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Index Note: page numbers in bold denote entries in the encyclopedia; those in italics denote illustrations. Aachen, Council of 203 Jews and proselytes at Roman colonies in North 1–2 Aaron 93, 475 Pentecost 392–3 St. Augustine and Donatists 4–5 Aaronic priesthood 506 post-Pentecost sharing of good Tertullian 2–3 abba 414 news 190 Agapia Orthodox meeting 170 Abbasid dynasty 48, 276 Adam Agathon 16 Abbott, W. 353 cosmic redemption 163 Agaw people 8 Abdel-Messih, Mar 305 creation of 256, 257 Agripinus 15 Abgar of Edessa 477 Eden 487 Ahtisaari Plan 461 Abibos of Nekresi 216 and Eve 26, 90, 136, 307 Akakios, Patriarch 220 abortion 464 judgment 289 Akathistos 11–12, 443 Abraham 60, 148, 237 original sin 195, 348 akriveia (exactness) 80 absolution 109 Paradise 355 Al Aksa mosque 283 abstention, regulations for 195 Adoptionists 274 Aksum 5–7 Acacian Schism 125 Adrian, Emperor 15 Aksumite Empire 8 Acacius of Melitene 41 Adrian, Patriarch 406 Akyndinos 430 accommodationism 232, 398 Adrianople 64 Alaska 191, 496–7 Achillas, Bishop 15 Aedesius 6 Albania Acolyte (taper bearer. 22 Aimilianos, Elder 161 Byzantine influences 12 acrostics 295, 339, 443 Aesculapios 135 communist state 13 Acts of Martyrs 236 Aetius 32, 87, 249 diaspora 13 Acts of Paul and Thecla 518 Afanasiev, Nicholas 84, 105, 116, 371–2 Muslims 12, 460 Acts of Peter and the Twelve aforismos (private post-Tito 461 Apostles 477 COPYRIGHTEDexcommunication. 192–3 MATERIALSerbian tensions 461 Acts of the Apostle Thomas 476, 477 Africa, Orthodoxy in 1–11 Albania, Orthodox Church Acts of the Apostles Christian Nubia 10 of 12–13 Church of Cyprus 138 Cyprian of Carthage 3–4 Archbishop Anastasios 170 common ownership 511 Ethiopia 5–9 Greek Phanariot 12, 112 deacons 141 Greek Orthodox Church 234 Moscow Patriarchate 13 Dionysius the Areopagite 422 Lactantius 3 SCOBA 502 Ethiopian eunuch story 6 languages 4 in USA 499 The Concise Encyclopedia of Orthodox Christianity, First Edition. Edited by John Anthony McGuckin. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 0002056221.INDD 526 11/8/2013 4:49:09 PM index 527 Albigensians of France 63 Theophilus 18–19 anathema (public Aleksei, priest 404 Alexandria, Synod of 17 excommunication) 130, Aleksei Mikhailovich, Tsar 406, 494 Alexei, Patriarch of 166, 192 Aleksii, Metropolitan 403 Moscow 366–7, 446 anathematization Aleksii II, Patriarch 280, 379, 410 Alexey Simanskii, Metropolitan of Barlaam 56 Aleut alphabet 496 Leningrad 410 Bogomilism 62, 67 Alexander, Fr. see Men, Alexander Alexis Mikhailovich Romanov, Council of Constantinople II 46, Alexander, martyr of Georgia 221 Tsar 405 166 Alexander, Metropolitan of Alfeyev, Hilarion 170, 472 Council of Ephesus 46 Estonia 182 Alf-Mamun, Caliph 216 excommunication 76 Alexander (Kudryashov), Algirdas, Grand Prince 493 Anatolian musical tradition 328 Metropolitan 297 alienation from God 148 anatolika hymns 260 Alexander II, Coptic Patriarch 16 Alivizatos, Hamilcar 82 anchorites 18, 121, 319, 321, 322 Alexander I, Tsar 205, 426 All Russian Church Council 409 Ancyra, Council of 92, 192 Alexander II, Tsar 72, 73, 182, 407, Allatius, Leo 353 Andrei Rublev Museum 412 408, 