Catechetical Handbook of the Eastern Orthodox Church By Dr. Diomidis H. Stamatis |
This 592-page catechism is encyclopedic.
The first part covers:
• What to Believe
• The Existence of God
• Incarnation
• Redemption
• Resurrection
• Ascension
• Judgment
• The Holy Spirit
• The Church and the Fathers
• Remission of Sins
• The End of Man
Part two covers:
• What To Do for Our Salvation
• How To Be Sanctified
• Daily Prayers
• Spiritual Helps
• Prayer and Worship
• Divine Liturgy
• Miscellaneous Topics
Part three focuses on:
• The Veneration of Icons
• St. Isaac on Fasting
• St. Chrysostom on Homosexuality
• The Panagia
• Women in the Church
• Deaconess in the Early Church
• Life After Death; Memorials
• Monasticism; Ecumenism etc.
• Includes a Synaxarion of Selected Saints
• the Celebration Dates of Selected Saints Throughout the Year
• a Glossary and Bibliography
Most comprehensive.
The author is the president of Contemporary Consultants and the founder of the Institute for Advanced Business Learning Systems, Inc. A lifelong member of the Orthodox Church, he has taught Catechetical School for 14 years.
Colour cover, 592 pages, hard Bound
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