Worship and Liturgy

Eastern and Western Christians share a rich spiritual heritage in the Hours of Prayer—the brief services of praise and psalmody that mark the... More

Writing in the ancient desert tradition of short meditations on a spiritual theme, Bishop Seraphim explores what community means and how unity between human beings is truly possible.

In the first few centuries of Christianity, thousands of believers left the cities for the desert, in order to seek a purer spirituality than they could... 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.

Alexander Schmemann suggests an approach to issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy - the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom.

An explanation of Orthodox Christian faith and life in the Russian language.

This revised edition of Father Alexander Schmemann's Lenten classic examines the meaning of Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, the Prayer of St Ephraim the Syrian, the Canon of St Andrew of Crete and other neglected or misunderstood treasures of Lenten worship.

Give your teens the gift that will challenge their faith and help them on the road to making that faith their own. Hear Me is a prayer book designed to address the unique challenges Orthodox youth experience in their walk with Christ.

In this study of the Orthodox understanding of Christian initiation, the rites of baptism and chrismation, Fr. Schmemann invites us to "rediscover" baptism.

Learn how to grasp the meaning of the ancient way of praying the Jesus Prayer.   In this new series of "little books" you will... More