424 Almedingen, E. S. 25 Andrei Saguna, Metropolitan 387 Alexander III, Tsar 73, 407, 408, almsgiving 88, 511, 512 Andrew, Blessed, Fool for Christ 373 468–9 Alphabetical Collection 151 androcentrism, cultural 464 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 182 altar 38 Andronicus, Coptic Patriarch 16 Alexander of Alexandria 16, 17, 38–9, Ambo 21 Andronicus II 303 133, 420 Ambrose of Milan 287, 416 Andronikos Palaeologos, Emperor 55 Alexander the Great 14–15 Ambrosi, martyr of Georgia 221–2 Angelarius, disciple of Sts. Cyril and Alexandra of Hesse 424 Ambrosian liturgy 154 Methodios 66–7 Alexandria, city of xvii Amda Şeyon 8 angels 23–5 and Antioch 19, 132, 421 American Carpatho Russian in Church 104 Egyptian quarter 14 Orthodox 502 ranks of 24 Great Library 14 Amhara Ethiopian leaders 8 Anglican and Eastern Churches Jews in 14, 119 Ammonius 16, 18 Association 25 Monophysite clergy 7 Amnesty International 462 Anglican Christian Missionary multiculturalism 14–15 Amnos 22, 372 Society 305 Orthodox Chalcedonian Amvrosii, Bishop of Bosnia 340 Anglican converts 25, Church 20–1 Amvrosii, Starets 158 Anglican Syrian Church 305 and Rome 125, 398 Anabasis (exaltation) 95, 135 Anglicanism, Orthodoxy Serapeum 36 anachoresis (withdrawal) 318 and 25–6 theological school 173 Anaginoskomena 342 Assyrian Church 48 Alexandria, Patriarchate of 15–21 anagnorisis (glorification, Australasia 49 Arian crisis 17 canonization) 86 calendar 77 Chalcedonians 16, 20 Anagnostes (Reader) 22 Cyril Lukaris 139–40 Coptic patriarchs, listed 16 analogion 22 and Russian Orthodox Church 515 Coptic traditions 119 anamnesis, liturgical 103 Anglican–Orthodox Fellowship of St. Council of Ephesus 46 Ananias and Sapphira 511 Alban and St. Sergius 209 Council of Nicea 17 Anaphora 22–3, 28, 105, 156–7, Ankara 109 Eastern Orthodox Church 20 199–200 Anna Comnena 62, 353 Egyptian monasticism 18 anargyroi (Unmercenary Saints) 503 Annals of Quedlinburg 297 extending authority 123–4 Anastasimatarion 23 Annianus, Patriarch of Alexandria 16 increasing power 16, 111 anastasimon 260 Annunciation, Church of leaders of the early church 15–16 Anastasis (Holy Sepulchre) 36, 154, (Melbourne) 49 Melkite patriarchs, listed 16 283 Annunciation, Feast of 11 Miaphysites 16, 20 Anastasius, Coptic Patriarch 16 Annunciation Cathedral, Kremlin 412 Nicene theology 19 Anastasius I, Emperor 443, 520 anointing of the sick 26–7, 93, Origen, followers of 18 Anastos, M. V. 398, 399 238, 504 0002056221.INDD 527 11/8/2013 4:49:09 PM 528 index anointing with oil 54, 93 Antony Bashir, Metropolitan 499 Aprilov, Vassil 71 Anthimos of Tyana, Metropolitan 419 Antony Bloom, Metropolitan 514 Aquila 518 Anthimus, Patriarch of apatheia (state of passionlessness) 479 Arab Christians 275, 283 Constantinople 72 Aphrahat of Syria 27, 322, 478 Arab Islamic invasion Anthony, Catholicos 218 Apocalyptic texts 23 Armenia 41 Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev apocrypha 342 Egypt 126 104–5, 409, 514 Apocryphon of John 31 Iberia 216 Anthony of Martkopi 216 Apodeipnon 30–1 Arab nationalism 21, 48 anti-Arianism 417 Apodosis 31 Arabian Peninsula 8 Antichrist 340 apokatastasis (restoration) 130, 181, Arabic writing 275 