Books that we would recommend about the Orthodox faith in random order.

Always consult your spiritual father or your priest when you begin with a highly spiritual book.

 

Bible & Apostolic works

• EOB: The Eastern Greek Orthodox New Testament
• OSB: The Orthodox Study Bible
• The Didache: Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

 

History

• The New Testament in its World by N.T. Wright
• The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity by Fr. Timothy Ware
• Orthodox Worship: A Living Continuity with the Synagogue, the Temple, and the Early Church
• The First Seven Ecumenical Councils by Leo Donald Davis
• Foundations of Christian Culture by Ivan Ilyin
• Eusebius: Church History by Paul L. Maier  
• The Religion of the Apostles by Fr. Stephen de Young
• The Whole Council of God: A Introduction to your Bible by Fr. Stephen de Young

 

Theology 

• The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky
• Introduction to St. Gregory Palamas by Fr. George Papademetriou
• The Triads by St. Gregory Palamas
• On the Procession of the Holy Spirit by St. Gregory Palamas 
• The Orthodox Veneration of the Mother of God by St. John Maximovitch
• Gregory of Nazianzus on the Trinity and the Knowledge of God by Christopher A. Beeley 
• On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius the Great
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by St. John of Damascus
• St. John of Damascus on Holy Images in 25 Minutes
• Orthodoxy in Arabic Terms by Najib George Awad
• Hexaemeron The Six Days by St. Basil of Caesarea
• God is a Man of War by Fr. Stephen de Young
• The Patristic Witness of Georges Florovsky: Essential Theological Writings by Georges Florovsky

 

Spiritually & Lifestye

• The Experience of God: Volume 1 The Holy Trinity by Dumitru Staniloae
• The Way of the Pilgrim by an anonymous 19th Century Russian Peasant

• The Philokalia (Volume I, II, III, IV & V)
• The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus
• The Unseen Warfare by St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite
• On Resistance to Evil by Force by Ivan Ilyin
• A Spiritual Psalter, or Reflections on God by St. Ephraim the Syrian
• Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future by Fr. Seraphim Rose
• Sermons on the Spiritual Life by St. Philaret of Moscow 
• Antichrist: The Fulfillment of Globalization by G.M. Davis
• School for Prayer by Metropolitan Anthony Sourozh
• Steps of Transformation by Fr. Meletios Webber
• Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives by Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
• Parenting Towards the Kingdom by Philip Mamalakis PHD

 

Saints & Biography

• Paul: A Biography by N.T. Wright
• The Life of Saint Anthony the Great by St. Athanasius the Great
• The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt by St. Zosimas of Palestine
• The Life of Saint Sava by St. Nikolai Velimirovich
• Letters of Saint Anthont (the Great) by St. Anthony the Great
• Sayings of the Desert Fathers by diverse Saints