Selected Essays

— About the Book —

This is a collection of essays by one of the giants of the twentieth century Russian emigration. His characteristic spirit of deep humility infuses them. Subjects addressed in this collection include biblical criticism, Sophianism, Toll-houses, serving in the Church, the liturgical theology of Fr. Alexander Schmemann, the Glorification of Saints, Children in the Church and much more.

— Contents —

In Memory of Protopresbyter Michael Pomazansky

Is This Orthodoxy?

Children in Church

On the Rite of Churching an Infant and the Prayer for a Woman Who has Given Birth

The Glorification of Saints

Catholicity and Cooperation in the Church

Everything Has Its Time, Its Place

How Each of Us Can and Ought to Serve the Church

An Outline of the Orthodox World-View of Father John of Kronstadt, Based on His Own Words

The Liturgical Theology of Father A. Schmemann

Liturgical Books: From Manuscript to Print

A Luminary of the Russian Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Anthony

The Old Testament and Rationalistic Biblical Criticism

Sophianism and Trends in Russian Intellectual Theology

The Old Testament in the New Testament Church

The Church of Christ and the Contemporary Movement for Unification in Christianity

Our War is not Against Flesh and Blood , On the Question of the “Toll-Houses”