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1981rif. 260324001Light & Life Pub Co 1981. paperback. Like New. 5x0x8. Coniaris Anthony M. : These Are the Sacraments: The Life-Giving Mysteries of the Orthodox Church. Minneapolis : Light & Life 1981. Small octavo 8vo 8"/20.1cm h x 5.5". Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 6 7-192. Foreword Stanley Harakas of Holy Cross Seminary; 12 chapters see photo. Condition notes: an excellent copy of yet another work of the prolific Fr. Coniaris of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis founder of Light and Life Publishing. Light fold to rear wrapper no spine crease. Interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. Light & Life Pub Co paperback
1972rif. 36561Filgrave: Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption 1972. Paperback in very good condition. Stiff card covers; 46 pages. Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption unknown
1986rif. 260128004St Vladimirs Seminary Pr 1986. paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. Krivocheine Archbishop Basil : In the Light of Christ: Saint Symeon the New Theologian 949-1022 : Life-Spirituality-Doctrine. Crestwood NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 1986. Translated from the French by Gythiel Anthony P. Octavo 8vo 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers - cover illustration a woodcut icon of St. Symeon 949-1022 by noted iconographer Photios Kontoglou. 8 9-411 412-416 blank. Author's preface; 27 chapters in five sections Life and Character of Symeon; The Ways of God; Knowledge of God; God With Us; Toward Deification; epilogue; abbrev; bibliography index. Condition notes: an excellent copy with no spine crease light wear to wrappers; interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. St Vladimirs Seminary Pr paperback
1969rif. 251121001Russian Orthodox Diocese of Alaska 1969. journal. Very Good. A rarity – the first issue of the 1969 relaunch of Orthodox Alaska in its original incarnation a briefly-published journal in Sitka 1917. The "New Series" was published under the direction of His Grace Theodosius Bishop of Sitka and Alaska and edited by Father David Black with editorial offices at St. Michael’s Cathedral Sitka from 1969-1979. Copies rarely come on the market. Black Fr. David editor : Orthodox Alaska Orthodox Alaska Vol. I No. I New Series. Sitka : Russian Orthodox Diocese of Alaska September-October 1969. Ten pp printed in black and white. 8.5" x 11" folded no staples. Illus. Message from Bishop Theodosius; Father David's editorial; Dr. Basil Bensin on Blessed Herman of Alaska; Fr. Sebastian Dabovitch on 'Alaska' reprint of the 1902 original; church calendar official acts diocesan news and History of the Monks by Palladius adapted from the Lausiac History. Condition notes: Moderately worn copy with some staining to front leaf; several closed tears and folds to issue; head of pp5-6 toned; price of issue hand-altered in sharpie to final page. Commentary on the early issues by Fr. Seraphim Rose Feb 18/Mar 3 1970. We personally inspect every book we offer. Russian Orthodox Diocese of Alaska unknown
1995rif. 260313001Cornell University Press 1995. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Kelly J. N. D. : Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom - Ascetic Preacher Bishop. Ithaca NY : Cornell University Press 1995. First edition/First impression. Octavo 8vo 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth gilt lettering to spine. X 310. Author's preface noting that the current work was the first new treatment of Chrysostom in the US in over 100 years; abbrev 19 chapters epilogue Appendices Ancient sources chronology of early life and charges brought against John at Constantinople and Antioch; index. Notes passim. Condition notes: an excellent first printing marred only by the neat inscription of former owner's name an Orthodox priest to head ffep; occasional turned down pages occasional typo corrected in pencil. Binding square and tight dustjacket excellent and sheathed in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer. Cornell University Press hardcover
1996rif. 251017004Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood 1996. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Kontzevitch Ivan M. : The Acquisition of the Holy Spirit: Orthodox Ascetic Theology Vol. I of VII as of time of printing. Platina CA : Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood 1996. Second printing. Octavo 8vo 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers with a reproduction of a Greek "All Saints" icon to front. 10 11-117 118-119 publisher's ads 120 blank. Editor's preface Abbot Herman 1988; Preface to the English edition Helen Kontzevitch the author's wife; glossary; author's intro; Part I A Brief Survey of Asceticism; Part II Ancient Eastern Monasticism. Condition notes: A near fine clean copy with light wear to wrappers. Interior unmarked. Binding sound. Rare on market. We personally inspect every book we offer. Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood paperback
