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Orthodox Church History

The history of Orthodox Christianity throughout the world from religious and secular writers. Because we regularly look for new books to add, the lists are not alphabetical but are in order of listing (i.e.new books are added to the top of the list/category). This makes it easy to see what has been listed since you last visited. Brief explanations are furnished for selected titles only.


America
Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Churches
Orthodox Christians in North America 1794-1994
New Frontiers Orthodox Christian Church Through the Ages Volume II

General Orthodox Church History
The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Ecumenical Councils (SVS)
Formation And Struggles: The Church Ad 33-450: the Birth of the Church Ad 33-200 (The Church in History) (SVS)
Formation And Struggles: The Church Ad 33-450: the Birth of the Church Ad 33-200 (The Church in History) (SVS Vol 1)
Imperial Unity And Christian Divisions: The Church from 450-680 A.D. (Church in History, Vol 2) (SVS Vol 2)
Greek East And Latin West: The Church AD 681-1071 (The Church in History) (SVS Vol 3)
The Christian East and the Rise of the Papacy: The Church 1071-1453 A.D (Church History, Vol 4) (SVS Vol 4)
Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries
Eastern Christianity and the Cold War, 1945-91 (Routledge Studies in the History of Russian and Eastern Europe)
Eusebius: The Church History
Ottoman Centuries (shows the impact of the Turks on captive Orthodox peoples)

Greece
The Rise of Bogomilism and Its Penetration into Constantinople Tasting Heaven on Earth: Worship in Sixth-Century Constantinople (Church at Worship: Case Studies from Christian History) A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey
Imagining Mount Athos: Visions of a Holy Place, from Homer to World War II
The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence
Byzantium: The Early Centuries
The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence
A Short History of Byzantium

Middle East
In the Steps of Jesus: An Illustrated Guide to the Places of the Holy Land
Holy Fire: The Miracle of Holy Saturday At the Tomb of Christ (45 historical accounts from 9th to 16th century)
The Desert a City: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestian Monasticism Under the Christian Empire

Russia
Holy Foolishness in Russia: New Perspectives Orthodox Russia in Crisis: Church and Nation in the Time of Troubles Christ after Communism: Spiritual Authority and Its Transmission in Moscow Today
Russians and Their Church, The
The Orthodox Church in the History of Russia
For Prophet and Tsar: Islam and Empire in Russia and Central Asia
His Kingdom Come: Orthodox Pastorship and Social Activism in Revolutionary Russia
Holy Fathers, Secular Sons: Clergy, Intelligentsia, and the Modern Self in Revolutionary Russia
Old Believers in a Changing World
The Heart of Russia: Trinity-Sergius, Monasticism, and Society after 1825 (A Woodrow Wilson Center Book)
Spiritual Elders: Charisma and Tradition in Russian Orthodoxy
The History of Russian Christianity Volume 1: From the Earliest Years Through Tsar Ivan IV
A History of Russian Christianity, Vol 2. The Patriarchal Age, Peter, the Synodal System
A History of Russian Christianity, Vol. III: The Synodal Era and the Sectarians 1725 to 1894,br> A History of Russian Christianity: Tsar Nicholas II to Gorbachev's Edict on the Freedom of Conscience
Christ after Communism: Spiritual Authority and Its Transmission in Moscow Today
A Long Walk To Church: A Contemporary History Of Russian Orthodoxy Second Edition
The Russians and Their Church

Serbia
Mystery and Meaning of the Battle of Kosovo (St. Nikolai Verimilivich)
History of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Nation

Western Europe
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin Classics)