Resurse Ortodoxe pe internet

• What is the Orthodox Church?
• Churches
• Some Parishes, Diocese
• Orthodox Organization
• Orthodox educational institutions
• Historic Churches
• Monasteries
• Places with Orthodox Christian history
• Church history
• Church documents, texts
• Readings, Theological
• Prayers, Liturgical
• Church music
• Icons, Byzantine architecture
• Saints
• The Orthodox experience: told by converts, etc.
• Orthodox family life, youth and children's issues
• Lenten fast recipes and other Christian foods
• The Sanctity of Life
• Various tools for the searching Christian
• Fonts
• Bookstores, publishing companies, religious items
• More links
• Newsletters, newsgroups
• Discussion groups
• IRC
• E-mail addresses on the internet

What is the Orthodox Church?

• Description of the Orthodox Church, doctrine etc.
• Description of the Orthodox Church, links
• First visit to an Orthodox church: 12 things I wish I had known
• Short summary about the Orthodox church -Father John Meyendorff
• Ecclesiastic basics in Greek and English
• Church position on many issues regarding Orthodox Christianity (from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America*)
• "The Rainbow Series" of Orthodox handbooks, by Fr Thomas Hopko, Dean of St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary** of the Orthodox Church of America*
• What is an Orthodox Christian?

Churches

• The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
• Other related sites:
  • in Italian
  • Greece
  • USA
  • Australia
• The Church of Crete
• The Church of Cyprus Byzantine troparia in audio, the Liturgy, icons etc.
• The Orthodox Church of Greece
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
• Orthodox Church in Bulgaria
• Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
• Antiochean Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
• The Greek Orthodox Church in Canada and here
• Church of Russia (Moscow Patriarchate) and in Italy here
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate
• Serbian Orthodox page articles, news, frescoes and icons
• Orthodoxy in Italy
• Orthodox Church of Finland in Finnish and in English
• Orthodox Church in Estonia
• The Metropolitanate of Moldavia and Bucovina

Some Parishes, Diocese*

• Metropolis of Attica, Greece
• Romanian episcopate in the USA (OCA)
• Listing of Greek Orthodox Parishes in the USA
• Listing of Greek Orthodox Parishes in Australia
• St. Herman of Alaska Church Orthodoxy in USA, many links etc.
• Holy Trinity Cathedral (Info on Church history and teaching, updated news)
• St. Stephen's Orthodox Church in California, USA
• St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church. Many links, also audio files
• Russian Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in the USA. Info on orthodoxy, links

Orthodox Organizations 

• Syndesmos world assembly of Orthodox youths
• Orthodox organizations; Orthodox Actionline, National Orthodox Fellowships (USA)
• Orthodox Christian Fellowship at MIT
• Orthodox Christian Fellowship in Indiana University. Links with other OCFs
• Orthodox Christian Foundation, many links
• International Orthodox Christian Charities
• Trinity Orthodox mission for the poor
• Holy Cross Antiochean Orthodox mission
• Orthodox Peace Fellowship
• Panellinia Enosi Goneon (Panhellenic Union of Parents). Includes information for dealing with heretic cults, other links, available in English and Greek

Orthodox educational institutions

• Athens University, Dept. of Theology
• St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
• St. Herman's theological seminary in Alaska
• Nikolo-Kuznetsky Hram in Russia; St. Tichon's Theological Institute
• The Orthodox Theological Faculty of Safarik University, Slovakia
• Athens University Department of Theology
• St. Andrew's Theological College, Australia
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki department of Theology
• Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (graduate)
• The Centre for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 1974-1996
• Saint John Greek Orthodox Day School (USA)

