Orthodox & Oriental Churches books

This important volume remains a valuable aid to scholars seeking a basic knowledge of Eastern Orthodox rites. A...  Read More >>

Explores the role that Russia's ancient Christian faith has played in the fall of Soviet Communism and in the rise...  Read More >>

This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. The volume constitutes a fascicle of The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob...  Read More >>

Recognized as a saint by Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians alike, Jacob of Sarug (d 521) produced many...  Read More >>

Located north of Mosul, St. Matthew’s Monastery—commonly known as Dayr Sheikh Matti—is perhaps the most ancient...  Read More >>

Let Us Attend is a collection of short reflections on the Scripture readings from the Gospel of Mark that are read...  Read More >>

A Light to the Gentiles is a collection of pastoral reflections on the Scripture readings from the Gospel of Luke...  Read More >>

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St. Didymas the Blind is one of the most famous Coptic theologians of the early Church, while he is famously regarded...  Read More >>

The Maronite Library of Aleppo is one of the most important private collections of manuscripts in the Syrian Arab...  Read More >>

In this work, Boethius discusses the question of the eternity of the world, whether it is a permanent fixture, and...  Read More >>

This edition of Mar Jacob of Sarug's (d. The volume constitutes a fascicle of The Metrical Homilies of Mar Jacob...  Read More >>

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Western European Christendom finds it difficult to comprehend the Eastern Orthodox Church because it knows little...  Read More >>

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The text of the Vita Ansgarii, also known as the 'Life of St. Ansgar', is the hagiography work relating to his life...  Read More >>

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This collection of essays explores the loss of autonomy and unification within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and...  Read More >>

This study examines the sixth century formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the separation of...  Read More >>

A biography of Severus, the patriarch of Antioch from 512 to 518 AD, that gives information about life in the Mediterranean...  Read More >>

The Armenian Gospel of the Infancy is a sixth-century document, translated from an older Syriac version that no...  Read More >>

The Copts, or Egyptian Christians, are a relatively small and tight-knit ethno-religious group, numbering perhaps...  Read More >>

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Orthodoxy is meant to be a companion to Heretics, and to put the positive side in addition to the negative. Many...  Read More >>

Johannes Chrysostomos ist über Jahrhunderte und bis heute in erstaunlicher Weise ""Projektionsfläche"" unterschiedlicher...  Read More >>