The Orthodox Resources FAQ

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The Orthodox Resources FAQ	
1.1> Sources for Orthodox publications ,liturgical supplies, icons etc	
1.1.1> Orthodox Periodicals	
Orthodox Russia	
Living Orthodoxy	
Orthodox America	
The Christian Activist	
AGAIN	
The Dawn	
The Orthodox Family	
The Orthodox Home School	
COMMENTARY	
Orthodox Observer	
1.1.2> Orthodox Bookstores	
1.1.3> Orthodox publishers and printers	
1.1.4> Orthodox Icons and Information about Icons	
1.1.5> Orthodox service books	
1.1.6> Orthodox Liturgical supplies  (Candles, vestments, etc)	
1.1.7> Orthodox videos and cassettes	
1.1.8> Electronic Bulletin Boards and mailing lists and online information	
1.1.9>  Other stuff	
1.2> Orthodox Benevolence organizations	

1.1> Sources for Orthodox publications ,liturgical supplies, icons etc
1.1.1> Orthodox Periodicals

Orthodox Russia
Address         	P.O.Box 36 Jordanville, NY, 13361-0036, USA	
Contact         	Andrei Psarev 72204.1465@COMPUSERVE.COM	
Language      	Russian	
Comments     	a sample copy to anyone who is interested is available	

 Living Orthodoxy 
Address          	 RT. 1 Box 205, Liberty, TN 37095	
Tel              	 615/536-5239	
Fax              	 615/536-5239
 access code "33" after answer	
Contact          	 Fr Gregory Williams	
Frequency        	 Bimonthly	
Subscription Info	 $15/yr US, $18/yr elsewhere	
Description      	8.5 	x 11 format
 about 30 pages/issue
Lives of Saints, Current Events, Bishops encyclicals 		
Affiliation      	 Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia (ROCOR)
Published with the blessing of Bishop Hilarian	
Additional Info  	 Also a publisher of many materials	

Orthodox America
Address          	 PO Box 993132, Redding CA, 96099	
Contact	 Mary Mansur, editor	
Frequency        	 8 issues/year	
Subscription Info	 $8/yr in USA, $10/.yr Canada, $12/yr foreign (airmail add $7)	
Description      	 Newspaper format	
Affiliation      	 Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia 	
Additional Info  	 Discount for students, clergy, churches and libraries	
The Christian Activist 
Contact	 Frank Schaeffer, Editor	
Address          	 PO Box 740 Mt Hermon CA 94041	
Tel              	(408)353-3240	
Fax              	(408)353-3240	
Subscription Info	 free  in both individual copies and bulk orders.	
Description      	 A newspaper dedicated to providing information about Orthdoxy and Orthodox responses to current issues within the Church and secular society.  Jim Buchfuehrer is the publisher, and Frank Schaeffer is the editor	
Affiliation      	 Unknown, but each issue of the paper, has the return address of St. Peter & St. Paul Orthodox Church, Ben Lomond, CA 95005	
AGAIN
Address          	Conciliar Press
PO BOX 76 
Ben Lomond CA 95005	
Tel              	 1-800-967-7377	
Description      	 Quarterly  $12/year	
Affiliation      	 Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission 		
The Dawn
Address          	 PO BOX 191109 Dallas TX 75209	
Frequency        	 monthly	
Subscription     	 $6/year, $8/year outside USA	
Format           	 newspaper	
Affiliation      	 OCA - Diocese of the South 
Archbishop Dimitri (Royster)	
COMMENTARY
Address          	 165 East 56th Street NY NY 10022	
Name             	 First Things	
Address          	 156 5th Avenue, Suite 400 NY NY 10010	
Name             	 Human Life Review	
Address          	 150 East 35th Street NY NY 10016	
Description      	 Human life, medical, ethical and family issues	
Name             	 Orthodox Word	
Address          	 PO BOX 70 Platina CA 96076	
Description      	 Bimonthly lives of saints, East and West, 20th century christian martyrs, contemporary issues, patristic commentary on Genesis, compiled by Fr Seraphim Rose+	
Orthodox Observer 	
Address          	 8 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021	
Tel              	 212/628-2590 or 212/628-2675	
Fax              	 212/570-4005	
Contact          	 Jim Golding, Editor-in-Chief	
Language         	 English and Greek	
Frequency        	 Monthly	
Subscription Info	 $5.50/yr US, $25/yr Canada, $35/yr elsewhere	
Description      	 newspaper (tabloid)	
Affiliation      	 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America	
The True Vine 
Address          	 P.O. Box 129, Roslindale, MA 02131	
Language         	 English	
Frequency        	 Quarterly	
Subscription Info	 $17/yr US, $25/yr elsewhere	
Description      	 magazine, 5.5 x 8.5 format	
                 	 Lives of Saints, Church Issues	
Affiliation      	 The Holy Orthodox Church in North America	
		
