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Orthodox Afterlife[short]Author: John Habib, Pages: 400[ short][long] 15 years in the making, and after incorporating the guidance of several Orthodox scholars and theologians, this book gathers together a plethora of afterlife experiences of Orthodox Christians from all over the world, spanning 2,000 years of Christian history. The reader is taken on a journey from the moment of death to crossing over into the next existence, witnessing the afterlife through the eyes
[short]Author: John Habib, Pages: 400[/short][long]
15 years in the making, and after incorporating the guidance of several Orthodox scholars and theologians, this book gathers together a plethora of afterlife experiences of Orthodox Christians from all over the world, spanning 2,000 years of Christian history. The reader is taken on a journey from the moment of death to crossing over into the next existence, witnessing the afterlife through the eyes of others who beheld it and were able to tell us their stories. Each aspect of the afterlife presented in the book is grounded first on the Holy Bible, and then an array of early Christian writings is presented to provide a foundation upon which the reader may understand the experiences presented.
The remarkable feature of this book, as one endorser put it, is that all the experiences "are remarkably consistent.... Far from speculative—they suggest an underlying and almost overwhelming unity with both Scripture and the Church Fathers."
The entire endeavor began when John Habib was in college and living a very worldly life. After being confronted with an Egyptian monk's afterlife story, his life was turned around and he then returned to the faith of his youth. From there, John continued to seek out what Orthodox Christianity really has to say about what happens after we die.
This book delves into a treasure trove of Orthodox history to seek out answers to questions such as the following (and much more):
- What is death and what does it feel like to die?
- What will our spirits look like?
- What will we see immediately after death?
- What is the experience after death? Is it a journey, or do we directly find ourselves in some other place?
- What is Hades like? Is it really a fiery torment? Is everyone punished the same?
- What is Paradise like? How does it look? What does it feel like being there?
- What happens to infants after they die?
- Will we see God in heaven? Will we see the Father? The Son? The Holy Spirit?
- What will we do in the afterlife? Will it be enjoyable?
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Great read
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A well written book that makes for a great conversation piece
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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2026
★★★★★ 5
You just got to have it in your collection.
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The smell of ink and paper from a brand new book is always worth it. This is the kind of book most would recommend taking to the park on a day off. It came fast and im happy with it.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2026
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Wonderful book. Great presentation you should absolutely buy and read this work!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2026
★★★★★ 5
A timeless guide to spiritual perfection
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A classic book on spiritual perfection and how to achieve it. The metaphors may be set in the past, but there is enough commonality with the present that this generation can still understand what this great Saint is communicating. He only makes one mistake: Spiritual perfection is not a possibility only for monks; lay people can achieve it as well. This is a book that all can profit from, whether one is just beginning to climb or is near the top.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2025
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An Eritrean Oriental Orthodox Tewahedo Nun's Comments
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For 28 years I served (with a lowercase "s" ) alongside my Eastern Orthodox husband/Archpriest, who reposed in 2018. Now as a Tewahedo Hermitess, with access to the world rather than strict enclosure inside the monastery, little father John Climacus' book serves as a helpful reference guide to me to determine how Eastern (communion) coenobitic monks during post-Chalcedonian Schizm tried to refine and perfect the more ancient Syriac strivings of stages of spiritual perfection started first by the "Sons and Daughters of the Covenant" transformed into a "narrow path to salvation" inside tonsured communities. While we do not use little father John's book as a key "focal point" in our Oriental Churches, it is important to preserve this copy - true to its original content - like all watershed moments in Orthodox Church History, and investigate if there are living parallels of little Father John's system used by Oriental monasteries, written by their respective Hegumens, within the same relevant time period. I am guessing there are probably so, because what Christ truly teaches and inspires, He never usually leaves to one person alone. "Where 2 or 3 are gathered together in My Name, there Am I in the midst of them" is the Peace of the Apostolic covenant of Christ, among the Churches founded by His 12 Apostles - a Peace and a symmetry that still can be found despite the heartbreaking misinformation, bias, and (in some spots of the world) bitter kernels of monastically - engendered hatred towards reunification of Eastern and Oriental communities into one, whole, functional and understood Church. He who has ears, let him hear (and examine)!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2025
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