Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica - this was the book that changed my life. I've since purchased dozens of copies and share it readily with the people I encounter on my Orthodox journey.
The Truth of Our Faith was one of the first books I read when inquiring into Orthodoxy and it cleared up almost every single question and concern that I had. There's also a Volume Two that covers the Christian Mysteries such as Baptism, Communion, etc.
@@mitrahispana4119 I’m not going to specifically get into that kind of stuff here. All I will say is that are serious problems with Ware and the most recent editions of his books. So whenever I talk to people about The Orthodox Way, I mention that the first edition is strongly preferable to the most recent ones. That being said, I pretty much only recommend books to people that were written by the Saints and Holy Fathers. They are from the Holy Spirit, which means that there is nothing in them that will lead a *discerning* person astray. I don’t ever recommend contemporary pop-Orthodox material and I always advise people to avoid it, especially when it comes to things like AFR. It is best to just stick to the Saints, we don’t need anything else.
@@SaintNicholasFan I hope you will explain why in another video, as you see fit. For me, it was a great and meaningful book. I see no reason to ignore contemporary Orthodox writers simply because they’re contemporary. Especially when they are grounded in citations to the saints and Church fathers, as Ware is.
@@mitrahispana4119 Nope. I’m not gonna get into Ware or into criticizing/critiquing problematic authors here. I haven’t even made a video in over a year. Once I make more, I’m just gonna be doing book reviews for books I think are important that nobody else has made videos about. Sorry to disappoint.
The Bible, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and the Sayings of the Desert Fathers found their way to my bookshelf even before my conversion (or "reversion") to Holy Orthodoxy, and _Wounded by Love_ is the next on my waiting list. I have read _The Truth of Our Faith_ and I found it interesting, but it was "not my type of book" though it would be very handy to own... I would like to add to this list *_Discourses and Sayings of Abba Dorotheos of Gaza_* and likely some book from St Paisios the Athonite.
Thank you so much for posting this. I have only come to Christ this year... Orthodoxy makes most sense to me, but I have no direction and am stumbling all over the place tbh. I hope this can keep me on the path.
I heard your accent and thought to myself "he's Canadian", when you mentioned Canadian dollars I felt validated. lol I'm surprised that there are Orthodox Canadians out there, Anglos in general are rarely Orthodox.
Thank you for the work required to make this wonderful and inspirational video. Just beginning a study of the Orthodox Church, this list represents a good start. Thanks and bless you.
Thank you so much, I’m gonna order tonight, I’m new to the Orthodox and I’m stocked to get in there. Thank you for being the voice of our lord savior. 😃
what would you recommend as your first prayer book.? although there are many as you listed and you said that there are videos on them, but can You give like a *best*..?
Orthodoxy in essence is the origins of Christianity. For that reason alone I believe I am an orthodox as I agree with the tradition and am a practicing Christian. However I think it’s important to discern between separation and wholeness in the body of Christ. We seem to be so caught up in labels when at the end of the day, Christ sees us all as his children and by living by his word, and ways taught by the apostles exemplifies that. Would “title” truly hold any weight in the eyes of our Lord? This is something I struggle with some times, I read my Bible, fellowship online with my pastor and other Christians, I pray, soon to go through evangelical training to sharpen my sword to share the gospel, this is Christianity.
You are doing good work, however as the Lord said "Except ye eat the Flesh of The Son of Man and drink His Blood, ye have no eternal life in you" therefore you must visit an Orthodox church and be recieved by Holy Baptism and Holy Chrismation, and then you shoul recive Holy Communion as often as possible, from your comment it seems like you are already doing most things right, so you just one more small step to find the narrow path to The Kingdom. May The One Lord Jesus Christ help you, amen.
We are called to become by grace what Christ is by nature, and this happens in and through the body of Christ, that is: the Church. As St Cyprian of Carthage said, _extra ecclesiam nulla salus._ We all are able to be perished alone, but salvation is possible only together in communion, by abiding in Christ. Though I don't doubt that Christians in Heterodoxy can be saved by God's grace and even have faith that is in accordance with apostles' doctrine and praxis (after all they all observe the salvific dogmas and can be seen as Christians, even if schismatic ones), the Christian belief is that there can be only one holy apostolic and catholic church that contains the wholeness of the Holy Spirit - not 40,000 churches that somehow are all true churches... And if we are true followers of Christ we also desire to be one with Him, and with each other, in Spirit and truth. This unity cannot be reached until all Christians can gather together to participate in Holy Eucharist at the same table. Titles don't matter but those things the titles represent do matter. There is only one Way, and this way was once for all handled down to the saints by Jesus through the apostles. If we love Him, we will follow that path and observe what He has commanded us.
What were the biggest stand out highlights about his book that has you feeling it should be on the list? I am interested in understanding the faith deeper. I am not converted to orthodox Christianity but I am a Christian interested in Orthodoxy and have been trying to study deeper about it.
I haven’t found an english translation of the minologion have you? Ive read that the minologion has the full lives of the saints as opposed to abridged versions in the synaxarion etc
@The Informaticist All the Puritans were Calvinists. However, I was not asking about the writers of the prayers but whether or not there is anything in the prayers themselves that are against Orthodox dogma. Otherwise, that statement of yours is just an ad hominem.
No, not me, the prayer books! Haha! Ad hominem because you were rejecting the prayer books just because of who wrote them and not because of their contents.
@Mark Robinson a "cell" in this context is usually a monastic's private quarters in a monastery (or a hermit's solitary space) where they do private prayer and study and sleep. Not a "prison" cell.
10 Books Every Christian Should Read: The Trial (Kafka) The Tenth of December (Saunders) 1984 (Orwell) Lord of the Flies (Golding) Midnight's Children (Rushdie) The Stranger (Camus) The Last Battle (Lewis) Catcher in the Rye (Salinger) Frankenstein (Shelley) The Complete Stories (O'Connor)
@@rn9940 I’m not trolling. :). Not all of them are explicitly Christian or religious, but they all explore themes and raise important questions about religious belief and the human condition in which all Christians should engage.
Like I said in the video these are the books I read early on that had an effect on me and that I have a personal attachment to. If I listed every book I think is really good or important the video would be 10 hours long.
I am not the biggest fan of the KJV of the Bible. In my life, I have meet people who were KJV Onlyists. ( Such people often do not know ANY Hebrew or Greek, and will defend errors that are in the KJV til their last moment of life on Earth.) There ARE major errors in the KJV of the Bible that honest people will admit exist. I realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly that we can read what Clement of Rome and Polycarp wrote. I just wish there was more from people who KNEW the apostles. Pause at 6:00. Why are there RARELY any Jewish believers ( and defenders) after the death of the apostles? Pause at 7:47. As "western" English speakers, most of the church history one knows about is mostly Roman Catholicism. HOW can one read about churches in Egypt, Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Syria, and India where we KNOW that many of apostles lived and died there!!!!!!? Pause at 12:23. ( Concerning the topics and issues that are listed in the book.) How can we know that the answers given in this book would be agreed with/upon by other Orthodox churches? ( I am just wondering. I am not seeking to be overly critical.) Concerning New Testament Greek. In the past I have contacted the main Greek Orthodox church on the internet and asked them a few questions. So that I do not bother them again and again and again- could someone tell me who I could contact- by e-mail or "snail mail"- someone in the Greek Orthodox church who truly knows N.T. and can help me understand my struggles in wanting the New Testament to be translated correctly?
