed...
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St. Onuphrius was one of the Egyptian Desert Fathers who is helped lay the foundation of Eastern spirituality and monasticism in the 4th and 5th centuries, around the time that Christianity was emerging as the dominant faith of the Roman Empire. The name Onuphrius is thought to be a Hellenized form of a Coptic name Unnufer, from the Demotic Egyptian, meaning "perfect one", an epithet of the pagan god Osiris. There are two surviving accounts given...
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This is a short collection of the ecclesiastical works of the emperor Charles II the Bald during his Carolingian reform of the Frankish church. This includes documents relating to the coronation of the Emperor Judith, a charter for royal national synod, and chapters of French church law.
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