Orthodox bookstores?

[theoforos]

Where do you guys usually buy your Orthodox books?

I'm trying to find a copy of "The Way of the Fathers: Exploring the Patristic Mind" by John Chryssavgis, but it seems like none of the online stores I looked at had it. Maybe it's out of print like most Orthodox books? :) Any idea where they might still have it?

I'm also wondering if Ilarion Alfeyev's "The Mystery of Faith" is the same as "The Mystery of Faith" by Ilarion Alfeyev and Jessica Rose? The latter is available, but I was unable to find one that didn't have Jessica Rose as a co-author... I've read the book in Finnish and know where I can get a Finnish copy, but I'm going to write some essays based on that book (among others) and I'll have to write the essays in English, so I guess it would be easier to have the book in English.

[buzuxi02]

Light & Life Publishing - World's Largest Orthodox Supplier (http://www.light-n-life.com/shopping/order_product.asp?ProductNum=WAYO125)

[Emmanuel-A]

I often buy through www.abebooks.com (http://www.abebooks.com) :

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=800782643&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26y%3D0%26kn%3Dpatristic%2Bmind%26x%3D0

If you prefer to pay in euros, you'd rather order through abebooks.fr or abebooks.de.

[theoforos]

Thank you so much for the info, both of you! :) :clap: I checked both sites, and will probably use them also in the future. I ended up ordering the Chryssavgis book from Light&Life, the price would have been about the same from either site and it seemed like in both cases the order would have been shipped from the US. I always pay by credit card, so it's no problem paying in dollars, but because of customs, it's sometimes more convenient to have it shipped from within the EU. If you order something from outside of the EU the customs sometimes pick it up and interrogate you about the contents or even demand you pay some tax and duties. It's happened a couple of times when I ordered something from outside of the EU, hopefully not this time...

[Khaleas]

Theophoros, are you doing the JY approbatur?? I'm thinking about it after I'm done with everything else...
Doesn't hurt to look at the bookstores of St Tikhon and St Vladimir. Oh, and if you find a book somewhere and they won't ship to Finland let me know and we can work it out.

[Knowledge3]

You will never find me browsing for generic Christian books in a generic Christian bookstore. :priest:

[eoe]

Where do you guys usually buy your Orthodox books?
I try to buy as much as I can from either my parish or a monastery. The Monastery of the Holy Ascention (http://monasteryproducts.org/) in Georgia is great and has wonderful candles and olive oil - Holy Cross Hermitage (http://www.tcgalaska.com/holycrosshermitage/)has a good selection of books and wonderful incense (I just got Svir and Blacernae Rose and they are amazing).

If I am unable to find what I am looking for there then I go to the commercial sites, light lightnlife or archangelsbooks.

[Breaking Babylon]

Father Mark plans on taking me to Holy Cross Hermitage sometime in the future. I can't wait to see their selection in person, although admittedly that's the last thing on my mind.

I wonder if the monks there would teach me how to make incense? I'd love that.

[Philothei]

Another source for books like the Chrysavgis book (you could have got also a discount) look into the Hellenic College, Holy Cross bookstore in Brookline, MA. It should be under the school's name:"Holy Cross School of Theology" Brookline MA.(too lazy to look up the link, sorry:)) Some of their books might be discounted because they are also the publishers. I think it might be 20% discount at best. Does not hurt to look it up. They ship internationaly. Hope that helps.

God bless,
Philothei

[theoforos]

Theophoros, are you doing the JY approbatur?? I'm thinking about it after I'm done with everything else...

Bingo! :D I'm just starting though...

Doesn't hurt to look at the bookstores of St Tikhon and St Vladimir. Oh, and if you find a book somewhere and they won't ship to Finland let me know and we can work it out.

Thanks! :) I took a look at St Vladimir's bookstore yesterday (didn't find the Chryssavgis book there), but I don't think I've ever been to St Tikhon's bookstore. I'll have to take a look at it.

