The Eastern Orthodox Bookstore

 The Philokalia

 Intro to Eastern Christendom

The Philokalia is an anthology of spiritual texts penned between the 4th and 15th centuries by various masters of the Jesus Prayer and hesychasm ("stillness"). These texts are of immense importance to Orthodox Christians and others seeking instruction in the deeper aspects of prayer and the spiritual life. More►

Bishop Kallistos' detailed introduction to the Orthodox Church is written for non-Orthodox as well as Orthodox Christians seeking to know more about their own tradition. Ware's book has become established throughout the English-speaking world as the standard intro to the Orthodox Church. More►

 The Desert Fathers

 Monastic Thought

The sayings of the Desert Fathers were remembered and in the 4th century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected and later read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation. More►

Based on 55 years of solitude in the desert, this monastic guide insists that prayer gives believers wings to fly. Engulfed in the Holy Spirit, the Christian experiences death to sin, touches the invisible, and discovers joy welling up inside his heart. More►

 Iconography

 The Theotokos

The first complete translation ever of these seminal treatises! Here are learned, powerful appeals for the use of the icons in the churches, clarifying how representations of God's likeness are not idolatrous. Rather, icons can be books for the illiterate, pique human curiosity, and invigorate faith. More►

One of the 20th century's leading Orthodox theologians, Bulgakov here refutes the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception and discusses the Orthodox veneration of the mother of God. More►

 The Popular Patristics

 Orthodox Theology

In this volume of St. Symeon's Ethical Discourses, Symeon addresses the traditional language of Eastern Christian asceticism in the light of the possibility of a transfigured life. More►

In this comprehensive guide to contemplative prayer, George Maloney, S.J. opens up this tradition of prayer - in particular the Jesus Prayer - to Western Christians in a clear and practical manner. More►