Introduction
to Orthodoxy and Spiritual Formation
Primary:
o Entering the Orthodox Church by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos
o Great Lent by Fr. Alexander Schmemann (SVS Press, 2001)
o The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer by Archimandrite Irenei Steinberg (St. Herman of
Alaska Brotherhood, 2012)
o The Divine Liturgy: A Commentary in the Light
of the Fathers by
Hieromonk Gregorios
(Koutloumousiou Monastery, 2009)
OR
o Thine Own of Thine Own:
Divine Liturgy Commentary for Lay Orthodox Christians
(2011) by Fr. Patrick O’Grady (Self-published)
o The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God by St. John Maximovitch (St.
Herman of Alaska Brotherhood)
o On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius the Great
(SVS Press)
o Father Arseny,
1893-1973 (SVS
Press, 2004)
OR
o Wounded by Love: The Life and the Wisdom of
Elder Porphyrios (Denise Harvey, 2005)
OR
o Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and
Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of
Vitovnica by Ana Smiljanic
(St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2009)
Also recommended:
o The Way of the Ascetics (1985) by Tito Colliander
o The Mind of the Church by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos
OR
o The Faith: An Orthodox Catechism (1997) by Clark Carlton
o On the Priesthood by St. John Chrysostom (SVS Press,
1984)
o The Way (1997) by Clark Carlton
OR
o The Truth (1999) by Clark Carlton
o The Orthodox Way (1998) by Bishop Kallistos Ware
o Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy by Fr. Andrew Damick (Conciliar Press, 2011)
o The Way of a Pilgrim (many editions)
o For the Life of the World by Fr. Alexander Schmemann (SVS Press, 1998)
o The Diary of a Russian Priest by Alexander Elchaninov (SVS Press, 2001)