Beschreibung
A translation of the classic work by Ivan Sokolov, first published in 1904, on the history of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople in the nineteenth century. The book has lost none of its potency, and is still the authoritative source of information on the Church and community of that period.
Autorenportrait
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, titular Bishop of Diokleia, taught Eastern Orthodox Studies for thirty-five years at the University of Oxford. He is the author of The
(1993) and translator of
and several Orthodox service books.
Hieromonk Nikolai Sakharov is a member of the Orthodox Monastery of St John the Baptist at Tolleshunt Knights, Essex. He is the author of
(New York, 2002).
Inhalt
Contents: Orthodox Church – Patriarchate of Constantinople – Ottoman rule – Nineteenth century – Social and cultural history.