Historic Churches

• Churches of Moscow, St. Peterburg and other places in Russia Photographs, history
• Churches of Tsarskoe Selo, Russia
• St. Basil Church in Russia, (history of Russian Church, St. Basil the fool-for-Christ)
• Georgian churches and here
• Churches of Sofia (Bulgaria)
• Orthodox churches in Italy
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Naos Anastaseos) in Jerusalem
• Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and here
• Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki, Greece
• Byzantine Churches in Athens, Greece
• Pillaged churches of occupied Cyprus
• Churches of Karpasia peninsula in Cyprus, now occupied by Turkish forces
• Cyprus's ancient churches in the Troodos area descriptions (in German) and here

Monasteries

• Monastic rule of St. Basil
• Monasteries of North America
• Mt. Athos -the Agion Oros (Holy Mountain) an epicentre of Orthodoxy (many photographs)
• Mt. Athos: Monastic life, history, administration and more here
• Mt. Athos and the general Halkidiki area and here (travel information)
• Meteora -a traveller's guide
• Patmos island, here and here (monastery of St. John the Theologian, cave of the Apocalypse etc.)
• Monastery of Hosios Loucas, Greece
• Monastery of St. John Prodromos (Forerunner) Serres, Greece (in Greek only)
• Taxiarhes monastery in Mandamados, Lesvos Greece
• Chrysoskalitissa monastery, Crete and here
• Stavrovouni monastery in Cyprus (includes St. John Chrysostom's Easter sermon and much information on Cyprus)
• Monastero di San Serafino di Sarof, Italia
• Monasteries of Yugoslavia
• Monasteries of Romania
• Rila monastery in Bulgaria
• St. Nicetas monastery in Pereslavli, Russia
• Trinity - St. Sergius monastery (Sergiev Posad) in Russia
• Danilov monastery (Moscow), Trinity - St. Sergiy Lavra (Countryside), link with
• Moscow Patriarchate and many other Russian sites
• St. Ipaty monastery in Russia
• The Golia Monastery, Iassy, Romania
• Shmakovskiy monastery. Saint-Trinity Nicholas (in Russia's far east, Vladivostok)
• Kiev - Petcherskaya lavra in Ukraine
• Restoration of the Annunciation church in Kiyv - Petcherskaya lavra by UNESCO
• Valamo monastery in Finland
• St. Catherine's monastery in Mt. Sinai, Egypt and here
• A wonderful site with sayings from the Holy Fathers and photo galleries of Orthodox Monasteries

Places with Orthodox Christian history

• UNESCO projects for restoration of monasteries and churches in Greece
• Descriptions of Byzantine churches and monasteries in Greece
• Metsovo (Churches, monastery of St. Nicholas, tradition and other information)
• Thessaloniki (Greece: Outline, Byzantine Churches)
• IRIS guide to Thessaloniki (Macedonia, Greece)
• Various places of Greece
• Official guide to places in Greece (the Greek National Tourism Organization)
• Cities, islands, regions and other interesting sites in Greece. Try Meteora, Mt. Athos, Patmos with its monasteries, Crete, churches of Northern Epirus
• Very rich website on places in Greece. Try, for example, /region/crete/arkadi.html for Arkadi monastery, Agios Nicolaos, Ierapetra
• Crete, mostly including its churches and monasteries. Try Arkadi monastery and the Adele churches at /rethimno/adele/eneklis.htm , or go to kenourgio/zaros/vrontisi.htm
• Crete. List of churches and monasteries (under "Churches") and other archaeological information.
• Cyprus: Extensive information on many areas
• Photographs of ancient churches and monasteries and other locations in Cyprus and here
• Photographs of Cyprus' ancient churches, monasteries, icons, mosaics etc.
• Yaroslavl region in Russia; its frescoes, icons, hymns in audio etc. (slow)

Church history 

• Pre-Christian and early Christian environment.
• Romiosini, information on Byzantium and here
• Byzantine history cassette tape series in Greek
• Byzantine history, clothing etc.
• Macedonia during the Byzantine period (4th-15th)
• Constantinople
• Slavic history
• Russian church history
• How Orthodoxy came to North America

