An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality -
By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos. From the web site of the Church of Greece.
The Holy Fathers of Orthodox Spirituality - Part I. The Inspiration and Sure Guide to True Christianity Today
| Part II. How to Read the Holy Fathers
Orthodox Spirituality - From the web site of St. Andrew Orthodox Christian Church, Antiochian Archdiocese, Arlington, WA.
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Orthodox Spirituality Links - Provided by the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monastery, Thebes Boeotia, Greece. "Spirituality is, by definition, the living of one's life in the Holy Spirit. Therefore the 'study of Spirituality' has for its sources all those materials which serve, one way or another, to bring us to that life: Prayer and the lives of the saints who in every generation have provided an example of 'living in the Holy Spirit'. Spirituality is thus the act of living one's life in the Life of the Holy Spirit. Thus 'Spirituality' includes those writings which deal with repentance, ethics, morality, ascetic effort, fasting, prayer and all those means by which we struggle to overcome sin and accept the life of God as our own.
Studies in the Faith, Orthodox Spirituality - From the web site of The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross, Belmont, CA.
ACCESS
— Saint of the Day Page - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese,
Orthodox Ministry Access. Also “Feast Days and Lives of the Saints.”
Orthodox
Believers - By Father Georges Florovsky.
Arimathea
Eastern and Ancient Christianity Page- Meditations, lives
of saints, Orthodox life in the Holy Spirit. The links from this web page
alone will keep one busy for a long, long time. A “must visit” site.
Articles
on the Terms “Canonical” and “Canonicity” - Presented
because 1) these terms are misunderstood by many Orthodox today; and 2)
these terms are related to the concept of spiritual authority and
the concomitant evaluation of such on the basis of Holy
Tradition.
Be advised that the web site is strictly traditionalist in approach to the
subject. The
Christian Spiritual Life - St. Seraphim
Descent
of the Holy Spirit - Homily of Father John Chrysostom.
Egeria
and the Fourth Century Liturgy in Jerusalem - Hypertext
version developed by Michael Fraser, Department of Theology, University
of Durham. Latin text with English translation.
Ecumenical
Awareness: Epistles of Metropolitan Philaret - A Clear
Voice for Orthodoxy in the Twentieth Century.
Exorcism
in the Orthodox Church - By Rev. George C. Papademetriou,
Ph.D., Holy Cross School of Theology. The Orthodox teaching about evil
and the Christian response to it.
Feasts
and Saints of the Orthodox Church - From the Orthodox
Church of America.
Following
the Holy Fathers: Father Georges Florovsky and the Patristic Mindset
The
Genealogy of Christ - Sermon by Metropolitan Antony (Bloom).
General
Rules for Distinguishing the Truth from Error and Preserving the Faith
- From A Commonitory - By St.
Vincent of Lerins.
Gregory
the Theologian (Nazianzus) on Athanasius of Alexandria - From
Fordham University (Roman Catholic.)
Guide
to Great Lent - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, Orthodox
Ministry Access.
Hymns
of St. Ephrem the Syrian (ftp site) - On
Fasting | On
Paradise
The
Lenten Triodion - Presented through the industry, dedication
and generosity of The Monastery of the Holy Myrrbearers Otego, NY. The
superior of the community, Mother Raphaela, has graciously given her blessing
to distribute the texts here for personal and church use, but not for any
kind of commercial use.
On
the Soul and Union With God - By Priest Paul Volmensky.
Orthodox
Fasting Practice - The site is called VegSource, from
St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church. Includes sources in vegetarian
cooking at the bottom of the home page.
Orthodox
Peace Fellowship - The Orthodox Peace Fellowship of the
Protection of the Mother of God is an association of Orthodox Christians
belonging to different nations and jurisdictions trying to live the peace
of Christ in day-to-day life, including situations of division and conflict.
It publishs a quarterly journal, In
Communion, and provide other resources for individuals and parishes.
Orthodox Practice: On Bows and Prostrations
- Part 1
| Part 2
Orthodox
Prayers - Daily Prayers and others. From the Orthodox
Christian Page in America, Orthodox Christian Foundation, Mistras, Greece.
Our
Father Among the Saints, John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
(+407 A.D.) - Commemorated Nov. 13 (accession to the
throne of Constantinople), Jan. 27 (translation of relics) and Jan. 30
(one of the Three Holy Hierarchs). A marvelous resource lovingly compiled
by Andrew S. Damick, a communicant of All
Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in Raleigh, NC. Also at this site
is information about the Holy
Apostle Andrew, the First Called.
Paradosis
and its Noetic Base: Towards a Spiritual Statement of Tradition in Orthodox
Thought - By Archimandrite (now Archbishop) Chrysostomos
and Hieromonk (now Bishop) Auxentios. This is the summary chapter (V) from
Scripture
and Tradition (Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies,
1994). Appended to this chapter are two discussions about the alleged misuse
of St. Vincent’s Canon. This 87 page book is an overview of the concept
of Holy Tradition and its role in the life of the Church.
The
Prologue from Ohrid — Lives of the saints by Bishop Nikolai
Velimirovic. From the web site of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese
of Western America. This version includes not only the Lives of the Saints,
but also the Hymns of Praise, Reflection, Contemplation and Homily sections
for every day, just as Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic wrote it in the original
Serbian text.
Remarks
to a Priest on Holy Tradition and Modernism - By Archbishop
Chrysostomos.
St.
Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers - By
Fr. George Florovsky. This is Ch. 7 from The Collected
Works of Georges Florovsky, Vol. I, Bible, Church, Tradition:
An Eastern Orthodox View (Vaduz, Europa: Buchervertriebsanstalt,
1987), pp. 105-120.
Saints
of the Orthodox Church - By George Bebis, Ph.D., Holy
Cross School of Theology. From Orthodox Ministry Access, Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese.
Sermon
on the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas (Great Fast 1998) - By
Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna. Profound words on the significance of
this great Saint for the Orthodox Church.
St.
Athanasios: Life of St. Antony - From Fordham University
(Roman Catholic).
St.
Innocent - The OCA page celebrating the 200th anniversary
of St. Innocent (Veniamenov) of Alaska, Equal to the Apostles, Enlightener
of North America 1797-1879.
Some
Comments on Officialdom, the Sacred Canons, St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain,
and the Continuity of Byzantine Thought - By Archbishop
Chrysostomos.
The
Supper of God and the Soul - By Pope Gregory, The Dialogist.
Vegetarian
Pages - Not an Orthodox web site, but a good source for
fasting meals. |
“Never
has there been such an age of false teachers as this pitiful 20th century,
so rich in material gadgets and so poor in mind and soul. Every conceivable
opinion, even the most absurd, even those hitherto rejected by the universal
consent of all civilized peoples—now has its platform and its own ‘teacher.’
A few of these teachers come with demonstration or promise of ‘spiritual
power’ and false miracles, as do some occultists and ‘charismatics’; but
most of the contemporary teachers offer no more than a weak concoction
of undigested ideas which they received ‘out of the air,’ as it were, or
from some modern self-appointed ‘wise man’ (or woman) who knows more than
all the ancients merely by living in our
