Five Pillars of Mystery
The Mystery of the Holy Trinity
The Mystery of the Incarnation
The Mystery of the Holy Communion
PART II - The Seven Sacraments
Introduction
Baptism
Confirmation
Penance
Holy Communion
The Unction of the Sick
Holy Matrimony
Holy Orders
Additional Resources
The Struggle With God - Paul Evdokimov
Born to Hate, Reborn to Love - Klaus Kenneth
Toward a Fuller Vision: My Life and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Brahana Selassie
Re-Introducting Christianity: An Eastern Apologia for a Western Audience - ed. Amir Azarvan
God in Trinity - Vladimir Lossky
Entering into the Kingly Power of God - Joel Marcus
Atonement: The Rite of Healing - Margaret Barker
Sin in the Orthodox Church and in the Protestant Churches - V. Palachovsky and C. Vogel
The Names of Jesus - Fr. Thomas Hopko
Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible - Eugen J. Pentiuc
Jesus the Central Jew - Andre LaCocque
The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy - Abraham Terian
The Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt - Fr. Philopos Anba Bishoy
Vision of Theophilus: The Book of the Flight of the Holy Family Into Egypt - trans. A. Mingana
Jesus and the Spiral of Violence - Richard A. Horsley
Jesus and the Powers - Richard A. Horsley
Pax Romana and the Peace of Jesus Christ - Klaus Wengst
Jesus Was a Migrant - Deirdre Cornell
Jesus the Migrant, the Hope of Migrants - Part 1: Introduction - ZeYared Zarema
Jesus the Migrant, the Hope of Migrants - Part 2 - ZeYared Zerema
Person of the Christ: Earthly Context of the Saviour - Daniel Fanous
Taught by God: Making Sense of the Difficult Sayings of Jesus - Daniel Fanous
Parables of Jesus: A Commentary - Arland J. Hultgren
The Parables of Jesus the Galilean - Ernest van Eck
If You Are the Son of God: The Suffering and Temptations of Jesus - Jacques Ellul
Temptation of Jesus - Fr. Athanasius Iskander
The Temptations of Jesus in Mark’s Gospel - Susan R. Garrett
Temptations of Jesus in Early Christianity - Jeffrey Gibson
Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was - Gerhard Lohfink
Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman
On the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ - St. Philaret of Chernigov
Crucifixion in the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross - Martin Hengel
Jesus, Debt and the Lord's Prayer: First Century Debt and Jesus' Intentions - Douglas E. Oakman
The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James H. Cone
The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Chapter 1) - James H. Cone
Legacies of the Cross and the Lynching Tree, Tikkun (October 26, 2016) - James H. Cone
Jesus Christ, Peacemaker - Terrence J. Rynne
The Mystery of Christ - Fr. John Behr
A Human God - Paulos Mar Gregorios
Christ, the Medicine of Life: The Syriac Fathers on the Lord’s Descent into Hell - Dr. Irina Kukota
The Life of Christ in Holy Tradition and the Writings of the Holy Fathers - Olga Moss
Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity - Larry W. Hurtado
A Man of No Reputation: Jesus and Ascribed Honor in the Gospel of John - Nijay Gupta
Macarius of Jerusalem: Letter to the Armenians, AD 335 - ed. Abraham Terian
Sacred Heart of Jesus: An Orthodox Perspective - Hieromonk Aidan (Keller)
Jesus the Miracle Worker: A Historical and Theological Study - Graham H. Twelftree
The Miracles of Christ - Archbishop Dmitri Royster
Relics and Miracles - Sergius Bulgakov
The Teaching of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Abune Melketsedek
Narek - A Path of Salvation: The Teaching of the Armenian Church - Anna Anahit Paitian
The Law of God - Fr. Daniel Sysoev
Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios - Elder Porphyrios
Preparing for Confession - Fr. James Kordaris
