Welcome to the Holy Cross Orthodox Mission Bookstore

The only Orthodox Christian bookstore in Melbourne's CBD, is conveniently located in the Holy Cross Mission building near Parliament train station.

The Holy Cross Bookstore is primarily a missionary outreach making available quality Orthodox Christian literature in English.

We have a wide range of books and items in the Orthodox Christian tradition: prayer books, spiritual reading, catechism lessons, lives of saints, Bibles and Orthodox theology.  We also have a good selection of books on patristics, monasticism, Church history, liturgy, and Orthodox spirituality, all from an Orthodox perspective. Please click here for our icon catalogue.

Some of our most popular items include:

- Crosses,
- prosphora stamps,
- icons and icon greeting cards,
- prayer ropes and incense

The Mission also produces a series of pamphlets (tracts) and booklets on the Orthodox faith as part of its catechism (instructional) literature. These are available free of charge from the Mission Centre.

The bookstore is open:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, (from 8.00 am to 5.30 pm)
Saturday (from 4.00 pm to 6.30 pm)
and Sunday morning (from 9.00 am to 12:30 pm)

Please come in and browse!

If you would like any more information or have any queries, please email us at books@australianorthodox.org.

Holy Cross Bookstore is unique in the Orthodox world. We are not subsidized by any jurisdiction's seminary, nor do we have enormous resources to publish color catalogues. However, we believe that we offer a well-stocked selection of traditional Orthodox material at reasonable prices. If you can’t visit us in person, email your enquiry. We can also send books and other items anywhere in Australia.