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This book tells the story of how both came to be.\" (from the Introduction)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Age of Paradise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first of a projected four-volume history of Christendom, a civilization with a supporting culture that gave rise to what we now call the West. At a time of renewed interest in the future of Western culture, author John Strickland-an Orthodox scholar, professor, and priest-offers a vision rooted in the deep past of the first millennium. At the heart of his story is the early Church's \"culture of paradise,\" an experience of the world in which the kingdom of heaven was tangible and familiar. 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The result was some of the most illustrious music, science, philosophy, and literature ever produced. But the cultural reorientation from paradise to utopia-from an experience of the kingdom of heaven to one bound exclusively by this world-all but eradicated the traditional culture of the West, leaving it at the beginning of the twentieth century without roots in anything transcendent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506035691867,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/61hEY-gw3qL._SL1360.jpg?v=1746006428"},{"product_id":"the-age-of-nihilism","title":"The Age of Nihilism: Christendom from the Great War to the Culture Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this final volume of the series, John Strickland tells the story of Christendom's most tumultuous century. 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As the twenty-first century opened, utopia was as elusive as ever, and a culture of paradise once again beckoned to a civilization exhausted by centuries of secularism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506049323355,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/91hbIc7XzsL._SL1500.jpg?v=1746006428"},{"product_id":"orthodox-saints-of-wales","title":"Orthodox Saints of Wales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen St. Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to evangelize England in AD 595, Christianity was already long established in what is now Wales. Since the gospel may have reached this region as early as the late first century, Wales boasts innumerable Christian saints from that Orthodox\/Celtic period of history. 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The work is presented in a well-bound large print format. Using traditional English the book has the fixed texts for all the daily services of the Orthodox Church. Clear rubrics set out in red ink explain how the form of the services varies between Sundays and weekdays, fasting seasons etc. This edition also includes extracts from the variable texts of the Menaion, Triodion and Pentecostarion. An absolute must for any student of Christian liturgy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Condition is lightly used, published in 1997 by Holy Trinity Monastery \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52129941258587,"sku":null,"price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3359-Enhanced-NR.jpg?v=1769684718"},{"product_id":"beauty-spirit-matter","title":"Beauty Spirit Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA long awaited collection of essays on contemporary issues as seen through the theology of the icon, covering subjects such as ecology, the role of the material world in the spiritual life, beauty, the revival of liturgical art, the nature of the human person, and abstract art. Icons and the theology behind them are a crystallisation of what some of the greatest minds and hearts in history have concluded about matter as a mediator between God and man. In this new collection of essays Aidan Hart considers the insight icons give us into a range of such contemporary issues as the role of our bodies in the spiritual live, ecology, scientific knowledge and the nature of beauty. Ultimately, he argues that icons resonate with our innermost being as creatures made of spirit and matter, and awaken within us a nostalgia for paradise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52130029699419,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3349-Enhanced-NR.jpg?v=1769685304"},{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-beauty","title":"The Ethics of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChaste and ardent eros for the Beautiful is the first task of human life, and falling in love with Beauty is the beginning of every adventure that matters …. In The Ethics of Beauty, Orthodox Christian theologian Timothy Patitsas first considers Beauty’s opposite, the dark events that traumatize victims of war and other ugly circumstances, and then invites us to rediscover the older Beauty-first response to moral questions and the integrity of the soul. Covering topics ranging from creation to political theory to the Jesus Prayer, including war, psychology, trauma, chastity, healthy shame, gender, marriage, hospitality, art, architecture, theology, economics, urban planning, and complexity theory, The Ethics of Beauty lays out a worldview in which Beauty, Goodness, and Truth are each embraced as indispensable elements of the best possible human life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52130086584667,"sku":null,"price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3333-Enhanced-NR_9777a931-f211-4b55-add5-0538c00d5b14.jpg?v=1769685931"},{"product_id":"god-is-a-man-of-war","title":"God Is a Man of War: The Problem of Violence in the Old Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInfanticide. Holy war. Divine wrath. Violence in the Old Testament has long been a stumbling block for Christians and skeptics alike. Yet conventional efforts to understand this aspect of Scripture-whether by downplaying it as allegory or a relic of primitive cultures, or by dismissing the authority of Scripture altogether-tend to raise more questions than they answer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGod Is a Man of War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoffers