Online books
This page is for Orthodox books (not articles) available online as full-text documents.
Contents
Theology & Spirituality
- Confession: The Healing Sacrament by Jim Forest
- The Way of the Ascetics by Tito Colliander
- Some Aspects of Orthodox Theology, from Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York) (1958)
History
- Orthodox Christians in North America 1794-1994
- The Truth About the Russian Church Abroad, by M. Rodzianko
Pastoral issues
- The Basis on Which Economy May Be Used in the Reception of Converts, by Metr. Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev
- Orthodox Christian Education of Children in Our Days, by Protopresbyter G. Grabbe (1960)
- The Rudder, a.k.a. The Pedalion (includes only the text of the canons, not the commentary by St. Nikodemos)
Catechism
- The Orthodox Faith (4 volume "Rainbow Series" Catechism) by Fr. Thomas Hopko
- The Orthodox Church by Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia
Prayer Books
Hymnals
For free online translations of the Old Testament Psalms, see Psalter: External links. For the official physical Syriac Hymnal, see Church of Antioch: Hymn_Book.
- A Spiritual Psalter, or Reflections on God by Ephraim the Syrian - Excerpted by Bishop Theophan the Recluse from the works of our Holy Father Ephraim the Syrian; arranged in the manner of the Psalms of David; translated by Antonina Janda together with The Life of St. Ephraim translated by Br. Isaac E. Lambertsen. Distributed by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church. Note this is a book of new hymns, not a commentary on or new translation of the Old Testament psalms.
The below hymn books are all also available via Eastern Liturgical (Orthodox) Hymnals on Hymnary.org.
- Hymns and Poetry of the Eastern Church, Bernhard Pick, 1908. This hymn book is available via archive.org or google.
- Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church, John Brownlie, 1902.
- Hymns of the Greek Church, John Brownlie, 1900.
- Hymns of the Eastern Church (5th ed.), Rev. J. M. Neale, D.D., 1866.
Collections
- Bibliotheca Orthodoxa IntraText (in many languages)
- Bibliotheca Patristica IntraText (in many languages)
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Early Church Fathers Collection (e-Books in Microsoft® HTML-Help and WinHelp formats)
- Free PDFs of some writings of Lossky, Florovsky and other Orthodox theologians/writers
- Holy Trinity Orthodox School (Over 90 Theological books)
- Library of Books, Articles and Links on Hesychasm
- Myriobiblos On Line Library (Church of Greece)
- Patrologia Graeca (Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca - J.P. Migne (+ 1875))
