Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches Books

In this sequel to Toolkit for Spiritual Growth: A Practical Guide to Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving, Fr. Evan Armatas covers three additional spiritual tools-Scripture, confession, and time. Drawing upon the wisdom of the Old and New Testaments, the...

This volume presents the work of contemporary Orthodox thinkers who attempt to integrate the theological and the mystical. Exciting and provocative chapters treat a wide variety of mysticism, including early Church accounts, patristics (including the...

This volume has arisen from the 'Middle East Synod' in Rome in 2010. The articles within focus on the relations of Christians and Churches with their socio-political, religious and ecclesial environments. Ecumenical relations and communion are at...

Isidore of Seville's Chronica Maiora was written in two redactions in early seventh century and reveals a great deal about the political, religious and intellectual history of late antique and early medieval Spain.

The Fourth Council of the Lateran or Lateran IV was convoked by Pope Innocent III in April 1213 and opened at the Lateran Palace in Rome on 11 November 1215. Due to the great length of time between the council's convocation and its meeting, many bishops...

Saint Jerome was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian. He was born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, and his commentaries on...

Alexander I of Alexandria was the 19th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. During his patriarchate, he dealt with a number of issues facing the Church in that day. These included the dating of Easter, the actions of Meletius of Lycopolis, and the issue of...

'On the Making of Man' by Saint Gregory was intended to supplement to the text of, and complete, the Hexaëmeron of St. Basil the Great, and it presupposes of its audience an acquaintance with that treatise.

John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of Saint John...

The work is by St. John Chrysostom and was written while in exile from his See in Constantinople, near the end of his life. It was written to his spiritual daughter, the nun Olympiada, and is entitled, None Can Harm the One Who Does Not Harm Himself

Das Buch ""Die Christliche Regierung Und Orthodoxie Kaiser Constantin Des Grossen"" wurde im Jahr 1878 von Demetriades, Kalliopios ver������ffentlicht. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit der Regierungszeit des r������mischen Kaisers Konstantin dem...

""Betrachtungen �����ber die Lehre und den Geist der Orthodoxen Kirche"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1817 von Alexander von Stourdza verfasst wurde. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit der orthodoxen Kirche und ihren Lehren sowie dem Geist, der sie pr�����gt...

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is a historical book written by Theodore Edward Dowling in 1909. The book provides a detailed account of the history and development of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which is one of the oldest Christian institutions in the...

""A History Of The Holy Eastern Church V2: The Patriarchate Of Alexandria"" is a book written by John Mason Neale and published in 1847. It is a detailed account of the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, specifically focusing on the Patriarchate of...

""Grundtvig und die deutsche Orthodoxie"" ist ein Buch von Rudolf Schmidt aus dem Jahr 1883. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit dem d�����nischen Theologen und P�����dagogen Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig und seiner Beziehung zur deutschen Orthodoxie...

The Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity and the home to a number of Eastern Churches with millions of followers. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the various denominations in the modern Middle East and will be of interest to a wide...

'Martin's book is the delighted exclamation of someone who has learnt - is learning - to swim in the ocean that is Orthodoxy: "Come on in; it is lovely here!"'Andrew Louth Until now, there has been little in the way of an accessible guide for those who...

Jesus Christ promised His followers, "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). But many contemporary Christians struggle with the "more abundantly" part. Having placed their faith in Christ, they wait...

This book examines the function and development of the cult of saints in Coptic Egypt, focusing primarily on the material provided by the texts forming the Coptic hagiographical tradition of the early Christian martyr Philotheus of Antioch, and more...

This volume acknowledges the contributions of Syriac Christians in the fields of culture, education and civil society throughout the history in the Middle East and India, and examines the challenges of living and professing the Christian faith as a...

The fame of the martyr St. Phokas, first bishop of Sinope (on the Black Sea) and patron of seafarers, had spread to many parts of the Christian world by the fifth and sixth centuries. Although the Acts of his martyrdom under Trajan were composed in...

Brock provides an indispensable bibliographic resource for Jacob of Serugh scholarship. This guide lists Jacob's mimre by biblical passage and liturgical events, uplifted saints and topics, other works including prose and letters, and recommended...

Some of John of Dara's 9th century treatises survive in Codex 356 in Mardin, in which Jacob of Serugh is called "Jacob of Batnan", "Jacob", and titles of respect. This article describes Jacob's significant influence, comparing two-verse homilies in...

