Recommended Reading and Other Resources

While nothing can take the place of visiting (and regularly attending) your local Orthodox parish, there are a number of books and and other resources that can deepen one's learning and experience of the Orthodox Faith.

The following is Fr. Stephen's recommended reading list. It encompasses various topics regarding the Orthodox Faith. These books can be found in our Parish Bookstore at our church, and through Orthodox vendors (see Links).

 

The Holy Bible

The Orthodox Study Bible

Introduction to Orthodoxy

“The Orthodox Church” by Metropolitan Kallistos (Timothy) Ware

“Welcome to the Orthodox Church” by Frederica Mathewes-Green

“For the Life of the World” by Fr. Alexander Schmemann

“The Orthodox Way” by Metropolitan Kallistos (Timothy) Ware

“The Law of God” by Serafim Slobodskoy

History

“The Religion of the Apostles” by Fr. Stephen de Young

Spiritual Collections

“The Way of a Pilgrim” by Anonymous

“Wounded by Love” by St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

“Great Lent” by Fr. Alexander Schmemann (if joining at Pascha)

“The Winter Pascha” by Fr. Thomas Hopko (if joining at Nativity)

Patristics

“On the Incarnation” by St. Athanasius the Great

The Epistles of St. Ignatius of Antioch

The Didache

The Protoevangelium of James

The Book of Enoch

“The Ladder of Divine Ascent” by St. John Climacus

Apologetics

“Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy” by Fr. Andrew Damick

“Rock and Sand” by Fr. Josiah Trenham

“Becoming Orthodox” by Fr. Peter Gillquist