History
of the Orthodox Church
1. THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH
The Church as a Eucharistic Community | The First Persecutions and Martyrs
The
Councils as the Manifestation of the Church Unity
2. THE CHURCH OF THE ECUMENICAL
COUNCILS (323-843)
The Establishment of the Imperial Church | Fighting against the heresies
1. Nicaea - The Defeat of Arianism |
2. Constantinople - The Teaching upon the Holy Spirit
3. Ephesus - The Victory over Nestorianism
4. Chalcedon - The Triumph of the Orthodox Christology
5 & 6. Constantinople - Chalcedon Confirmed - The Victory
over Monotheletism
The Dispute over the Holy Icons
7. Nicea - The Victory of the Iconophiles and the Final Triumph
of Orthodoxy
3. THE CHURCH OF IMPERIAL BYZANTIUM
Byzantine Christianity about AD 1000 | Relations between Church and state
The Development of Monasticism
Relations with the West | The Crusades | The Mongol invasion
Attempts at ecclesiastical union
Relations with the Western Church | Theological and monastic renaissance
4. ORTHODOXY UNDER THE OTTOMANS (1453-1821)
The Christian ghetto | Relations with the West
5. THE CHURCH OF RUSSIA (1448-1800)
Origin of the Muscovite patriarchate | Relations between patriarch and tsar
The reforms of Peter the Great (reigned 1682-1725)
6. THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Autocephalies in the Balkans | In Greece | In Serbia | In Romania | In Bulgaria
The
church in imperial Russia
7. THE ORTHODOX CHURCH SINCE WORLD WAR I
The Russian Revolution and the Soviet period
The Balkans and eastern Europe
The Orthodox Church in the Middle East | Orthodoxy in the United States
The Orthodox diaspora and missions
Resurrection of Orthodox Christianity in Russia
after 80 years of atheism and pogroms
is one of the strongests indicators of the Orthodox vitality of faith
(photo gilded domes of Moscow, year 2001)
 A few useful links to start further
research:
Ancient
Church Historiography
THE
LIBRARY OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN TEXTS
BY BISHOP ALEXANDER MILEANT
Dozens of valuable texts on Orthodox faith and life, Holy Scripture,
Sacraments, texts by Holy Fathers, Lives of Saints, History of the
church etc.
MYRIOBYBLOS
- THE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
OF THE CHURCH OF GREECE
Patristic and theological texts in
Greek and English
ORTHODOX
CHRISTIAN TEXTS FROM ROMANITY.ORG LIBRARY
Writings by John Romanides, Rt.Rev
Jerotheos Vlachos, George Florovsky, George Metallinos
Eusebius
Pamphlius of Caesarea: Church History (260-340)[Covers church history
from beginning to Constantine I]
Socrates Scholasticus: Ecclesiastical History (Lived. c.
379-440)[Covers 305-446 CE]
Sozomen Hermias: Ecclesiastical History (5th Century) [Covers 324-440 CE]
Sulpitius Severus: Sacred History
Theodoret
of Cyrrhus: Ecclesiastical History (d.c. 457)
1.
Byzantine Medieval Web Links - a
wonderful collection of links. The Site offers almost everything about
the Byzantine Empire, its Art, Church and Society.
2.
Medieval Sourcebook - great number
of Web Sites offering answer to everything about the Middle Ages.
3. St. Pachomius Library Global Index
- an immense collection of spiritual texts
4.
ORB Reference Book for Medieval Studies - a multitude of useful information
5.
New Advent Supersite - an impressive
collection of patristic texts
6. Church Fathers Database - Explore
the works of the Holy Fathers, Search Engine
7.
Argos Ancient World Search Engine
- A powerful search engine with a host of interesting links.
Even more links you can find on our ORTHODOX LINKS
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Introductory
surveys of the history and doctrines of Eastern Orthodoxy may be found
in ERNST BENZ, The Eastern Orthodox Church, Its Thought and Life (1963;
originally published in German, 1957); TIMOTHY WARE (KALLISTOS WARE),
The Orthodox Church (1963, reprinted with revisions, 1984); JOHN MEYENDORFF,
The Orthodox Church: Its Past and Its Role in the World Today, 3rd rev.
ed. (1981; originally published in French, 1960), with special attention
given to 19th- and 20th-century history; and DEMETRIOS J. CONSTANTELOS,
Understanding the Greek Orthodox Church: Its Faith, History, and Practice
(1982).
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