Byzantine Catholic Seminary Library
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Ancient Faith Radio – Produced by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America; provides audio and video programming including live stream, podcasts and downloadable video content.
Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies – Free video lectures from the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge.
Theoria.TV – Live stream as well as prepared videos on the Orthodox faith
Patristics
Sluzhebniks (texts of Divine Services spoken either by priests or deacons)
Priest’s Service Book – Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, Los Angeles, CA
Code of Canons of the Eastern Church
EparchiesByzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma (Ohio)
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic (NJ)
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix (AZ)
Byzantine Catholic Church in America – Information on Byzantine faith & worship including directories, news, links to other Orthodox and Catholic Churches and message boards.
Byzantine Catholic Churches in America – Directory of related parishes and diocese in America.
Byzantine Catholic Prayer Page (includes prayers as well as audio and visual links)
Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church (Fr. Hal Stockert, Catholic Information Network)
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (Canada)
Romanian Eparchy (Canton, OH)
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago (IL)
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma (OH)
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford (CT)
Byzantine Benedictine Sisters (Warren, OH)
Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Uniontown, PA)
Christ the Bridegroom Byzantine Catholic Community (Burton, OH)
Holy Dormition Byzantine Franciscan Friary (Sybertsville, PA)
Holy Resurrection Romanian Greek-Catholic Monastery (St. Nazianz, WI)
Holy Theophany Romanian Greek-Catholic Monastery for Women (Olympia, WA)
Chaldean Congregation of the Workers of the Vineyard (El Cajon, CA)
FAQs36 short, easily accessible videos in response to many of the most common questions that Roman Catholics ask of their Eastern Catholic sister churches.
Introduction to the Divine Liturgy of Eastern Catholics – YouTube video explaining particular elements of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom to non-Eastern Catholics.
The Eastern Catholic Churches: an Orthodox Perspective – Plenary session “The Eastern Catholic Churches: An Orthodox Perspective” by John H. Erickson. Introduction by Andriy Chirovsky at the conference “The Vatican II Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, Orientalium ecclesiarum – Fifty Years Later”, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 17 October 2014.
Eastern Catholicism in the Middle East – Plenary session “Eastern Catholicism in the Middle East Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum” by Melkite Catholic Bishop Nicholas Samra. Introduction by Prof. Brian Butcher at the conference “The Vatican II Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, Orientalium ecclesiarum – Fifty Years Later”, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 18 October 2014.
The One Church (publication of Eastern Catholic Pastoral Association of Southern California, 2002)
Video“Light of the East” (2 part video series): Part 1 Part 2
“Who Are Eastern Catholics?” with Fr. Maximos of Holy Resurrection Romanian Catholic Monastery (Newberry Springs, CA): Part 1 Part 2
“What You Should Know about Eastern Catholicism,” with Fr. Francis Vivona (Our Lady of Wisdom Italo-Greek Catholic Church, Las Vegas, NV)
“Eastern Catholic Churches” with Fr. Valerian Michlik (St. Gregory Byzantine Catholic Church, Upper St. Clair, PA): Part 1 Part 2
“Eastern Rite of the Church,” EWTN with Fr. Mark M. Morozowich
“Eastern Catholic Churches: an Orthodox Perspective” with John H. Erickson (2014)
“Eastern Catholic Churches: a Roman Catholic Perspective” with Fr. Brian Daley, S.J.
European Church HistoryAmerican Church History
Historical Mirror Greek Rite Catholics 1884-1963, by Fr. John Slivka
Languages: Dictionary
American Carpatho-Russian Diocese of America – Located in Johnstown, PA.
Orthodox Christian Information Center
Orthodox Resources portal – Links to more than 25 Orthodox-related web resources
Orthodox Spirituality (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America)
Orthodox Traditions of Spirituality
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Russian Orthodox Church (Rússkaya Pravoslávnaya Tsérkov), also known as the Moscow Patriarchate (site in Russian but can use Google Translator to get the gist of the page)
The Office of External Church Relations does maintain an English language page
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Biographical entries of the 16th to the 21st century cardinals and of the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historical evolution
Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed., 1997) – The Second Edition English Translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church includes the corrections promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 8 September 1997.
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) – Full-text (Pre-Vatican II) edition.
Catholic Resources for Bible, Liturgy, Art and Theology – A resource project of Fr. Felix Just, S.J., PhD
Code of Canon Law – Includes searchable text, glossary, concordance as well as statistics and graphs.
Code of Canons of Oriental Churches – Canons that solely affect the Eastern Catholic Churches (unless expressly stated otherwise).
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church – Includes information on apostolic nuncios (past and present), titular sees, bishops, geographical and historical information.
International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton – Access to one of the largest international centers of study, research and teaching on the Mother of Jesus.
