The Sacrament Of Love The Nuptial Mystery in the Light of the Orthodox Tradition.For Paul Evdokimov, the conjugal union of man and woman in marriage is an image of God in Trinity — a relationship of persons united in love, thus realizing their one nature. But, since the Fall, only Christ can truly reconcile man and woman and bring about the harmony of Eros and the person. The sacrament of marriage regulates the communion between man and wife in all its sacramental fullness. T
The Library Of Alexandria The Library Of Alexandria - Centre of Learning in the Ancient World . The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artifacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became--through the contemporary reputation of its library--a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew schol
Agpia The Horologion of the Coptic Orthodox Church is a fresh new translation of the Book of Hours According to the Order of the Church of Alexandria, commonly known as the Agpia. This version of the Horologion was translated directly from the Coptic language, and therefore, it closely parallels the Coptic prayers and Psalms of the seven canonical hours. As such, this translation is intended to help the worshipper acquire a greater understanding of the numerous sh
Cassian And The Fathers Cassian and the Fathers is the initial volume in the series of Novitiate Conferences of Thomas Merton, the classes he presented to young men beginning their monastic life at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. They contain Merton's insights on important Patristic and monastic figures preceding the time of St. Benedict, above all John Cassian, the most significant bridge between the early desert fathers and the development of monastic life in the West, and the
The Monk Of Mount Athos Silouan, an unlettered young peasant from the heart of European Russia, finished his military service in the autumn of 1892 and within a week set off for the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos. There, rooted in a tradition reaching back to the very beginnings of Christian monasticism, he came to a personal experience of Christianity akin to that of the Desert Fathers. This account of Silouan's life, written by his disciple Archimandrite Sophr
