Resource Library
Please drink deeply of the rich resources of Orthodoxy by accessing the many excellent materials below.
(ever-growing, this is a work in progress)
Books & Articles
An Orthodox Lexicon - Terms & Definitions
Ascetic: Reflections on the Way of Self Sacrifice (Unknown Author)
A Prayer Rule (St. Theophan the Recluse)
Attentiveness and Digital Culture (Fr. Maximos Constas)
Bible Reading Plan - Read the Bible in a Year
Comboschini (The Prayer Rope) – Meditations of a Monk of the Holy Mountain Athos
Contrasts Between Roman Catholicism & Orthodoxy (Fr. James Bernstein)
Do Not Resent, Do Not React, Keep Inner Stillness (Met. Jonah Paffhausen)
The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus (Anonymous)
Everything is Like an Ocean: On the Essential Role of the Saints (Fr. John Oliver)
Finding the New Testament Church (Fr. John Braun)
Guide to Confession (one of many collections)
Great Vespers - An Orthodox Guidebook (Joshua Mattson)
Hidden Fire: Orthodox Perspectives on Yoga (Dn. Joseph Frangipani)
How can I know God as God really is? (Fr. Thomas Hopko)
How to Interact with Your Priest (Fr. Andrew-Stephen Damick)
How to Read the Bible and Why (St. Justin Popovich)
Introduction to Monasticism (St. Anthony’s Monastery)
‘Jesse Tree’ Readings for the Nativity Fast
Marriage, the Great Sacrament (Elder Aimilianos)
Modesty, History, Veils, and Head-Coverings (Bishop Alexis Trader)
Morning & Evening Prayers, Prayers in Preparation for Holy Communion (put together by Fr. Jeremiah)
Nicene Creed with Scripture References
On Prayer (from the book “Unseen Warfare”)
On Refusal to Judge our Neighbor (St. Dorotheos of Gaza)
Prayer and the Departed Saints (Dr. David Ford)
Preparation for the Sacrament of Holy Unction (Fr. Theodore Petrides)
Rediscovering Old Testament Christianity (Matthew - now Bishop Irenei- Steenberg)
Rules for a Saving Confession (Fr. Seraphim Aleksiev)
St. Seraphim of Sarov’s Conversation with Nicholas Motovilov, ‘The Goal of the Christian Life’
Self Examination Before Confession (Utilizing the Ten Commandments)
Sexual Paradigms in the Orthodox Church (Dr. Bradley Nassif)
Summary of Great Lent (Fr. Michael Shanbour)
Sunday Orthros - An Orthodox Guidebook (Joshua Mattson)
Tears, the Healing of the Person (Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou)
The Attributes of The Church (St. Justin Popovich)
The Church is One (Aleksey Khomiakov)
The Difference Between Orthodox Spirituality and Other Traditions (Met. Hierotheos Vlachos)
The Divine Liturgy: The Window of Heaven (Elder Aimilianos)
The Inward Mission of Our Church (St. Justin Popovich)
The Meaning of Baptism (St. Cyprian of Carthage)
The Orthodox Worldview (Hieromonk Seraphim Rose)
Theosis: The True Purpose of Human Life (book by Archimandrite George Kapsanis)
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers/Apophthegmata Patrum (trans. Benedicta Ward)
The Sinlessness of Mary (St. Tikhon’s Monastery)
The Ten Commandments, with Questions to Help Children Prepare for Confession
The True Nature of Fasting (Met. Kallistos Ware & Mother Mary, from intro. to the Lenten Triodion)
The Place of Lives of Saints in the Spiritual Life (Hieromonk Damascene Christiansen)
The Way Into the Kingdom of Heaven (St. Innocent of Alaska)
Twenty-six Patterns of Living to Enhance the Glory of Your Marriage (Dr. David & Dr. Mary Ford)
What Christ Accomplished on the Cross (Hieromonk Damascene Christiansen)
Who Decides? Unraveling the Mystery of the Old Testament Canon (Daniel Lieuwen)
Liturgical Texts
Akathist to the Theotokos, Nurturer of Children - as a stand alone service
Great Compline - as said during the season of Great Lent
Little Compline - as said in the absence of a priest
The Paschal Office (during Bright Week)
Service of Preparation for Holy Communion
Small Paraklesis to the Theotokos w/ Music
TYPIKA Service - to be said at home when unable to attend Liturgy