Das Ziel dieses Buches ist, in den sehr alten orientalischen orthodoxen Kirchen syrischer, armenischer, koptischer und äthiopischer Tradition das Vorhandensein religiöser Bilder verschiedenster Art (Ikonen, Malereien, Buchmalereien)...

The aim of this book is to demonstrate the presence in these very ancient Eastern Churches of religious images of all kinds (icons, paintings, illuminations), including the representation of Christ, together with the veneration (not the...

It is common knowledge that the majority of the population of Eastern Europe belong to the Christian Orthodox tradition. But how many people have an adequate knowledge of the past or even of the present of these Orthodox churches? This...

The history of Orthodox Christians in Australia is that of immigrant communities which, mostly for political and economic reasons, left their countries of origin in Eastern Europe and the Middle East from the nineteenth century. Since...