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

With a combination of essay-length and short entries written by ateam of leading religious experts, the two-volumeEncyclopedia of Eastern Orthodoxy offers the mostcomprehensive guide to the cultural and intellectual world ofEastern Orthodox Christianity available in English today.* An outstanding reference work providing the first Englishlanguage multi-volume account of the key historical, liturgicaldoctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy, including theNon-Chalcedonian churches* Explores of the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy indetail, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, EthiopicSlavic, Romanian, Syriac churches* Uniquely comprehensive, it is edited by one of the leadingscholars in the field and provides authoritative but accessiblearticles by a range of top international academics and Orthodoxfigures* Spans the period from Late Antiquity to the presentencompassing subjects including history, theology, liturgymonasticism, sacramentology, canon law, philosophy, folk culturearchitecture, archaeology, martyrology, hagiography, all alongsidea large and generously detailed prosopography* Structured alphabetically and topically cross-indexed, withentries ranging from 100 to 6,000 words