Confession: A Series of Lectures on the Mystery of Repentance - Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky
Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources - Benedicta Ward
Angels and Demons - Harry Boosalis
Jesus, the Galilean Exorcist: His Exorcisms in Social and Political Context - Amanda Witmer
Demon Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament - James D. G. Dunn and Graham H. Twelftree
In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians - Graham H. Twelftree
City of Demons: Violence, Ritual and Christian Power in Late Antiquity - Dayna S. Kalleres
Concerning Demon Possession - Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Case Study: Demonization and the Practice of Exorcism in Ethiopian Churches - Amsalu Tadesse Geleta
The Gospel according to Heretics - David E. Wilhite
Miaphysite Christology - Kesis Mebratu Kiros Gebru
Coptic Christology in Practice - Stephen J. Davis
Christology in the Coptic Church - The Nature of God Incarnate - Fr. Tadros Malaty
Ancient Christian Doctrine series - ed. Thomas C. Oden
Christology and Whiteness - ed. George Yancy
Race: A Theological Account - J. Kameron Carter
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospel as Eyewitness Testimony - Richard Bauckham
Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence - Robert E. Van Voorst
Acquisition of the Holy Spirit as the Goal of the Christian Life - Spencer Estabrook
The Procession of the Holy Spirit in Orthodox Trinitarian Doctrine - Vladimir Lossky
On the Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit - Saint Photios
The Procession of the Holy Spirit in Orthodox Trinitarian Doctrine - Vladimir Lossky
The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy - A. Edward Siecienski
Orthodox Spirituality - Fr. Dumitru Staniloae (A Commentary)
The Light of the World - Serge S. Verhovskoy
Orthodox Faith and Life in Christ - St. Justin Popovich
Jacob's Ladder on Angels - Serguis Bulgakov
Concerning Frequent Communion of the Immaculate Mysteries of Christ - St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite
The Problem of Infant Baptism - Luke Melaku
The Perfection of Women in Christ - Abbess Theologia
The Order of Marriage and Social Ethics - Kesis Kefyalew Merahi
Marriage and Virginity According to St. John Chrysostom - Fr. Josiah B. Trenham
Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective - Fr. John Meyendorff
Matrimony in the Ethiopian Church - Emmanuel Fritsch (academia.edu)
Orthodox Christian Parenting - Cultivating God's Creation
Blueprints for the Little Church: Creating an Orthodox Home - Elissa Bjeletich and Caleb Shoemaker
Exploring and Engaging Spirituality for Today's Children: A Holistic Approach - La Verne Tolbert
Josiah and Julia Go to Church - Kelly Ramkin Lardin
The Theology of Gender - Sofia Matzarioti-Kostara
Patristic Views on the Ontology of Gender - Valerie Karras (academia.edu)
Dimensions of Human Sexuality - Bishop Moussa
Divine Eros in the Counsels of Saint Porphyrios the New
People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality is Not Just an Issue - Preston Sprinkle
Divine Eros: A Timeless Perspective on Homosexuality - Joy E. Corey
Living Without Hypocrisy: Spiritual Counsels of the Holy Elders of Optina
Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church, vol. 1 - Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
Empirical Dogmatics of the Orthodox Catholic Church, vol. 2 - Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
Gehenna: The Orthodox Patristic Understanding of Hell - Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo)
Jesus Fallen? - Fr. Emmanuel Hatzidakis
Epiphany: Three Wise Kings of the Magi - Gary James
The Magi in Ethiopic Tradition - Witold Witakowski
The Covenant of Holy Mary Zion with Ethiopia - Kesis Kefyalew Merahi
