A concise history of liturgical texts of the first four centuries with extensive quotations from documents like the Didache,St. Clement, the Strasbourg Papyrus and many others.

Twelve chapters all contributed by different authors, this is an invaluable anthology with an extremely broad scope, illuminating not only the considerable Arab Orthodox history and contribution in America, but Syriac and Arabic theological thought as well.

The standard text for students of the Byzantine Empire. It shows how Church and State related to each other in all aspects of life.

A systematic account of Church history describes its geographical extension in the fifth to seventh centuries from Ireland to India, Germany to Africa.

Eusebius` Life of Constantine is the most important single record of the emperor who turned the Roman Empire away from persecuting the Church to supporting it. This edition presents the results of the most recently scholarly debate and research into the significance of the writing by the fourth century Bishop of Caesarea.

The journals of the present Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in North America. They reveal a profound love for and willingness to serve the Church.

A survey and interpretation of Church history from an Orthodox perspective.

The first three centuries by a fourth century bishop.

Comprised of two essays, the first demostrates the continuity of Greek language and culture from antiquity to the present day, whilst the second identifies twelve defining elements of Greek culture such as religion, the concept of personhood etc.

An introductory history of the Russian Church in celebration of the 1988 Millennium.

An eloquent exposition of the vitality of the pre-Revolutionary Russian Church in refutation of common misconceptions nurtured by Bolshevism.

This collection of papers presented at a University of Oregon symposium illuminates the meaning of Russian Orthodoxy and its historical influence on the humanities in Russia from the conversion of Rus to the modern day.CANON MICHAEL BOURDEAUX

Based on the author`s first visits to the Soviet Union in the 1960`s. Although now long overtaken by events this book still reveals something of the flame of Faith which continued to burn even in the face of atheistic onslaught.

A history of the Russian Orthodox Church based on published sources, official Sooviet writings, samizdat materials, unpublished biographies and extensive personal interviews with Russian church leaders and emigres.

The seventeenth century saw a period of intense conflict within the Russian Orthodox Church, as under the auspices of Patriarch Nikon liturgical practices were corrected to be brought into line with what was promoted as being those of the contemporary Greek church.

For those interested in theology, Russian studies, and the history of culture this is a panoramic view of one of the largest, most controversial, spiritually profound and deeply suffering of all Christian Churches. Covers nine centuries of history including the post-Communist era.