hurch library

Members of the Community are welcome to make use of the church llibrary. It will normally be available after services, but please contact the librarian for access. The books are shelved (by author, or title when there is no clear author) in a downstairs room in the house. Requests for loans from those not able to attend services regularly may be sent to the librarian by e-mail (fingrawhi@btinternet.com).

All loans must be recorded and a book will be made available for this purpose. Other than that, the rules and regulations are minimal. There are no formal loan periods, but please return items promptly if they are required by another user. While the Community will pay for outward postage on any loans, return postage is the responsibility of the borrower.

As the Library is still in its infancy, it consists largely of donations. Further donations or suggestions for new purchases will be welcome; please contact the librarian about these.

Books available

Abramtsov, David F. The Orthodox companion. Second edition. Englewood, NJ: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, 1983.

Afanasiev, Victor: Elder Barsanuphius of Optina. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2000. (The Optina elders series; 7).

The age of Bede: Bede, Life of Cuthbert; Eddius Stephanus, Life of Wilfrid; Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, with the Voyage of St Brendan ed. D.H. Farmer. London: Penguin Books, 1983. (Penguin classics).

Anthony, Metropolitan of Sourozh [Anthony Bloom]: Essential writings [selected by] Gillian Crow. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, [2010]. (Modern spiritual masters series).

Basil, Bishop of Sergievo [Basil Osborne]: The light of Christ: sermons for the Great Fast Second edition. Witney: St Stephen’s Press, 1996.

Bede, the Venerable, Saint: The ecclesiastical history of the English people. The greater chronicle. Bede’s letter to Egbert ed. J. McClure, R. Collins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. (World’s classics).

[Bible. O.T. Proverbs] Les Parémies. Parma: Diaconie Apostolique, 1994.

The blessing of ikons translated by Mother Thekla. Minneapolis, MN: Light and Life Publishing, [n.d.]

Bolshakoff, Serge N.: Elder Melchizedek. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1988. (The acquisition of the Holy Spirit in ancient Russia series; 4).

[Bolshakoff, Serge N.]: Russian mystics. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, [1976]. (Cistercian studies series; 26).

The book of Margery Kempe: a modern version [edited by] W. Butler-Bowdon. London: Cape, [1940]. (The life and letters series; 103).

Chetverikov, Sergius: Elder Ambrose of Optina. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1997. (The Optina elders series; 4).

Clement I, Pope : The Clementine homilies. The Apostolic constitutions. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, [1870]. (The ante-Nicene library; 17).

Durasov, Gennady: Beloved sufferer: the life and mystical revelations of a Russian eldress: Schemanun Macaria. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1995. (Modern matericon series; 7).

Eliel, R. Monk Gerasim: Father Gerasim of New Valaam. [Ouzinkie, Alaska]: New Valaam Monastery (St Herman Press), 1989. (The acquisition of the Holy Spirit in Russia series; 5).

Ephraem Syrus, Saint : Hymns on paradise introduction and translation by Sebastian Brock. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1990.

Feofan, Saint, Bishop of Tambov and Shatsk (Theofan the Recluse): The spiritual life and how to be attuned to it. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1995.

Florenskii, P.A. (Paul): Salt of the earth or, A narrative on the life of the elder of Gethsemane Skete Hieromonk Abba Isidore. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1987. (The acquisition of the Holy Spirit in ancient Russia series; 2).

Gardner, Johann von: Russian church singing.

- Vol. 1: Orthodox worship and hymnography translated by Vladimir Morosan. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1980.

- Vol. 2: History from the origins to the mid-Seventeenth Century translated by Vladimir Morosan. [Crestwood, NY]: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2000.

Harakas, Emily: Through the year with the Church Fathers. Minneapolis, MN: Light and Life Publishing, 1985.

Hebby, Antoine: Short course in Byzantine ecclesiastical music. [Newton, Mass.]: [Greek Melkite Catholic Diocese of Newton], 1988.

The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy = ARCIERATIKH QEIA LEITOURGIA. Brookline, Mass.: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1985.