Doxa 	
Address          	St.Michael's Skete
P.O. Box 38,
Canones, NM 87516.	
Tel              	 	
Fax              		
Contact          	 Fr. Andrew	
Language         	 English 	
Frequency        	 Monthly	
Subscription Info	?	
Description      	 A Skete of the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension.	
Affiliation      	 OCA	
Review 	I would like to recommend to you the magazine Doxa, published by St. Michael's Skete, a branch of the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension. It is a well written, thoughtful magazine with articles that are interesting, as well as informative.  Fr. Andrew is a very good writer, not just stating opinions, but backing them up with fact. In the latest issue there are articles entitled "The Language of Awe, The Veil and the Iconostasion", an article about the Western Rite, an article entitled "The Ambo" and  a few other shorter items. It's quite good and I highly recommend it. 
Matushka Doreen Bartholomew	
1.1.2> Orthodox Bookstores

Name             	 St. Tikhons Bookstore 		
Address          	 South Canaan, PA 18459	
Affiliation      	 Orthodox Church in America 	(St Tikhon's Monastery)	

Name             	 Discount Book Service  	(DBS)	
Tel              	 1-800-758-3151	
Fax              	 508/376-7586	
Catalog          	 yes	

Name             	 Praxis Institute Press 	(PIP)	
Address          	 275 High Road Newberry MA 01951	
Tel              	 508/462-0253	
Catalog          	 yes	

Name             	 Eighth Day Books	
Address          	 3700 E. Douglas #40 Wichita, KS 67208	
Tel              	 1-800-841-2541	
Contact          	 Warren Farrah, Dave Allison	
Catalog          	 yes	

Name             	 Holy Virgin Cathedral Bookstore 	(HVCB)	
Address          	 6200 Geary Blvd, San Fransisco, CA, 94121	
Tel              	 415/668-5218	
Fax              		
Contact          	 Luke DeAngelo	
Business Hours   	 tue-fri 10AM-2PM, 3PM-6PM, sat 10AM-3PM, Sun 12	
Description      	 Wide variety of books in english and russian icons, cards, liturgical supplies	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Russian Church outside of Russia	
		
Name             	 St Nectarios Press 	(SNP)	
Address          	 10300 Ashworth Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98133-9410	
Tel              	 1-800-643-4223 206/522-4471	
Fax              	 206/367-5558	
Description      	 Large stock of quality books Publishers of some books Source of the Periodical "The Orthodox Christian Witness"	
Catalog          	 yes	
Info             	 VISA, MASTERCARD	

Name             	 Light and Life Publishing Co. 	(LAL)	
Address          	 4836 Park Glen Rd.  Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416	
Description      	 very large stock of books, some icons	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese	
		
Name             	 Academy Book Center 	(ABC)	
Address          	 6778 Pasado Goleta, CA 93117	
Description      	 books, icon note cards.	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Evangelical Orthodox 	(AEOM) bookstore.	

Name             	 St. Herman's Brotherhood 	(SHB)	
Address          	 P.O.Box 70 Platina, CA 96976	

Name             	 Holy Trinity Monastery Bookstore 	(HTMB)	
Address          	 P.O.Box 36 Jordanville, NY 13361	
Tel              	 315/858-0940	

Name             	 Orthodox Christian Recorded Books 	(OCRB)	
Address          	 33 Mount Vernon Street Gardiner ME  04345	
Tel              	 207-582-8656	
Contact          	 Fr Chad Williams	
		
Name             	 St. Herman of Alaska Bookstore 	(SHOAB)	
Contact          	 Matt Kaskanlian	
Description      	 Also altar wine	
Address          	 1315 7th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122	
Tel              	 	(415) 664-8161 [DAYS]	

Name             	 GOTelecom 	(Greek Orthodox Telecommunications Inc.) 	(GOT)	
Address          	 27-09 Crescent Street Astoria, NY  11102	
Tel              	 1-800-888-6835	
Fax 	            1-718-626-5294	
Description      		
Catalog          	 yes	

Name             	 Synaxis Press 	(SP)	
Address          	 P.O. Box 404 Chilliwack, B.C.  V2P-6J7, CANADA	
Catalog          	 ?	
Description      	 yearly Calendar 	(?), other publications	

