Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy
The Classic Story of a Family's Pilgrimage into the Orthodox ChurchVeiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world. Yet, as Frederica Mathewes-Green discovered, it is a vital, living faith, rich in ritual beauty and steadfast in integrity....
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The Classic Story of a Family's Pilgrimage into the Orthodox ChurchVeiled in the smoke of incense, the Eastern Orthodox Church has long been an enigma to the Western world. Yet, as Frederica Mathewes-Green discovered, it is a vital, living faith, rich in ritual beauty and steadfast in integrity. Utilizing the framework of the Orthodox calendar, Mathewes-Green chronicles a year in the life of her small Orthodox mission church, eloquently illustrating the joys and blessings an ancient faith can bring to the worshipers of today.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060850005 (0060850000)
Publish date: February 28th 2006
Publisher: HarperOne
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Christian,
Faith,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Theology
I think I have read too many of Frederica's books in too short a time, because it is getting blurry what she wrote where. I read somewhere a comparison of Frederica Mathewes-Green with Kathleen Norris, who started writing about her Christian faith and her times of retreat in a monastery in Minnesot...
I loved this look at the Orthodox year. It was just what I needed to read at the end of Lent. [March 2010]
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