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The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by a team of leading religious experts, the two-volume En cyclopedia of Eastern Orthodoxy offers the most comprehensive guide to the cultural and intellectual world of Eastern Orthodox Christianity available in English today.
- An outstanding reference work providing the first English language multi-volume account of the key historical, liturgical, doctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy, including the Non-Chalcedonian churches
- Explores of the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy in detail, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, Slavic, Romanian, Syriac churches
- Uniquely comprehensive, it is edited by one of the leading scholars in the field and provides authoritative but accessible articles by a range of top international academics and Orthodox figures
- Spans the period from Late Antiquity to the present, encompassing subjects including history, theology, liturgy, monasticism, sacramentology, canon law, philosophy, folk culture, architecture, archaeology, martyrology, hagiography, all alongside a large and generously detailed prosopography
- Structured alphabetically and topically cross-indexed, with entries ranging from 100 to 6, 000 words
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INDEX
Aachen, Council of
Aaron
Aaronic priesthood
abba
Abbasid dynasty
Abbott, W.
Abdel-Messih, Mar
Abgar of Edessa
Abibos of Nekresi
abortion
Abraham
absolution
abstention, regulations for
Acacian Schism
Acacius of Melitene
accommodationism
Achillas, Bishop
Acolyte (taper bearer)
acrostics
Acts of Martyrs
Acts of Paul and Thecla
Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
Acts of the Apostle Thomas
Acts of the Apostles
Church of Cyprus
common ownership
deacons
Dionysius the Areopagite
Ethiopian eunuch story
Jews and proselytes at Pentecost
post-Pentecost sharing of good news
Adam
cosmic redemption
creation of
Eden
and Eve
judgment
original sin
Paradise
Seth
Adoptionists
Adrian, Emperor
Adrian, Patriarch
Adrianople
Aedesius
Aemilianos, Elder
Aesculapios
Aetius
Afanasiev, Nicholas
aforismos (private excommunication)
Africa, Orthodoxy in
Christian Nubia
Cyprian of Carthage
Ethiopia
Greek Orthodox Church
Lactantius
languages
Roman colonies in North
St. Augustine and Donatists
Tertullian
Agapia Orthodox meeting
Agatho, Pope
Agathon
Agaw people
Agripinnus
Ahtisaari Plan
Akakios, Patriarch
Akathistos
akriveia (exactness)
Al Aksa mosque
Aksum
Aksumite Empire
Akyndinos
Alaska
Albania
Byzantine influences
communist state
diaspora
Muslims
post-Tito
Serbian tensions
Albania, Orthodox Church of
Archbishop Anastasios
Greek Phanariat
Moscow Patriarchate
SCOBA
in USA
Albigensians of France
Aleksei, priest
Aleksei Mikhailovich, Tsar
Aleksii, Metropolitan
Aleksii II, Patriarch
Aleut alphabet
Alexander, Fr. see Men, Alexander
Alexander, martyr of Georgia
Alexander, Metropolitan of Estonia
Alexander (Kudryashov), Metropolitan
Alexander II, Coptic Patriarch
Alexander I, Tsar
Alexander II, Tsar
Alexander III, Tsar
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander the Great
Alexandra of Hesse
Alexandria, city of
and Antioch
Egyptian quarter
Great Library
Jews in
Monophysite clergy
multiculturalism
Orthodox C...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Brief Contents
- List of Entries
- List of Illustrations
- Editors and Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Maps
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Appendix: Foundational Documents of Orthodox Theology
- Index