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For further information on Blackwell Publishing, visit our website: www.blackwellpublishing.com In Memoriam My mother Joan Parry (1920–2005) an inspiration to all who knew her and David Melling (1943–2004) philosopher, liturgist, and generous friend Contents List of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xi Preface xv 1 Arab Christianity 1 David Thomas 2 Armenian Christianity 23 Vrej Nerses Nersessian 3 Bulgarian Christianity 47 Ivan Zhelev Dimitrov 4 Byzantine Christianity 73 Hannah Hunt 5 Coptic Christianity 94 Janet A. Timbie 6 Ethiopian Christianity 117 David Appleyard 7 Georgian Christianity 137 Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. 8 Greek Christianity after 1453 156 Vrasidas Karalis 9 Romanian Christianity 186 Mircea Pacurariu 10 Russian Christianity 207 Basil Lourié viii CONTENTS 11 Serbian Christianity 231 Radmila Radic´ 12 Syriac Christianity 249 Heleen Murre-van den Berg 13 Eastern Christianity in the United States 269 Thomas FitzGerald 14 Eastern Christianity in China 280 Jeremias Norman 15 Eastern Catholic Christianity 291 Peter Galadza 16 Eastern Christian Liturgical Traditions: Eastern Orthodox 319 Graham Woolfenden 17 Eastern Christian Liturgical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox 339 Bryan D. Spinks 18 Eastern Christian Iconographic and Architectural Traditions: Eastern Orthodox 368 Alexander Grishin 19 Eastern Christian Iconographic and Architectural Traditions: Oriental Orthodox 388 Lucy-Anne Hunt 20 Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Eastern Orthodox 420 Dimitri Brady 21 Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Syriac Hagiography 439 Eva Synek 22 Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Coptic Hagiography 450 Youhanna Nessim Youssef 23 Eastern Christian Hagiographical Traditions: Oriental Orthodox: Armenian Hagiography 458 Vrej Nerses Nersessian 24 Sociology and Eastern Orthodoxy 462 Peter McMylor and Maria Vorozhishcheva Index 480 Illustrations Plates illustrating chapters 18 and 19 are collected between pages 384 and 385 18.1 Church of St Symeon the Stylite, Qal’at Sim’an, Syria, c.476–90. Exterior view from the north-east. 18.2 Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532–7. Exterior view from the south. 18.3 Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532–7. Interior view facing apse. 18.4 Deesis, mosaic, c.1261. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, south gallery. 18.5 Emperor Justinian, chancel mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna, c.546–7. Detail of larger panel of Emperor Justinian with Bishop Maximian, clergy, courtiers and soldiers. 18.6 Christ Pantocrator, encaustic icon, sixth century. Monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai. 18.7 Apsidal cross, mosaic. Hagia Eirene, Constantinople, c.753. 18.8 Theotokos and Child, apsidal mosaic, 967. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople. 18.9 Monastery of Daphni, katholikon, near Athens, Greece, c.1100. Exterior view from north-east. 18.10 Pantocrator, dome mosaic. Daphni katholikon, c.1100. 18.11 Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Greece, late tenth and early eleventh centuries. Exterior view from the east. 18.12 Nativity of Christ, fresco. Karanlik Kilise, Göreme Valley, Cappadocia, c.1060s. 18.13 Threnos (Lamentation), fresco. Nerezi, Macedonia, 1164. 18.14 Crucifi xion, fresco. Katholikon of the Monastery of the Virgin, Studenica, Serbia, 1209. 18.15 Anastasis, aspidal fresco. Parekklesion, Chora Monastery, Constantinople, c.1315–21.