The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God - St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
The Burning Bush: On the Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God - Sergius Bulgakov
Defending the Holy Virgin Mary - Fr. Athanasius Iskander
The Assumption of the Virgin According to Saint Theodosius - Fr. Athanasius Iskander
The Life of the Holy Virgin Mary - Olga Moss
Voices from Dabra Zamaddo - Getatchew Haile
One Hundred and Ten Miracles of Our Lady Mary - trans. E. A. W. Budge
Legends of Our Lady Mary the Perpetual Virgin & Her Mother Hanna - trans. E. A. W. Budge
The Miracles of Mary: A Seventeenth-Century Ethiopian Manuscript - Kathleen Bickford Berzock
Harp of Glory: An African Akathist - Enzira Sebhat, trans. Fr. John Anthony McGuckin
Old Testament Prefigurations of the Mother of God - Paul Ladouceur (academia.edu)
Introduction to the Lives of the Saints - St. Justin Popovich
The Place of the Lives of the Saints in the Spiritual Life - Hieromonk Damascene
The Mystery of Healing: Oil, Anointing and the Unity of the Local Church - Fr. David G. Bissias
The Holy Anointing Oil - Margaret Barker
The Theology of Illness - Jean-Claude Larchet
Healing in the Theology of Saint Ephrem - Aho Shemunkasho
Beyond Surgery: Injury, Healing and Religion at an Ethiopian Hospital - Anita Hannig
Art That Heals: The Image as Medicine in Ethiopia - Jacques Mercier
A Century of Magico-Religious Healing - Assefa Balcha Negwo
The Anointing of the Sick - Paul Meyendorff
Faith and Health: The Complexity of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Health Care - Hope Through Healing Hands
The Place of Holy Relics in the Orthodox Church - St. John Popovich
The Ethiopian Homily on the Ark of the Covenant - Amsalu Tefera
The Altar in the Ethiopian Church: History, Forms and Meanings - Emmanuel Fritsch (academia.edu)
A Kingly Craft: Art and Leadership in Ethiopia - Earnestine Jenkins
African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia - Marilyn Heldman & Stuart C.Munro-Hay
The Basilicas of Ethiopia: An Architectural History - Mario di Salvo
Crosses of Ethiopia: The Sign of Faith: Evolution and Form - Mario Di Salvo
The Symbolic Language of Ethiopian Crosses - Maria Evangelatou
The Light in the Theology of Icon (summary) - Vladimir Cvetkovic
The Theology of the Icons - Leonid Ouspensky
Icon and Logos: Sources in Eighth-Century Iconoclasm - Daniel J. Sahas
Image of God the Father in Orthodox Theology and Iconography - Fr. Steven Bigham
Letter to an Iconographer on the Ancient of Days - Fr. Steven Bigham
On the Differences of Western Religious Art and Orthodox Iconography - Photios Kontoglou
Fr. Philippe Peneaud: Romanesque Iconography Today - Jonathan Pageau
Can Statuary Act as Icon? - Aidan Hart
Contemporary Ethiopian Painting in Traditional Style: Beginning and Change - Elisabeth Biasio
Painting Ethiopia: The Life and Work of Qes Adamu Tesfaw - Raymond Silverman
Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Madonna and Child - Jawanza Eric Clark
Africanizing Christian Art - Nicholas J. Bridger
The Attributes of the Church - St. Justin Popovich
The Inward Mission of our Church - St. Justin Popovich
The Church as Communion in Early Christian Thought - Mark Sheridan (academia.edu)
Features of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Clergy - Getnet Tamene
Is the Church of Ethiopia A Judaic Church? - Kirsten Stoffregen Pedersen
The Meaning of the Use of the Candle, the Incense and the Vigil Oil Lamp - Fr. Ioannis Vernikos
Call No Man Father? - Douglas Cramer
The Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity - Bishop Kallistos Ware
The Spiritual Guide in Orthodox Christianity - Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia
Spiritual Fatherhood: Evagrius Ponticus on the Role of Spiritual Father - Fr. Gabriel Bunge
‘I Must Decrease’: Spiritual Direction and Power in the Orthodox Tradition - Alexis Torrance