[theoforos]

I try to buy as much as I can from either my parish or a monastery. The Monastery of the Holy Ascention (http://monasteryproducts.org/) in Georgia is great and has wonderful candles and olive oil - Holy Cross Hermitage (http://www.tcgalaska.com/holycrosshermitage/)has a good selection of books and wonderful incense (I just got Svir and Blacernae Rose and they are amazing).

Thanks, I haven't been to those sites. I think it's a good idea to try to support monasteries etc by buying books and stuff from them. :)

[theoforos]

Another source for books like the Chrysavgis book (you could have got also a discount) look into the Hellenic College, Holy Cross bookstore in Brookline, MA.

I was at some Holy Cross site yesterday, but unfortunately they didn't seem to have any of the books I was looking for. I'm not sure if it's the same one you're talking about. Besides, I maybe didn't know how to use the search function properly. Discounts are nice to get, whenever you can get one! :)

[Khaleas]

Bingo! :D I'm just starting though...



Thanks! :) I took a look at St Vladimir's bookstore yesterday (didn't find the Chryssavgis book there), but I don't think I've ever been to St Tikhon's bookstore. I'll have to take a look at it.
I got the reading lists a while back and I was like, yea right, where are we going to find all these! Another thing to try might be inter-library loans. You have to let me know how it is... I might think of it this fall, this spring I don't have time. My Great Lent reading for this year is the big book by Monk Seraphim - St Isaac of Nineveh. And finish the other book he wrote about Great Lent. I really want to translate that one to English, I thought it was pretty good. Then again I really need to start translating the articles at Ortodoksi.net too... as I promised, just been busy.

[NyssaTheHobbit]

I find a lot of books at Amazon.com. There's also http://conciliarpress.bizhosting.com/index.html and http://www.svspress.com/.

[buzuxi02]

Speaking of books does anyone have the bible in ESV version? If so, is it any good?

[Philothei]

I found the site they got a big collection of books. Compare prices with Light and Life sometimes they are cheeper. Also shipping from Boston instead Minesota to Europe will cost you less.:)

http://store.holycrossbookstore.com
(hope it is ok to post links:()

God bless,
Philothei

[theoforos]

I got the reading lists a while back and I was like, yea right, where are we going to find all these! Another thing to try might be inter-library loans. You have to let me know how it is...

I'll let you know. :) There are so many books on the list that I doubt I'll buy all of them. At least for now my plan is to buy the most important ones and then try to get the rest of them from a library. We'll see how that works out... Besides, you don't necessarily need all the books on the list because some of them deal with very specific themes and if you don't choose those themes as the topic of your essays, you can do without them. :D

My Great Lent reading for this year is the big book by Monk Seraphim - St Isaac of Nineveh. And finish the other book he wrote about Great Lent. I really want to translate that one to English, I thought it was pretty good. Then again I really need to start translating the articles at Ortodoksi.net too... as I promised, just been busy.

When are you going to translate Seraphim's St Isaac of Niniveh into English? That would be quite a project, wouldn't it? ;)

[theoforos]

NyssatheHobbit and Philothei, thank you for the new links! :)

[Khaleas]

When are you going to translate Seraphim's St Isaac of Niniveh into English? That would be quite a project, wouldn't it? ;)

Haha, yea, no kidding! If it was any other type of book it would almost qualify as 'fishing net weight' (verkko paino).

And since no one really sells it other than the Ortho stores I've actually carried it here too. Valamo will send stuff (just got a package) but Lampukka won't.

Good luck!

[VickiY]

When dealing with Holy Cross Bookstore, you have to know that they have MANY MANY MANY MANY books that they do not bother listing online. A call or an e-mail works best when looking for something specific, or just spending the morning browsing there if you have a few hundred dollars to spend and a truck to carry your books in. ;)

[MariaRegina]

I like www.amazon.com

They do offer discounts.