Being Good: Responding to Our Faith (Notes from a Poor Monk)
By Archimandrite Laurence Mancuso

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Paperback (May 2008)
ISBN: 978-1-933275-19-2
Price: $17.95 + S&H (USD)
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This book, Abba Laurence's last, was composed during the period May 2003?-?September 2005 as a series of small lessons about the interior life on a daily or weekly basis and sent via e-mail to a select group of friends. The reflections received enthusiastic responses from e-mail recipients who in turn forwarded them to others. Appended to this collection of reflections is a large, but incomplete, series of discussions concerning prayer beginning with chapter 149; Abba Laurence indicated in both series (Being Good and Chapters on Prayer) that they were interrelated and interdependent. The style of writing is down to earth, colloquial and full of analogies, metaphor and simile and has been left intact. The heart of his reflections is the result of a half century of monastic living, spiritual counseling and study. Though Abba Laurence was a scholar versed in the biblical languages of Hebrew and Greek as well as several modern languages, theology, liturgy, Scripture and the writings of the Church Fathers, his approach is conversational and direct. Anyone ever attending any of his workshops or retreats will be familiar with his down-home approach in the vernacular.

Psalms and Prayers
By Archimandrite Laurence Mancuso

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Paperback (2007)
ISBN: n/a
Price: $19.95 + S&H (USD)

From the beginning of Christianity, the psalms have been the book of prayer of the Christian church par excellence. Throughout the ages they have nourished the inner life as well as the outward conduct not only of ascetics but of Christians in general and their efficacy is certainly not to be doubted, therefore, even for today. The power of the Holy Spirit, then, is manifestly active in the world when scripture, especially the psalms, are prayed. It is with this in mind that we off er this new edition of the psalms in the format used by the earliest of monastics in the Egyptian desert centuries ago, confident that its use will once again provide not only a scriptural basis for the prayer of those who seek growth in spiritual life and understanding, but an incentive toward a very practical and particular approach to daily piety as well. The thousands of provocative phrases of the psalms have been used to allay temptations, to increase determined devotion, and in general to raise the level of spirituality in all who have prayed them.

The Seven Sacraments of the Greek Orthodox Church
By Rev. Philip G. Gialopsos

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Sixth Edition, Paperback (2004)
ISBN: n/a
Price: $10.95 + S&H (USD)

As the spiritual advisor to the students of the Eastern Orthodox Faith at Cornell University
and Ithaca College, members of the G.O.Y.A. and Sunday School Teachers, Fr. Philip was asked many times to provide them with a pamphlet containing all Seven Sacraments of our Church in the English Language. The desire of our young adults and youth encouraged him to make an effort, and he wrote a pamphlet in 1962, briefly containing the Seven Sacraments of the Greek Orthdodox Church. In the year 1970, he wrote the second edition in the form of a booklet, the third edition in the form of a book and the fifth edition in an updated and revised form. He attempted to bring out what our Church has taught for centuries about the Sacraments. He has used simple theological terms in order to make this material easily understood by the readers, both youth and adult, who may not have extended theological knowledge. By using the Holy Scriptures together with the contents of this book, he believed that one could obtain a better religious knowledge. Since we live in a time when the spirit of ecumenism and the unity of Christianity is a common desire in the hearts of many Christians, hebelieved that it was necessary for us to know the Sacraments, so that we will be able to make comparisons with the sacramental life as understood in other churches. Those who read this book will benefit by it, by becoming more familiar with the Sacraments of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Mother of Christendom.

SYNTOMA APOSTOLIKA DIDAGMATA
By Rev. Philip G. Gialopsos

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Paperback (2004; in Greek)
ISBN: n/a
Price: $13.95 + S&H (USD)

This collection book provides a collection of sermons for the Sundays and major feasts of the liturgical year.

Spiritual Reflections from the Priest's Desk
By Rev. Philip G. Gialopsos

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Paperback (2005)
ISBN: n/a
Price: $14.95 + S&H (USD)

In all the years of his ministry serving our Church, one of his priorities was to print a monthly bulletin. The objective of the bulletin was not only to highlight the events of his community,
but also to provide religious and spiritual education to the faithful. The subject matter of the religious articles was taken from the teachings of our Orthodox Church concerning moral issues, holidays, and teachings from the Bible. They were condensed due to the limited space of the bulletin and written in simple terms to be understood by all the faithful, both young and old. This book is a collection of the short messages published monthly, some of which appeared in local newspapers and various religious magazines. The content is intended to teach the faithful basic Orthodox teachings.