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Directors

The Right Rev. Dr. Auxentios,
B.A., Princeton University
Lic. Theol., CTOS
Th.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Titular Bishop of Photiki
The Very Rev. Dr. Akakios
B.A., California State University
Lic. Theol., CTOS
D.Min., San Francisco Theological Seminary
Abbot, St. Gregory Palamas Monastery
Hieromonk Dr. Patapios
B.A. (honors), Cambridge University
M.A., M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh
M.A., Pennsylvania State University
Th.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Lic. Theol., CTOS

Faculty and Advisors

The Most Reverend Cyprian
Dr. Theol. (honoris causa), Orthodox
Theological Academy of St. Martin
Metropolitan of Oropos and Phyle
Dr. Constantine Cavarnos
Ph.D., Harvard University
President, Institute for Byzantine
and Modern Greek Studies
Dr. Augustin Ioan
Ph.D., Ion Mincu University
Ph.D. University of Bucharest
Dean of Advanced Studies,
Ion Mincu University
of Architecture and Urbanism
Bucharest, Romania
† Dr. Nikolai E. Khokhlov
Ph.D., Duke University
Professor Emeritus, California State University
† Dr. John R. Rexine
Ph.D., Harvard University
Charles A. Dana Professor of the Classics Emeritus
Dean of the Humanities Division
Colgate University
Dr. Eugene Zavarin
Ph.D., University of California
Professor Emeritus, University of California
(Forest Products Laboratory, Berkeley)
Dr. Thomas Brecht
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Alabama Psychiatric Services
Dr. John V. Petropoulos
D.Phil., Oxford University
Associate Professor, Greek Literature
Democritean University of Thrace
Chairman of the Board and
Senior Fellow in Hellenic Civilization
Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies, Nafplion, Greece
John R. Franklin
Juris Doctor, W.F. George School of Law,
Mercer University
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Dr. Dimitri Kitsikis
Ph.D., University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Jeremias Norman
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
Dr. Deborah Sirko-Osadsa, D.A.B.M.G., F.A.C.M.G.
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Laboratory, Genzyme Genetics
Faculty, Clinical Genetics Training
Program, Harvard Medical School
Faculty, Medical Genetics Residency Program, Division of Human Genetics, University of Connecticut Health Center
Dr. George T. Kosar
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Tufts University
Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Instructor, Harvard University Extension School
Graduate Lecturer, Northeastern University
Dr. John N. Caminis
M.D., University of Athens School of Medicine
Vice President for Clinical Development
Warner Chilcott Pharmaceuticals, Rockaway, NJ
Consulting Advisor, PharmaKonnekt,
Hackettstown, NJ

Research Associates

Hieromonk Gregory
A.A., Long Beach City College
Dip. Theol., C.T.O.S.
The Reverend Dr. James Thornton
A.A., Golden West College
Diploma, Lic. Theol., CTOS
D.Min., San Francisco Theological Seminary
Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church
The Reverend George M. Mavromatis
B.A.. University of St. Louis
M.Div., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
School of Theology
Serving Priest, Convent of St. Elizabeth
the Grand Duchess of Russia
The Reverend Mother Dr. Elizabeth
B.A., Ashland University
Lic. Theol., CTOS
D.Min., San Francisco Theological Seminary
Abbess, Convent of St. Elizabeth
the Grand Duchess of Russia

Senior Research Scholars

The Most Rev. Dr. Chrysostomos
Ph.D., Princeton University
Archbishop of Etna
The Reverend Dr. Gregory Telepneff
Th.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Adjunct Faculty, Theology and Religious Studies
Anna Maria College

The Cen­ter for Tra­di­tion­al­ist Ortho­dox Stud­ies (see “About C.T.O.S.” on menu bar) was estab­lished in 1981 under the aus­pices of the St. Greg­ory Pala­mas Mon­as­tery. It has to date pub­lished over one hun­dred books and mono­graphs in Ortho­dox his­tory and the­ol­ogy and related sub­jects. Located within the mon­as­tery com­pound, the Cen­ter houses admin­is­tra­tive offices, a lec­ture hall, and the Met­ro­pol­itan Cyp­rian The­o­log­ical Library, with more than 6,800 vol­umes and 4,000 peri­od­ical hold­ings. A sig­nif­icant cen­ter for scho­larly research in Ortho­dox stud­ies, it is admin­is­tered by a board of dis­tin­guished inter­na­tional schol­ars, who serve as its Direct­ors and Advis­ors.

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Delight in the Law of God

Sermons on the Beatitudes and the
Commandments of God

by Father James Thornton

$10.95 — 138 pp.
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The Old Calendar Orthodox
Church of Greece

Fifth Edition

by
Archbishop Chrysostomos,
Bishop Ambrose,
and
Bishop Auxentios

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Orthodox Insights

Volume I
A Collection of Short Questions and Answers on
Liturgical Practice and Orthodox Worship

by
Archbishop Chrysostomos, Bishop Auxentios,
and Archimandrite Akakios,
in collaboration with
† Ioannes M. Fountoules

$7.95 — 75 pp.
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Volume II
A Collection of Short Questions and Answers on
Orthodox Theological, Pastoral, and
Ecclesiastical Concerns

by
Archbishop Chrysostomos, Bishop Auxentios,
and Archimandrite Akakios,
with contributions from
† Protopresbyter Georges Florovsky

$8.95 — 107 pp.
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Lantern of Grace

Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov

$15.00 — 149 pp.
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Presented in a sober and pious tone, this account of the life and Glorification of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, by one who knew him personally, is adorned with many full-color photographs. Movingly written, and filled with endearing memories, it belongs on the bookshelf of every Orthodox Christian.

The Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies is pleased to announce that we have issued the first complete text in the English language of The Evergetinos, a classical Orthodox collection of the sayings and aphorisms of the Desert Fathers (as well as other Hesychastic writings), in a four-book library set, corresponding to the original Greek publication. These four volumes are available in an attractive paperbound and a hardbound edition, in two color printing (red and black), with Byzantine-style line drawings, and replete with the original Prologue of St. Nicodemos the Hagiorite, an historical introduction by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna, a Preface by Hieromonk Dr. Gorazd, Director of the Institute of Eastern Christianity at the Charles University in Prague, and footnotes and indices.

This monumental Patristic translation, twenty years in preparation, is the most important publication yet undertaken by the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies. The Evergetinos, compiled by St. Makarios of Corinth and first published by St. Nicodemos in 1783, is a companion volume of The Philokalia—indeed a precursor, of sorts, to that work—, and together with it an essential and classical spiritual guide for Orthodox Christians seeking the inner life of spiritual transformation. The project, a collaborative effort, was initiated by Archbishop Chrysostomos while he was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University in 1988 and continued to completion under his direction and editorship, and that of Hieromonk Patapios, with the collaboration of Bishop Ambrose of Methone, Bishop Auxentios of Photike, Monk Chrysostomos, Dr. Constantine Kokenes, Nun Lydia, Professor John V. Petropoulos, the late Professor John V. Rexine, and Reverend Gregory Telepneff.

Paperbound, Four Books

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