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The True Vine
Index of Past Issues

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1. Letter From Archbishop Auxentios. The True Vine - An Introduction. The Ordination of Bishop Ephraim. First Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. The Mystery of Confession - A Second Baptism. Homily by Mar Jacob of Serugh on Elisseus and the King of Moab Who Sacrificed His Son on the Wall. Parish Profiles: The Pillars of Orthodoxy, Mt. Holly Springs. Scriptural Responses to Questions From Inquirers. Book Review: Broken, Yet Never Sundered.

2. Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim on the Holy Eucharist and the Mystery of Baptism. The Form of Baptism. Homily by Mar Jacob on Melchizedek, Priest of the Most High God, and on Types of our Lord. Recent Ordinations. Book Review: The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church.

3. Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. The Life of St. George of Neapolis. Parish Profiles: St. Mark of Ephesus, Roslindale. Homily by Mar Jacob on The Kingdom of Heaven is Like unto Leaven. Archbishop Auxentios' Pastoral Trip to France. The 1989 Orthodox Conference. Book Review: Infallible? An Inquiry.

4. Nativity Encyclical of Archbishop Auxentios. Nativity Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Pastoral Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia. Homily by Mar Jacob that Explains why our Lord Abode upon the Earth for Thirty Years Before He Wrought Miracles. The Consecration of Two New Bishops. Book Review: Message of the Fathers of the Church.

5. Paschal Encyclical of Archbishop Auxentios. Paschal Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Holy Tradition - The Road That Leads Home. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Reposed and how They Benefit from the Prosphora, Oblations, and Alms made in their Behalf. Book Review: Becoming Orthodox.

6. St. Theodotus of Ancyra. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Serpent of Brass that Moses Lifted up in the Desert. Parish Profiles: St. Nectarios, Seattle.

7. Life and Martyrdom of the Holy Glorious New Martyr George of Attalia. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 1-3. Homily by Mar Jacob on St. Stephen, the Archdeacon. Recent Ordinations. Book Review: The Pseudo-Gregorian Dialogues.

8. Nativity Encyclical of Archbishop Auxentios. Nativity and Pastoral Encyclicals of Bishop Ephraim. The Holy Chinese Martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 4. Chronicle on the Pastoral Visit of Archbishop Auxentios. Recent Ordinations. Now Out of Print

9. Lenten Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Pascha Encyclical of Archbishop Auxentios. Paschal and Apostles' Fast Encyclicals of Bishop Ephraim. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Pharisee and the Publican Who Went up to the Temple to Pray. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 5-6. The Consecration of Bishop Makarios. Recent Ordinations.

10. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 7. Abortion: The Continuing Holocaust. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Apostle Paul. The Baptism of the Porter Family.

11. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 8-10. The Consecration of Bishop Gury. The Lives of St. Gury, Bishop of Kazan, and St. Barsanuphy, Bishop of Tver. Homily by Mar Jacob on Samson.

12. Nativity Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Becoming Orthodox: The Sequel. Baptisms and Chrismations in Nashville. Encyclical from Archbishop Auxentios on the Reception of the Faithful in Tennessee. St. John of Kronstadt, ch 11-14. The 1991 Orthodox Conference. St. Boltoph of Boston. Father Nicodemus Gayle Ordained to the Diaconate.

13. Lenten, Paschal, and Pastoral Encyclicals of Bishop Ephraim. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 15- 22. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Ten Virgins in the Gospel. Recent Ordinations.

14. Pastoral Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 23-24. A Progress Report on the Publication in English of Letters of the Russian Imperial Family from Captivity. Homily by Mar Jacob on New Sunday, and on Thomas the Apostle.

15. Nativity Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 25-30. The Historical Setting of the Creed: Councils Before the First Ecumenical Council, and Creeds Before the Nicene Creed. The First Ecumenical Council. The Creed.

16. Paschal Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. St. John Chrysostom's Homily on Holy Pascha. A Visit to Greece for the Feast of Holy Theophany, 1993. Father Eugene Durkee Ordained to the Deaconate. The Repose of Mother Stephania. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 31-35. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Church and Rachel, and on Leah and the Synagogue.

17. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Blessed Virgin Mother of God, Mary. The Plundering of Byzantine North Cyprus. Book Review: A Byzantine Masterpiece Recovered: the Thirteenth- Century Murals of Lysi, Cyprus.

18. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 36-39. Book Review: The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms. Fern-Seed and Elephants.

19. The Holy Hieromartyr Lucian of Antioch. St John of Kronstadt, ch. 40-42. Nativity Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Orthodox Regional Conferences in Toronto and Mt. Holly Springs. Father Paul Kalamaras Ordained to the Deaconate.

20. Bishops and Clergy Meet in Greece for the Feast of Theophany. Lenten Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Homily by Mar Jacob on the Son Who Squandered His Riches. Exodus Itinerary Confirmed by Egyptian Evidence. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 43.

21. Paschal Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. The Hopelessness of Death in the Religious Art of the West, and the Peace and Hope of Orthodox Iconography. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 44-45. Pastoral Encyclical on Freemasonry by Bishops Ephraim and Makarios. Book Review: The Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece. A Five-Year Index of Articles for The True Vine.

22. A Revelation for New Testament Studies: Carsten Thiede's Reappraisal of Papyrus Magdalen Greek 17. (Gregory-Aland P64): A Reappraisal. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 46-47.

23. Nativity Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. Encyclical Concerning the Balamand Statement. Biographical Sketch of Archbishop Auxentios. The Repose of Archbishop Auxentios. St. John of Kronstadt, ch. 48-51. Book Notes.

24. Lenten Encyclical of Bishop Ephraim. On Free Will. The Exorcisms of Sts. Basil the Great and John Chrysostom. The Life of St. Patrick, ch. 1-4.

25. Paschal Encyclical of His Grace, Bishop Ephraim. The Life of Saint Patrick, ch. 5-8. The Hymn of Saint Secundinus and The Lorica, translated by Dr. Ludwig Bieler. Saint John of Kronstadt, ch. 53-54. A Brief Biography of Fr. John Bruk. A Brief Biography of Fr. John Routos.

26. Nativity Encyclical of Metropolitan Ephraim. Hymns in Honor of Saint Panaretus of Cyprus. The Life of our Father Among the Saints Panaretus, Archbishop of Paphos in Cyprus. The Life of Saint Patrick, ch. 9-13. Service to our Father Among the Saints Patrick. A Homily on the Giving of Praise for the Morning and Evening, by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Serugh

27. & 28. (Double Issue) What is an Anathema, by Bishop Theophan the Recluse. The Word Anathema and its Meaning, by Saint John (Maximovich). The Synodicon of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council for Orthodoxy. Declaration and Confession of the True Orthodox Christians. The Synodicon of the Holy Spirit.

29. The Life of Saint John the Russian and New Confessor. Supplicatory Canon to Saint John the Russian. The Bishop Cometh. Abortions and “Constitutional Measurement.” Letter from Grand Duchess Elizabeth.

30. Metropolitan Philaret of Blessed Memory. And His Lot Is Among the Saints: Metropolitan Philaret.

31. The Incomprehensibility of God. The Knowledge of God. The Temptation of Philosophy: Arius, Augustine, and Anselm. On the Witch of Endor: A Letter from our Father Among the Saints, Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, to Bishop Theodosius. Now Out of Print

32. & 33. (Double Issue) What Is Secularism. The Unity and Uniqueness of the Church. Did Saint Cyprian Change the Doctrine of the Church. A Letter on Christian Love and Forbearance. Book Review The Life: The Orthodox Doctrine of Salvation. The Life and Conversation of Our Righteous Father Symeon.

34. On Creation. The Forty-Two Great Martyrs of Amorion. Book Review The Way: What Every Protestant Should Know About the Orthodox Church. Pilgrimage to the Righteous Father Seraphim.

35. & 36. (Double Issue) The Making of a Christian Emperor Saint Constantine the Great. The Filioque: A Reply to the Agreed Statement of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation. Saint Stephen, Bishop of Perm. Book Review: The Truth: What Every Catholic Should Know About the Orthodox Church. Now Out of Print

37. The Life of our Righteous Father David of Euboia. The Resurrection: Our Redemption. Abortion is a Vital Issue.

38. The Righteous Parthenius of Chios. Auntie Maria.

39. The Life and Spiritual Endeavors of our Righteous and God-bearing Father Seraphim of Mount Domvos. Figures of Things Celestial

40. The Life of our Holy Father Athanasius, Confessor, Patriarch of Alexandria. A Commentary on the Ravenna Statement. The Unity of Christ's Ideal.