☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy

Works exploring the theology, liturgy, and spiritual tradition of Eastern Orthodox Christianity — its mystical depth, ancient roots, and living practice.

The Orthodox Study Bible

by Anonymous • 2008

A study Bible from the Septuagint, with commentary by the Church Fathers in the Orthodox tradition.

4.66

2k+

📚 Study Bibles 📖 Biblical Studies ⛪ Patristic Commentary ✝️ Covenant Theology 🙏 Divine Providence

The Orthodox Study Bible

A study Bible from the Septuagint, with commentary by the Church Fathers in the Orthodox tradition.

by Anonymous 2008

4.66

2k+ ratings

📚 Study Bibles 📖 Biblical Studies ⛪ Patristic Commentary ✝️ Covenant Theology 🙏 Divine Providence

The Orthodox Church

by Timothy Ware • 1963

Christianity's forgotten half: no Pope, no Reformation, and questions the West never asked.

4.28

4k+

📜 Church History 📖 Christian Doctrine 🙏 Liturgical Worship 🔥 Mystical Theology 🏺 Church Fathers

The Orthodox Church

Christianity's forgotten half: no Pope, no Reformation, and questions the West never asked.

by Timothy Ware 1963

4.28

4k+ ratings

📜 Church History 📖 Christian Doctrine 🙏 Liturgical Worship 🔥 Mystical Theology 🏺 Church Fathers

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it

by Theophan the Recluse • 1996

The soul has a structure, the passions have a cure: a recluse's letters on spiritual repair.

4.67

179

🧭 Spiritual Direction 🏔️ Ascetic Practice 🙏 Prayer And Contemplation ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🤫 Hesychasm

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it

The soul has a structure, the passions have a cure: a recluse's letters on spiritual repair.

by Theophan the Recluse 1996

4.67

179 ratings

🧭 Spiritual Direction 🏔️ Ascetic Practice 🙏 Prayer And Contemplation ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🤫 Hesychasm

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

by Theophan the Recluse • 1869

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

4.69

150

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 👁️ Watchfulness 🔥 Theosis

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

by Theophan the Recluse 1869

4.69

150 ratings

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 👁️ Watchfulness 🔥 Theosis

Surprised by Christ

by A. James Bernstein • 2008

He set out to debunk Jesus. The Jewish prophecies brought him to the Orthodox Church instead.

4.40

176

✡️ Conversion Memoir 📜 Messianic Prophecy ⛪ Early Church 🕯️ Liturgical Worship 🔗 Jewish Christianity

Surprised by Christ

He set out to debunk Jesus. The Jewish prophecies brought him to the Orthodox Church instead.

by A. James Bernstein 2008

4.40

176 ratings

✡️ Conversion Memoir 📜 Messianic Prophecy ⛪ Early Church 🕯️ Liturgical Worship 🔗 Jewish Christianity

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

by Dionysios Farasiotis • 2002

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

4.49

1k+

⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🆓 Occult Deliverance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Christian Mysticism

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

by Dionysios Farasiotis 2002

4.49

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🆓 Occult Deliverance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Christian Mysticism

A More Christlike God

by Bradley Jersak • 2015

Divine wrath is consent, not rage: a God who absorbs violence, never deals it.

4.41

870

🕊️ Atonement Theology ✝️ Christology 🏆 Christus Victor 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🌈 Progressive Christianity

A More Christlike God

Divine wrath is consent, not rage: a God who absorbs violence, never deals it.

by Bradley Jersak 2015

4.41

870 ratings

🕊️ Atonement Theology ✝️ Christology 🏆 Christus Victor 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🌈 Progressive Christianity

The Papacy

by Erick Ybarra • 2022

Rome's primacy: what Eastern fathers affirmed for a millennium before Orthodoxy walked away.

4.56

🏛️ Papal Primacy 🛡️ Catholic Apologetics 📜 Patristics ⛪ Church Councils 🔑 Petrine Primacy

The Papacy

Rome's primacy: what Eastern fathers affirmed for a millennium before Orthodoxy walked away.

by Erick Ybarra 2022

4.56

36 ratings

🏛️ Papal Primacy 🛡️ Catholic Apologetics 📜 Patristics ⛪ Church Councils 🔑 Petrine Primacy

The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit

by Photius • 1983

The Filioque gives the Spirit two causes. Photius shows why that fractures the Trinity from within.

4.07

🕊️ Trinitarian Theology 🏛️ Greek Fathers ⚔️ Polemical Theology 🏺 Neoplatonism 📜 Patristics

The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit

The Filioque gives the Spirit two causes. Photius shows why that fractures the Trinity from within.

by Photius 1983

4.07

74 ratings

🕊️ Trinitarian Theology 🏛️ Greek Fathers ⚔️ Polemical Theology 🏺 Neoplatonism 📜 Patristics

Gurdjieff

by Joseph Azize • 2020

Gurdjieff's contemplative method was adapted, breath by breath, from the monks of Mount Athos.

4.69

🏔️ Hesychasm 🧭 Gurdjieff Studies 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🔍 Comparative Mysticism 📿 Esoteric Christianity

Gurdjieff

Gurdjieff's contemplative method was adapted, breath by breath, from the monks of Mount Athos.

by Joseph Azize 2020

4.69

16 ratings

🏔️ Hesychasm 🧭 Gurdjieff Studies 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🔍 Comparative Mysticism 📿 Esoteric Christianity

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