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Holy Tradition and Holy Scripture

• Holy Tradition: On-going Life of the Church
• Holy Scripture: God's Word
• Introduction to the Bible
• The Old Testament
• The New Testament
• Studying the Bible
• Who can interpret Holy Scripture?
• Septuigant vs. Hebrew Texts
• Available Texts On-Line
• New American Bible
• Orthodox Study Bible (NKJV NT + Psalms) - (not available on-line - check your local bookstore)
• The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English (1851 Edition)
• Jerusalem Bible - (not available on-line)
• Douay-Rheims - http://www.cybercomm.net/~dcon/
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• Study Guides

The Sacramental Mysteries

• Christian Initiation: Baptism, Chrismation & Eucharist
• Reconciliation / Confession
• Holy Matrimony
• Holy Orders
• Holy Anointing

 
• Funeral
• Monasticism

• What is Liturgy?
• Introduction to Liturgy - Public Worship
• Byzantine Christians - Catechized by Prayer
• Vespers - Evening Prayer
• Introduction Updated!
• Great Vespers for Saturday Evenings New!
• Vespers for Weekday Evenings
• Vespers for Weekday Evenings during the Great Fast New!
• Vespers for Holy and Great Friday New!
• Texts for download and home use Updated!
• Matins - Morning Prayer
• Introduction
• Texts for download and home use
• Pascha Matins (for Resurrection Sunday) New!
• Sunday Matins
• Weekday Matins
• Matins for Weekdays during the Great Fast
• The Divine Liturgy - the Mystical Supper Continues
• Introduction
• The Rite of Preparation
• The Liturgy of the Word
• The Liturgy of the Eucharist
• The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom - Texts
• The Liturgy of St. Basil the Great - Texts
• The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
• Introduction
• Texts
• Other Liturgical Services
• Akathist to the Theotokos
• Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
• Molebens
• What is a Typikon?
• The Common Typikon
• The Detailed Annual Typikon
• Byzantine Lectionary (Cycle of Readings)
• The Liturgical Year - Scripture Comes Alive!
• Introduction
• The Liturgical Year - PASCHA and the Movable Feasts
• PASCHA - The Resurrection of Christ
• 2nd Sunday of Pascha - St. Thomas
• 3rd Sunday of Pascha - The Myrrh-Bearing Women
• 4th Sunday of Pascha - Healing of the Paralytic
• 5th Sunday of Pascha - The Samaritan Women
• 6th Sunday of Pascha - The Man Born Blind
• Day 40 - Ascension Thursday
• 7th Sunday of Pascha - Holy Fathers
• Day 50 - Pentecost
• 1st Sunday after Pentecost - All Saints
• The Sundays after Pentecost
• Preparing for Great Lent
• Sunday of Zacchaeus
• Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
• Sunday of the Prodigal Son
• Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meatfare)
• All Souls Saturdays
• Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare)
• Great Lent - The Holy Forty Days
• The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
• The Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
• 1st Sunday of Great Lent - Orthodoxy
• 2nd Sunday of Great Lent - St. Gregory Palamas
• 3rd Sunday of Great Lent - Veneration of the Cross
• 4th Sunday of Great Lent - St. John Climacus
• 5th Sunday of Great Lent - St. Mary of Egypt
• Great and Holy Week in the Byzantine Church
• The Raising of Lazarus - Christ's Greatest Miracle
• Flowery / Palm Sunday - Entry into Jerusalem
• Great and Holy Monday - Behold the Bridegrooom Comes!
• Great and Holy Tuesday -
• Great and Holy Wednesday - Sacrament of Holy Anointing
• Great and Holy Thursday - The Mystical Supper
• Great and Holy Friday - The Crucifixion
• Great and Holy Saturday - Christ in the Tomb
• The Liturgical Year - the Fixed Feasts
• September 1 - Liturgical New Year - An Explanation
• September 8 - Nativity of the Theotokos
• September 14 - Exaltation of the Cross
• October 1 - Protection of the Theotokos
• October - Sunday of the Holy Fathers
• November 15 - December 24th - Phillip's Fast / Advent
• November 21 - Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
• December 6 - St. Nicholas of Myra
• December 8 (9) - Conception of the Theotokos by St. Anne
• Second Sunday before Christmas - Holy Forefathers
• Sunday before Christmas - Holy Fathers
• December 24 - Christmas Eve
• December 25 - Christmas - Nativity of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
• December 26 - Synaxis of the Theotokos
• December 27 - Feast of St. Stephen, the First Deacon
• January 1 - Circumcision / Feast of St. Basil
• January 6 - Theophany - Baptism of Our Lord
• February 2 - Meeting of Our Lord with Simeon and Anna
• March 25 - Annunciation to the Theotokos
• June 24 - Nativity of St. John the Forerunner and Baptist
• June 29 - Feast of SS. Peter & Paul
• July (Movable Sunday) - Holy Fathers
• July 20 - Feast of St. Elias
• August 6 - Transfiguration of our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
• August 15 - Dormition of the Theotokos
• August 29 - Beheading of St. John the Baptist

• Monasticism

Icons - Windows into Heaven
 

Documentation

The Seven Ecumenical Councils

• What is an Ecumenical Council?

