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Review: Harp of Glory(Post)
From the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Comes a distinctly African hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary:For the roots of the tree of your love are entwined within my heart, And that tree grows in stature a ...
Review: His Life Is Mine(Post)His Life Is Mine. The title of this work stands as something of a promise fulfilled. Having believed that life—true life, eternal life—is found in Christ, the Russian Athonite monk, Sophrony set abou ...
Review: Orthodox Christianity, Vol. 5: Sacraments and Other Rites(Post)The Sacraments of the Church as “Arsenal”In the fifth volume of his masterwork series, Orthodox Christianity (published by St Vladimir’s Seminary [SVS] Press), Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev describes ...
Review: The Liturgy of Death(Post)The Meaning of Death Ravaged by Secularism and the Church as “Co-Conspirator”Priest, dean, and historian, Alexander Schmemann was, perhaps, first and foremost a liturgiologist, a critical examiner of ...
Review: The Sermon on the Mount(Post)The Sermon on the Mount is the single largest teaching of our Lord Jesus. It is thick with content; it contains the Beatitudes, the Lord’s Prayer, and meditations on the relationship between the o ...
Review: How to Be a Sinner(Post)The Sinner Identity Done RightHaving come up with a provocative and compelling title, Peter Bouteneff more than delivers on its promise in How to Be a Sinner from St Vladimir’s Seminary (SVS) Pr ...
Review: On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy(Post)The Most Profound Church Father of the 7th Century Has a Simple Message: Go to Church!During these months of lock-down, when so many of us have been denied the consolation of the Church, the Divine L ...