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Title: The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality by Kyriacos C. Markides ISBN: 0-385-50092-0 Publisher: Image Pub. Date: 19 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiring Read
Comment: To me this is the new definitive book on ancient Eastern Orthodox Christian spirituality written for a lay audience. It has a lot of the same content as Kallistos Ware's "The Orthodox Church" but it's a much easier and more interesting read. The author diverts frequently to what the LA Times calls "travelogue" which keeps the theological content from becoming too heavy at any given point. Additionally it offers a lot of helpful remedies for spiritual challenges encountered by people of all walks. I liked how the book addressed the significance of thoughts (logismoi) and their effects on our emotional and mental well being. Markides gives the reader the benefit of many invaluable spiritual discussions minus the difficulty he went through to harvest and disseminate such truths. This book was a spiritual "pick-me-up" and I am grateful for the inspiration it provided me for my own spiritual journey.
Rating: 5
Summary: Enlightenment
Comment: This book is one of the most useful spiritual texts ever seen .
The author details the life , works & wisdom of an Eastern Orthodox monk . The monk (Maximos) speaks in great detail of the wisdom of Orthodox monks who reside on Mt. Athos , passed down through generations . Many (if not all)of the knowledge spoken of , can easily be applied to todays crisis of the human soul . Although the author is more of a scribe then "author" in this book , i applaud his efforts in bringing to light the abstact and comforting traditions of the monks of Athos . I highly recommend this book for those interested in early Christianity as well as those searching to deepen their own spirituality .
Rating: 5
Summary: This book finalized my decision to become Orthodox!
Comment: This book was sent to me by a friend in December 2002. We had been corresponding for several months about her journey into Orthodoxy. I was dissatisfied with the current state of affairs in the Episcopal Church and was looking for something else. My friend said this book had really helped to correct her misconceptions about what it meant to be Orthodox, and she had bought tons of copies to give out. Two weeks after receiving this book, I visited the Orthodox parish she recommended and become Orthodox just before Christmas 2003.
What is wonderful about this book is that the teaching of Fr. Maximos and his dead elder are interspered with Markides' stories. There is some "deep" stuff here, but it's totally unlike reading dry theology. I heard the author speak on a visit to Chicago last year, and found him as engaging as a speaker as he is in print.
I have bought an extra copy of this book and it is being passed around to inquirers and catechumens at my Antiochian Orthodox parish in Chicago.
This is a great introduction to Orthodoxy for Western readers, especially those who have no knowledge of Orthodoxy, aside from possibly seeing "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"!
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Title: The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer (Arkana S.) by Kyriacos C. Markides ISBN: 0140190341 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Riding With the Lion: In Search of Mystical Christianity (Arkana S.) by Kyriacos C. Markides ISBN: 0140194819 Publisher: Arkana Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Orthodox Church by Timothy Ware ISBN: 0140146563 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware ISBN: 0913836583 Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Monks of Mount Athos: A Western Monk's Extraordinary Spiritual Journey on Eastern Holy Ground by M. Basil Pennington, Archimandrite Dionysios ISBN: 1893361780 Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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