SJKP Books Safe Reading List May 2026

sjkp.org
https://orthodoxbooks.com

   All these non-service books listed below and sold by neo-SJKP are safe to read.     Books you want to own have a star*
   Books not listed I don't know enough about to say one way or the other.  Some books, like the catechism of St. Philaret of Moscow, I can't tell who published it or know if there is some world-orthodox preface/introduction included.  Neo-SJKP does not provide complete information.  Some books I would recommend are currently sold out, and so not listed here. 

For better descriptions of older publications, download the 2007 catalogue.
https://app.box.com/s/jf7v6iw9rknqclddmc30833cimms9p1h
But do not try to order from this old catalog. 


Here are Joanna's picks from neo-SJKP on May 2026:

Lives of Saints
Great Synaxaristes (14 volumes)*
Slain for Their Faith
Northern Thebaid
Elder Anatole Optina
Elder Sebastain
Eldress Evdokia
Elder Nikon Optina

Writings Holy Fathers
Commentary Gospels, by Abp. Averky*
Psalm 118 Commentary, by St. Theophan Recluse*
First-Created Man, by St. Symeon New Theologion*
Orthodox Veneration of Mother of God, by St. John S&SF*
Orthodox Dogmatic Theology, by Fr. Michael Pomazansky*
Soul After Death, by Fr. Seraphim Rose*
Struggle for Virtue, by Archbishop Averky*
Threshold, St. Ignatius Brianchaninov*
The Field, St. Ignatius Brianchaninov*
The Refuge,  St. Ignatius Brianchaninov*
Genesis, Creation, Early Man (2nd edition)  

     https://genesiscreationandearlyman.blogspot.com


Modern 
Letters From a Convert (bundle overpriced)
    order book individually https://orthodoxbooks.com/products/letters-from-a-convert
Julian Calendar (bundle pamplets overpriced) 
Antichrist (bundle pamphlets overpriced)
      https://orthodoxbooks.com/collections/complete-sets/products/apostasy-and-antichrist
Nihilism, by Eugene Rose (notes compiled before his baptism)
Restoration of Orthodox Way of Life, by Abp. Andrew (Rymarenko) pamphlet
Chosen for His People, biography serialized in OL magazines
Sacramental Life, by Fr. Gregory Williams (pamphlet)

Teenagers
Trace in the Sand
Purple Mantle 

POISONED
Glorified in America includes pseudo-elder Ephraim Moraitis
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives , by neo-elder with dreamy smiley face
Thomas Hopko heretic world orthodox ecumenist
do not trust any "elder" who died after 1900
reject anything translated by Nathan Williams — he has less than no discernment
Law of God (Fr. Seraphim Slobosky is a Christian-evolutionist)