I. VIDEOS
(OVERVIEW)
There are four categories of FIREBIRD Videos:
I. VIDEOS IN ENGLISH |
Contains 31 videos of very different subjects.
II. DIVINE SERVICES IN RUSSIA |
Contains 7 videos, including 5 double-video sets.
III. PERFORMANCES IN RUSSIA |
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Contains 1 inaugural video. |
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IV. VIDEOS IN RUSSIAN |
Contains 31 videos made in Russia about different aspects of the life of the Orthodox Church in Russia.
(Use the drop-down menus for links to the separate pages for detailed information about each item.)
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIDEOS:
All of the FIREBIRD videos and DVD's are packaged in hard white or black plastic boxes with attractive, slip-in, colored covers, with an icon or photo on the front, and with extensive explanatory notes on the back.
Orders are normally shipped (via the US Post Office) as soon as possible after the order is received, (except for Sunday and holidays/feast days). The items are always packaged very carefully so that your order will be received in perfect condition.
We are sure you will be pleased with these distinctive and unusual videos, and will find them valuable in many ways. They are ideal for:
gifts for any occasion; |
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church, school and public video libraries; |
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to show at various seminars, meetings and other gatherings; |
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many types of church, school, library, museum and civic educational uses; |
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Lenten programs; |
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the homebound; |
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prison ministries; |
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nursing homes and homes for the aged; |
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and for personal enrichment. |
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I. VIDEOS in English
(Overview)
- For more detailed descriptions and pictures of each item, click the hyperlink titles below, or use the drop-down menus.
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VE-1. LIFE OF ST INNOCENT OF ALASKA, 2-video set | |
"Lives of Orthodox Saints" Video Series #1 | |
We guarantee you will LOVE this video set, the first in a fascinating, pioneering new series. This is FIREBIRD'S masterpiece. The video shows live footage of where our Apostle to America lived and worked. Combines exterior life events with interior life, based mostly on the saint’s own writings. Uses 4 voices as narrators, commentator, the "voice of St. Innocent," and the voices of a few other persons. Makes the saint "come alive," and his holiness accessible. Ideal for any educational use, conferences & seminars, Lenten programs and family/personal enrichment. Belongs in every parish library. | |
2-video set. TIME: 64 mins. ISBN 1-881211-56-8 PRICE: $34.95 |
VE-2. ORTHODOXY IN ALASKA: Hierarchal Divine Liturgy in Anchorage, St. Innocent Cathedral, Anchorage, AK, June 28, 1998, with His Grace, Bishop INNOCENT; [The World of Orthodoxy in Alaska Video Series, Vol. 1] | |
In addition to providing a glimpse of Orthodoxy in Alaska, which demonstrates the continuing legacy of St. Herman and St. Innocent of Alaska, this exquisite video is perfect for anyone who cannot participate in the Divine Liturgy in person. The way in which Bishop INNOCENT serves is overwhelming! Superb sermon. Magnificent icons. | |
TIME: 2 hrs. ISBN 1-881211-52-5 PRICE: $24.95 |
VE-3. PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY RUSSIA, Part 1[Pilgrimages to Holy Places Video Series, Vol. 1]. | |
See the churches and monasteries where the relics of popular saints are located, while hearing about the saints' lives. Also includes the rebuilding of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral and Iveron Chapel, witnesses to the resurrection of the Faith in Russia. | |
TIME: 30 mins. ISBN 1-881211-30-4 PRICE: $24.95 |
VE-4. KURSK-KORENNAYA ICON FEAST-DAY CELEBRATION, Kursk, Russia, June 18, 1993. | |
Shows highlights of an all-day pilgrimage in the Russian countryside, showing current rebuilding of churches and monasteries, and the vitality of the Faith in Russia today today. Excellent educational tool. | |
