Suggested Reading

For Those Preparing for Baptism

  1. The Law of God, Bl. Daniel Sysoev
  2. Christian Mystery: The Order of Divine Services with Commentary for Beginners, Bl. Daniel Sysoev
  3. The Eastern Orthodox Church, Fr. John McGuckin
  4. The Truth of Our Faith, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, Elder Cleopa of Romania
  5. Everyday Saints and Other Stories, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
  6. God’s Revelation to the Human Heart, Fr. Seraphim Rose
  7. The Struggle for Virtue: Asceticism in a Modern Secular Society, Archbishop Averky (Taushev)
  8. Letters to Spiritual Children, Abbot Nikon (Vorobiev)
    A Book Review by Daniel Simpson
  9. On the Prayer of Jesus, St. Ignatius Brianchaninov
  10. My Life in Christ, St. John of Kronstadt
  11. The Northern Thebaid: Monastic Saints of the Russian North, published by St. Herman Press
  12. Philokalia: The Eastern Christian Spiritual Texts, Selections Annotated & Explained

For the Newly-Baptized

  1. Discourses & Sayings, St. Dorotheos of Gaza
  2. Daily Readings with St. Isaac of Syria, St. Isaac the Syrian
  3. On Christian Doctrine and Practice, St. Basil the Great
  4. Athonite Fathers and Athonite Matters, St. Paisios the Athonite
  5. Elder Ephraim of Katounakia, Tessy Vassiliadou-Christodoulou
  6. The Paradise of the Holy Fathers, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, Wallis Budge
  7. Spiritual Counsels V: Passions and Virtues, St. Paisios the Athonite
  8. Spiritual Counsels VI: On Prayer, St. Paisios the Athonite
  9. Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast, St. Joseph the Hesychast
  10. A Handbook of Spiritual Counsel, St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain
  11. The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian, St. Isaac the Syrian
  12. Philokalia: Vol. 5, Anna Skoubourdis