[quote author=yousiegtennis link=topic=3078.msg106221#msg106221 date=1252774514] [quote author=andrew21091 link=topic=3078.msg106196#msg106196 date=1252695465] Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast -
just out of curiousity...the word "Hesychast," does that have anything to do with the virtue of silence?? because i remember reading some things in the philokalia and it mentions hesychasm (silence).
Two AMAZING books i have read are "The Spiritual Man" by H.H. Pope Shenouda III and "every young man, God's man" by Stephen Arterburn. I read the first one for the philly competition and the second in small group. They are both great books about how to live for, by, and with Christ. Especially the second one because it gives a more modern look with common issues found in today's younger generation.
[quote author=SaintaMaria05 link=topic=3078.msg106181#msg106181 date=1252641969] THIS IS A MUST READ Father Arseny Priest, prisoner, and spiritual Father
This book combines everything you're looking for into 1. You'll love it and it is very easy to read and follow :D
I must say a big "AMEN!" to SaintaMaria05's post.
Both books about Father Arseny are super. They are well worth the time and effort to read both in their entirety.
I enjoyed The Person of the Christ by Daniel Fanous. It presented the story of Christ from a different perspective and was, thus, a thought-provoking read for me.
Dancing Alone by Frank Schaeffer, Genesis, Creation and Early Man by Fr. Seraphim Rose, Nihilism by Fr. Seraphim Rose, Ultimate Things by Denis Engleman, Crazy For God by Frank Schaeffer, The Ladder of Divine Ascent St. John Climacus, Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future by Fr. Seraphim Rose.
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[quote author=andrew21091 link=topic=3078.msg106196#msg106196 date=1252695465]
Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast -
just out of curiousity...the word "Hesychast," does that have anything to do with the virtue of silence?? because i remember reading some things in the philokalia and it mentions hesychasm (silence).
Hesychia is stillness.
1.The Holy Bible
2.The Agpia
3.The Paradise of the Holy Fathers Volume II
4.The Release of the Spirit by H.H. Pope Shenouda (and all of them, each one of his books!) http://www.coepa.org/downDetails.php?pageNum_titleDetails=0&nav=downloads&cat_id=1&subcat_id=23&thrdcat_id=51&totalRows_titleDetails=13
5.God is my Paradise by Fr Tadros Malaty (each of his books) http://www.stgeorge-sporting.org/mcc/books.php?show_all_nav_listbooks9=1
6. You are My delightful garden by Fr Tadros Malaty http://www.coepa.org/downDetails.php?pageNum_titleDetails=1&nav=downloads&cat_id=1&subcat_id=23&thrdcat_id=51&totalRows_titleDetails=13
7.ESTABLISH YOUR KINGDOM WITHIN ME, O HOLY RESURRECTION! by Fr Tadros Malaty http://www.saint-mary.net/books/RESURRECTION.pdf
i have to say every single spiritual Coptic Orthodox book u will read is such a baraka and will raise ur heart spiritually to God.
What on earth am i here for?
Rick Warren
it is basicaly his sorrow over the death of his wife and the pain he is vary open and transparent and i think thats why i love the book so much
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God Bless :D
THIS IS A MUST READ
Father Arseny
Priest, prisoner, and spiritual Father
This book combines everything you're looking for into 1. You'll love it and it is very easy to read and follow :D
I must say a big "AMEN!" to SaintaMaria05's post.
Both books about Father Arseny are super. They are well worth the time and effort to read both in their entirety.
I enjoyed The Person of the Christ by Daniel Fanous. It presented the story of Christ from a different perspective and was, thus, a thought-provoking read for me.