The Orthodox Way Library

Read the New Testament, the Psalter, and early Christian writings in a quiet, distraction-free reader.

• The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, Edited and translated by Laurent A. Cleenewerck
• The Psalter, Translated by Vivian Maria Hartley, M.A.
• The Didache, Anonymous (first / early second century)
• For the Life of the World, Edited by David Bentley Hart and John Chryssavgis
• The Way of a Pilgrim, Anonymous (a 19th-century Russian pilgrim)
• Early Christian Fathers, Edited by Cyril C. Richardson
• The Letters of Saint Antony the Great, Saint Antony the Great
• Mystic Treatises, Saint Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian)
• Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven, Saint Innocent of Alaska (Veniaminov)
• Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs, The Departments of the Orthodox Church in America
• The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, St Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-202)
• Homilies on Acts and Romans, Saint John Chrysostom
• Select Works and Letters, Saint Athanasius the Great
• Hilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus, Saint Hilary of Poitiers and Saint John of Damascus
• Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat, Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Ephraim the Syrian, and Aphrahat
• The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian, Saint Isaac the Syrian (Isaac of Nineveh)
• The Philokalia, Compiled by St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain and St Makarios of Corinth
• Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, Fr. Seraphim Rose
• Journey to Reality, Zachary Porcu
• My Life in Christ, St. John of Kronstadt
• On the Priesthood and Selected Works, St. John Chrysostom
• Letters and Select Works, St. Basil the Great
• On the Sacraments and On the Mysteries, St Ambrose of Milan (c. 339-397)
• The Catechetical Lectures of St Cyril of Jerusalem, St Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313-386)
• Five Tomes Against Nestorius, St Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376-444)
• The Seven Ecumenical Councils, Edited by Henry R. Percival
• Euchology, Translated by G. V. Shann
• Orthodox Worship, Benjamin D. Williams and Harold B. Anstall
• The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, The Desert Fathers
• The Art of Salvation, Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona (1928-2019)
• The Religion of the Apostles, Fr. Stephen De Young
• Theosis, Partaking of the Divine Nature
• The Orthodox Church, Who We Are
• Serve the Lord with Gladness
• Spiritual Struggle, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• Saint Nina
• Secular Education and Knowledge, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• The Last Judgment
• Orthodox Christian Faith
• Icons and the Name of God, Sergius Bulgakov
• Orthodox Church History
• Christ in the Psalms, Patrick Henry Reardon
• Obedience is Life, Elder Ephraim of Katounakia
• Christ is in our Midst, Father John of Valamo
• In the Era of Comforts There is Much Discomfort, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• My Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Elder Ephraim of Arizona
• Saint Silouan the Athonite, Archimandrite Sophrony
• The Blessed Surgeon
• Introducing the Orthodox Church
• What Orthodox Iconography Is
• Saint Raphael of Lesvos
• Give Thanks to God
• Wounded by Love, Elder Porphyrios
• Blessed Family, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• Great Lent, Fr. Alexander Schmemann
• The Epistle to the Romans
• The Scripture and the Tradition
• Infant Baptism, What the Church Believes
• Wisdom from Mount Athos, Archimandrite Sophrony
• The Taxiarch
• My Baptism
• Suffering and Salvation
• Saint Parthenios of Chios
• Studying Byzantine Icons
• Which Came First, the Church or the New Testament?, Fr. James Bernstein
• If I Have Died
• Looking for Christmas
• The Prison Epistles
• Your Baby's Baptism in the Orthodox Church
• Our Father Among the Saints Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
• Way of the Ascetics, Tito Colliander
• Differences Between the Orthodox Church and Roman Catholicism
• The Great Martyr Saint George the Trophy-bearer
• Faith in the Byzantine World
• Ascent to the Summit
