Excellent story of the Saint’s life. This is appropriate, useful, and interesting for all ages.

Well done! We love the calendar!

I have recently purchased this book after having waiting a year for it to come back into stock.
It is much lighter than the Complete attention so it's easier to carry back and forth to church. It has everything that I need (prayers for study, morning, evening, before and after communion etc.), diagrams and illustrations of the various liturgical items (spear etc.) plus the complete Divine Liturgy. It is completely bilingual so it's easy for either the native Serbian speaker or the native English speaker to use it . It is trilingual in parts with Old Church Slavonic written in latin script making it easy to read. The paper quality is superb and thick so ink from the opposite page will not be an issue and it is quite easy to read in a dimly lit church. I highly recommend it.

We thought the icon drawing could have been a little better. The child’s face had a hint of Napoleon for example. The colors were excellent and well matched. An excellent blue which has to be the right shade to work well. This one definitely did. My wife’s sister, a former nun, is having hers framed which tells you something. Really enjoyed the extensive text inside the card. Would have preferred the colored announcement as in the “Candles” card.
Looking forward to next years new cards and plan to buy a whole bunch of them!
With thanks for your help,
Dutch and Tootsie.

Beautiful book. Bought it for my daughter who is in university. One of her favourite Christmas presents this year. Once she unwrapped it, she stopped opening presents and started reading! Waiting for next books in hopefully a long series!

Perfect!

As always, year after year, Ancient Faith cards enable us to send a beautiful, appropriate festive greeting.

She liked it a lot.

Beautiful cards. Will buy more next year.

The way we think dictates how we process the world, the choices we make, the things we value. As Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica said, Our thoughts determine our whole life. It stands to reason that if a person wants to be an Orthodox Christian they need to learn to think like Orthodox Christians. Thinking Orthodox by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, Ph. D. does an excellent job discussing what thinking like an Orthodox Christian means. All of which she backs up with the Tradition of the Church. It tackles the difficult task of explaining how to engage in a life informed by an indescribable faith. Among the many important topics of discussion are over-reliance on reason, unity of faith without canons, true theologians, scriptures, tradition, etc. All these topics are briefly touched on to give the reader a sense of the whole picture of what makes up an Orthodox mindset.
Dr. Eugenia Constantinou tackles these topics in ways that were new for me as a recent convert. It has really helped to finally fit some of the puzzle pieces together. I believe that reading Thinking Orthodox has been a beautiful way to tie together everything that I have come to learn and accept since I began my journey. Also, I am positive that those who have been a part of the faith for a long time will benefit from it as well. There is a great wealth of knowledge contained through all the reputable sources Dr. Constantinou pulls from, and she uses established tradition to guide the reader to correct interpretation. I enjoyed Thinking Orthodoxy immensely, and I am deeply grateful for its insight on how to live a humble Orthodox life.

A wonderful exploration loaded with insight. Highly recommended!

Absolutely beautiful as usual!

the cards are just beautiful. Good paper. thank you. Beverly Zaine

Absolutely the most beautiful Christmas cards I’ve ever purchased and given! So proud to celebrate Christmas with such a perfect Orthodox representation!!!

This is a truly healing book, leading one to deep places, and along the way are plenty of tangible memorable touchstones to carry forward. There's a nicely organized journal prompt component as well. And I appreciated how the book crosses generations (my Mom's draw to it attests to that). Even my husband has gotten into it. Would definitively recommend : )

Remarkably beautiful card by an exceptionally talented designer!

The way we think dictates how we process the world, the choices we make, the things we value. As Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica said, “Our thoughts determine our whole life.” It stands to reason that if a person wants to be an Orthodox Christian they need to learn to think like Orthodox Christians. Thinking Orthodox by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, Ph. D. does an excellent job discussing what thinking like an Orthodox Christian means. All of which she backs up with the Tradition of the Church. It tackles the difficult task of explaining how to engage in a life informed by an indescribable faith. Among the many important topics of discussion are over-reliance on reason, unity of faith without canons, true theologians, scriptures, tradition, etc. All these topics are briefly touched on to give the reader a sense of the whole picture of what makes up an Orthodox mindset.
Dr. Eugenia Constantinou tackles these topics in ways that were new for me as a recent convert. It has really helped to finally fit some of the puzzle pieces together. I believe that reading Thinking Orthodox has been a beautiful way to tie together everything that I have come to learn and accept since I began my journey. Also, I am positive that those who have been a part of the faith for a long time will benefit from it as well. There is a great wealth of knowledge contained through all the reputable sources Dr. Constantinou pulls from, and she uses established tradition to guide the reader to correct interpretation. I enjoyed Thinking Orthodoxy immensely, and I am deeply grateful for its insight on how to live a humble Orthodox life.

I must start this review by saying that I wish this book had been in print 20 years ago when I entered the Orthodox Church, it would have likely saved me some struggle, or not, but it would have been very beneficial. Now this book is available it will be very useful for those seeking to enter the Orthodox Church, for a convert or cradle Orthodox, or those who want a better understanding on the differences between the Orthodox and Western Christian mindset, or phronema. Our phronema impacts how we do theology, our mindset, and how we interact with the world around us. We all have one, and Dr. Constantinou carefully lays out what it is, how it is developed and nurtured, some of the differences between the Orthodox and Western Christian phronema and how these differences developed. Conversations between Eastern and Western Christians are often fraught, and this book provides context to understand why that is.

The second part of the book focuses on the Orthodox understanding theology itself, what it is, and what it is not. This is one of those differences between East and West. Attention is given to why armchair theologians, (those who dabble in theology and provide opinions and criticisms yet have only a cursory understanding and no formal training in Orthodox theology), can place themselves in spiritual danger and potentially others as well. While this is not new, in these days of social media the number of armchair theologians has increased exponentially, I really appreciated the discussion. There are times to speak, and times to be silent, and this is addressed as well.

Dr. Constantinou obviously went to great effort to make this book as accessible as possible for the average reader, Orthodox or not. Deep topics are discussed clearly and placed in context with clear sources and a great bibliography and index are provided. This is not a book you will read once and set down, it is thought provoking and you will return to it time and time again.

So beautiful. Excellent Icon of the Nativity.

Great.