Speaking of Books

Heavenly Realm

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:28:11 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews Heavenly Realm: Lay Sermons by Fr. Seraphim Rose, published by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood.

The Ravens of Farne

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:06:48 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Ravens of Farne: A Tale of Saint Cuthbert by Donna Farley, published by Conciliar Press.

The Great Church in Captivity

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:41:00 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews the book, The Great Church in Captivity by Steve Runciman, published by Cambridge University Press.

A Pocketful of Seeds

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:33:52 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews A Pocketful of Seeds by Sylvia Leontaritis, published by Panagia Press.

The Brothers Karamazov

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:13:59 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Steps of Transformation

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:14 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews Steps of Transformation: An Orthodox Priest Explores the Twelves Steps by Fr. Meletios Webber, published by Conciliar Press.

Bring Forth the Best Robes

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:04:23 -0600

Jane G. Meyer reviews Bring Forth the Best Robes: A Spiritual Understanding of Severus Snape by the self-published and anonymous author Logos Pilgrim.

The Little White Horse

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:02:58 -0600

Katherine Hyde reviews The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, published by Puffin Classics.

Way of the Ascetics

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:32:17 -0600

Nicholas Chapman reviews Way of the Ascetics by Tito Colliander, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Lucia: Saint of Light

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:35:54 -0600

Jane G. Meyer reviews Lucia: Saint of Light by Katherine Bolger Hyde, published by Conciliar Press.

Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:21:32 -0600

Katherine Hyde reviews Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: the Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, published by St. Herman Press.

Beauty for Ashes

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:12:08 -0600

Nicholas Chapman reviews Beauty for Ashes: The Spiritual Transformation of a Modern Greek Community by Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

The Jesus Prayer

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:58:10 -0600

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer That Tunes the Heart to God by Frederica Mathewes-Green, published by Paraclete Press.

The Woman and the Wheat

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:42:58 -0600

Katherine Hyde reviews The Woman and the Wheat by Jane G. Meyer, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

On the Incarnation

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:21:16 -0600

Nicholas Chapman reviews On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

The Winter Pascha

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:19:48 -0600

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews The Winter Pascha by Fr. Thomas Hopko, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Break the Holy Bread, Master

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:06 -0600

Jane G. Meyer reviews Break the Holy Bread, Master: A Theology of Communion Bread by Sergei Sveshnikov, published by BookSurge Publishing.

The End of Suffering

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:56:52 -0600

Katherine Hyde reviews The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns, published by Paraclete Press.

My Life in Christ

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:19:17 -0600

Nicholas Chapman reviews My Life in Christ: Extracts from the Diary of St. John of Kronstadt by St. John of Kronstadt, published by Holy Trinity Monastery Press.

Child’s Paradise of Saints

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:59:52 -0600

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Child's Paradise of Saints by Nun Nectaria Mclees, published by Christ the Savior Brotherhood Publishing.

A Cry of Stone

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:46:00 -0600

Jane G. Meyer reviews A Cry of Stone by Michael D. O'Brien, published by Ignatius Press.

The Screwtape Letters

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:12:02 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, published by HarperCollins.

Father Arseny, 1893-1973

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:54:36 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father, translated by Vera Bouteneff and published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Naming the Child

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:08:16 -0500

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Naming the Child: Hope-filled Reflections on Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Death by Jenny Schroedel, published by Paraclete Press.

The Fragrance of God

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:21:04 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Fragrance of God by Vigen Guroian, published by W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Acedia and Me

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:34:58 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris, published by Riverhead Hardcover.

The Anointing of the Sick

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:13 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Anointing of the Sick by Paul Meyendorff, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

The Mountain of Silence

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:42:57 -0500

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos Markides, published by Image.

Potamitis Publishing

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:02:32 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews four children's books from Potamitis Publishing, all written by Dionysios and Egle-Ekaterine Potamitis.

Short Trip to the Edge

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:49:49 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven—A Pilgrimage by Scott Kairns, published by HarperOne.

Bread & Water, Wine & Oil

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:41:33 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God by Fr. Meletios Webber, published by Conciliar Press.

The Journals of Fr. Alexander Schmemann

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:05:33 -0500

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews The Journals of Fr. Alexander Schmemann, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Praying with Icons

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:33:13 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews Praying with Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis Books.

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:42:44 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Anchor Books.

The Book of Pastoral Rule

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:30:52 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Book of Pastoral Rule (2007) by St. Gregory the Great, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Pearl of Great Price

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:38:40 -0500

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Pearl of Great Price: The Life of Mother Maria Skobtsova by Sergei Hackel, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

From I-ville to You-ville

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:47:58 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews From I-ville to You-ville: The Timeless Wisdom of Elder Paisios of the Holy Mountain for Children and Adults by Mersine Vigopoulou, published by Uncut Mountain Press (2006).

The Culturally Savvy Christian

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:36:01 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite by Dick Staub, published by Jossey-Bass.

Gilead

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:56:34 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews the novel Gilead by Marilyn Robinson, published by Picador.

A Trace in the Sand

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:56:26 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews A Trace in the Sand: A Tale of the Early Martyrs by the Zoe Brotherhood of Theologians, published by Saint Herman Press.

Children in the Church Today

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:08:48 -0500

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Children in the Church Today: An Orthodox Perspective by Sister Magdalen, published by St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.

Peace Like a River

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:29:39 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, published by Atlantic Monthly Press.

The Boundless Garden

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:09:23 -0500

Nicholas Chapman reviews The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories, Vol. 1 by Alexandros Papadiamandis.

Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:17:18 -0500

Ginny Nieuwsma reviews Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece by H. Middleton, published by Protecting Veil Press (2003).

The Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:07:15 -0500

Jane G. Meyer reviews The Road to Emmaus by Jim Forest, published by Orbis Books. The recording quality of this episode is not up to our usual standards, so we apologize in advance.

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:48:38 -0500

Katherine Hyde reviews this gripping spiritual memoir by Dionysios Farasiotis, published by St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood (2008).

How To Live A Holy Life by Metropolitan Gregory

feeds@ancientfaith.com (Nicholas Chapman and Ancient Faith Radio) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:47:45 -0500

In this first episode, Nicholas Chapman reviews this helpful little book originally written in Russian and available from Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY (http://jordanville.org/).