Marian Apparitions Pages – Hosted by the University of Dayton, includes statistical data, FAQs, bibliographies and ecclesiastical information.
Papal Encyclicals Online – Guide to online papal and official documents of the Catholic Church (not Vatican-affiliated).
Patron Saints Index – Information on topics with patron saints, and profiles of those saints. Profiles have portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage, prayers, links to related sites, readings, etc.
U.S. Catholic Bishops – Contact information by diocese and state.
Adherents.com – Statistics and religious geography citations for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.
American Religion Data Archive – Statistical data on American religion and religious practices hosted and supported by the Lilly Endowment and the John Templeton Foundation.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library – Provides searchable full text of several hundred classic Christian works in the public domain for theological study.
Digital Quaker Collection – DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Early Church Fathers – English translations of material not included in Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Father (also known as Migne).
Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia – Full-text access to classic works in 15 languages covering prose, poetry, religion, philosophy and history.
Rambi – Index of Articles in Jewish Studies. Coverage from 1966- with articles in Hebrew, Yiddish and English covering Jewish Studies and Eretz Israel.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Byzantium
Judaism and Jewish Resources – Directory of Jewish web resources organized by subject.
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies – Provides free, searchable access to electronic resources in medieval studies with connections to databases, services, texts, and images.
Medieval Facsimiles (Notre Dame University) – The Medieval Institute Library contains a large collection of facsimiles of late-antique and medieval manuscripts and texts, and of an occasional early printed book.
Open Access Journals – Full-text scholarly journals searchable by title or subject, including 66 philosophy journals, 56 religion journals, 123 history journals and 26 music journals.
Missionary Periodicals Database – Provides searchable bibliographic descriptions of periodicals published 1700s-mid 1900s in Britain by missionary societies and commercial publishers on foreign missions.
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature – A specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and other relevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics.
VoiceNation – Theology Resources, A useful collection of links to general theology information.
Wabash Center : guide to Internet resources for teaching and learning in theology and religion – A selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources in religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, websites, bibliographies, listserv discussion groups, liturgies and reference resources, software.
The Divine Liturgy – Background and links to the various liturgies and divine services from St. Elias the Prophet (Brampton, Ontario)
Menaion – The Menaion is to the Byzantine tradition what the Missal is to the Latin/Western tradition. It provides the propers for the Byzantine Rite and serves as the daily liturgical worship book for fixed calendar dates. General Menaion; translated by Archmandrite Ephrem (Ecumenical Patriarch, Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain)
Russian Orthodox : St. Sergius of Radonezh Cathedral Parish (Parma, OH)
English translation of 1862 Slavonic General Menaion
Menalogion: downloadable troparion and kontakion reader along with daily Bible readings (St. John the Wonder Worker Orthodox Church, Atlanta, GA)
Original text: Menaion Church Slavonic
Liturgies in translation – Provides English translations for Liturgy of St. Basil, Liturgy of St. James, Liturgy of St. Mark, Chaldean Mass, Presanctified Gifts and Qorbono
Church Slavonic Transliterated into English characters
Church Slavonic/English translation – Side-by-side translation of Church Slavonic and English of Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (transliterated from Church Slavonic)
Byzantine Catholic Prayer Page (includes audio and visual as well as print resources)
Liturgical Resources (ROCOR) – Includes English translations of Menaion, Ressurectional Oktoechos, Lenten Triodion, and Pentecostarion as well as Slavonic resources.
Metropolitan Cantor Institute – Full service site for all manner of Byzantine cantorial music, musical history and continuing education. MCI videos about services for the departed can be found here.
Prostopinije, or Slavonic simple chant – The Anaphora from the Divine Liturgy & Installation of the Most Rev. Metropolitan Archbishop Stephen Kocisko (1969). Singing of the Carpatho-Rusyn Prostopinije liturgical chant in the Ruthenian church.
The Divine Music Project – A project of St. Anthony’s Monastery in provides 6000+ pages of Byzantine music in both Western as well as Byzantine notation, according to the style of monastic chanting used in their order. Each element offers both the printed music as well as an audio example of the music:
Eastern Catholic Liturgical Music
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Sung at St. Mary Magdalene Byzantine Catholic Church in Fairview Park, Ohio. The celebrants are the the Mitred Archpriest Dennis Hrubiak and Deacon Daniel Surniak. (Recorded Dec. 12, 2012)
Orthodox Chant (printed sheet music)
Index of Greek Catholic Liturgical Recordings
Sacred Music Library, Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese
Alleluia Press (Allendale, NJ)
Byzantine Seminary Press (Pittsburgh, PA) — Byzantine
Eastern Christian Publications (Fairfax, VA) – Eastern Catholic as well as Orthodox.
Sophia Press (Newton, MA) – Melkite Catholic
St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (New York, NY) – Russian Orthodox