A Catechetical Handbook of the Eastern Orthodox Church

The author is the president of Contemporary Consultants and the founder of the Institute for Advanced Business Learning Systems, Inc. A lifelong member of the Orthodox Church, he has taught Catechetical School for 14 years. This 592-page catechism is encyclopedic. The first part covers: What to Believe; The Existence of God; Incarnation; Redemption; Resurrection; Ascension; Judgment; The Holy Spirit; The Church and the Fathers; Remission of Sins; The End of Man. Part two covers: What To Do for Our Salvation; How To Be Sanctified; Daily Prayers; Spiritual Helps; Prayer and Worship; Divine Liturgy; Miscellaneous Topics. Part three focuses on: The Veneration of Icons; St. Isaac on Fasting; St. Chrysostom on Homosexuality; The Panagia; Women in the Church; Deaconess in the Early Church; Life After Death; Memorials; Monasticism; Ecumenism etc. Includes a Synaxarion of Selected Saints, the Celebration Dates of Selected Saints Throughout the Year, a Glossary and Bibliography. Most comprehensive.Stamatis, Diomidis H. is the author of 'A Catechetical Handbook of the Eastern Orthodox Church' with ISBN 9781880971840 and ISBN 1880971844.