The long career of Jacob of Serugh provides insights into Scripture and tradition expected by homilies as well as information about his audience. In this publication, Harvey discusses Jacob of Serugh's concern for congregations to balance lifestyle and...

Jacob of Serugh's "Mimro 95" details the significance of the Eucharist and spiritual benefit for participants. Harrak divides verses of this commentary in order to relate stages of liturgy within the Pre-Anaphoric and Anaphoric services of 6th century...

Credited by Dinno as the epitome of Syriac spiritual heritage, Mor Jacob of Serugh interpreted the physical world with the hidden realities of God. A prominent theme in Mor Jacob's mimre is the economy of salvation.

This volume contains the Syriac Life of Mar Pinhas, a purported martyr under the Sasanian Empire. This edition contains the Syriac text (first published in 1894 by Paul Bedjan), an English translation, explanatory annotations, and Addai Scher's Arabic...

Syriac tradition remembers sixth century Byzantine emperor Justinian I as the harsh persecutor of the faithful, while his wife Theodora is revered as the "believing queen", champion and protectress of the dissenting non-Chalcedonian church.

The Golden Bull of 1224, also known as the Diploma Andreanum, or Der Goldener Freibrief der Siebenbürger Sachsen, was issued by King Andrew II of Hungary, granting provisional autonomy to colonial Germans residing in the region of Transylvania of the...

 “A Forest in the Desert” is a graphic novel that tells the story of John the Short, a humble disciple turned monastic father.Saint John the Short is a 4th century Christian who, inspired by the great desert fathers Macarius and Antony,...

Relics of the Saints features large, full color illustrations of first and second class relics of 42 saints and blesseds venerated by the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church during the liturgical months of January and February. Included are...

The resurrection is a personal experience that we as Christians should experience everyday of our lives. The church gives us practical examples of the resurrection in biblical characters such as, the disciples who fled away from Christ during His...

Licinianus, one of the last bishops of Byzantine Africa offers his pastoral advise to his peer, and African deacon, as well as to Pope Gregory I in Rome. Much of his interest appears to be in discussing the nature of the soul, philosophical concerning...

Very few of the works of St. Patrick have come down to use over the centuries. This is a rare insight into his mind which has never before been translated into English. Here Patrick lays out three separate places: Earth, Heaven, and Hell, and give his...

As a supplement to his 'Illustrious Men', St. Jerome composed this work about the minor apostles of Christ who went to the east as part of their ministry. This work includes both the Latin and Greek version of Jerome's work.

In this short treatise, Novatus offers to his acolytes the importance of the virtue of humility in the life of the Christian. He is able to offer some directives so that Christians might be able to utilize humility and a personal exercise of faith and as...

An abridged collection of the laws passed during the reign of the Emperor Justinian I. Most of them deal directly with the administration of the church within the empire, its relationship to the authority of the state and the person of the emperor, and...

St. Jerome attempts to explain the origin and geographical location of various places mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Some of these sites are well known to us today, but several of them remain a mysterious and are still actively debated...

St. Jerome attempts to explain the origin and geographical location of various places mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Some of these sites are well known to us today, but several of them remain a mysterious and are still actively debated...

Pope Adrian I sought to establish the church under the protection of the Frankish king, Charlemagne. In his effort to draw himself closer to the Frankish court he needed to institute a sense of 'reformatio' which would correct the episcopal abuses of the...

The is the first English translation of the Spanish historian, John of Biclaro, who wrote about the various sovereign powers who ruled in Spain during the 6th century. Among those mentioned as the kings at the Visigothic court, which was in upheaval...

St. Germain lays out in this work, the now lost Gallican rite of the Catholic church, which was utilized specifically by the church in France during the 2nd to 11th century before being replaced with the Roman rite. St. Germain's account is one of the...

Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" (Malleus Arianorum) and the "Athanasius of the West", His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful. In addition...

The English Calendar (Kalendarium Anglicanum) is a Menlogium, or liturgical calendar of saints used by the Anglo-Saxon church in the 8th century. St. Bede composed this using the ancient Roman calendar as his basis, which involves both the nones and ides...

Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are legendaryChristian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha, and tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to the legend, an Indian king...

Ephrem the Syrian was a Syriac Christian deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the fourth century. Ephrem is especially beloved in the Syriac Orthodox Church, and counted as a Venerable Father in the Eastern Orthodox Church...

The Donation of Constantine is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope.

On First Principles is the most important surviving text written by third-century Church father, Origen. Origen wrote in a time when fundamental doctrines had not yet been fully articulated by the Church, and contributed to the very formation of...