Ancient Faith Publishing: 32 books
by Albert S. Rossi, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
In order to become a healing presence for others, we must first be healed ourselves—through an active relationship with the great Healer, Christ. Drawing on the teachings of the Fathers and saints of the Church, Dr. Rossi gently points the way toward deepening our love for God and for each other so that others may experience Christ through us.
Meditations for Holy Week
Dying and Rising with Christ
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Archimandrite Vassilios brings his liturgical and devotional insights and warm, accessible style to bear on the services of Holy Week, helping the reader enter fully into this most rich and intense period of the Christian year.
Help! I'm Bored in Church
Entering fully into Worship in the Divine Liturgy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Do you ever find yourself feeling bored in church? Don't despair—you're not alone, and there is hope! Fr. David Smith offers four compelling reasons for going to church regardless of how we feel. He then explores
six reasons people sometimes feel bored in church,
five ways to think...
Close to Home
One Orthodox Mother's Quest for Patience, Peace, and Perseverance
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This book is for every young mother who's ever wished children came with an instruction manual; who's ever longed for just one quiet minute to finish a thought or utter a prayer; who's ever despaired of perfecting herself in time to become a good example for her children; who's ever wondered why "happily...
Following Egeria
A Modern Pilgrim in the Holy Land
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
In the fourth century, a nun named Egeria traveled through the Holy Land and kept a diary of her experiences. In the twenty-first century, Fr. Lawrence Farley followed partially in her footsteps and wrote his own account of how he experienced the holy sites as they are today. Whether you’re planning...
Words for Our Time
The Spiritual Words of Matthew the Poor
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
The twentieth-century elder Abba Matta of Egypt, known in the West as Matthew the Poor, is widely regarded as the greatest Egyptian elder since St. Antony the Great. He produced a huge and varied body of work in Arabic, only a little of which has been translated into English. In addition, a great...
Meditations for Advent
Preparing for Christ’s Birth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The author of the popular Meditations for Great Lent takes us through the hymnography, scripture readings, and iconography for the forty days leading up to the Nativity of Christ, showing how a full understanding of the Incarnation can enrich our spiritual lives.
Following a Sacred Path
Raising Godly Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
The Epistle to the Hebrews
High Priest in Heaven
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The Hebrew Christians of apostolic-era Palestine were tempted to fall back into Jewish ways because of persecution and a lack of understanding of the true uniqueness and significance of Christ. The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews exhorts them to stand fast, finish the race, and attain the promises...
The Rest of the Bible
A Guide to the Old Testament of the Early Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
A beautiful widow risks her life to defend her people while men cower in fear. A young man takes a journey with an archangel and faces down a demon in order to marry a woman seven times widowed. A reprobate king repents and miraculously turns back toward God. A Jewish exile plays a game of riddles...
Meditations for the Twelve Great Feasts
Becoming Fully Human in Christ
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Meditations for Great Lent
Reflections on the Triodion
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
The Lenten Triodion exhorts us, “Let us observe a fast acceptable and pleasing to the Lord.” Using hymns from the Triodion and the Scripture readings appointed for the season, Meditations for Great Lent shows us how to make our fast acceptable: to fast not only from food but from...
One Flesh
Salvation through Marriage in the Orthodox Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Is the Church too negative about sex? Beginning with this provocative question, Fr. Lawrence Farley explores the history of the Church’s attitude toward sex and marriage, from the Old Testament through the Church Fathers. He persuasively makes the case both for traditional morality and for a positive acceptance of marriage as a viable path to theosis.
Go Forth
Stories of Mission and Resurrection in Albania
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Of all the stories of the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in formerly communist lands, Albania’s may be the most dramatic. Having been almost exterminated by the atheist government, the Church of Albania has arisen, under the leadership of Archbishop Anastasios, to become a vibrant and growing...