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Millennium of Faith: Christianity in Russia Ad 988-1988

Diana Rosu — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:10:52 +0000

This readable book is illustrated with fascinating photographs of different aspects of Russia’s religious history. The story, as it unfolds, contains many surprises and gives a broad picture of the character of Russian Christianity.

The Legacy of St. Vladimir: Byzantium, Russia, America

Diana Rosu — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:05:48 +0000

These twenty papers, written by a diverse group of internationally known theologians, historians, pastors, and musicologists, were presented at an academic symposium held in September 1988 in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of St Vladimir’s Seminary. They provide a fascinating picture of the historical, liturgical, social, and spiritual developments which led Orthodox Christians from Byzantium to the modern world.

Mysticism & The Eastern Church

Diana Rosu — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:59:41 +0000

This work which first appeared in German over fifty years ago was immediately acknowledged as a profound and beautiful study of the spirituality of the Orthodox Church, in which the author gives us a mysticism centred on the Ressurection and the continued presence in the world of the Exalted Christ.

The Millenium: Christianity and Russia 988-1988

Diana Rosu — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 07:37:53 +0000

In 988 AD, according to the Povest’ vremennykh let (Russian Primary Chronicle), Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kiev replaced paganism with Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the official religious orientation of Kievan Russia.

Joining the worldwide observance of the millennium of Christianity in Russia, the University of Oregon presented a public humanities symposium, art exhibitions, films and concerts on The Millennium: Christianity and Russia (988-1988 AD) to note the impact of Eastern Orthodox Christianity on the historical and cultural development of Russia and the Soviet Union.

The collection of papers presented at the symposium by renowned specialists in Russian art, history and culture illuminates the meaning of Orthodox Christianity and its influence on the humanities in Russia and the Soviet Union today and provides the general reader, as well as students and teachers of Russian culture, with a better understanding of Russian culture and civilization.

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, inspirer of Dostoevsky

Diana Rosu — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:35:11 +0000

This definitive biography explores St. Tikhon’s life and writings to reveal the man himself: sensitive, retiring, fond of children, familiar with the writings of the Western pietists, but above all rooted in the Bible, the Fathers and the Church’s sacramental life. He was the embodiment of the ideal Christian pastor, a source of wholeness and healing for others.

The Inner Kingdom

Diana Rosu — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:36:55 +0000

This work is a revised and expanded version of a book that has appeared in several languages. It focuses on themes central to Eastern Christian worship and spiritual life. The first three chapters provide insights on death, bereavement and resurrection in Christ; and repentance. Chapters four and five invite the reader into the world of desert ascetics and hesychast monks. Combining schoarly rigor with practical counsels on prayer, Bishop Ware makes the wealth of this traditonal accessible to today’s Christians. The next three chapters concern personal vocation, martyrdom, spiritual fatherhood and the strange path of the fool for Christ’s sake. There follows brief essays on the theology of time and the spiritual purposes of higher education. The final chapters is a challenging discussion of Origen and SS Gregory of Nyssa, Isaac the Syrian and Silouan the Athonite, and in coversation with them asks, dare we hope for the salvation of all.

Living Tradition. Orthodox Witness in the Contemporary World

Elena Van Tomme — Tue, 08 May 2018 12:27:10 +0000

Essays exploring the Orthodox understanding of Tradition and its relevance to our modern world in such crucial areas as authority, mission, and social responsibility. The author shows that traditional theology is capable of facing the challenges of its own time while remaining faithful to the spirit and intention embodied in the apostolic Orthodox faith.

The Russians and their church

Bert Forrez — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:46:29 +0000