1969rif. 251023004Christian Orthodox Editions 1969. First THUS. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Callinicos Constantine : Beyond the Grave: An Orthodox Theology of Eschatology. Scranton PA : Christian Orthodox Editions 1969. First THUS. Foreword by Archbishop Iakovos; translation by Rev. George Dimopoulos and Leslie Jerome Newville. Octavo 8vo 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dust jacket illus Richard Ossacky of the angel and myrrh-bearing women at the tomb of Christ. Plain white endpapers. 8 9-175 176 colophon. Author's intro; Part One Immortality - VII chaps; Part Two Christian Immortality - VII chaps; select bibliography. Notes passim. Condition notes: a solid unmarked first American printing in English of the Greek original. Unclipped dustjacket shows tanning with a few chips and tears esp at folds. Boards ever so slightly bowed; spine ends rolled corners bumped excellent color retention to cloth and gilding. Interior lightly tanned but blessedly unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. Christian Orthodox Editions hardcover
1997rif. 251128004Light & Life Pub 1997. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Rogich Daniel M. : Becoming Uncreated: The Journey to Human Authenticity : Updating the Spiritual Christology of Gregory Palamas. Minneapolis : Light and Life 1997. No additional printings listed. Octavo 8vo 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. vi vii-xviii 233 5 blank following. T-o-c abbrev author's preface; text; bibliography. Notes passim. Condition notes: an ex-church library copy of this hard-to-find penetrating engagement with Gregory Palamas Hesychasm the interplay between theology and spirituality the Eastern mystical tradition in light of the state of humanity at the end of the 20th century. A label to spine and a pocket to the inside rear wrapper are all that indicate library status - no stamps observed. A former owner's dedication neatly to inside front wrapper. Else unmarked. Light wear to wrappers no spine crease. Quite a nice copy. We personally inspect every book we offer. Light & Life Pub paperback
1995rif. 251216003Light & Life Pub Co 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. Hronas Georgia and Helen : The Lives of Two Sainted Christian Families. Minneapolis : Light and Life Publishing Co 1995. No additional printings listed. Octavo 8vo 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers unattributed icon of St. Efstathius to front. 2 ii 68. Part I: Saints Efstathius and Theopistie and Their Two Children Agapius and Theopistus pp 4-41; Part II: The Holy Martyr Sophia and Her Three Daughters Faith Hope and Agape pp 42-67. Intro sources. Condition notes: a near-fine copy with light wear to wrappers. A rarely seen volume from Light and Life. We personally inspect every book we offer. Light & Life Pub Co paperback
1999rif. 251216004Talanto 1999. First Edition. paperback. Very Good. 7x5x1. Papayannis Gavrilia : The Ascetic of Love. Thessaloniki GR : Series Talanto 1999. First edition/First impression. Translated by Helen Anthony. Small octavo 8vo 8"/20.1cm h x 5.5". iii iv-vii viii 9 10-463 464-475. Preface intro unattributed biography unattributed; "Mother give us a word" transcripts of tape-recorded conversations with Mother Gavrilia in the last 22 years of her life; The Sayings short written observations by M. Gavrilia; Letters; The Parting; Epilog; Appendix They wrote and said of her; Giving thanks; Glossary. B&w illus icons reproductions of some of M. Gavrilia's notes and letters. Condition notes: An excellent condition first English-language printing; light wear to wrappers; interior tanned occasional and discreet marginal notes observed at a few points in the 'Sayings' section else unmarked. Avrilia later Gavrilia various spellings Papayannis was born in the Greek community in Constantinople moved to Greece during the great population exchanges of the 1920s became the second woman admitted to a modern Greek university earned several degrees.at around age 60 she took a vow of poverty and dedicated the remainder of her long life to the poor the lepers mentally ill around the world. She was canonized by the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarch in October 2023. We personally inspect every book we offer. Talanto paperback
