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"For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church" is, according to Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, "a mature and reasoned discourse about our engagement with the world and with each other for Orthodox Christians and all people of good will. This text offers to the reader, who is willing to listen, insight and guidance on how to participate in life in the world, while enjoying the life in the Spirit." It is a helpful roadmap--steeped in Orthodox wisdom--essential for navigating the many modern-day challenges we face.

A biography of the saintly hierarch, an autobiography found among his papers at the time of his death, his last scholarly work on the hierarchical prayer of Jesus, and a reflection on his life by one of his spiritual children.

Fr. Dumitru Staniloae seeks always to indicate the inner coherence of dogmatic truth and the significance of each dogma for the personal life of the Christian. . . . Dogmas, he is convinced, do not enslave but liberate; theology is essentially freedom. Freedom, whether human or divine, is one of Fr. Dumitru's recurrent leitmotifs; God has made us partners and fellow-workers, who co-operate with him in full liberty; without freedom there can be no love and no interpersonal communion. -From the foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware

Eight visionary men came together to create a fraternal Order and to promote its "objectives and principles: effect a perfect and harmonious understanding between ourselves and others..." Bold words for a group of salesmen who wanted to create an organization to help make Greek immigrants, good Americans. Who knew that on a hot day, June 26, 1922, these eight men would create an organization-the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association-which eventually would span the world? Who knew in 1922 that this organization would thrive in turbulent decades and survive 100 years, promoting values and traditions of the immigrants who created it? The creation of this organization, this fraternity, was organic and original. Many organizations started from a chapter or a group and flourished into a national organization, but not this. AHEPA was invented at the national level and much like Johnny Appleseed spread its important message to communities and chapters across North America, Europe, Asia, and as far away as Australasia.

Olivier Clément was without doubt one of the great Christian humanists of the twentieth century, a writer who could take the insights of the classical theological tradition and the spiritual fathers of the early centuries and bring them into an astonishingly effective dialogue with the thinkers and artists of modernity. This book shows him in conversation with a kindred spirit, a visionary, prayerful, generous Orthodox leader, whose impact is still felt in the Eastern Christian world. It is a model of how pastoral authority and intellectual exploration might-and should-interact.Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2002-2012)Throughout these pages, readers will discover the importance of encounters through dialogue. The fruit of these intimate conversations with French Orthodox theologian Olivier Clément is more than a spiritual legacy; it is the key that unlocks the treasure-chest of Orthodox Christianity.From the Foreword by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America

In the Reflections of Bishop Gerasimos, the reader feels the presence of this blessed man as he draws on the Orthodox Christian tradition and his own spiritual experience to articulate basic themes of Christian faith and life. Central to his presentation of these reflections is the belief that the saving work of Jesus Christ is a key not only to understanding Orthodox Christianity but also to fulfilling the purpose of our human life.Fr. Stanely S. Harakas of Blessed MemoryFrom The Preface

Christians have always wondered what might take place at the end of time. To answer such questions, it is common to turn to Scripture and the many texts of the Church Fathers concerning the eschata. In his book, "At the End of Time: The Eschatological Expectations of the Church," Bishop Gerasimos of Abydos offers his knowledgable reflections on the texts of the Church and Her Tradition concerning the last things and the Kingdom of God to come.

As told by modern day Orthodox women, this collection of moving stories recounts the lives of many beloved women saints and the witness that they continue to bear to us today. Included in this second volume are the stories of St. Juliana, St Paula, St. Barbara the Great Martyr, St. Mary of Egypt and more.

It is with special joy that we welcome this important collection of essays on the historical and theological sources related to the fundamental role of women in the early and Byzantine Church, as well as the significance of the order of deaconesses throughout the centuries to our day.

In every generation the Church is obliged to test the depths, to analyze, interpret, and evaluate the various components of the sacred rites through serious theological reflection in order that the vitality of the liturgy may be sustained appropriately, genuine piety may be formed rightly, and liturgical practice may be enriched properly, thereby facilitating the incorporation of the Church's authentic tradition into the contexts in which the people live and worship. The goal of liturgical renewal is to distinguish between the theological core of the liturgical tradition and its historical incarnations - its forms and shapes - mindful of the fact that the rule of prayer rests ultimately within the rule of faith, of which the liturgy is a significant expression.