C.T.O.S. — The Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin
An Eastern Orthodox Perspective

by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna, Bishop Auxentios of Photiki, and Father James Thornton

20 pp.
$4.95

In this fascinating study of an artifact that still arouses considerable controversy in many circles, the authors argue that—despite unobjective and skeptical criticisms to the contrary—the scientific evidence rules in favor of the possibility that the Holy Shroud well may be the Winding-sheet in which the Body of Christ was wrapped, and that its upper portion is possibly the historical Holy Mandelion from Edessa.

About the Authors

The Most Reverend Dr. Chrysostomos is a Senior Scholar at the C.T.O.S. He completed his studies in history (with a concentration in Byzantine historical theology) at the University of California, the Licentiate in Theology at the C.T.O.S., and his graduate study in psychology at Princeton University. He has held professorial posts at the University of California, Ashland Theological Seminary, and Ashland University and visiting professorships at the Theological Institute of Uppsala University (Sweden) and, as a Fulbright Scholar in Romania, at the University of Bucharest, the Alexandru I. Cuza University of Iaşi, and the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism. His Eminence is also former Executive Director of the United States Fulbright Commission in Romania.

The Right Reverend Auxentios, Director of the C.T.O.S., is a graduate of Princeton University. He received the Licentiate in Theology from the C.T.O.S. and the Doctor of Theology degree in Orthodox Liturgics at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.

The Very Reverend Dr. James Thornton holds the Diploma and Licentiate in Orthodox Theological Studies from the Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, where he is a Research Associate, and a Doctorate in Advanced Pastoral Studies from the San Francisco Theological Seminary. In retirement from many decades of pastoral service in the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece and the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, he is also a Lecturer at the St. Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary. The father of two sons, Father James and his wife, Presbytera Elizabeth, live in Southern California.

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries

Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy

Dionysius of Fourna

The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem

The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs

Beyond Wealth

The Roman West and the Byzantine East

Inner-Worldly Monasticism

Constantine the Ethnomartyr

Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr

Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική

Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo

The Shroud of Turin

A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church

Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra

The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church

Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I

“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries	Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy	Dionysius of Fourna	The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem	The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs	Beyond Wealth	The Roman West and the Byzantine East	Inner-Worldly Monasticism	Constantine the Ethnomartyr	Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr
Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική	Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.	Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo	The Shroud of Turin	A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church	Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra	The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church	Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I	“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries	Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy	Dionysius of Fourna	The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem	The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs	Beyond Wealth	The Roman West and the Byzantine East
Inner-Worldly Monasticism	Constantine the Ethnomartyr	Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr	Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική	Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.	Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo	The Shroud of Turin
	A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church	Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra	The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church	Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I	“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries	Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy	Dionysius of Fourna	The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem	The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs
Beyond Wealth	The Roman West and the Byzantine East	Inner-Worldly Monasticism	Constantine the Ethnomartyr	Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr
Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική	Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.	Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo	The Shroud of Turin	A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church
Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra	The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church	Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I	“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries	Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy	Dionysius of Fourna	The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem
The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs	Beyond Wealth	The Roman West and the Byzantine East	Inner-Worldly Monasticism
Constantine the Ethnomartyr	Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr	Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική	Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo	The Shroud of Turin	A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church	Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra
The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church	Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I	“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries	Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy	Dionysius of Fourna
The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem	The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs	Beyond Wealth
The Roman West and the Byzantine East	Inner-Worldly Monasticism	Constantine the Ethnomartyr
Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr	Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική	Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo	The Shroud of Turin	A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church
Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra	The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church	Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I
	“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”

The Œcumenical Patriarchate and the Question of Greek-Turkish Relations Through the Centuries	Orthodox and Roman Catholic Relations from the Fourth Crusade to the Hesychastic Controversy
Dionysius of Fourna	The Paschal Fire in Jerusalem
The Egyptian Desert in the Irish Bogs	Beyond Wealth
The Roman West and the Byzantine East	Inner-Worldly Monasticism
Constantine the Ethnomartyr	Patriarch Gregory V the Ethnomartyr
Ἀλήθεια Ἑλληνική	Father General Thyrsus González de Santalla, S.J.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo	The Shroud of Turin
A Brief History of the Russian Orthodox Church	Concerning the Relics of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra
The Œcumenical Synods of the Orthodox Church	Romanian Nationalism During the Reign of King Mihai I
“Signs of Human Feeling and Attitude”