A biography of the Orthodox priest Vladimir Rodzianko, following his career as emigre priest, Russian-language broadcaster for the BBC and bishop in America. There also emerges the story of the Russian Orthodox Church under the communist regime, from the 1917 Revolution to the glasnost era.
The Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity. The Orthodox Church is a fellowship of independent churches, which split form the Roman Church over the question of papal supremacy in 1054. This book explains the basic principles of Orthodox Christianity and describes the holidays observed by the Orthodox Church.
This work explores all the important themes of the Copts from the earliest moments of Christian history to the present day, achieving a balance between a critical re-examination of Coptic history and research. It contains small biographies to show the Coptic experience as it is lived.
Old Believers or old Ritualists aim to preserve the oldest elements of Slavic Christianity as they existed in Russia before the schism of the Russian Orthodox Church and its reformation. This is a study of Old Believers in Russia and abroad, and their encounter with the Finno-Ugric peoples.
This study provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis from the decline of the Roman Empire, giving an account of the Dark Age economy, society and politics, and the Byzantine response to Christianity. It finishes with a discussion of the successful defence of Asia Minor.
Written between the 4th and 15th centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition, the texts published in 1782 as The Philokalia were later translated into Slavonic and then Russian. This third of four volumes contains works dating mainly from the 11th and 12th centuries.
Presents an introduction to Orthodox Church. This guide describes the key concepts, beliefs and practices.
This Companion focuses on the way Orthodox theological tradition is understood and lived today.