Spirituality

Prayers taken from the Synekdemos to guide you through the day. Communion prayers. English and Greek.

A story of a man whose entire life was founded on love—for his God, his faith, his family, his people, and all those who came to him for help. Father Dimitri Kiepinin, an Orthodox priest serving the Russian emigre community in occupied Paris, was arrested by the Nazis for issuing false baptismal certificates to Jews.

Applies time-tested Orthodox spirituality to contemporary Christian living. A true "back to the basics" book which shows how Christians can fight and win the struggle against temptation, sin, and spiritual lethargy through the divine power of Christ?s Incarnation. Explains in easy-to-understand laymen?s terms basic theological truths, such as the three Persons and one nature of the Trinity.

Symeon the New Theologian was a Tenth-Century Greek monk and ascetic writer. Among his writings, his Hymns are inspiring poetry of timeless value, which... More

Father Arseny, former scholar of church art, became Prisoner No. 18736 in the brutal "special sector" of the Soviet prison camp system. In the darkness of systematic degradation of body and soul, he shone with the light of Christ's peace and compassion.

The stories of Father Arseny and his work in the Soviet prison camps have captured the minds and hearts of readers all over the world. In this second volume readers will find additional narratives about Father Arseny newly translated from the most recent Russian edition.

Asked about the Orthodox Christian doctrine of salvation, many people will hastily tell you that it has to do with “theosis” or... More

Join Frederica Mathewes-Green on a guided retreat through an ancient Orthodox text. Regardless of your denominational background, First Fruits of Prayer will bring to life the prayer experience of first millennium Christianity through immersion in this poetic hymn, an extraordinarily beautiful work that is still chanted by Christians around the world each Lent. It weaves together Old and New Testament Scriptures with prayers of hope and repentance and offers ancient ways of seeing Christ that still feel new today.

What would be the most powerful testimony to the spiritual truth of Orthodoxy? How about a story of a Protestant American missionary sent to convert the... More

This collection of the spiritual writings of St. Gregory of Nyssa, selected and introduced by Jean Danielou, has long been recognized as an authoritative introduction to the 'father of mysticism,' who exploded classical antiquity's static understanding of perfection by showing the Christian life as one of never-ending growth, a true dynamic movement 'from glory to glory.'