1978rif. 260107006St Vladimirs Seminary Press 1978. First Edition. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Lossky Vladimir : Orthodox Theology: An Introduction. Crestwood NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 1978. Translated by Ian and Ihita Kesarcodi-Watson. First edition/First impression. Octavo 8vo 8.625"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers with a stylized representation of the royal doors of the iconostasis throwing light on 'theology'. 6 7-137 138-144 blank. Ian Kesarcodi-Watson's foreword; author's prologue; four chapters postscript. Condition notes: an excellent condition first printing of a treatment of dogmatic theology by one of the great minds of 20th century Orthodoxy. Light wear no spine crease to wrappers; interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. St Vladimirs Seminary Press paperback
2003rif. 260113001St. Stephen's Press 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Ware Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia : The Lenten Journey: The Meaning of the Great Fast. Oxford UK : St. Stephen's Press 2003. No additional printings listed. Octavo 8vo 8.25"/21cm h. Stapled pamphlet bound in publisher's glossy b&w pictorial wrappers. 66 pp. Five chapters on "The True Nature of Fasting" and more; appendices Prostrations and Bows the Prayer of St. Ephrem and several on the structure of Lenten Vespers. Notes passim. Condition notes: no extra charge for the relic coffee rings adorning the front cover. Interior bright and unmarked. A rarely seen work by the incomparable Bishop Kallistos Timothy Ware. We personally inspect every book we offer. St. Stephen's Press paperback
1998rif. 260115003Holy Convent of The Annunciation of Our Lady Ormylia Chalkidike 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Makarios of Simonos Petra Hieromonk : The Synaxarion: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church - Volume One: Introduction September October. Mount Athos : Holy Convent of The Annunciation of Our Lady Ormylia Chalkidike 1998. First volume Introduction September-October. Translated from the French by Christopher Hookway. Octavo 8vo 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's brown patterned vinyl with gilt and red lettering/ornamentation to front board and spine. No dust-jacket likely as issued. Plain white endpapers. 4 pp plus frontispiece preceding begin pagination then: iii iv-xxxvii xxxviii-xlii 1 2-550 551 ending ornamentation 552 blank; 12 page color map section following. Color frontispiece plus scattered b&w illus/icons. 1996 greeting from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew; preface Archimandrite Aimilianos Abbot of Simonos Petra Monastery; author's intro; bibliography; rubrical signs key. Condition notes: a very good-plus rarely-seen copy of this first volume of the handsome English-language edition of the Synaxarion of Hieromonk Makarios. Moderate wear and rubbing to the binding excellent color retention. Spine ends rolled corners bumped; former owner's name neatly to head ffep else interior unmarked. Numerous pages show minor folding notable esp at tail fore-corner. A great collection handsomely published with red highlights in English. We personally inspect every book we offer. Holy Convent of The Annunciation of Our Lady Ormylia (Chalkidike) hardcover
1982rif. 260126001Light and Life Publishing 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Coniaris Anthony M. : The Message of the Sunday Gospel Readings - Volume I. "Meditations on the words of Jesus as read in the Sunday Gospel lessons of the Orthodox Church from September through February." Minneapolis : Light and Life Publishing Co 1982. No additional printings listed. ISBN 0937032263. Octavo 8vo 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 152. 27 sermons beginning with St. Matthew 19:16-26 and ending on Cheesefare Sunday on the cusp of Great Lent. Condition notes: A very good copy of a fairly rare volume: Light wear rubbing staining to wrappers no spine crease. Binding sound. Interior tanned with evidence of thumbing and an occasional corner turned down but unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. Light and Life Publishing paperback
1988rif. 260214005Monks of New Skete 1988. Hardcover. Like New. 7x5x1. Monks of New Skete : A Book of Prayers. Cambridge NY : New Skete Orthodox Church in America 1988. Duodecimo 12mo 7.625"/19.3cm h. Bound in publisher's gray cloth gilt double eagle emblem to both boards. Red stain to all textblock edges. Four silk ribbons fixed to headband. Plain gray-green endpapers. Off white pages: four sheets before begin pagination then: vi vii-xlv xlvi-l 627 628 colophon 629-638 blank. Preface and intro both in red ink; Prayers morning night various other times meals; Orders of: Vespers Great Vigil Matins Little Hours; Appendix Dismissals Exaltations Trisagion for the Dead Special Petitions Prayers for New Year's Day. Condition notes: a fine copy of the handsomely produced and rarely seen New Skete Prayer book: Light wear to boards sharp corners. Binding solid and square. Interior lovely and unmarked. The preface and intro provide background on the history and use of the prayers in the Orthodox Church in America as well as some background on the early 1965 and 1976 prayer book issues from the skete. We personally inspect every book we offer. Monks of New Skete hardcover
