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Religion and Medicine Interplay in Eastern Orthodoxy: A Healthcare Practice-Oriented Scoping Review

open access: yesReligions
A growing body of evidence has shown the influence that religion and spirituality have on individuals duelling with illness, especially at advanced stages of disease.
Andreas S Papazoglou   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Orthodoxy in Central and Eastern Africa

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2015
The article describes the history of extension of Orthodoxy in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Zaire, as a result of the Greek missionaries’ work in the 20th century.
Kolupaev Vladimir Evgen'yevich
doaj   +1 more source

Through Different Paths to Symphony: The Historical Framework of the Relationship between Eastern Orthodoxy and Political Authorities in Ukraine and Russia [PDF]

open access: yesEdinost in Dialog, 2023
The author argues that at least since the 14th century, one can speak of great differences in the development of the relationship between Eastern Orthodoxy and political authorities.
Aleš Maver
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Holly Sacrament: the medicine of spiritual immortality or a vehicle for contamination? [PDF]

open access: yesMedicinski Glasnik, 2021
The Holy Communion is the oldest Christian practice, through which a gathered group of people partake bread and wine with a shared spoon. The pandemic of COVID-19 produced unexpected social instability and chaos.
Dimitrios Anyfantakis
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Sharpening the Identities of African Churches in Eastern Christianity: A Comparison of Entanglements between Religion and Ethnicity

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Although at first sight Eastern Christianity is not associated with Africa, the African continent has shaped the establishment and development of three of the four main Eastern Christian traditions. Through a sociological lens, we examine the identity of
Marco Guglielmi
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Russian Revolution and Slovenian National Question: A Catholic (Academic) View from the First Half of the Twentieth Century [PDF]

open access: yesBogoslovni Vestnik, 2023
Franc Grivec (1878–1963), a long-time professor at the Faculty of Theology in Ljubljana, is considered a pioneer in systematic research of Eastern Christianity among Slovenian authors.
Simon Malmenvall
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Protestantismus und ostkirchliche Orthodoxie

open access: yesLabyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, 2018
Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy The relations between Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy span five centuries and bear upon nu-merous aspects, hence, only some items can be dealt with here. First, I discuss the late-sixteenth-century correspondence
Basilius J. Groen
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Karl Beth and Karl Holl: two Pioneers in the Field of Comparative Religious Studies and their Work at the Theological Faculty of Berlin in Regard to Orthodox Christianity [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2016
The author examines the work of two German Protestant researchers who were active at the cusp of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Both were able to make a noticeable contribution to the field of Orthodox Christian studies. In spite of the fact that
H. OHME
doaj   +1 more source

The Neoplatonic Substructure of Russian Orthodox Iconography and Theology

open access: yesВизуальная теология, 2023
This paper aims to uncover the underlying Neoplatonic ideas embedded in Russian Orthodox iconography and theology. The focus is on two earlier figures of Neoplatonism, namely, Iamblichus and Plotinus.
Emile Alexandrov
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Christianization and Execution of Orthodox Rites on the Eastern Outskirts of the Empire (the Second Half of the XVIII Century) [PDF]

open access: yesГуманитарный вектор, 2020
The article deals with the process of Christianization and the issues of performing Orthodox rites on the Eastern outskirts of the Empire in the second half of the XVIII century, reconstructed on the basis of historical sources that were first ...
Inna I. Yurganova
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