• The Spiritual Father According to Orthodox Tradition
• Paternal Counsels, Elder Philotheos Zervakos
• The Chronicles and the Miracles of the Taxiarch
• I Saw the Holy Light
• The Elder Anthimos K. Vayianos
• Georgian Saints
• The Man of God, Papa Dimitri
• The Mission of Orthodoxy
• The Incarnate God
• Sunday Sermons
• Life in the Holy Spirit
• Teaching of the Holy Fathers on the Passions
• The Athenian Surgeon
• Daily Readings from the Writings of St. John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom
• The Cross of Christ
• On the Human Condition, St. Basil the Great
• Holy Theophany
• Heavenly Worship
• The Explanation of the Sacraments of Holy Baptism and Chrismation
• Saint Ignatius of Antioch
• The Explanation of the Gospel According to Luke
• The Epistle to the Hebrews
• Seeds of Heaven and Hell in the Heart
• Holy Hierarch Nectarios of Aegina, the Wonderworker
• The Abbess Thaisia, an Autobiography, Abbess Thaisia of Leushino
• Orthodox Saints, Volume 2, George Poulos
• Elder Leonid of Optina, Fr. Clement Sederholm
• Repentance and Confession
• The Departure of the Soul
• St. John Chrysostom, Questions and Answers, St. John Chrysostom
• Athonite Fathers and Athonite Matters, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• The Gospel of Mark, the Suffering Servant
• The Power of the Name
• A Lamp to My Feet
• Saint Anthony the Great, Angel of the Desert, Holy Community of Saint John the Baptist, Kareas
• Introductory Remarks from the Elder's Counsels, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• Worship in the Orthodox Church, Pupil's Book
• Our Father
• Cultist at My Door, Fr. John W. Morris
• Against False Union, Photios Kontoglou
• Flames of Wisdom
• What is Orthodoxy
• The Gospel of John, Behold the Glory
• Gems from the Sunday Gospels
• Christ is Fullness of Life, Saint Porphyrios
• The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, St. Demetrius of Rostov
• Holy Mysteries
• Our Faith
• The Mystery of Marriage
• The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God
• Church History
• Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives, Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
• Entering God's Kingdom
• Confession and Repentance
• Sacred Tradition in the Orthodox Church
• The Gurus, the Young Man and Elder Paisios, Dionysios Farasiotis
• Lives of Saints for Young People
• The Orthodox Word
• Counsels for Life
• Walking in Wonder
• Guidance Toward Spiritual Life
• Of Your Mystical Supper
• The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God, St. John Maximovitch
• Mount Athos, the Ark of Orthodoxy
• Little Russian Philokalia, Volume V
• Important Directions and Pieces of Advice from the Holy Fathers
• Finding the New Testament Church
• No Graven Image
• Christina Goes to the Holy Land, Maria C. Khoury
• The Boy who Wanted to Talk with Birds
• Feast of Faith
• On the Close of the Age, Antichrist and the Second Coming
• St Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus
• Counsels from the Holy Mountain, Elder Ephraim of Arizona
• Saint Nicholas
• Light in the Darkness
• Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Archimandrite Cherubim
• Teaching on the Priesthood
• Spirituality
• Life with Jesus Christ
• Apostle to Zaire, The Life and Legacy of Blessed Father Cosmas of Grego
• Return
• Mary the Mother of God
• Orthodox Christian Theology
• The Sacred Convent of Malevi, Volume 1
• Come Follow Me, Orthodox Monasticisn in Modavia
• The Exaltation of the Cross
• Our Worship, Apopula Presentaion of Othodox Christianity
• First and Second Corinthians
• Marriage, an Orthodox Perspective
• Father Arseny, a Cloud of Witnesses
• Growing with God
• Of Water and the Spirit, Fr. Alexander Schmemann
• Women Martyrs of the Lord
• A Way of Life
• Thoughts and How to Confront Them
• Repentance
• Please Consider, Because Tomorrow May Be Too Late
• Childbearing
• On Marriage and Family Life
• Mary Ever Virgin
• For the Hours of Pain
• Mwangi
• Members of the Church Family
• Communion, a Family Affair
• How to Read Your Bible
• The Monk of Mount Athos, Archimandrite Sophrony
• One Lord One Faith
• Facing Up to Mary
• Sacred Stories in the Orthodox Church
• The Bible and Our Tradition
• Sin, the Results of Breaching the Divine Law
• Be Ready, An Aproach to the Mystery of Death
• Father Seraphim Rose, Hieromonk Damascene