a fresh interpretation of Old Testament accounts of violence by exploring them through the twofold lens of Orthodox tradition and historical context. Instead of avoiding or invalidating problem passages out of discomfort, Fr. Stephen De Young inquires into what they reveal about the nature of Christ and His creation. In doing so, this book bears witness to a world filled not only with pain and suffering-often of human making-but also with the love of God, poured out through the endless centuries and generations of human strife that preceded and necessitated the Incarnation of Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52130134458715,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3339-Enhanced-NR.jpg?v=1769686267"},{"product_id":"introduction-to-god","title":"An Introduction to God: Encountering the Divine in Orthodox Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpeaking to non-believers and believers alike, Fr. 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Dr. Jeannie Constantinou brings her more than forty years' experience as a professor, Bible teacher, and speaker to bear in explaining what the Orthodox phronema is, how it can be acquired, and how that phronema is expressed in true Orthodox theology-as practiced by those who are properly qualified by both training and a deep relationship with Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52130151170395,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3346-Enhanced-NR.jpg?v=1769686676"},{"product_id":"the-inner-kingdom","title":"Collected Works of Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, Volume 1: The Inner Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Inner Kingdom focuses on the themes central to Eastern Christian worship and spiritual life. The opening chapter recounts the author’s journey to Orthodoxy. The next two chapters provide profound and illuminating insights on death, bereavement, and resurrection in Christ, as well as repentance. The following four chapters bring us into the world of the desert ascetics and hesychast monks. Combining scholarly rigor with practical counsels on prayer, Metropolitan Kallistos makes the wealth of the Orthodox tradition accessible to today’s Christians. The next three chapters concern personal vocation, martyrdom, spiritual guidance, and the strange path of the fool for Christ’s sake, followed by a brief essay on time and eternity. The final chapter discusses the legacy of Origen in relation to Saints Gregory of Nyssa, Isaac the Syrian, and Silouan the Athonite, and in conversation with them Metropolitan Kallistos asks, “Dare we hope for the salvation of all?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52130176368987,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3352-Enhanced-NR.jpg?v=1769687107"},{"product_id":"in-the-image-of-the-father","title":"Collected Works of Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, Volume 2: In The Image of the Father","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd God said, “Let us make man according to our image and likeness” (Gen 1.26). 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Finally, the remaining chapters investigate several diverse subjects and themes that collectively help to constitute our identity and characterize our lives as image-bearers: the body, the mind (nous and noēsis), the passions, marriage, tears, forgiveness, the soul, prayer, and the heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith wonted erudition, wit, and pastoral sensitivity, Met. 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This easy-to-use volume that will carry the singer throughout the entire Divine Liturgy on a First Mode Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for English-language and bilingual (Greek-English) parishes,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume I\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the first of a planned series of eight volumes, one for each mode, with matching staff notation editions as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…traditional Byzantine melodies… simple but not simplistic, beautiful but not excessively intricate, and accessible but not boring.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Gabriel Cremeens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I am excited and overjoyed that Byzantine music in its most beautiful and traditional form is now becoming accessible to the English-speaking world with publications like this one… My hope and prayer are that people throughout the world will take advantage of this landmark publication to incorporate the music of the saints in their churches, so that we, too, may join the choir of the saints.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Hieromonk Ephraim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eHighlights:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish scores recorded on companion recording:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Sacrifice of Praise: The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in the First Mode\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dynamisensemble.org\/\"\u003eDynamis Byzantine Ensemble\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/plane-chicken-zt9j.squarespace.com\/products\/a-sacrifice-of-praise-divine-liturgy-in-the-1st-mode\"\u003eCD\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjQ87DweLdCaLLAUIImf1PB7tDsCOMDmE\u0026amp;si=DNPeR0JHLjIl9RLi\"\u003eYouTube\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6cLdcQXRht8h0S7AF1t2IS\"\u003eSpotify\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/a-sacrifice-of-praise\/1744433810\"\u003eApple Music\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreek and English text and scores on facing pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete scores for Sunday variables in First Mode - Resurrectional apolytikion, Trisagion, Cherubikon, Leitourgika, Megalynarion, Communion Verse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete scores for fixed sections in most common modes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete 