The Church Year and Kalendar

The Church Year and Kalendar
Author: John Dowden
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2022-06-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This book examines the history and development of the church calendar and the many annual religious festivals. It explores the martyrs and saints and the relationship between Christianity and the pagan religion. The author discusses the difference between celebrations that sprung up naturally and those added by the church's decision.

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Author: John Anthony McGuckin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 2234
Release: 2010-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1444392549

With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by a team of leading religious experts, the two-volume Encyclopedia 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