11 must-read religion books like Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast by Elder Joseph the Hesychast

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Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast

By: Elder Joseph the Hesychast

4.74

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

This collection of Elder Joseph the Hesychast’s letters, presented now for the first time in Englis…

If you liked the religion plot in Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast by Elder Joseph the Hesychast , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Imitation of Christ

By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Paperback

Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more

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2. The Orthodox Study Bible

By: Peter E. Gillquist , J.N. Sparks

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Biblepresents the Bible of the early church and the church of the ear… read more

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3. Redwall (Redwall, #1)

By: Brian Jacques

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. R… read more

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"I am that is, my sword shall wield for me."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean...."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

"Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it."

-Brian Jacques, Redwall (Redwall, #1)

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4. JOURNEY TO MOUNT ATHOS

By: None , Spyridon Bailey

3.09

Format: None pages,

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5. Saint Nektarios: The Saint of Our Century

By: Sotos Chondropoulos

4.21

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

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6. Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

By: Ana Smiljanic , None , Thaddeus of Vitovnica

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica was one of the most renowned spiritual guides of Serbia in the twentiet… read more

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  • religion

7. The Life of St. Anthony

By: E.A. Wallis Budge , Athanasius of Alexandria

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

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8. Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works

By: Damascene Christensen

4.17

Format: None pages,

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9. The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

By: Dionysios Farasiotis

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

This powerful memoir tells the story of a Greek youth who, out of a desire to know the truth empiri… read more

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10. Wounded by Love

By: Elder Porphyrios

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

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11. The Hermitess Photini

By: None

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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12. On the Holy Icons

By: Catharine P. Roth , None , None , None

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Written in the midst of the iconoclastic controversy of the 8th-9th centuries, these essays affirm … read more

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13. Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind

By: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

What does it mean to "think Orthodox"? What are the unspoken and unexplored premises and presumptio… read more

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14. Counsels from the Holy Mountain: Selected from the letters and homilies of Elder Ephraim

By: Elder Ephraim

4.62

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

A disciple of Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Elder Ephraim has, over the past couple of decades, ventu… read more

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  • religion
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15. With Pain and Love for Contemporary Man (Spiritual Counsels #1)

By: Paisios of Mount Athos

4.81

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

This is the first volume of the series 'Spiritual Counsels of the Elder Paisios of Mount Athos'. … read more

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16. My Elder Joseph the Hesychast

By: Elder Ephraim

4.82

Format: 705 pages, Hardcover

"Elder Joseph was a poor hermit who lived in caves far from society, yet he became one of the Ortho… read more

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17. Words of the Heart

By: Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou

4.90

Format: 558 pages, Paperback

Words of wisdom from Gerondissa Makrina on living a Christian life. read more

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"Where there is love, a person can bear everything - sorrows and worries, temptations and thoughts, even various tragic events like wars, earthquakes, disasters, etc. This is how much grace helps him."

-Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou, Words of the Heart

"If we do even one extra knot on our prayer rope, our guardian angel will record it; a few prayers or good thoughts will be stored up for later. Christ saves up all these things, and when the time com…"

-Gerondissa Makrina Vassopoulou, Words of the Heart

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18. Father Arseny: A Cloud of Witnesses

By: Father Arseny

4.51

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

The second volume, A Cloud of Witnesses, contains 16 additional first-person contributions, materia… read more

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19. Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast

By: Elder Joseph the Hesychast

4.74

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

This collection of Elder Joseph the Hesychast’s letters, presented now for the first time in Englis… read more

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20. Philokalia: The Bible of Orthodox Spirituality

By: Anthony M. Coniaris

4.49

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Brings the Orthodox spirituality of the Philokalia out of the monastery into everyday living. Addre… read more

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21. Confronting and Controlling Thoughts According to the Fathers of the Philokalia

By: Anthony M. Coniaris

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Orthodox spirituality places great emphasis on thoughts (logismoi) since everything we do begins in… read more

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11 best-selling christianity books like Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast by Elder Joseph the Hesychast

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The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

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The Orthodox Study Bible

Peter E. Gillquist , J.N. Sparks

2.50

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JOURNEY TO MOUNT ATHOS

None , Spyridon Bailey

3.09

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Saint Nektarios: The Saint of Our Century

Sotos Chondropoulos

4.21

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Kallistos Ware , Timothy Ware

4.27

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Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Finding the Way to Christ in a Complicated Religious Landscape

Andrew Stephen Damick

4.37

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Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings

Josiah Trenham , Michael Monos , Nitsa McClatchey

4.20

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God's Revelation to the Human Heart

Seraphim Rose

3.63

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