• The First Ecumenical Council - Nicea, Asia Minor, A.D. 325
• Summary: Divinity of Christ Upheld (Arius Condemned)  / Produced First Part of Creed
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum01.htm
• The Second Ecumenical Council - Constantinople, A.D. 381
• Summary: Defined Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (Condemned Macedoniusism) / Completed Creed
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum02.htm
• The Third Ecumenical Council - Ephesus, A.D. 431
• Summary: Christ is the Incarnate Word; Mary is Theotokos (God-Bearer) - (Condemned Nestorianism)
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum03.htm
• The Fourth Ecumenical Council - Chalcedon, A.D. 451
• Summary: Proclaimed Two Natures of Christ - Perfect God and Perfect Man (Condemned Monophysitism)
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum04.htm
• The Fifth Ecumenical Council - Constantinople II, A.D. 553
• Summary: Confirmed Two Natures of Christ (Condemned Nestorianism and Monophysitism)
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum05.htm
• The Sixth Ecumenical Council - Constantinople III, A.D. 680
• Summary: Further definition of the Two Natures
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum06.htm
• The Seventh Ecumenical Council - Nicea, A.D. 787
• Summary: Upheld and Restored the Veneration of Holy Images (Icons)
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/ecum07.htm
• Zipped Versions of the Seven Councils are available at: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/~Index.Htm

General Councils in the West

• What is a General Council?
• Vatican II - A.D. 1962-1965
• Summary:
• Text: http://abbey.apana.org.au/Councils/vatican2/~index.htm

Patristics - The Fathers of the Church

• Introduction to the Fathers
• Writings of the Fathers

Encycilcals & Apostolic Letters of Pope John Paul II:

Note:  Where possible, these links are direct to the Vatican Server - they may be slow but since they are direct links to the documents they are quicker than searching the Vatican Web Site.

• Encyclicals:
• The Redeemer of Man- Redemptor Hominis (1979)
• On the Mercy of God - Dives in Misericordia (1980)
• On Human Work - Laborem Exercens (1981)
• Commemoration of the 11th Centenary of the Evangelizing Work of SS. Cyril & Methodius - Slavorum Apostoli (1985)
• Lord and Giver of Life - Dominum et Vivificantem (1986)
• Mother of the Redeemer - Redemptoris Mater (1987)
• On Social Concerns - Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (1988)
• On the Permanent Validity of the Church's Mission - Redemptoris Missio (1990)
• On the Hundreth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum - Centesimus Annus (1991)
• Splendor of Truth - Veritatis Splendor (1993)
• On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life - Evangelium Vitae (1995)
• That All May Be One - Ut Unum Sint (1995)
• On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason - Fides et Ratio (1998) 
• Apostolic Exhortations:
• To Men and Women Religious - Redemptionis Donum (1984)
• Apostolic Letters:
• On the Family - Familiaris Consortio (1981)
• On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering - Salvific Doloris (1984)
• Light from the East- Orientale Lumen (1995)
• Apostolic Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II for the 350th anniversary of the Union of Uzhhorod (1995) Another version.
• Apostolic Letter for 400th Anniversary of Union of Brest (1995) Another version.
• Persevere in Quest for Unity - Pope John Paul II To His Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch (1996)

Encyclicals and Apostolic Letters of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I:

• Encyclicals:
• Letters:

• Encyclicals:
• Patriarchal and Synodical Encyclical of 1920
• Letters:

Patriarchate of Moscow:

Encyclicals and Apostolic Letters of Patriarch Alexis of Moscow:

• Encyclicals:
• Letters:

• The Patriarchate of Moscow Synodal Theological Commission studies issues related to the dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches - The Synod acknowledges Rome as a "Sister Church" but reviews concerns that need to be addressed.

Congregation for the Eastern Churches

• Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1996) Updated!

National Conference of Eastern Catholic Bishops

Towards Church Unity

Joint International Theological Commission between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches

• Introduction
• Documentation
• The Mystery of the Church and of the Eucharist in the Light of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity (1982)
• Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church (1988)
• Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion (Balamand, 1993)
• The Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches: Taking Steps to Overcome Division Controversy Over the Balamand Report - prepared by the Orthodox members of the official North American Orthodox / Roman Catholic Consultation (1997).
• Baptism and "Sacramental Economy" - An Agreed Statement of The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation -

St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary, Crestwood, New York - June 3, 1999 New!

Other Documentation from Local Churches

• The Melkite Synod Calls for Unity - (1996) Bishops Agree Reunification of Antiochian Patriarchate is Possible.
• Documentation of the Melkite Initiative - (1997) Rome responds.  Background of the initiative, comments from Metropolitan Philip and the text of the Letter from the Congregation of Eastern Churches to Patriarch Maximos V.
• Pan-Orthodox Conferences

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