TIME: 1 hr. ISBN 1-881211-20-7 | |
REG. PRICE: $29.95 SALE PRICE: 24.95 |
VE-5. RUSSIA: BEAUTIFUL and FAITHFUL | |
Emphasizes the beauty of Orthodox wooden and masonry church architecture. Includes: rare footage of the newly re-opened Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in Zadonsk; extensive interior and exterior views of a little-known, magnificent rural cathedral, built by the same architect who designed Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow; and the gorgeous Bishop's cathedral in Kursk, constructed by the parents of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Beautiful music track. | |
TIME: 43 mins. ISBN 1-881211-51-7 PRICE: $24.95 |
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VE-6. UNDER THE PROTECTION OF GRACE: The 1,000 History of the Orthodox Church in Russia | |
A broad and well-crafted history of Orthodoxy in Russia, in which countless aspects of the contemporary experience of the Orthodox Faith in the lives of the people is intertwined with many facets of the historical experience that continues to live today. A Russian production. | |
TIME: 2 hrs. ISBN 1-881211-28-2 | |
REG. PRICE: $34.95 SALE PRICE: 24.95 |
VE-7. THE TRINITY-ST. SERGIUS LAVRA MONASTERY: | |
Its History and Life Today, Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk), Russia | |
Portrays of the founding, history, architecture, relics, holy sites and current life of the most significant and influential monastery-seminary/academy in Russia. A Russian production. | |
TIME: 51 mins. ISBN 1-881211-25-8 | |
REG. PRICE: $29.95 SALE PRICE: 24.95 |
VE-8. MOSCOW: Pages of History
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VE-9. THE SPIRIT OF ST. PETERSBURG
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VE-10. HOW TO MAKE AN ORTHODOX PRAYER ROPE | |
Everything you need to know in order to make prayer ropes: materials, lengths, colors, knots, crosses, tassel; as learned at the Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, Michigan. | |
TIME: 2 hrs. ISBN 1-881211-26-6 PRICE: $19.95 |
VE-11. HOW TO MAKE ORTHODOX PROSFORA | |
This is a totally new, excellently-crafted, all-digital production. The chief Prosfora-maker of Dormition Monastery (Rives Junction, Michigan) demonstrates exclusively for this instructional video all the techniques of how to make Prosfora. Both the Greek and the Russian styles are shown. A short Proskomedia at the end shows how the Prosfora is used. This video has the blessing of the monastery's abbess, V. Rev. Mother Gabriella. | |
TIME: 1½ hours ISBN 1-881211-61-4 PRICE: $19.95 |
VE-12. HOLY DORMITION MONASTERY FEAST DAY PILGRIMAGE, Rives Junction, Michigan, USA, August 15, 1993; With His Grace, Bishop NATHANIEL. | |
Includes: Introduction: The Life of the Monastery (26 mins.); Vigil of the Feast & Procession with the Shroud (19 mins.); Hierarchal Divine Liturgy with Bishop NATHANIEL (77 mins.) | |
TIME: 2 hrs. ISBN 1-881211-23-1 | |
REG. PRICE: $24.95 SALE PRICE: 19.95 |
VE-13. ORTHODOXY SUNDAY: Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers, Detroit, Michigan, 1992. | |
The complete service. With 21 priests of many ethnic jurisdictions. Includes a 5-minute introduction that concisely explains the meaning of icons and Orthodoxy Sunday. Excellent, large pan-Orthodox choir. 3-camera production. | |
TIME: 1 hr. ISBN 1-881211-00-2 PRICE: $19.95 |
VE-14. The Historical Background of the Contemporary Situation of the Orthodox Church in Yugoslavia. A Lecture by Metropolitan CHRISTOPHER, Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North America | |
Presented at the last Eastern Orthodox Catechetical Conference in Detroit, Michigan, in August 1992. A very different perspective from what the American media presents. | |
TIME: 2 hrs. ISBN 1-881211-06-1 PRICE: $14.95 |
VE-15. The Mission and Challenges of the Orthodox Church - in Romania and America, Past and Present. A Lecture by Bishop NATHANIEL, Head of the OCA Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America | |
Presented at the last Eastern Orthodox Catechetical Conference in Detroit, Michigan, in August 1992. | |
TIME: 2 hrs. ISBN 1-881211-05-3 PRICE: $14.95 |
VE-16. ASCENT TO HEAVEN: A Pilgrimage to the Bethlehem Cave in the Georgian Caucasus | |
