Prayer Book of the Early Christians - Paperback

by John A. McGuckin (Author)

Designed for any 21st-century Christian, this prayer book gathers prayers and rituals from the ancient Church (especially early Greek Christianity), re-presenting them for the use of Christians at home, in small prayer groups, cohorts, and house churches. It offers a structure of prayer offices and blessing rituals for all times of day and year, and articulates many religious needs including bereavement, house blessing, praise, worry, gratitude, and thanksgiving.

Author Biography

John A. McGuckin is an Orthodox Christian scholar, priest, and poet. He is the Nielsen Professor in Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary, professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University, a Stavrophore priest of the Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Romania) who came to New York from England in 1997, and the author of many books.