Church documents, texts

• The Bible, Septuagint and Hebrew Old Testament; Scriptures and Holy Tradition (searchable options)
• Creed, church fathers, Ecumenical Councils
• Early Church Fathers
• Early Church documents
• Sayings from the Holy Fathers
• St. Pachomius library documents
• The Philotheou Monastery Project: Manuscripts from Agion Oros (Mt. Athos)
• Hilandar monastery's documents scanned in microform from OHSU library (telnet to its OSCAR library and search there)
• Eastern Orthodox spiritual direction files

 Readings, Theological

• Pearls from the Holy Fathers
• "Philokalia Webzine" - exploring the Orthodox Tradition
• Fathers from Mt. Athos, on the filioque, Holy light in Jerusalem (slow)
• Sayings from Elder Paisios
• Orthodox book reports
• "Orthodox Spirituality", and other Books by Bishop Hierotheos Vlachos
• Italian translations of Orthodox books and other material

Prayers, Liturgical*

• Prayers for confession
• Orthodox Small compline Service (Apodeipnon)
• The whole Triodion (Great Lent -Sarakosti) service
• Liturgical petitions for those persecuted in Serbia
• Other Orthodox Prayers
• The Akathist Hymn

Church music

• Audio Byzantine hymns sorted by month (in Greek) also includes Cypriot folk songs
• Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae
• Byzantine music
• Explanation of Byzantine music in Grk/English
• Slavonic hymns ,Valaam monastery, Slovenia
• Orthodoxy and music in Russia and the Slavic countries
• The Orthodox Bard. Music and poetry in Orthodoxy
• Akathist of Thanksgiving -John Tavener
• Catalogue of church music and speech cassette tapes
• Byzantine music of the Greek Orthodox Church
• Catalog of CDs and tapes with Russian music, including Church and choral

Icons, Byzantine architecture, museums

• Sorted Orthodox icons from the Orthodox Christian Fellowship website
• Christian Orthodox Holy Icons
• Orthodox Byzantine icons from St.Isaac of Syria scete
• Christian Sanctuary gallery of Byzantine icons
• Icons of Cyprus (also history around the icons)
• The Passion of Christ as viewed from Cypriot Icons
• The Kanakaria mosaics (6th c). These were stolen from Cyprus and retrieved through court trials
• Icons from Agion Oros (Mt.Athos)
• Macedonian art in the Byzantine period
• Museum of Byzantine Civilization, Thessaloniki, Macedonia -Greece
• Icons and treasures from the Novgorod museum in Russia
• Andrei Rubliov museum
• 81 Russian icons from Auburn University
• St. Petersburg museum items regarding Orthodoxy
• St.George icon from St. Sava Orthodox Serbian Church, Steubenville, Ohio
• Icons, frescoes and other art from Yugoslavia
• Medieval Art (inc.Byzantine and early Christian)
• Very rich art history website Includes Byzantine and early Christian images as well
• Iconography studios
  • Fr Elias Damianakis

     

    Inspiring and spiritually uplifting Iconography from the Studios of Fr Elias Damianakis for private and Liturgical worship. There is much to see on this website.

  • Irina and sons
  • Another Icon studio

Saints

• Life stories of the saints of each day
• Some lives of the Saints
• "Philokalia Webzine" - exploring the Orthodox Tradition
• Calendar of nameday celebrations year-round
• Many Saints' lives by St.John's Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Washington DC
• Life and works of St.Spiridon the wonderworker, bishop of Tremithus, Cyprus from the St.Spiridon Cathedral in USA. Also on orthodox life in USA.
• The Apostle Barnabas
• St. Mary of Egypt, St. Papa-Nicholas Planas, St. Pelagia of Caesaria etc.
• St. Luke
• St. Barbara
• St. Stylianos of Paflagonia
• The 40 martyrs of Sebasteia
• St. Sava of Serbia (Also an outline of Mt.Athos.)
• St. Gregory of Nyssa. His writings, life etc.

