Useful Links
(caveat e-lector: not all perfect, complete, fully approved, or necessarily Orthodox…)
General
Saint Makarios
- The Monastery of St. Macarius the Great
- Wikipedia: Macarius of Egypt
- OrthodoxWiki: Macarius the Great
- Sf. Macarie Romanian Orthodox Church in England / (alternate link)
Orthodox People and Places
- OrthodoxPhotos.com
- Pictures of the earliest Orthodox Churches in the US and Church life, in Alaska
- Orthodox Christian Mission Center
Bible (can’t vouch for everything on these sites)
- holy-trinity.org: Orthodox Bible Resources
- New Testament Gateway New Testament scholarship & resources
- Non-canonical gospels, etc.
- Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies
General Bible resources
History
- Byzantine History page: Fordham
- Byzantine Studies programs in the US
- Dumbarton Oaks research center in Byzantine Studies
Orthodox Theology and Spirituality
- Orthodox Catechism on the web
- OCA: Simple intro to Orthodox Faith
- Introductory articles on Orthodox Christianity
- Short booklet on theosis by Abbot George of St. Gregorios, Mt. Athos
- Tertullian Project: Early Church Fathers
Church Fathers:
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- The Fathers: St. Methodius – St. John Damascene
- Hymns of St. Ephrem
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- Guide to Early Church texts
- Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism Seminar A source for the articles of Fr. Alexander Goltzin, Bogdan Bucur et al., and other, stranger articles of varying interest
- ‘Library of Monastic Spirituality’
- Sermons of Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
- Monachos.net Orthodox theology, spirituality website, especially interested in monasticism
- Myriobiblos Greek Orthodox theological resources
- Center for the Study of St. Gregory of Nazianzus St. Gregory of Nazianzus website
Liturgy
- Orthodox Liturgy Links General Link to Links, Ivan Moody
- Online Liturgical Resources (St. Jonah Church) Another list
- Eastern Liturgy Links , some Catholic
- Extensive Greek liturgical texts
Liturgical Texts in English, as used at St. Makarios
Icons
- Aidan Hart’s iconography page; good icons and articles.
- Come and See Icons An iconography website of American iconographers, with lives of saints and hymns
- IconsExplained.com Byzantine Icons, many countries
- Iconofile.com Icon website
Music
Examples (also some video of services)
- Ensemble SreteniyeByzantine, Russian and Georgian chant
- Three Holies Church Choristers
- Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary ChoirUkrainian, Russian chant
- Monks and Metropolitan Choirs of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
- Kyiv Chamber Choir
- Saint Elijah’s Children’s Choir
- Epistle Reading
- Ethiopian Paschal Service in Lalibela
- Romanian Orthodox Paschal Stichera
- Indian Orthodox Foot-Washing Service, Holy Thursday
- Romanian Byzantine Choir
- Anaphoras in Greek
- Anaphora – Liturgical Respenses, Tone 2
Orthodox Experience in the 20th Century
Experimentul Pitesti – The Gulag of Pitesti – Romania PART 1
More links are under construction! Thank you for your patience.