Go Forth! Stories of Missions and Resurrection in Albania

"Of all the stories of the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in formerly communist lands, Albania’s may be the most dramatic. Having been almost exterminated by the atheist government, the Church of Albania has arisen, under the leadership of Archbishop Anastasios, to become a vibrant and growing member of the world Orthodox community.

Fr. Luke Veronis and his family served as missionaries to Albania during some of the most crucial years of this resurrection. In these pages, Fr. Luke shares stories of those years—stories of desperate poverty and of heroism, of setbacks and triumphs, of heartbreak and miracles—and calls us all to answer the Lord’s Great Commission: Go Forth!
Includes an 8 page photo section, in addition to photos interspersed through the text pages."

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The Old Testament as Authoritative Scripture in the Early Churches of the East

"Edited by Vahan S. Hovhanessian, The Old Testament as Authoritative Scripture in the Early Churches of the East represents the latest scholarly research in the field of Old Testament as Scripture in Eastern Christianity. Its twelve articles focus on the use of the Old Testament in the earliest Christian communities in the East. The collection explores the authoritative role of the Old Testament in the churches of the East and its impact on the church's doctrine, liturgy, canon law, and spirituality.

Contents: Nicolae Roddy: Introduction - J. Edward Walters: Son of Man, Son of God: Aphrahat's Biblical Christology - Merja Merras: Ephraem the Syrian and the Authority of the Old Testament Writings - Bryan A. Stewart: Levitical Paradigms for Christian Bishops: The Old Testament Influence on Origen of Alexandria - Mark W. Elliott: Leviticus between Fifth-Century Jerusalem and Ninth-Century Merv - David Kneip: The Holy Spirit in Cyril of Alexandria's Commentary on Isaiah - Robert A. Kitchen: Winking at Jonah Narsai's Interpretation of Jonah for the Church of the East - Jonathan Loopstra: A Syriac Tract for the «Explanation» of Hebrew and Foreign Words - Nicolae Roddy: Does the Orthodox Lectionary Subvert the Gospel? The Pericope of the Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen (Matt 21:36-46) - Timothy Scott Clark: A Question for the Audience: The Prokeimenon and Poetics in Eastern Liturgy - Edith M. Humphrey: Grand Entrance: Entrance into Worship as Rhetorical Invitation and Liturgical Precedent in the Older Testament - Rajkumar Boaz Johnson: The Use of the Old Testament in the Syrian Christian Traditions of India."

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