The Orthodox Experience: told by converts

• A former Protestant talks about Orthodoxy and his journey there
• Orthodoxy: Jewish and Christian
• A personal journey of an American into Orthodoxy
• Another American's journey from Roman Catholicism into Orthodoxy
• Baptists who have found the Lord
• Recovery from Mormonism
• A trip to Russia and the USA

Orthodox family life, youth and children's issues

• Orthodox students' issues
• The upbringing of children in the Orthodox tradition
• Goebel family web page. Homeschooling, Orthodoxy for children and other issues
• Hayes family home page in South Africa. Orthodoxy and Africa.
• Antiochean Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America youth issues.
• Orthodox family issues

Lenten fast recipes and other Christian and ethnic foods

• Why fast? An article on the Orthodox need for fasting
• "Tselementes" Greek recipes (inc. the Paschal "Mageiritsa", the Christmas "Avgolemono" and New Year's "Vasilopita")
• More traditional Greek recipes
• A food guide for Cyprus
• Extensive recipe catalogue, inc. ethnic foods from around the world
• Traditional religious food from Yugoslavia (or use /food.html for a broader catalogue) 

Sanctity of Life

• The Australian Anti-abortion Icon and other links
• Extensive pro-Life catalogue with links
• Pro-life movement in Russia, scientific documentation against abortions
• Anti-abortion pro-life movement.
• National Right to Life organization
• Oklahoma Orthodox Christians for Life anti-abortion issues
• Arguments pro and against abortions (Voting)

Various tools for the searching Christian

• Bible browser for the Macintosh
• Calendar calculation for Pascha (Easter) dates, Orthodox and Catholic
• Maps of Greece and Cyprus, Greek fonts ( from Monash University, Australia)
• Russian-English translations, Russian church, help for Russian children
• How to make a prayer rope
• How to make prosfora (the bread used in the liturgy)

Fonts

• Greek fonts (for Win 95 and Macintosh)
• Greek fonts in zip format (instructions included)
• Greek polytonic (ancient; Bible) font for Win95
• Many more Greek Polytonic (ancient; Bible) fonts
• Cyrillic fonts (Russian) for Macintosh
• Georgian fonts for Macintosh
• Georgian fonts for PC (TTF)

Bookstores, publishung companies, religious items*

• Conciliar Press catalog (inc. the magnificent Valaam tapes)
• Dumbarton Oaks byzantinology publications
• Greek Orthodox television programs in the USA
• Holy Cross Orthodox Bookstore in Boston, MA
• Theologic Systems software
• Olympic software
• Birth of Theotokos Monastery (Oropos, Greece)
• Holy Monastery of Birth of Theotokos -books by bishop Hierotheos Vlachos (click on black rectangle above the French flag for English)
• Orthodox calendars of the year with saints' days
• New Lindisfarne Press
• Cal-Hellas in the USA. (Incence, icon catalog etc.)
• Orthodox books by mail from Russia

More links 

• Many excellent links!
• Vast data and connections with monasteries, publications etc.
• Holy Trinity OCA cathedral links section; mostly on Orthodoxy in the USA
• Links to other Orthodox resources on the Internet.
• More about Orthodox Christianity
• A wonderful site with sayings from the Holy Fathers and photo galleries of Orthodox Monasteries

Newsletters, newsgroups 

• Diaspora newsletter (update on Church issues, Macedonia, Cyprus, Albania etc.)
• Newsletter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America*
• News from the Orthodox Church of America webservice*
• Updated Orthodox news around the world, Syndesmos reports, Diaspora etc.
• Orthodox Mission in Albania, news
• Many news on Orthodoxy, esp. in Russia, updated very frequently
• The Christian Activist newspaper
• Documents about the destruction of Orthodox Churches in Yugoslavia

Discussion groups

• Orthodox Christian Penfriends Club
• St. Michael the Archangel discussion group.
• Russian-based Orthodox Christian discussion Group ("Coffee-house" format)
• Romiosini discussion group archives
• ORTHODOX discussion group archives