Name             	 Proton Studio 	(PS)	
Address          	 12 Beechmont Street Worcester, MA 01609-1604	
Tel              	 508 792-1101	
Contact          	 Carol PROko Easton & Rob EasTON 	(from whence comes the name)	
Email            	 CEASTON@VAX.CLARKU.EDU 	(Carol Proko Easton)	
                 	 REASTON@VAX.CLARKU.EDU 	(Rob Easton)	
Description      	 mail order RUBBERSTAMPS. Several Orthodox images and designs.	
                 	 Custom stamps made.	
Catalog          	 yes 	($1)	
Sormani, The Calendar Company 	(STCC)
Address          	 Box 6059, Chelsea, MA 02150-0006	
Tel              	 617 387-7300	
Fax              	 617 387-8379	
Description      	 Cards, postcards, Icon calendars	
Catalog          	 yes	

Name             	 Department of Religious Education 	(DORE)	
Address          	 50 Goddard Ave, Brookline, MA 02146	
Tel              	 617/566-2329	
Fax              	 617/738-1873	
Description      	 Orthodox church school materials	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America	

Name             	 Holy Cross Orthodox Bookstore 	(HCOB)	
Address          	 50 Goddard Ave, Brookline, MA 02146	
Tel              	 1-800-245-0599 617/731-3500	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America	

Name             	 St. Vladimir’s Bookstore	
Address          	 575 Scarsdale Road, Crestwood, NY 10707-1699	
Tel              	 1-800-204-BOOK  or  	(914) 961-2203	
Fax              	 914/961-5456	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Orthodox Church in America 	(St. Vladimir’s Seminary)	

Name             	 The Community of the Holy Myrrhbearers 	(COTHM)	
Address          	 R.D. 2  Box 188 Otego, NY 13825-9650	
Description      	 Beautiful caligraphed cards 	(Nativity,baptism,wedding, etc)	
                 	 Proceeds support the Convent	

1.1.3> Orthodox publishers and printers

Name             	 Chrysostom Press	
Address          	 PO Box 536 House Springs MO 63051	
Tel              	 314/677-4333	
Fax              	 314/376-3223	
Contact          	 Fr Christopher Stade	
Description      	 Translators and publishers of "The Explanation of the Holy Gospel", by Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Ochrid and Bulgaria	
                 	 Vol 1 Explanation of St Matthew available	
                 	 Vol 2 Explanation of St Mark    available	
                 	 Vol 3 Explanation of St Luke    in progress	
                 	 Vol 4 Explanation of St John    in progress	
Info             	 Please mention that you heard about this book in the faq	
                 	 Hard $22 Soft$12	
                 	 p&h 	(USA only) 1 book$2 additional, each $.50	
 Holy Apostles Convent/Dormition Skete Publications (HADS)
Address          	 PO BOX 3118 Buena Vista, CO 81211	
Tel              	 719 395-9989	
Fax              	 719 395-6735	
Description      	 Publishers or an exlellent series of compilations,	
                 	 The Holy Apostles, The Holy Women Martyrs, etc	
Contact          	 Mother Miriam	
		
Name             	 St John of Kronstadt Press 	(SJOK)	
Address	 Rt 1 Box 205 Liberty TN 37095	
Tel              	 615 536-5239	
Contact          	 Fr Gregory Williams	
Description      	 Publishes Living Orthodoxy Periodical, various other books	
                 	 Calendar, typicon, pocket calendar, 	(Synod) clergy guide	
		
Name             	 Conciliar Press 	(CP)	
Address          	 PO BOX 76 Ben Lomond, CA 95005	
Tel              	 1-800-967-7377	
Description      	 Christmas cards, greeting cards. Books	
                 	 Bulk terms available	
Catalog          	 yes	
		
Name             	 Holy Cross Orthodox Press 	(HCOP)	
Address          	 50 Goddard Ave, Brookline, MA 02146	
Tel              	 617-731-3500	
Description      	 Located at Holy Cross Seminary.	
                 	 There is also a bookstore at this location.	
Affiliation      	 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America	
		
Name             	 St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 	(SVSP)	
Address          	 575 Scarsdale Road, Crestwood, NY 10707	
Tel              	 914-961-8313	
Fax              	 914-961-5456	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Orthodox Church in America	
		
Name             	 Ignatius Press 	(IP)	
Address          	 15 Oakland Avenue Harrison NY 10528	
Tel              	 1-800-537-0390 	(for orders)	
Contact          	 Fr Fessio S.J. 914/835-4216	
Description      	 publishers of many books	
                 	 Videos	
                 	 Theology and philosophy	
                 	 books on cassette	
Catalog          	 yes	
		
