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Archimandrite Seraphim (Alexiev). Collected Works

• Archimandrite Seraphim (Alexiev)— A Faithful Son and Guardian of the Spiritual Testament of Saint Seraphim (Sobolev)

Contents:

• About these translations of Fr. Seraphim's Works and the copyrights pertaining thereto

Collected works

• Discourses on Life after Life
• Orthodox Spiritual Life According to St. Ephraim's Lenten Prayer
• Sound and Unsound Mysticism
• Enmity and Reconciliation
• Pride and Humility
• Two Extreme Views in Western Denominations Regarding the Most Holy Mother of God
• The Spiritual Life of the Orthodox Christian
• Are The Lives of the Saints Authentic?
• Life of St. Prince Boris (Mikhail), Baptiser of the Bulgarian Nation
• On the Lord's Prayer
• The Forgotten Medicine
• A Selection of Poems
• Redemption As the Work of Divine Love and Divine Justice
• Our Faith
• Our Love
• Our Prayer
• Our Hope
• The Optina Elders
• The Pastor As Man of Prayer
• Orthodoxy And Ecumenism
• Orthodox Christianity and Heterodoxy
• The Self-Appointed Judges
• St. John of Rila and His Significance for the people of Bulgaria
• St. Seraphim of Sarov
• The Meaning of Suffering
• The Human State Before and After the Fall, Regarded from Orthodox, Roman-Catholic and Protestant Standpoint
• The Ecclesiastical and Missionary Activity of St. Constantine the Philosopher—St. Cyril

Discourses on Life After Life

© 2009. About this translation

• The Most Inspiring Teacher of Immortality (Preface by the Editor)
• Prologue
• PART ONE. THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES:
  • Chapter 1. The Purpose of Human Life in This World
  • Chapter 2. On God's Image in Man and on Man's Bodily, Psychic and Spiritual Life
  • Chapter 3. The Holy Scriptures on Life after Life
  • Chapter 4. The Orthodox Christian Doctrine of Death and Its Cause
  • Chapter 5. The Orthodox Christian Doctrine of the Redemption from Sin, Curse and Death
  • Chapter 6. The Orthodox Christian Doctrine of the Resurrection of Christ, the Conqueror of Death, and of Our Resurrection
  • Chapter 7. The Views of the Holy Fathers, as Well as of Some Scientists and Philosophers, on the Resurrection of the Body and the Immortality of the Human Soul
• PART TWO. REFUTATION OF THE MAIN FALSE TEACHINGS WITH REGARD TO THE LIFE AFTER LIFE:
  • Chapter 1. Correct and False Teachings on the Life after Life
  • Chapter 2. Evidences of People Who Experienced Clinical Death
  • Chapter 3. Conclusions from the Gospel Story about the Unmerciful Rich Man and the Poor Lazarus
  • Chapter 4. Are there Reincarnations after Death?
  • Chapter 5. Where is the Kingdom of Heaven? Where Are the Souls of the Departed?
• PART THREE. DEATH AS A TEACHER. THE FATAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOURS BEFORE DEATH:
  • Chapter 1. The Speechless Teacher
  • Chapter 2. Memento mori!
  • Chapter 3. The Four Main Temptations for a Man on His Deathbed
  • Chapter 4. Testimonies to Life Beyond the Grave and to the Truthfulness of the Orthodox Faith. Predictions about the Hour of Death.
• PART FOUR. THE DESTINY OF THE SOUL FROM THE HOUR OF DEATH UNTIL THE FORTIETH DAY
• Chapter 1. The Private Judgement of the Soul and the Toll Houses
• Chapter 2. The Reposed Are Alive and Can Respond to Us and Help Us
• Chapter 3. Commemoration Services and Good Deeds on Behalf of the Reposed Can Help Them
• Chapter 4. Misconceptions Regarding the Prayers for the Reposed
• Chapter 5. The Fortieth Day after Death
• PART FIVE. THE TIME BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND THE LAST JUDGEMENT
• Chapter 1. Is Death Fearful For All? The Issue of "Benign" Death
• Chapter 2. The State of the Souls in the Beyond World During the Time Between the Private and the Last Judgement of God
• Chapter 3. The Approaching End of the World: Signs and Forewarnings
• Chapter 4. The Universal Final Judgement
• PART SIX. ETERNITY—PAINFUL AND BLISSFUL
• Chapter 1. On Death after Death
• Chapter 2. On Life after Life
• Epilogue. Consolation for Those Who Mourn Their Reposed Beloved

2. Orthodox Theology

Archimandrite Justin Popovich: Selected Works*

The Orthodox Christian Philosophy of Life:

• Foreword to the Serbian Edition
• Prologue
• 1. The Orthodox Christian Philosophy of Progress
• 2. The Orthodox Christian Philosophy of Culture
• 3. The Orthodox Christian Philosophy of Society
• 4. The Orthodox Christian Philosophy of Values
• 5. The Orthodox Christian Philosophy of Education

 

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Georges Florovsky, Protopresbyter: Collected Works

• Volume One: Bible, Church And Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View
• Volume Two: Christianity And Culture
• Volume Three: Creation And Redemption
• Volume Four: Aspects Of Church History
• Volumes Five And Six: Ways Of Russian Theology

2.1. Orthodoxy and Ecumenism

 

2.2. The Orthodox Church Calendar

 

Links to Various Readings

• The Orthodox Word: Sermons, Articles and Readings (English Supplement to this site)

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* All English translations published on this site, are made by by r. monk Evtimii (Hinov); to obtain permission to use them, kindly write to the e-mail address indicated at the bottom of this page.

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