Hilton, Walter: The ladder of perfection [Scala perfectionis] translated by Leo Sherley-Price. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957. (Penguin classics).

Hopko, Thomas: The Lenten Spring: readings for Great Lent. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1983.

[Horologion. French] Grand livre d’heures [translated by] P. Denis Guillaume. Roma: Diaconie Apostolique, 1989.

Ignatii, Bishop of Caucasus and Chernomor’e : On the Prayer of Jesus, from the ascetic essays of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov translated by Father Lazarus. Longmead (Dorset): Element Books, [1987].

[Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyons ]: St Irenaeus of Lyons on the Apostolic preaching [translated by] John Behr. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997.

[Isaac, Saint, Bishop of Nineveh ]: St Isaac of Nineveh on ascetical life [translated by Mary Hansbury]. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1989.

[Isaiah, Abba ]: Abba Isaiah of Scetis: ascetic discourses translated by John Chryssavgis and Pachomios (Robert) Penkett. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 2002. (Cistercian studies series; 150).

John, Climacus, Saint: The ladder of divine ascent [translated by] Colm Luibheid and Norman Russell. London: S.P.C.K., [1982]. (The classics of Western spirituality).

Kavelin, Leonid: Elder Macarius of Optina. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1995. (The Optina elders series; 3).

Kholmogorov, Simeon: One of the ancients: the life and struggles of a Russian man of prayer, Elder Gabriel of Pskov and Kazan. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1988. (The acquisition of the Holy Spirit in ancient Russia series; 4).

Kliment, Hieromonk (Fr. Clement Sederholm): Elder Anthony of Optina. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1994. (The Optina elders series; 2).

Kliment, Hieromonk (Fr. Clement Sederholm): Elder Leonid of Optina. Platina, Calif.: St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1990. (The Optina elders series; 1).

The life and miracles of Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg. Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 1973. (Great ascetics of Russia; 2).

Lossky, Vladimir: In the image and likeness of God edited by John H. Erickson and Thomas E. Bird. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, [1974].

Lossky, Vladimir: Orthodox theology: an introduction. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, [1978].

Lossky, Vladimir: The vision of God translated by Asheleigh Moorhouse. 2^nd ed. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, [1973].

Makarii, Monk : Russian letters of direction, 1834-1860 [selected and translated by] Iulia de Beausobre. [Crestwood, NY]: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1975.

A manual of Eastern Orthodox prayers. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1983.

[Menaion. August] [Ménée d’] août [translation] P. Denis Guillaume. Roma: Diaconie Apostolique, 1981.

Parenti, Stefano: Praying with the Orthodox tradition. London: SPCK, 1989.

Poulos, George: Orthodox saints: spiritual profiles for modern man. Brookline, Mass.: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1976.

Rolle, Richard: The fire of love translated into modern English by Clifton Wolters. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972. (Penguin classics).

Saint Seraphim of Sarov, 1759-1833: his life and the Akathistos Hymn sung to him in the Russian Orthodox Church. Evry: Prodromos, [n.d.] 3 copies

Schmemann, Alexander: Great Lent: [journey to Pascha]. Revised ed. [Crestwood, NY]: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1974.

Scupoli, Lorenzo: Unseen warfare: the Spiritual combat [Combattimento spirituale] and Path to Paradise of Lorenzo Scupoli edited by Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain and revised by Theophan the Recluse; translated by E. Kadloubovsky and G.E.H. Palmer. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1978.

Sokolof, Dimitrii: A manual of the Orthodox Church’s divine services. Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Monastery, 1975.

[Teresa, of Avila, Saint]: The interior castle, or The mansions by Saint Teresa of Jesus; translated from the autograph of Saint Teresa by the Benedictines of Stanbrook; revised with introduction and additional notes by the Very Reverend Benedict Zimmerman. Second ed. London: T. Baker, 1912.

Vaporis, N.M.: The service of Sunday Vespers. Needham, Mass.: Themely Publications, 1992.

Zvegintzov, C.: Our Mother Church: her worship and Offices. Whithorn: St Ninian’s Press, 1993.