1.1.4> Orthodox Icons and Information about Icons

Name             	 St Isaac of Syria Skete 	(SIOSS)	
Address          	 Rt. 1, Box 168 Boscobel, WI 53805	
Tel              	 1-800-81-ICONS or 608-375-5500	
Fax              	 608-375-5555	
Contact          	 Fr Simeon	
Catalog          	 yes 	(5$) 	(other mailings are sent periodically)	
Description      	 Large selection of mounted Russian,Greek,Serbian,Roumanian icons Liturgical supplies 	(incense,censers,etc)	
Info             	 MASTERCARD VISA	
Affiliation      	 Russian Church outside of Russia	

Name             	 Holy Transfiguration Monastery	
Address          	 278 Warren Street Brokkline MA 02146	
Description      	 Mounted icons, incense, cast bronze icons, crosses	
                 	 icon lamps, books, cassettes	
Catalog          	 yes 	($4)	

Name             	 Orthodox Christian Publications Center	
Address          	 PO Box 588 Wayne NJ 07474-0588	
Description      	 Icons, books?	
                 	 Bicentenial Icon - The Saints of North America	
Catalog          	 ?	
Affiliation      	 OCA	

Name             	 The St. John of Damascus Association of Orthodox	
                 	 Iconographers, Iconologists and Architects	
Address          	 St. Gregory of Palamas 	(Greek) Orthodox Monastery,	
                 	 P.O. Box 206, Hayesville, OH  44838	
Contact	Fr. Nathaniel	

1.1.5> Orthodox service books

Name             	 St John of Kronstadt Press 	(SJOK)	
Address          	 RT. 1 Box 205, Liberty, TN 37095	
Tel              	 615/536-5239	
Fax              	 615/536-5239, access code "33" after answer	
Contact          	 Fr Gregory Williams	
Catalog          	 yes	
Description      	 Over 400 Orthodox Menaion services	
Affiliation      	 Russian Church outside of Russia	
		
Name             	 Holy Trinity Monastery	
Address          	 P.O.Box 36 Jordanville, NY 13361	
Tel              	 315/858-0940	
Contact          	 Father Laurence	
Description      	 The Horologian 	(Chasoslov)
Vespers,compline,matins,hours,interhours,typica,liturgy Great Compline,canon and prayers for Holy Communion, evening prayers,psalm verses for the magnification 
A very readable translation
Psalms from the "Boston Psalter"
loose leaf format 8.5 x 11 or spiral bound 
Many other trebnic services	(baptism,wedding,blessing of the waters) Complete Menaion services for Nativity 	(included pre festal)	
Catalog          	 yes	
Affiliation      	 Russian Church outside of Russia	

1.1.6> Orthodox Liturgical supplies 	(Candles, vestments, etc)

Name             	 Convent of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary 	(CONOTVM)	
Address          	 PO Box 536, House Springs, MO 63051	
Tel              	 314/677-1131	
Contact          	 Mother Anna	
Description      	 Pure beeswax hand dipped candles	
		
Name             	 St.John's Orthodox Monastery 	(SJOM)	
Description      	 Orthodox monks selling icons and all liturgical supplies	
                 	 Altar wine	
Tel              	 216-274-2052	
Address          	 Hiram, OHIO	
Fax              	 216-274-0222	
		
Name             	 Mount Sinai Candles 	(MSC)	
Address          	 3635 Cottage Grove Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403	
Tel              	 319-362-8601	
Fax              	 319-363-4252	
Contact          	 Father Raphael Abraham	
Description      	 100% pure beeswax only the finest materials	
                 	 $6/pound,  all orders shipped within 10 days	
                 	 candle orders shipped free of charge	
                 	 special orders accepted	
                 	 audio tapes  Orthodox Hymns sung in Arabic	

Name             	 Orthodox Monastery or the Ascension	
Address          	 North Georgia 40 minutes s of Chattanooga, Tn	
Contact          	 Archimandrite Damian 	(Hart)	
Tel              	 706/277-9442 	(before 10 PM).	
Email            	 	
Description      	•	100% beeswax candles
•	communion cloths 
•	prayer ropes 
•	prayerbook-Gospel ribbons 
•	burial shrouds (in ENGLISH) 
•	incense (formula from Egypt)	
Other Info       	•	Retreats periodicically 
•	Rervices in english, some Greek,Slavonic, Romanian,Spanish and Ukrainian	
Affiliation      	 OCA 	(Archbishop Dmitri 	(Royster) )	

