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For the first time in generations, the complete sacred canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the oldest and most complete Bible in Christian history, is available in English with reverence, accuracy, and unmatched depth.

Joyful Solitude explores both the effects of the global pandemic upon people of faith and how best to respond to the challenges and crises in our lives. The Apostle Paul, a prisoner facing the threat of Roman execution, authored epistles calling the faithful to rejoice despite living amidst the direst circumstances. Combining theological research and sincere storytelling, Deacon David offers a way to experience this joy by immersing ourselves fully into the liturgical and sacramental life of the Orthodox Church.

Orthodox Preaching as the Oral Icon of Christ by James Kenneth Hamrick explores how Orthodox preaching, rooted in sacred traditions, serves as an “oral icon” that brings listeners into the presence of Christ, transforming lives through vivid, sacred storytelling.

Learning to read Orthodox icons is an opportunity to engage Holy Scripture with greater depth and understanding. It allows viewers to uncover fresh dimensions and encounter the Kingdom of God from within the created world. The meaning of icons, which are often referred to as "windows into heaven," reaches beyond the limits of the natural world and into the divine realm. Eve Tibbs is an Orthodox insider and veteran teacher who has devoted her career to translating the faith for evangelicals.

Immerse Yourself in the Inspiring Lives of Orthodox Saints! Step into the world of venerated Saints, where you'll uncover profound lessons in morality, courage, and unwavering faith. From martyrs to theologians, explore the diverse paths of these extraordinary individuals who shaped Orthodoxy.

For more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodox Church has shown astonishing survival skills - from the Mongol yoke, to tsarist demagoguery and enlightenment, Soviet atheism, the chaotic 1990s and now two decades of Vladimir Putin. In this provocative new book, Lucy Ash reveals how, under Putin...

Prayers to Our Lady East and West by Deacon David Lochbihler explores the devotion to the Virgin Mary through a comparative study of the Eastern Orthodox Prayer Rule of the Theotokos and the Western Rosary, celebrating the unity and diversity in Marian prayer traditions. In Prayers to Our Lady East and West, Deacon David Lochbihler offers a heartfelt exploration of Marian devotion, drawing from his personal journey and extensive research.

Ontdek de kracht van de heilige Naam met Het Jezusgebed, heruitgave van een klassieker uit de Oosterse hesychastische traditie. Deze praktische handleiding, door een anonieme monnik van de Heilige Berg, leidt je in drie heldere stappen naar innerlijke stilte en voortdurende gebedservaring.

Met fragmenten uit de Oudvaders en richtlijnen voor dagelijks gebruik biedt dit boek een weg naar diepere verbinding met Christus, waar en wanneer dan ook.

In Terugkeer bespreekt Archimandriet Nektarios Antonopoulos het belang van de orthodoxe biecht als een weg naar spirituele genezing en innerlijke transformatie. Met diepe theologische inzichten en Bijbelse verwijzingen benadrukt hij hoe de biecht geen juridische daad is, maar een genadevol mysterie waarin de barmhartigheid van God centraal staat.

"Naar de Eenheid?" van Leonide Ouspensky verkent de ontwikkeling van iconografie binnen het christendom en benadrukt de rol van iconen in het bevestigen van de incarnatie van het Woord van God, als een stap naar eenheid in Christus. In Naar de Eenheid? biedt Leonide Ouspensky een diepgaande analyse van de betekenis en ontwikkeling van christelijke iconografie. Hij laat zien hoe iconen niet alleen kunstwerken zijn, maar ook theologische verklaringen van de incarnatie en het evangelie.

Aartspriester Sergei Hackel was een priester van de Russisch- Orthodoxe Kerk in Engeland, theoloog en academicus. Hij studeerde moderne talen aan Lincoln College in Oxford en onderwees gedurende vijfentwintig jaar Russisch aan de Universiteit van Sussex. Hackel stond bekend als een van de sterkste proponenten van het oecumenische, met name tussen de Orthodoxe Kerk en de Anglicaanse Kerk.

In this book, the first of its kind in the English language, Ariane Trifunovic Montemuro introduces her beloved friend, Saint Matrona the Blind of Moscow. The author not only shares her love for this Russian Orthodox Christian Saint but also reveals why she is our friend in Christ. The Lord endowed the blind Matrona with gifts of spiritual foresight and healing. In turn, this servant of God promised to never refuse anyone who sincerely asked her for help. Matrona's promise still holds true long after her death. She continues to search for the lost and bring them back to Christ.

This book contains sermons given by St John Chrysostom (ca. 349-407), the "Golden Mouth," perhaps the greatest preacher of all time. David Ford selected these particular sermons to illustrate certain dramatic moments in Chrysostom's life, which highlight some of the most important themes of his preaching and elements of his remarkable character and personality. Chrysostom's passion for proclaiming the truth and his love for his flock and, above all, for God shine through in these homilies, delivered at pivotal moments in his eventful life.

In Holy Fools, we begin to gain a better understanding of these saints' curious manner of serving Christ, as we learn about the extraordinary lives of twenty of the most well-known fools for Christ in a series of brief hagiographies.

The Gospel according to Luke uniquely details an exchange between Christ and one of the thieves crucified with Him: "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise" (Lk 23.42–43). This book gathers seventeen late antique and early medieval sermons centered upon the "good thief," who figured prominently in celebrations of Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Pascha.

You've probably heard of St. Raphael Hawaweeny, St. Alexander Hotovitsky, liturgical translator Isabel Hapgood, and other righteous men and women who made their mark on the early development of Orthodoxy in America. But what about the notorious itinerant Bulgarian Monk? Or Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first black Orthodox priest in America? Or Vera Johnston, who served the Orthodox Church without renouncing her Theosophist roots?

Written in his signature style – full of paradox, wit and poetic insight – Chesterton outlines an intellectually rigorous defence of the Christian faith. Part autobiography, part theology, Orthodoxy traces Chesterton's personal journey from a crisis of doubt to belief, arguing that Christianity uniquely satisfies the long-established human need for truth, imagination and joy. Rather than religious doctrine being dry or dogmatic in any way, Chesterton relays it as adventurous and romantic – and the only worldview that allows enough room to make sense of the world's wonders and contradictions.

Each year after Pascha, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Myrrhbearers, who cared for Jesus’s body after He was crucified. But myrrhbearing has a broader definition; it can serve as a metaphor for the practical, incarnate love to which Christ calls His followers. In The Art of Myrrhbearing, author Elissa Bjeletich Davis explores the lives of myrrhbearing saints in Scripture and throughout the life of the Church, offering questions for reflection. By following the lead of saints, we can learn to embrace a simple and profound way of life in communion with Christ and with others.

The publication of the long-awaited English edition of Elder Anthimos of Saint Anne’s, translated from the sixth Greek edition (2004), brings to the Anglophone world a treasure of Orthodox spirituality. Elder Anthimos (1913-1996) was a humble monk of the St. Anne’s Skete on Mount Athos whose life shone “like a star shedding a new light of piety and as a brightly shining vessel of grace.”