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Quickened with Christ
Sermons on the Sunday Epistle Readings of the Orthodox Liturgical Year

by Father James Thornton
Preface by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna

ISBN 0–911165–56–8
338 pp.
$17.95


The present volume is a series of sermons on the Sunday readings from the Apostolos, the compilation of epistolary writings of the Apostles, arranged for daily liturgical use in the Orthodox Church. Father James’s homilies are both reverent and engaging: reverent, because Father James has profound veneration for Saints Luke and Paul, from whose epistles the Sunday readings are taken; and engaging, because he never fails to demonstrate the relevance of the Apostolic message for Christians of our time.


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About the Author
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.
About the Prefacer
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.