1.1.7> Orthodox videos and cassettes

Name             	 Orthodox Voices The Quarterly Orthodox Christian Magazine on Cassette	
Address          	 P.O. Box 23644 Lexington, KY 40523	
Cost             	$23 in the U.S.  and Canada.	
Tel              		
Contact          	 Thomas Webb <TDWEBB01@UKCC.UKY.EDU>	
Information      	 In english
The following comments are from Dan Lieuwen
 <lieuwen@ALLEGRA.ATT.COM>
 The tapes have 2 or three talks and a music section.
 Not strictly RCOR either for those to whom it matters.
 Pan-Orthodox groups like Orthodox Christians for Life are
 discussed.  The tapes purpose is to be helpful, to avoid
 controversy for controversies sake.  They are also intended
 to be of use in introducing Orthodoxy to the non-Orthodox as
 well as edifying the Orthodox.
	
                 	 Thomas welcomes any article submissions	
Affiliation      	 Published with the blessing of Bishop Hilarion 	(ROCOR)	
Name The Christian Activist Video Loan Program	 	
Address          	 PO BOX 740 Hermon CA 95041	
Description      	 Teachings of the Church	
                 	 12 tape series, sent free 	(you pay postage) next one will be sent See also the Christian Activist in periodicals section	

Name             	 Concilar Press 	(CP)	
Address          	 PO Box 76, Ben Lomand CA 95005	
Tel              	 1-800-967-7377	
Description      	 Selections Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Ben Lomand, CA from the Divine Liturgy from the Choir of Ss $10.00 + $1.50 p&h 	(CA residents add 8.25% sales tax)	

Name             	 The way of a Pilgrim	
Address          	 PO Box 782, Santa Rosa CA 95402	
Description      	 Video from Russia 	(in english) depicting the restoration of	
                 	 the Reigning Mother of God Icon	
                 	 $24.95 postpaid	

Name             	 Southern Orthodox Radio Communicatsion Inc. 	(SORCE)	
Address          	 PO Box 1776 Tarpon Springs FL 34688-1776	
Description      	 cassette tapes	
                 	 Dimitri 	(Royser), 4 tapes, $19.95 + $4 S&H	
Catalog          	 yes	

1.1.8> Electronic Bulletin Boards and mailing lists and online information

Name             	 A Voice in the Wilderness	
Tel  Number      	 503/239-5958	
Contact          	 Fr Photios Dumont <pdumont@TECHBOOK.COM>	
Description      	 Orthodox Christia BBS  24 hours a day  2400 - 14400	
                 	 First Class software  running on a Macintosh SE 4/240	
                 	 icon clip art for macintosh	
		
Name             	 pharos.bu.edu	
Description      	 anonymous 	(internet) ftp site	
                 	 CN/pictures has icons	

1.1.9>  Other stuff

Name             	 Gallery Bysantium 	(GB)	
Address          	 12 Mt. Pleasant Ave, Ipswich, MA 01938	
Tel              	 800-729-6100	
Description      	 Orthodox art, jewelry - beautiful things...	
Catalog          	 yes	

1.2> Orthodox Benevolence organizations

Name             	 Orthodox Benevolent Fund 	(OBF)	
Address          	 P.O.Box 743, Rye, N.H. 03870	
Tel              	 603/964-5114	
Contact          	 Mr. David James	
Description      	 Benevolence for several oranizations	
                 	 Offers a magazine subscription service	
                 	 American distributor for the "Shepherd"	
		
Name             	 Orthodox Christians for Life 	(OCFL)	
Address          	 PO Box 805 / Melville, NY 11747	
Tel              	 516-271-4408.	
Description      	 Pan-Orthodox organization working to prevent	
                   human beings from being killed by abortion or euthanasia		
Publication      	 Rachel's Children	
Contact          	 John Protopapas, Executive Director	
Affiliation      	 we	
                 	 have the official blessings of the OCA Synod of Bishops and The Antiochian Archdiocese; Bishop Maximos of the Greek Archdiocese has also blessed our efforts, and we have the tacit approval of The Russian Church in Exile.  There is no other 'grass-roots' religious pro-life organization that I know of that can make a similar type of claim--Orthodox, Roman Catholic, or Protestant."	
Name             	 International Orthodox Christian Charities	
Address          	 711 W. 40th St. Suite 306, Baltimore, MD 212ll	
Tel Number       	 410/243-9820	
Contact          	 Mark Schnellbaecher, Director of IOCC