ORTHODOX BOOKS
ORTHODOXY: INTRODUCTIONS AND OVERVIEWS
Ancient Faith Topical Series Booklets (click here)
The Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology - Cambridge Companions to
Religion, Mary Cunningham & Elizabeth Theokritoff
Eastern Orthodox Christianity: A Western Perspective, Daniel B. Clendenin
Encountering the Mystery: Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today, Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew
Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology, Fr Andrew Louth
Introducing the Orthodox Church–Its Faith and Life, Fr. Anthony Coniaris
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to its History, Doctrine, and Spiritual Culture, Fr
John McGuckin
The Orthodox Faith Series, Fr Thomas Hopko
The Orthodox Way, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
DOCTRINE
After Death, Vassilios Bakoyiannis
The Deification of Man, Georgios Mantzaridis
The Mystery of Christ, Fr. John Behr
The Mystery of Death, Nikolaos Vassiliadis
The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, Fr Vladimir Lossky
The Nicene Faith, vols 1 and 11, Fr. John Behr
CHURCH HISTORY
The Christian Tradition 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom 600-1700, Jaroslav Pelikan
The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the
Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence, Steven Runciman
History of the Byzantine State, George Ostrogorsky
The Lives of Orthodox Saints, Ormylia Monastery
The Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware
LITURGY AND SACRAMENTS
The Divine Liturgy: A Commentary in the Light of the Fathers, Hieromonk Gregorios
and Elizabeth Theokritoff
The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom, Fr Alexander Schmemann
For the Life of the World, Fr Alexander Schmemann
The Hymn of Entry, Archimandrite Vasseilios
Journey to the Kingdom: An Insider’s Look at the Liturgy and Beliefs of the Eastern
Orthodox Church, Father Vassilios Papavassiliou
Let Us Attend: A Journey Through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, Lawrence R Farley
The Orthodox Liturgy: The Development of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite,
Hugh Wybrew
The Typikon Decoded (The Orthodox Liturgy), Job Getcha
SCRIPTURE
Christ in the Psalms, Father Patrick Henry Reardon
The Holy Fire
The Message of the Bible: An Orthodox Christian Perspective, George Cronk
The Orthodox Study Bible
Scripture in Tradition: The Bible and Its Interpretation in the Orthodox Church, Father
John Breck
Although he is not Orthodox I like Tom Wright’s (NT Wright) bible overviews
PATRISTICS
The Way of the Fathers: Exploring the Patristic Mind, Deacon John Chryssavgis
Any of the Popular Patristics Series by SVS editor Behr including:
On Social Justice, by St. Basil the Great
On the Incarnation: Saint Athanasius
Two Hundred Chapters on Theology: St. Maximus the Confessor
Wider Than Heaven: Eighth-century Homilies on the Mother of God, John of
Damascus, Germanos of Constantinople
PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY
Beginning to Pray, Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
The Art of Prayer, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware (ed)
On Acquisition of the Holy Spirit, St. Seraphim of Sarov
Orthodox Spiritual Life, Giorgios I. Mantzarides
Orthodox Spirituality: A Brief Introduction, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
Our Thoughts Determine our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of
Vitovnica, Thaddeus of Vitovnica
The Path to Salvation: A Manual of Spiritual Transformation, St. Theophan the Recluse
The Philokalia
The Way of a Pilgrim, Anonymous, Helen Bacovcin (Translator)
MONASTICISM
A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain, Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos of
Nafpaktos
The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life, Ignatius Brianchaninov
Abba Dorotheos, Translation Constantine Scouteris
In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers,
Archdeacon John Chryssavgis
Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Answers John Barsanuphius
The Lives of the Desert Fathers Sister Benedicta Ward (Translator)
The Mountain of Silence, Kyriacos Markides
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection, Sister Benedicta Ward
(Translator)
LIVES OF SAINTS AND HOLY PEOPLE
The Blessed Surgeon: The Life of Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol, Archdeacon
Vasily Marushchak
Everyday Saints and Other stories, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father: Being the Narratives
Compiled by the Servant of God Alexander Concerning His Spiritual Father, Vera
Bouteneff (Editor/Translator)
The Life of Saint Columba, Adomnan of Iona
The Lives of Orthodox Saints, Constantine Cavarnos
Modern Orthodox Thinkers: From the Philokalia to the Present, Father Andrew Louth
Orthodox Saints of the British Isles Vols I- IV, Dr. John (Ellsworth) Hutchison-Hall
The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God, St. John Maximovitch
Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of
Greece: Volume 1, Dr. Herman A. Middleton
Saint Nektarios, by Sotos Chondropoulos
Saint Silouan the Athonite, Saint Sophrony
The Spirituality of St. Cuthbert, Sister Benedicta Ward
Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of St. Porphyrios, St. Porphyrios
LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Great Lent: Journey to Pascha, Father Alexander Schmemann
The Lenten Spring, Fr.Thomas Hopko
The Lenten Triodion (Metropolitan Kallistos Ware)
The Winter Pascha: Readings for the Christmas-Epiphany Season, Fr. Thomas Hopko
Year of Grace of the Lord, Lev Gillet
FAMILY – CHILDREN - EVERYDAY
Blueprints for the Little Church: Creating an Orthodox Home, Elissa Bjeletich
Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe, Father Stephen Freeman
Making God Real in the Orthodox Christian Home, Anthony Coniaris
Parenting Toward the Kingdom: Orthodox Principles of Child-Rearing, Philip
Mamalakis
