Welcome to St. George Church Digital library
This library is a work in progress; titles will be made available as they are acquired. If you would like to submit a source to add to the library, please email the link or website to stgeorgeallentown@gmail.com with the subject header "LIBRARY"
Catechetical works
The Orthodox Study Bible includes the Orthodox cannon of Scripture and vital commentary from Orthodox scholars explicating doctrine and the proper interpretation of the Scriptures. The OSB is a nearly indispensable resource for the catechumen or student of Orthodoxy
The Orthodox Study Bible : . : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Fr. Thomas Hopko: Doctrine
The First Book in Fr. Hopko’s four-part series describes what Orthodox Christians Believe and the sources and reasons for why we Believe them.
The Orthodox Faith - Volume I - Doctrine and Scripture - Orthodox Church in America
Fr. Thomas Hopko: Worship
The second Book in Fr. Hopko’s four-part series elucidates the origins, and meaning, both scriptural and traditional of the details of Orthodox Christian worship.
The Orthodox Faith - Volume II - Worship - Orthodox Church in America
Fr. Thomas Hopko: The Bible and Church History
The third volume of Fr. Hopko’s four-part series covers Biblical and Ecclesiastical history from the Old Testament to the 20th Century.
Fr. Thomas Hopko: Spirituality
The fourth book in Fr. Hopko’s four-part series include treatises on the Beatitudes of our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and other vital elements of Orthodox spiritual practice.
The Orthodox Faith - Volume IV - Spirituality - Orthodox Church in America
Essential Orthodox Christian Beliefs, Orthodox Church of America:
Here is another catechetical work which thoroughly explicates the basics of Orthodox Christian teaching, from Old-Testament History to Church tradition
Microsoft Word - EOCB Final v1.1.docx
Fr. Hopko's 55 Maxims
Though not precisely catechetical, these maxims are instructive to the Christian living day to day in the world.
Church fathers
St John’s Ladder of Divine Ascent
Read every lent at every Orthodox monastery, The Ladder of Divine Ascent was also the first book published in the New World. St. John’s spiritual classic takes the reader throught the various “rungs” on the spiritual path. Renunciation, pilgrimage, and discernment are all steps on the path to God.
http://www.prudencetrue.com/images/TheLadderofDivineAscent.pdf
GREGORY OF NYSSA: DOGMATIC TREATISES, ETC. : Philip Schaff
Provides information and commentary on St. Gregory's life and work and provides some of the saints own writing.
On the Incarnation of The Word, St. Athanasius:
The great doctor of The Orthodox Church explains why God chose to become man
St. Athanasius: On the Incarnation of the Word - Christian Classics Ethereal Library
St. John of Damascus: On The Holy Images
An entire encyclopedia dedicated to the early church fathers from the Apostolic Fathers and St. Justin Martyr to St. Gregory the Great
Modern day saints/fathers
Blessed John the Wonderworker
Here is a wonderful and inspiring account of a modern Saint’s life and the miracles wrought through him by God, both during Saint John’s life and after his repose.
https://archive.org/details/blessed-john-the-wonderworker/page/22/mode/2up?view=theater
St. Gabriel, Fool for Christ of Samtavro:
A brief life of one of the most fascinating of modern Orthodox saints.
Fr Thadeus of Vitovnica: Our Thoughts determine our lives.
Full of psychological and spiritual insight, the sayings of Fr. Thadeus are distilled from a lifetime of struggle and striving to serve God.
Orthodox-adjacent sources
Orthodox Library is a Coptic source but contains many good Eastern Orthodox works as well as non-orthodox sources.
A treasure trove of Christian theological literature, including texts by the early Church fathers. Few overtly Orthodox sources from recent centuries but plenty of ancient sources.
Home - Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Marriage
Crowned with Glory and Honor
This brief but thorough booklet walks the Orthodox Christian couple through the fundamentals of the Mystery of Holy Matrimony.
On Marriage and Family Life: St John Chrysostom (Video)
A youtube video of a reading of St John's homilies 19 and 20
On Marriage and Family Life by St. John Chrysostom. (Part 1)
Prayer
Holy Trinity Monastery Prayer book
This book contains evening and morning prayers as well as instruction for reading a standalone Akathist and other prayers written by our Holy Fathers.
https://archive.org/details/orthodox-prayer-book/page/n17/mode/2up