1988rif. 260305004Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Anonymous : Saint Basil Bishop of Kineshma: A Guiding Light: Russian New Martyr of the Communist Yoke. Redding CA : Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society. Printed by the Printshop of St. Job of Pochaev Holy Trinity Monastery Jordanville NY. Octavo 8vo 9.125"/23cm h staple-bound pamphlet format. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 2 3-32. Unattributed translator's preface troparion & kondakion of the saint; b&w icon; the saint's life intermixed with evocative b&w photos; postscript noting some details of how this samizdat text made its way out of the Soviet Union and to the West. Hiero-confessor Saint Basil Preobrzhensky lived 1875-1945. Condition notes: Moderate wear to wrappers interior clean/unmarked. Uncommon on the market. We personally inspect every book we offer. Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society paperback
1996rif. 250529001Light and Life Publishing 1996. Paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Wahba Fr. Matthias F. : Honorable Marriage according to St. Athanasius. Minneapolis : Light and Life Publishing 1996. ISBN 1880971267. "PH. D. Thesis Accepted by the Graduate School of the University of Ottawa Religious Studies in 1993". Size is octavo 8vo 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. ii pp not accounted in pagination; i ii-vi pp prelim material; 1 2-394 395-400 blank. Acknowl; t-o-c; abbrev; intro; five chaps; conclusion bibliography. Notes passim. Condition notes: a clean near-fine copy with light wear to wrappers and interior unmarked. The author a Coptic Orthodox priest is a noted expert on St. Athanasius. This is a rarely-seen copy of this Ph.D. thesis. please note that this is a softcover copy - though some sites default to identifying it as hardcover We personally inspect every book we offer. Light and Life Publishing paperback
1989rif. 250801001Notable & Academic / Büchervertriebsanstalt 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. Florovsky Georges : Theology and Literature Collected Works of Georges Florovsky Vol 11. Vaduz : Notable & Academic / Büchervertriebsanstalt 1989. Second printing. Series edited by Richard S. Haugh. Translators: various. ISBN listed as 3905238152 but this in fact is assigned to another work. Size is octavo 8vo 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth gilt lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. 200 numbered pp pp i- xii use Roman numerals; Arabic numbering starts at 13. In Memoriam about author Aspects of Patristic Thought and History including a brief essay on "The Hagia Sophia Churches"; wide-ranging consideration of the topic touching on Gogol Soloviev Dostoevsky Tolstoy Tiutchev Dante Goncharov a correspondence between Tolstoy and American Shakers and more. Condition notes: quite a lovely copy very rare to find in this condition. Clean tight and unmarked copy. Interior shows light tanning but no markup to text. Lacking dust-jacket possibly issued without. Fairly common on Worldcat but quite rare in the marketplace. Florovsky's works remain a standard reference long after his death in 1979. We personally inspect every book we offer. Notable & Academic / Büchervertriebsanstalt hardcover
1989rif. 250827001St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral 1989. Paperback. Like New. St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral no other author credited : The Icons of St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral. Minneapolis : St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral 1989. No additional printings listed. Slender pb octavo 8vo 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's color photographic wrappers. 2 3-55 56 dedication. Text and many color photographs of the cathedral's icons as they appeared at the time of the parish's 100th anniversary in 1987. A rarely seen volume. Condition notes: Clean tight bright; light seller's pencil notes verso front cover else unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral paperback