Encounter the vitality of Georgian Orthodoxy in this excellently-crafted program that chronicles the breathtaking ascent to the Bethlehem Cave at the top of Mt. Kazbek in the Caucasus Mountains in the Republic of Georgia. Led by the affable and charismatic Bishop Nicoloz of Bodbe, this pilgrimage of men and women to the highest known Orthodox church in the world was organized to celebrate the 2000th anniversary of Christ's Nativity. Includes beautiful mountain scenery of Georgia, excerpts of the Divine Liturgy served on top of the world, and Bishop Nocoloz (speaking in excellent English) about different aspects of the mountain-climbing pilgrimage. Professionally videotaped and produced by Americans. | |
TIME: 30 mins. 2000 PRICE: $16.95
N.B. Our 2004 catalog lists this video as "discontinued." In May 2004 we were able to obtain more copies from the producer, and so it is no longer discontinued. |
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VE-17. WHAT IS THE PROSKOMEDIA? | |
Briefly explains what the Proskomedia (pros-ko-meed-dee-ya) is, and then shows a complete Proskomedia. The Proskomedia is the Liturgy of Oblation, or Preparation of the Bread (Prosfora) and wine, that is done at the beginning of every Divine Liturgy, prior to the public part of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, and is done in the Sanctuary. Therefore very few people have ever seen a Proskomedia. This video enables people to see this beautiful and meaningful part of the Divine Liturgy. It is excerpted from the end of our HOW TO MAKE ORTHODOX PROSFORA video, for convenience of use. It is ideal for parish educational and Lenten programs, and fills a very important educational need. | |
TIME: 25 mins. 2002 ISBN 1-881211-91-6 PRICE: $9.95 | |
VE-18. ROMANOVS: Life of Grand Duchess ST. ELIZABETH Fedorovna | |
Our English voice-over version of the original Russian production, which has been one of our most popular videos. An account of the life and martyrdom of the sister-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II, seen through Russian eyes. Uses considerable archival photos and film footage. Very inspiring. | |
TIME: 1 hr. ISBN 1-881211-82-7 PRICE: $24.95 |
VE-19. The Great Church of Russia: | |
CHRIST THE SAVIOR CATHEDRAL, MOSCOW | |
Its Construction, Destruction & Reconstruction; 1813, 1931, 1997 | |
Our English voice-over version of the original Russian production makes this excellent video accessible to all. See how the first Christ the Savior Cathedral came to be built, why and how it was destroyed, and the full process of its reconstruction to its original appearance. Many scenes of its present appearance and excerpts of the consecration of different parts of the enormous complex are shown. | |
TIME: 1 hr. ISBN 1-881211-83-5 PRICE: $24.95 | |
VE-20. ST. ANDREI RUBLEV MUSEUM OF ICONS | |
at the Savior-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow | |
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TIME: 18 mins. ISBN 1-881211-85-1 PRICE: $14.95 | |
VE-21. SPECULATION IN PAINT | |
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VE-22. ANCIENT RUSSIAN ICONS | |
English voice-over version of a Russian production.
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VE-23. ORTHODOX ST. PETERSBURG | |
English voice-over version of a Russian production.Depicts the interiors and exteriors of 11 of St. Petersburg's most famous churches. Includes excerpts of Divine Services. | |
TIME: 30 mins ISBN 1-881211-87-8 PRICE: $19.95 | |
VE-24. PSKOV MEN'S MONASTERY OF THE CAVES | |
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TIME: 20 mins ISBN 1-881211-88-6 PRICE: $19.95 | |
VE-25. ENTRANCE-OYATSKAYA WOMEN'S MONASTERY | |
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TIME: 30 mins ISBN 1-881211-89-4 PRICE: $19.95 | |
VE-26. ST. XENIA: HER TOMB & SMOLENSK CHURCH | |
at the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery, St. Petersburg | |
English voice-over version of a Russian production. | |
TIME: 10 mins ISBN 1-881211-86-X PRICE: $9.95 | |
VE-27. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU:
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VE-29. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: BANQUET | |
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VE-31. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: HIGHLIGHTS | |
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