Orthodox Links
The wealth of Orthodox content on the Web grows daily and draws people to deep engagement with Orthodox Tradition and Theology. Here is a sampling of some of the better and more useful websites out there.
Orthodox Way of Life. An excellent Orthodox blog, full of useful articles written from the perspective of faithfulness to the teachings of the Church. Much good stuff to read here.
Orthodox Prayer. The wealth of Orthodox teachings on prayer is beautifully explored in this website.
The Orthodox Faith. A series of short articles summarizing the essentials of Orthodox faith and history by the late Father Thomas Hopko of St. Vladimir’s Seminary.
Orthodox Christianity. Outstanding traditional website that follows the Old Calendar. There is much spiritual and theological content, as well as articles reflecting current news and concerns.
Pemptousia/Πεμπτουσία. This is a rich website with content that represents the wealth of spiritual teaching and preaching in the Orthodox Church. The website’s content is mostly in Greek, but there is much English content as well.
Patristic Nectar. Excellent content that explores the full wealth of Orthodox Tradition. Father Josiah Trenham is one of the best and most reliable teachers of Orthodoxy.
SYNAXARION WEBSITES. A Synaxarion is central to daily observances in Orthodox liturgical and spiritual practice. A Synaxarion lists the Saints whose feasts are celebrated each day. A complete listing of all Saints is impossible. but there are some websites that do a good job of giving us the names and lives of many Saints for every day of the year. Lately Orthodox Synaxaria are also re-discovering the many Western Saints who were glorified before the Schism of 1054. Some of the Greek websites listed below provide English translations, but the translations are created by Google or AI and are often very poor.
ICONANDLIGHT. This is superb, with excellent new content almost every day. The Greek version usually has more content, but the English version is also good, often with different content from the Greek. Western Saints are often included.
Lives of the Saints. A daily listing of Saints on the website of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) that includes American and Western Saints of the Orthodox Church.
Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Translations provided by AI are often inaccurate.
Μέγας Συναξαριστής. Translations provided by AI are often inaccurate.
Orthodox Pebbles. Great stuff for kids of all ages here. You can do Sunday School with the whole family at home!
Dr. Pat’s Orthodox Super Sunday School Curriculum. Another great resource for Sunday School at home.
Ancient Faith Ministries. A wealth of contemporary Orthodox Christian writings and media offerings. This is good, mainstream Orthodoxy free of political correctness.
About Orthodoxy. Good practical content.
Mystagogy Resource Center. All sorts of good stuff to read here.
Death to the World. Not for the faint-hearted, but a great place to be challenged with the radicalism of Orthodox Christianity.
Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church. A very fine website, especially for those who wish good, reliable information about the Orthodox faith. The parish priest FrC. Stephen Muse has produced much good and reliable content.
St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona. Good spiritual resources at the website of this traditional monastery started by Elder Ephraim of the Holy Mountain.
Digital Chant Stand. All the services of every day of the year, in Greek and English. More than you’ll ever encounter in parish use! But very good to have so easily accessible.
Lessons on Christian Dogmatics. There is strong theological content here, provided by John Zizioulas, one of the most important Orthodox theologians of the last 50 years. This is not theology-light.
Holy Icon – Stamatis Skliris. A website devoted to this very gifted iconographer. There is excellent content here.
Uncut Mountain Supply. A good source for traditional icons, books and gifts.
Orthodox Arts Journal. A very rich website that shows beyond any doubt that Orthodox creativity is not stuck in the past. There are many resources here to inspire the Orthodox Christian who is looking for artistic and musical expressions of our faith.
Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece. This is the primary publisher of ecclesiastical material by the Church of Greece. It’s available in several languages, including Greek and English. It’s worth exploring. But naturally the most extensive material is available in Greek.
Website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. There’s material here of general Orthodox interest but also material pertaining to the lives of the Greek Orthodox community in America.
Website of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This is available in three languages – Greek, English and French – and contains much material on the activities of our Ecumenical Patriarch, including much pertaining to his environmental statements and initiatives. It’s no wonder he has been called the Green Patriarch.
Potamitis Publishing. Amazing resources here for use at home with children. The books are not inexpensive, but they are worth their prices. Lavishly illustrated with icons in full color. The books are separately available in English and in Greek.
BibleGateway. This website contains 60 English translations of the Bible, and translations of the Bible in many other languages.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Often biased by woke ideologies, but the Orthodox content is quite reliable.
The Liddell-Scott Greek-English Lexicon. This is the most exhaustive dictionary of classical Greek ever published. It is a classic, published by Oxford University, and now available in this free digital version thanks to the Perseus Project of Tufts University. This is not a dictionary of modern Greek. It covers ancient Greek from the Homeric writings up to the Hellenistic period.