Links + Resources
» Orthodox Church in America
[http://www.oca.org/]
Hands down one of the best sites on Orthodox Christianity anywhere! The site's a treasure trove of images icons, videos, photos and understandable texts on feasts, the Orthodox calendar, and liturgical rituals. We especially appreciated the walk through the key moments of Great Lent and Holy Week.
» The Orthodox Church Calendar
[http://www.slocc.com/orthodoxy/churchcalendar.html]
This page alone helped us immensely in differentiating and understanding how Orthodox feast days are determined by the Julian calendar.
» SOF: The Need for Creeds
[http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/pelikan/index.shtml]
This program has received wonderful response from our listeners. Here, Krista speaks with the recently deceased historian Jaroslav Pelikan, the role of creeds across faith traditions, and his personal conversion to Orthodox Christianity.
» The Armenian Book of Adam
[http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0312/stone.html]
The Library of Congress features an article with Michael Stone, a scholar of medieval Armenian texts, who discusses his work on apocryphal Adam manuscripts and their influence on contemporary religious studies. Be sure to check out the video link at the bottom of the page.
» Orthodox Church History
[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/church_history.htm]
The Orthodox Research Institute has compiled a fine list of articles by various authors discussing everything from the Great Schism of 1054 to iconoclasm. Particularly interesting is the grouping of essays by continent.
» Icons Explained
[http://www.iconsexplained.com/iec/02664_iconostasis_and_apse_1100x825.htm]
This interactive image provides information and more detail about 25 other icons that form the iconostasis in the St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral in Dallas, Texas.