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1. THE CHURCH AT PRAYERArchimandrite Aimilianos

of Simonopetra

Тhe works collected in this volume reflect the importance which the Elder consistently attached to prayer, spiri-tuality, community life, worship, and liturgy. In a simple and yet compelling manner Elder Aimilianos sets forth the conditions for “ascending to heav-en on the wings of the Spirit”.

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2. KnoWing THE PURPoSE of CREATion THRoUgH THE RESURRECTionPRoCEEDingS of THE SYmPoSiUm on ST mAximUS THE ConfESSoR BElgRADE 18-21 oCToBER 2012Edited by Bishop maxim (Vasiljević)

Thirty studies have been gathered in the present volume that bring to light new evidence, new readings of

texts, or new interpretive paradigms, by which the relation be-tween Christianity in antiquity and in the twenty-first century can be profitably explored.

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3. THEologiCAl DiSAmBigUATionSAn Unconventional Handbookof orthodox Theologyfr. Vladan Perisic

The eighteen essays collected here treat diverse topics, from academic the-ology (and its place in the Church) to questions of life and death, from histori-cally oriented studies, on Sts Ignatius

and Gregory Palamas, to contemporary issues, such as human rights and ecology. price $20

5. HiSToRY, TRUTH, HolinESS:Studies in Theological ontology and EpistemologyBishop maxim Vasiljevic

What does freedom mean? Why does love expressed through freedom mark the beginning of the advance-ment for which we were made? How does this theosis, an earnest indemnity against corruption and decay wherein God reveals man as God-like, reveal the

image of the Triadic hypostases that willingly share their life, be-ing, relation, and communion with us? price $20

4. TREASURES nEW AnD olDWritings by and aboutSt. nikolai Velemirovich

The collected texts provide an ex-tensive over view of Saint Nikolai’s life, present important testimonies about his personality, and offer essential in-sights into his theology. It also contains Nikolai’s own important writings.

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7. HAgiA SoPHiA: The mystical light of the great Church and its Architectural DressCharalambos P. Stathakis

Dear reader, as you run like the rest of us along the dizzy main road, stop, stay aside for a while. Let the others be dizzy, and take

the secret underground trail, which will lead you through the dewdrops of the leaves, the crystal smile of the sun, the city’s un-derground galleries, your knowledge, and your feelings, to the doorstep of the Hagia Sophia. price $18

8. To CHRiST AnDTHE CHURCH: Holy mysteries in the Churchin the Holy Eucharist nenad milosevic

This book provides its readers with facts and insights to help them broaden their knowledge, deepen their under-standing, and heighten their appreciation of the sacramental life of the Church cen-tered–as the title of his work suggests–on the Divine Liturgy, the sacred rite by which the Orthodox Church celebrates the mystery or sacrament of the holy Eucharist.

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6. THE mEAning of REAliTY:Essays on Existence and Commu-nion, Eros and HistoryChristos Yannaras

No fewer than twenty articles of pas-sionate significance and substance have at present been gathered together in this volume. Yannaras’ principal resource for unveiling the meaning of existence and communion is the Trinitarian God as the causal principle of existential freedom. price $24

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9. THE onE AnD THE mAnY: Studies on god, man the Church, and the World TodayJohn D. Zizioulas,metropolitan of Pergamon

This volume offers a collection of Zizioulas articles which have appeared mostly in English, and which present his Trinianatarian doctrine of God, as well as his theological account of the

Church as the place in which freedom and communion are actu-alized. Available in hardcopy, too. price $35

11. THE PRologUE of oHRiDSaint nicholai of Zica

This inspirational source-book of the Orthodox Faith contains within its pages a summation of the Church’s wisdom and Her experience of sanctity through the Grace

of Jesus Christ. The lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections, and Hom-ilies are presented for every day of the year.

Two vol. set price $120

10. SAiloRS of THE SKYA conversation with fr. Stamatis

Skliris and fr. marko Rupnikon contemporary Christian art

Here we find answers to questions on the crisis of contemporary ecclesiastical art in West and East; the impact of Im-pressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstract painting on contemporary ecclesiastical painting; and a consideration of the main distinc-tion between iconography and secular painting.

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13. EmmAnUEl: The only Begotten and firstborn among many BretherenBishop Athanasius Yevtich

His Grace explores themes of Ortho-dox Christology, soteriology, Ecclesiol-ogy, and epistemology. How can we know Who God is? How can we know who we are, as human persons created in His image and likeness? How can we become one with Him? price $20

12. CHRiST, THE AlPHAAnD omEgA

Bishop Athanasius Yevtich

Focusing on themes central to Chris-tian patristic Triadology, Ecclesiology and Anthropology, the book reveals the ultimate purpose of man and the uni-verse, and speaks of how each of us can realize this purpose within the divine-human community of the Orthodox Church. price $20

14. in THE miRRoR: A Collection

of iconographic Essays and illustrations

fr. Stamatis Skliris

This collection of icono-graphic essays and illustra-tions by Fr. Stamatis Skliris is an anthology of his articles, translated into English, in which he combines adher-ence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant expres-sion of faith through the experience of Christ in the Church.

