Available from the Hermitage of the Holy Cross.
NTSC, Color, 57 min.
$20.00

Glory Be to God!   There are more and more delightful and edifying books for Orthodox children and young people being published than ever before. We are pleased to highlight a few examples here, and to offer the following sites for dozens more titles:

Hermitage of the Holy Cross features numerous books for children drawing from a variety of traditional Orthodox backgrounds, including the wonderful From I-ville to You-ville, already a bestseller in Greece, which adapts the simple teachings of Elder Paisius of Mt Athos into a modern allegory for our times.

Conciliar Press offers literally dozens of children's titles for a wide range of ages. Of special note are the Twelve Great Feasts series and the Three Day Pascha Series.

See also Synaxis Press Titles for Children. (This is the publishing ministry of Archbishop Lazar who visited the parish in Fall 2008.)

Regina Orthodox Press has some beautifully illustrated children's books, and offers a 50% discount on items purchased at the same time as their DVD Faith Through Doubt, or new book title These Things We Believe (see website for details):

And here is a further assortment from various Orthodox suppliers:

. . . he was a convert to Orthodoxy from the West Coast. Steeped in Orthodox monasticism at Valaam Monastery in Russia, he learned his life's calling from a true staretz, and on his return to America began his labours as a monastery founder and Orthodox missionary. Learn through these recordings about +Jonah's spiritual journey to monasticism, and about how we all are called to make a similar journey, whatever our path or situation, so that we may truly grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• A Path To Monasticism (Includes the small tract, Are You Called to Monastic Life?, written by the
  Brotherhood of the Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, founded by Met Jonah) - Audio CD - $10 from SVS Press.
• From Psychology To Spirituality - Complete recording of a 2005 retreat given by then Abbot Jonah. - 5-CD Set - $20 from SVS Press.

More on Metropolitan Jonah - Full Coverage of the AAC and the Metropolitan's Enthronement. Including articles, videos, and audio coverage of the 15th All-American Council:

• Official OCA Coverage, video, reports, enthronement of Met Jonah, and more.
  
• Ancient Faith Radio provides audio coverage and podcasts of the AAC, including homilies and major addresses, plus interviews with Met Jonah, Fr Thomas Hopko and others.

Many Years Vladyka Jonah!

CHRIST the ETERNAL KALIMAT - Indonesian Priest Fr. Daniel Byantoro concentrates on the identity of the 2nd person of the Trinity - Jesus the Christ. Is He who He claims to be - Very God of Very God? Jesus is the Eternal Kalimat - Arabic for Word or Logos in Greek. Fr. Daniel's own story is both dramatic and inspiring. Born a muslim, he turned to Christ as a young man, eventually discovering the Orthodox Church. Here is an excellent article of his on how to witness to muslims.

re/CALL - FOR ORTHODOX TEENS! - re/CALL is a podcast for Orthodox Christian teens and young adults that focuses on how your relationship with God and His Church can permeate every aspect of your life: dealing with family, friends, school, work, your spiritual life, and everything in between! Be sure to check out the re/CALL Website as well as the podcast listing on Ancient Faith Radio.

Ancient Faith Radio - Outstanding internet radio programming featuring an amazing range of podcasts, interviews, music, and more. Guaranteed to edify! Easy to subscribe to podcasts through iTunes and other services.

Hear Fr. Steven Kostoff's two-part talk on the Resurrection, on Ancient Faith Radio.
 
 

St Gregory Palamas Monastery - Founded in 1982, this nearby men's monastery in northern Ohio is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Their growing online store offers rare books published by the monastery, mounted icons and candles, plus prayer ropes, incense and handicrafts from Mt Athos. Whereas their website features rich homilies on the spiritual life, and articles and lives of saints, plus much more.

• Two Elders on the Jesus Prayer
• Recollections of Mount Athos
• plus additional rare titles by other publishers

• On Pilgrimage
  
• Sunday of the Prodigal Son
  
• Conforming to God's Will
  

• Elder Joseph the Hesychast
• Elder Germanos of Stavrovouni
• Elder Paisius the Athonite

We warmly thank Archbishop Lazar for visiting Christ the Savior on November 16.

•  To become better acquainted with Archbishop Lazar, check out his ongoing series of video talks here.
• SPECIAL MEDITATION featuring one of Vladyka Lazar's articles.
• If you go to http://www.new-ostrog.org/ you will be at the website of Archbishop Lazar's monastery. The setting is quite attractive. You can also click on Synaxis Press, and browse through their catalogue of books, including some excellent ones for children.
  
  

Hermitage of the Holy Cross - This monastic brotherhood of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad is known for their thriving community, their excellent online store, and now, an inspiring DVD on Orthodox Monasticism.


St Herman of Alaska Monastery and Press - Founded by Righteous Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, this outstanding missionary press has been publishing a magazine (The Orthodox Word) and classic Orthodox spiritual texts for forty years. The monastery is now beginning to make available on CD many of the talks given by Fr. Seraphim, and is nearing publication of a newly revised edition of Genesis, Creation and Early Man, which relates the Orthodox Patristic understanding of Creation.

The variety and virtues of the dozens of podcasts now available on Ancient Faith Radio is a great blessing for us Orthodox struggling to guard our hearts and minds in the midst of our hectic, anti-Christian culture. There is, literally, something for everyone on Ancient Faith!

Download these to your computer, and burn them to CD, or sync them to your iPod. You can also subscribe to these podcasts through iTunes or other services, and automatically receive the new installments as they are released. Here are a few suggestions to get started... (Images are linked direcly to respective podcast pages on Ancient Faith's website.)