Alexander
Kalomiros
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THE
RIVER OF FIRE
Author: Alexander Kalomiros
Date of the first edition: 1985
Second edition: 1992
Third edition: 1995
Translation from the English original:
Petros Botsis
The River of Fire
was the main speech delivered at the
Orthodox Youth Conference, organized
under the auspices of the Russian Bishops
of the Diaspora, in Seattle Washington,
in 1980. The speech was given in English
and the audience was delighted and
impressed. The Archbishop of Canada,
Vladika Vitaly, expressed his
appreciation and ordered the text to be
published in English, Russian and French.
The book is an answer to the burdened
souls asking in their tribulations in
despair: How is it possible that God,
being Good, to permit all this evil
reigning the world? Why am I tortured by
such temptations going beyond my limits?
If he is truly merciful and a friend of
man why are we condemned in suffering so
much in this and the other life?
The book is an offering to
the multitude of wounded souls that
expect to find consolation only in the
bosom of our compassionate Father.
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AGAINST
FALSE UNION
Author: Alexander Kalomiros
First edition: Astir, 1964.
Second edition, Zefyros, 1995
Prologue, by Fotios Kontoglou
Also in English, by St. Nectarios
Orthodox Press
Translation by George Gabriel.
Thoughts of an
Orthodox Christian, concerning the
attempts for union of the One , Holy, and
Apostolic Church, with the so-called
churches of the West.
From the time of its first
appearance in 1964 (1967 in English),
Alexander Kalomiros’ Against False
Union, has been widely acclaimed.
Orthodox and non orthodox alike have made
reference to it, quoting especially from
its chapters on ecclesiology, salvation
and the participation of the orthodox
catholic church in the “World Council
of Churches”
In this days, when
“because of the abounding of iniquity
the love of many hath grown cold”, we
hope this book will continue to be a
source of inspiration, edification and
guidance unto salvation for pious and
orthodox Christians, as well as for those
that are not in the orthodox faith. (Excerpt from the
preface of the English edition).
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THE
SIX DAWNS
Author: Alexander Kalomiros
First Edition: 1993
Translated in English by George Gabriel
(1997)
The book is a
valuable reference to the patristic
understanding of the creation of Man and
the World, according to the description
given in the Holy book of Genesis. The
writings of our Holy Fathers, St. Gregory
of Nyssa, St. John the Chrysostom, St.
Basil the Great and their Cosmology are
presented in the context of Creation.
Their spirit is revealed to be far from
the fundamentalist understanding of
contemporary scholastics.
According to the patristic
teaching, unknown to many Orthodox
Christians, our universe originates from
a “seed”. Stars, plants, animals, and
humans, we all sprouted from the same
original seed. All creatures appeared and
grew according to their order, like the
branches, the leafs and the fruits, in
the trees. Especially the chapter on
orthodox anthropology is considered to be
a theological milestone.
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