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15. mAn AnD THE goD –mAnArchimandrite Justin Popovich

Father Justin Popovich, pan-ortho-dox witness to the God-revealed and Christ-given Eternal Truth, whose testi-mony can be even seen within this col-lection of his articles—that the mystery of Truth is not in material things, not in ideas, not in symbols, but in Person-hood, namely the Theanthropic Person of the Lord Christ, Who said: I am the

Truth (John 14:6), Truth perfect, never diminished, always one and the same in its complete fullness—yesterday, today, and for-ever (Heb.13:8). price $15

17. goD ViEWSUS THRoUgH loVEignatije (midic) Bishopof Branicevo-Pozarevac

The present volume collects esays and articles writen by Bishop Ignatije on man within history and within the Church; on the roots of the Church ac-cording to Saint Maximus the Confes-

16. CommEnTARYon THE EPiSTlES

of St. John the TheologianArchimandrite Justin Popovich

This Commentary on the Epistles of St. John the Theologian was written by the tireless Messenger of Christ forty years ago, in circumstances similar to those in which Christ’s Holy Evangelist John wrote his sacred Epistles.

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18. mY BRoTHER’S KEEPER:Human Dignity, freedom andRights from the Perspectiveof the orthodox Churchfr. Radovan Bigović

In this book, the reader will find a faithful engagement with the liturgical and patristic traditions, with contempo-rary thinkers, Orthodox and non-Or-thodox, all in conversation with political science and philosophy. As an excellent

Orthodox theologian and a proponent of dialogue, rooted in the catholic (holistic) being of the Orthodox Church and of his Ser-bian people, Fr Radovan offers a methodology that encompasses the abovementioned concerns and quests. price $20

19. on DiVinE PHilAnTHRoPY

from Plato to John ChrysostomBishop Daniel Krstic

In this meandric study the author has detected the semantic changes and en-richment of the notion of divine philan-thropia—from Aeschylus and Plato, through Philo the Jew and later pagan and Christian writers, down to Themis-tius of Byzantium and Chrysostom.

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sor; on how God views us through love; about a call to rediscover our true self in our neighbor; on reconciliation in society and policy; on iconising that which is to come seen in the Iconogra-phy of Stamatis Skliris.

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20. noTES on ECUmEniSmSt. Abba Justin

It is easy to perceive that Father Justin while criticizing western type of ecumen-ism rejects neither the very notion of Ec-umenism nor the term itself, but rather renders it orthodox (orthodoxizes it) churchifies, christifies, theohumanizes it and instead of false, bare humanistic [ec-umenism], puts forward Orthodox,

Evangelical, Theanthropic Ecumenism, wherein Christ in the Church, and in the Unity and Catholicity (Sobornost) of the Or-thodox Church, is in the center of all and everything. price $7

21. THE PRESEnCE of TRAnSCEnDEnCE:

Essays on facing the other through Holiness, History and Text

Bogoljub Sijakovic

The essays collected in this book ven-ture into various domains of philosophy, such as ontology and epistemology, an-thropology and ethics, philosophy of history and history of philosophy, phi-losophy of religion and theory of the mystical, poetics and hermeneutics. price $20

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26. PRAYER BooK

A beautiful pocket-size, full-color English-language prayer book; it contains prayers com-monly used by Orthodox Christians, lists of Scriptural Commandments, brief articles on the precepts of Faith, proper conduct in church, and the meaning and practice of prayer. It is adorned with striking icons and illustrations by Fr. Stamatis Skliris, a par-ish priest in Athens who is a renowned iconographer and a writer and lecturer on Byzantine iconography. price $4

24. JESUS CHRiST iS THE SAmE YESTERDAY ToDAY AnD UnTo THE AgESBishop Athanasius Yevtich

For us in the XXI century, it is impor-tant to highlight that the experience/event of Yahweh as Christ is experienced by ev-ery era within its own context. This book, concerning the historical-eschatological Name of Yahweh, points out the won-

drous synthesis gifted to us by the biblical and classical Greek understanding of Truth.

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23. HolY EmPERoR ConSTAnTinE AnD THE EDiCT of milAn

Bishop Athanasius Yevtich

The publication of this beautiful pocket-size, full-color, English-language book, has been compiled and designed by Bishop Atha-nasius Yevtich, a disciple of the great twenti-eth-century theologian Archimandrite Justin Popovich. Bishop Athanasius’ thought combines adherence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant faith, knowl-edge of history, and a profound experience of Christ in the Church. The book is available in bilingual, Serbian and English, version.

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25. THE HiSToRY of THE SERBiAn WESTERn

AmERiCAn DioCESEEdited by Bishop maxim

As a special tribute to 50 years of the founding of the Western Ameri-can Diocese, a beautiful commemo-rative edition of the Annual was pre-pared, which reflects the History of the Western American Diocese. It is

adorned with beautiful photographs and historical articles from parishes and monasteries.

Price:Hardcover version $15

Softcover version $10

22. All RoADS lEADTo JACKSon:Serbian American Contributions in Amador County,CA since the gold Rushmilina Jovanovic

Milina Jovanović offers a unique compilation of individual and family im-migration stories that include enormous contributions to the development of California and significant community involvement. price $15

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