2023rif. 250827002Cambridge University Press 2023-11-02. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9. Rumpza Stephanie : Phenomenology of the Icon: Mediating God through the Image. Cambridge UK : Cambridge University Press 2023. First edition/First impression. ISBN 9781009317924. Octavo 8vo 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial boards front cover image: detail of Mother of God Eleousa by the and of Fr. Gregory Kroug 1908-1969. Plain white endpapers. i-iv v-xv xvi 1-295 296 blank. B&w illus notes bibliography. Condition notes: as new with a light wear to the wrappers. Acquired after hearing the author speak about the book at the Edinburgh Byzantine book festival. "How can something finite mediate and infinite God" indeed. We personally inspect every book we offer. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1971rif. 250210002Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Allchin A.M. ed : Orthodoxy and the Death of God: Essays in Contemporary Theology. London : Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius 1971. No additional printings listed. "Studies supplmentary to Sobornost: Number 1". Size is octavo 8vo 8.375"/21.2cm h. Bound in publisher's b&w glossy wrappers stapled booklet format. 1-5 6-77 78-80 blank. About the Fellowship; editor's intro; five essays by Allcin Olivier Clement Christos Yannaras Vladimir Rodzianko and John Musther. Condition notes: a very good solid copy uncommon on the market. Light wear to wrappers; interior shows several discreet pencil marginalia lightly; tanning noted to first two leaves. Else excellent. We personally inspect every book we offer. Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius paperback
1975rif. 250512002Nordland Publishing 1975. hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x1. Florovsky Georges : Creation and Redemption Collected Works of Georges Florovsky Vol III. Belmont MA : Nordland Publishing Company 1975. No additional printings listed; on copyright page ISBN is 0913124079 incorrectly listed on CP as 0913124109 which was already assigned to Vol IV. Size is octavo 8vo 8.75"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth bright gold lettering to spine. Lacks dj. Plain white endpapers. 1-10 11-317 numbered pp three blank following. About the author introduction methodology creation evil redemption dimensions of redemption eschatology; notes and references. Condition notes: A good-plus solid reading copy - tight square light soiling to edges former owner's name written neatly in pen to top of ffep; moderate wear to boards spine ends rolled corners bumped. This was a working copy of an Orthodox priest and the text is commonly if neatly underlined with marginalia. An early printing of a hard to find volume with confusing ISBN. We personally inspect every book we offer. Nordland Publishing hardcover
1983rif. 250519001West Coast Orthodox Supply 1983. Very Good. Young Rev. Fr. Alexey : Winds of Change in Roman Catholicism: an appeal to Roman Catholics formerly Christianity or the Papacy. Etna CA : West Coast Orthodox Supply 1983. Revised and enlarged edition. Size is 8.25"/21cm h. Staple-bound in publisher's glossy blue pictorial wrappers. viii pp prelim material 48 pp 49 "About the Cover" Icon of Saints Peter and Paul 50-56 blank. Author's intro to the second/revised edition; V chaps; four appendices; bibliography; about the author; about the supporters; about the cover icon. Condition notes: a very good clean copy with light wear to wrappers and a folded corner; Interior unmarked. Father Young was an associate of Father Seraphim Rose and a former Roman Catholic. "The Rush to Embrace" was a later book by the same author on the similar theme of the dangers of ecumenism. We personally inspect every book we offer. West Coast Orthodox Supply unknown
1982rif. 240206002Nelson 1982. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Burke Marguerite V. : The Ukrainian Canadians Multicultural Canada Series. Scarborough ON CAN : Nelson Canada 1982. Oblong stapled booklet octavo 8vo 8"/20.1cm h x 9". Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 1-5 6-64. First Generation: Nicholas and Mary Romaniuk; Second Generation: Michael and Anne Romaniuk; Third Generation: Peter and Elaine Romaniuk; The three waves of settlement; Ukrainian Canadians Today; for further study. Many b&w color photos maps tables. Condition notes: moderate wear to wrappers including sun-fading to rear wrapper at spine and head; interior tanned but unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer. Nelson paperback
1968rif. 230608005Priory Press 1968. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Aumann Jordan; Hopko Thomas; Bloesch Donald G. : Christian Spirituality East & West. Chicago : Priory Press 1968. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo 8vo 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 203 numbered pp plus five blank. Three sections: Trends in Catholic Spirituality; Orthodox Spirituality; and Evangelical Spirituality. Condition notes: unclipped dj shows numerous small tears and chips mainly at folds and is tanned. Spine slightly cocked. Spine ends rolled corners bumped. General good color retention to boards with slight sunning to top edge; light soiling to fore-edge. Former owner's name to head ffep else interior tanned but unmarked; one page has a relic fold. A very good condition time capsule from 1968. We personally inspect every book we offer. Priory Press hardcover