• Saint Paisios of Mount Athos, Hieromonk Isaac
• Various Significant Chapters of the Orthodox Faith
• Marriage as a Path of Holiness
• Travel with Me to the Holy Land and Sinai
• Counsels on the Priesthood, St. John of Kronstadt
• For to Us a Child is Born
• On Repentance and Confession, St. Nektarios of Aegina
• The Teaching of the Holy Fathers on the Body
• The Kingdom of God
• Saint Herman of Alaska
• Essential Issues of Faith in Orthodoxy
• Two Useful Recipes for Use in the Orthodox Church
• The Evergetinos, Volume 3
• Father Gerasim of New Valaam
• God Loves Me
• Why Wait Until Marriage
• Experiencing the Feast Days
• The Nation of Israel in Prophecy
• The Sign of the Cross
• Feasts and Holidays, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• Sister Magdalen
• The Great and Miraculous Power of Repentance
• Orthodox Spiritual Life, Georgios I. Mantzaridis
• A Prayer Book
• Reaching for Jesus
• The Task of the Orthodox
• The Devil and Magic
• Saint Nektarios
• The Life and Teaching of Saint Seraphim of Sarov
• The Wonderful Life of Russia's Saint Sergius of Radonezh
• Orthodox Adult Bible Study
• Parables of Our Lord
• The Great Collection of the Lives of the Saints, Volume 1, St. Demetrius of Rostov
• Epistles
• Modern Orthodox Saints
• Pillars of the Church
• Signs of the Times
• Preparing for Confession
• The Explanation of the Holy Gospel According to John
• Sacred Stories from Byzantium
• Elder Anthony of Optina
• Counsel on the Christian Priesthood
• What About the Non-Orthodox
• Orthodox Feasts of Christ and Mary
• Journey Through Holy Week
• Christina Goes to Church, Maria C. Khoury
• Illness and the Believer
• Me and My World
• God's Wisdom and the Environment, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• The Teaching of the Holy Fathers on Illness
• Miracles and Revelations
• The Parables of Christ
• Life, Miracles and Prophecies of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, Prophecies of Saint Seraphim of Viritsa
• Confession Preparation for Kids
• The Life of Saint Catherine
• Selected Orthodox Saints, Volume 2
• The Story of the Holy Hierarch Calinic of Cernica
• Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos
• Loving God 2
• The Mystery of Orthodox Church Marriage
• On Paradise
• The Proper Preparation for the Orthodox Divine Liturgy
• The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt
• Forgiveness and Reconciliation
• The Orthodox House of Worship
• Monastic Wisdom, Elder Joseph the Hesychast
• The Light of Christ
• Miracles
• Love in Truth
• The Life of Hieromartyr Ermolaos
• Preparing to Serve as a Godparent
• Some Beautiful Orthodox Chapters
• Orthodox Spiritual Helps
• Some of the Saints' Lives, Volume 2
• Why We Worship on Sunday
• Jesus Our Leader
• Some Beautiful Orthodox Chapters, Second Series
• Living Orthodoxy
• The Life of Saint Thomais of Lesvos
• What Orthodox Christians Believe
• The Life of Our Father Among the Saints Nectarios of Aegina
• Advice from a Saintly Priest to the Orthodox
• Mount Athos, An Illustrated Guide to the Monastries and Their History
• The Miracles of Christ
• Everywhere Present, Fr. Stephen Freeman
• Return from the Other World
• The Sacraments
• The Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon
• The Orthodox Christian Book
• Spiritual Awakening, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
• Russian Letters of Spiritual Direction
• Daily Meditations
• Elder Ambrose of Optina
• Let Us Commit Ourselves and Our Whole Life to Christ Our God
• Why Do You Live
• The Life of Saint Bligio
• The Life of Father Cosmas
• Call No Man Father, J. Richard Ballew
• Father Herman, Alaska's Saint
• Spiritual Counsels, St. John of Kronstadt
• What is the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Grandma's Spiritual Stories
• Explanation of the Holy Sacrament of Marriage
• Come, Receive the Light
• The Great I Came of Jesus
• Teenage Ten Commandments
• The Soul After Death, Fr. Seraphim Rose
• What is the Orthodox Church
• The Life of Moses, St. Gregory of Nyssa
• The Law of God, Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy
• Little Russian Philokalia, Volume 1
• An Orthodox View on Abortion
• We Shall See Him as He Is, Archimandrite Sophrony
• Rationalism in Our Times
• Itinerary of the Holy Suffering
• Who is God, Who Am I, Who Are You
• The Rudder