2018 GOA English DL text, complete “script”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish Psalm texts by Nicholas Roumas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassically composed repertoire in Greek and English, including standard Greek settings and comparable English settings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreek diction guide and transliterated texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 choir rubrics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003eDetails:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDurable leatherette hardcover with beautiful gold foil stamping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElegant book design by Fr. Patrick O'Rourke (\u003cem\u003eByzantine Chant: The Recieved Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMysteries\u003c\/em\u003e: Byzantine Chant for Orthodox Sacraments)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Page Ribbon Markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eByzantine Notation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Hieromonk Ephraim.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by the author.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface by the Rev. Fr. John (Igor) Zirojević.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8.5”x11”. 2.32lbs. 264pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes English compositions by:\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIoannis Arvanitis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Michael Boyer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rev. Fr. 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When you delve into the body of this volume, you will be transported to the chant stand and will quickly come to rely on this book for all your sacramental needs.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Fr. 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Patrick O’Rourke (\u003cem\u003eByzantine Chant, The Received Tradition: A Lesson Book\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52685530038619,"sku":null,"price":116.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/7511\/5355\/files\/IMG_3684-Enhanced-NR.jpg?v=1775469168"},{"product_id":"the-divine-liturgy-by-samuel-herron","title":"The Divine Liturgy by Samuel Herron","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy popular demand, Cappella Romana Publishing releases\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Divine Liturgy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Samuel Herron. Employing the official translation of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, this volume is the first of its kind in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Divine Liturgy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecollects all of the hymns for the service, composed in English and in Byzantine notation, in one volume. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one-of-a-kind publication collects in one elegant volume everything you’ll need, especially a unique collection of Cherubic Hymns and Communion Hymns in all eight modes in both short and long settings, unavailable anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book will improve the sung worship all year long in your parish, with chants in English for cantors at every skill level.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compositions follow the natural cadence of English, presented in Byzantine notation, using the official English translation of the Greek Orthodox Church of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in a Large clothbound format (9”x12”), ideal for solo and choral singing at the analogion, with elegant, large-font typesetting in traditional black and red. Truly a gorgeous book, designed by Ephrem Acker, matching the beauty of Orthodox services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents a comprehensive, unified collection of chants for Divine Liturgy, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll chants for Litanies, Antiphons, Introits\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Eisodiká),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlleluiária.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTypiká\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Typical Psalms) and the Resurrectional Beatitudes in all eight modes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKontákia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand slow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKatavasíes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eof the Ninth Ode for the Mother of God for the entire year\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Megalynaria)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrisagion settings in multiple modes and substitutes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Antitriságia)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor baptismal feasts and feasts of the Cross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCherubic Hymns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein long and shorter settings in all eight modes, as well as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnticherubiká\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResponses at the consecration\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Leitourgiká)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esettings in all eight modes, as well as a traditional\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eklitón\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(“reader’s mode”) setting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMegalynaria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunion Verses for Sunday in all eight modes, as well as for all weekdays and feasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn addition to the elegant compositions by the author, Sam Herron has also included compositions from fellow world-class chant composers Gabriel Cremeens, Phillip Phares, and Dr. Nicholas Roumas. 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