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    Review: On Social Justice(Post)

    An Ancient Church Father Made More Relevant by 21st Century ProblemsI was on the edge of my seat reading the homilies on wealth, poverty, and social justice by St Basil the Great. In an age of pandem ...

    Despondency: The Spiritual Teaching of Evagrius Ponticus on Acedia(Post)

    It has become plainly obvious that, in current years, amidst wars, rumors of wars, disease, distraction, and the seemingly forced uprooting of nuclear family life in the secular west, we are being as ...

    Review: Hymns of Repentance(Post)

    Of the likely hundreds of kontakia, or hymns, composed by St Romanos the Melodist, fifty-nine of his genuine “sermon-poems” survive today, yet he is known mainly as the author of the Akathist Hymn to ...

    Review: On Christian Ethics(Post)

    The Christian life is even more demanding than you think, offers Basil the GreatIf you have ever been tempted to think that God grades sins on a sort of sliding scale, that some sins are more scandal ...

    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: 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: 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 ...

    Daniel B. Hinshaw, M.D - Author Spotlight(Post)

    Full Biography Daniel B. Hinshaw, M.D. is professor emeritus of surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School and consultant in palliative medicine at the University of Michigan Geriatric ...

    Christ the Conqueror of Hell(Post)

    Though not encyclical, such as other tomes (The Departure of the Soul jumps to mind), Christ the Conqueror of Hell is a fantastic insight into the deep liturgical, dogmatic, and poetic roots of our O ...

    Review: Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image(Post)

    God’s Human Death as the Doorway to LifeIn fact, death is the only unavoidable partof life.It is the only thing which I can be sure of,and, thus,the only thing which I must contemplate.Death is a nec ...

    About SVS Press(Page)

    Welcome to our online bookstore! Founded in 1968, St Vladimir's Seminary Press is the largest and most active publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language, with more than 500 titles ...

    St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly (Page)

    St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly (SVTQ)—in continuous publication for nearly seventy years—has a fresh new look and format and is now under new editorial leadership: Dr Ionuț-Alexan ...