Schmemann, The first Christianization of the Slavs
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Alexander Schmemann, A History of the Orthodox Church – At the end of the seventh century came a new invasion from a Turkic people, the Bulgars, who asserted their authority in provinces settled by Slavs and began a struggle against the empire that lasted many years. As occurred later with ::More
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Schmemann, Orthodoxy is the Church of Byzantium
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From Alexander Schmemann, A History of the Orthodox Church Byzantium can in no way be considered merely a completed and outlived chapter of Church history. Not only does it continue to live in the Orthodox Church, but in a sense still defines Orthodoxy itself, constituting its historical form. ::More
Schmemann, Life of the early Church
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From Alexander Schmemann, A History of the Orthodox Church For the early Church, unity in love was the ultimate value; it was the supreme purpose of life that Christ Himself had revealed to men. … This unity was demonstrated above all in the active love through which each Christian was ::More
Manolis Vlachos, Greek Painters after the War of Independence
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Excerpts from the Origins of Modern Greek Painting – Modern Greek painting, whether evolved from late Byzantine or Italian art, is rich in religious and secular works, in which one can discern influences from the late Renaissance as well as from artists from the Greek islands, particularly ::More
The Cracow Symposium about Mimesis in Byzantine Art
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The second Cracow Symposium on Byzantine Art and Archaeology, September 5-7, 2012, calls for papers. Here I copy excerpts from the invitation: The problem of the connections between the prototype and the image was a key point of theological dispute during iconoclastic controversies and mimesis, ::More
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