Orthodox Pastoral Service - eds. Kyprian Kern, William C. Mills, Mary Goddard
The Orthodox Pastor: A Guide to Pastoral Theology - John Shahovskoy
Pastoral Principles for Orthodox Clergy in America - Nicholas E. Denysenko (academia.edu)
Images of the Church in the New Testament - Paul Minear
The Church of Christ: A Biblical Ecclesiology for Today - Everett Ferguson
Understandings of the Church - eds. Everett Ferguson and George Kalantzis
Community Formation in the Early Church and the Church Today - Richard N. Longenecker
Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament - Andy Johnson
The Ecclesiology of St. Basil the Great - Olga A. Druzhinina
The Church and the Charisma of Leadership in Basil of Caesarea - Paul J. Fedwick
The Apostolic Mission of Bishops: A Short Reflection - Bradley Nassif
The Ecclesiology of St. Ignatius of Antioch - Fr. John Romanides
The Bishop of Rome in Late Antiquity - ed. Geoffrey D. Dunn
Cyprian and the Bishops of Rome: Questions of Papal Primacy in the Early Church - Geoffrey D. Dunn
The Church of the Holy Spirit - Nicholas Afanasiev
Church in the Making: An Apophatic Ecclesiology of Consubstantiality - Nikolaos Loudovikos
Problems of Orthodoxy in America: The Canonical Problem - Fr. Alexander Schmemann
Church and State in Early Christianity - Fr. Hugo Rahner, S. J.
The Holy Spirit and Episcopal Teaching Authority according to St. Cyril of Alexandria - Greg Hillis
Alexandria and Constantinople: A Study in Ecclesiastical Diplomacy - Norman H. Baynes (preview)
Ethiopia and Alexandria: The Metropolitan Episcopacy of Ethiopia, vol. 1 - Stuart C. Munro-Hay
The History of the Patriarchs of the Church of Alexandria - B. Evetts
The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641-1517: The Popes of Egypt, Vol. 2 - Mark N. Swanson
The Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy: The Popes of Egypt, Vol. 3 - Magdi Guirguis
Armenian Church Historical Studies: Matters of Doctrine and Administration - Tiran Nersoyan
The Christian East and the Rise of the Papacy: The Church AD 1071-1453 - Aristeides Papadakis
Patriarchs of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the Nineteenth Century - Athanasius Aphram Barsoum
Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity - eds. Lucy Grig and Gavin Kelly
Church, Papacy and Schism - Philip Sherrard
The Banished Heart: Origins of Heteropraxis in the Catholic Church - Geoffrey Hull
Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - W. J. Sparrow-Simpson
The Papacy and the Orthodox: Sources and History of a Debate - A. Edward Siecienski
The Primacy of Peter - ed. Fr. John Meyendorff
The Exercise of the Primacy in the Church: An Orthodox Theological Perspective - Philip Kariatlis
Conciliarity and Primacy - Petros Vassiliadis (academia.edu)
Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II: An Orthodox Perspective - Maximos Vgenopoulos
Roman Presidency and Christian Unity in our Time - Fr. Thomas Hopko
The Petrine Ministry: Catholics and Orthodox in Dialogue - ed. Walter Kasper
Canon 28 and Eastern Papalism: Cause or Effect? - George C. Michalopulos
Dialogue of Love: Breaking the Silence of Centuries - John Chryssavgis
The Myth of Papal Infalibility
Ecclesial Repentance: The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts - Jeremy M. Bergen
Our 'Post-Ecclesiological' Age - Archimandrite Grigorios Papathomas
The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology - Brian Edward Daley
Dogma and Love - Metropolitan Serapion
On Truth and Love in the Writings of St. John the Evangelist - Bishop Theophan the Recluse
Ethics after Christendom: Toward an Ecclesial Christian Ethic - Vigen Guroian
Love in Orthodox Ethics - Vigen Guroian
Compassionate Love and Ebony Grace: Christian Altruism and People of Color - Kortright Davis