Antidoron 28, 157 287, 290, 355 Arabization of Egypt 126 anti-fascist purges 74 Apollinarians 81, 255, 333 Arabo-Persian melody 328 anti-Gnosticism 123 Apollinaris of Laodicea (father and Aramaean civilizations 476 anti-Judaic sentiments 287–8 son) Aramaean language 476 anti-Latin syllogisms 364 Hellenic/Christian teachings 173 Aramaic language 216, 476 Antim I 72 heresies of 324 Ararat, Mount 40 Antimension 28, 175 incarnation 272–3 archaeological remains, Nineveh 45 Antioch, Church of (USA) 499 Mia Physis 324–5 Archangels 24 Antioch, Council of 429 St. Gregory of Nazianzus archdeacon 35 Antioch, Patriarchate of xvii 19, against 430 Archdiocesan Translation 28–30 Apollinarius, Melkite patriarch 16 Committee 52 and Alexandria 132, 421 apologists, early 135, 240, 393 Archihieratikon 190 and China 90 Apolysis 31, 157 Archil, King 219 and Constantinople 111 Apolytikion 31, 260 architecture, Orthodox Cypriot Church 137 apophaticism 31–2 Church 35–8 delegates to Ephesus 132 Church Fathers 199 basilicas 36–7 diaspora 30 Dionysius 423 Byzantine influences 37 Evangelican Christians 30, 190–1 Evagrios Pontike 285 church buildings 35, 38 Greek language in 29 Gospel of the Egyptians 122 exteriors/interiors 35 liturgical books 298–9 and hesychasm 241, 362 Georgian Christian 219–20 post-Ephesus 46 Lossky 115, 252, 253, 301 and liturgy 37 Rome and 29–30 and Trinity doctrine 253 Raška School 456 in USA 30 Apophthegmata Patrum 123, 151, 175, Archives of Canon Law and Church Antioch, Synods of 92, 398 241, 285, 337, 423, 425, 452 Law 82 Antiochan Orthodox Christian apophthegms, Cynics 210 Archondonis, Bartholomew 82 Church 502 Aposticha 32 Argenti, Eustratios 203 Antiochene Church, Cyril VI 159 Apostles 32, 86, 135 Arianism 38–40 Antiochian Archdiocese of North Apostolic Canon 179, 192 Cappadocian Fathers against 87 America 191 Apostolic Constitution 22, 27, 81, Council of Ephesus 137 Antiochian Australasian diocese 50 141–2, 171, 507 Council of Nicea 165 Antioka Church in Mtskheta 219 apostolic sees, pentarchy 392 Council of Toledo 202 antipendia (decorative cloth) 22 apostolic succession 32–4 on Holy Trinity 250 anti-Semitism 287–8 didaskaloi 240 on Logos 17, 300, 333 see also anti-Judaic sentiments ecclesiology 25 pneumatology 248 anti-unionist party 437 St. Irenaeus 34, 224, 241, 393 St. Athanasius against 6, 415 Antoninus Pius, Emperor 15 teaching of Christ Jesus 105 St. Constantine against 419 Antonov, Simeon Ivanovich see St. transmission of teachings 488 separatists 96 Silouan of Athos see also bishops struggle against 87 Antonova, Stamenka E. 64–6, 127–9, Apostolic Tradition (Hippolytus) 27, synodical principle 488 130, 131, 133–5 141, 345 theologians 32 Antony and Cleopatra 14 Apostolike Diakonia 233 Ariminum, Council of 167 0002056221.INDD 528 11/8/2013 4:49:09 PM index 529 Aristenos, Alex 82 see also iconography, styles of Athenian Syntagma 82 Aristotle Artoklasia 43–4 Athens, University of 174, 229 eide 162 Artophorion 44 Athinais Eudocia 519 and Georgian philosophy 219 Ascension Day 77 Athonite Academy 69 and Gregory Palamas 430 asceticism 44–5 Athonite Hesychasts 55, 245 as influence 364 Bogomilism 62–3 Athonite monks 362, 363, 470 Nicomachean Ethics 89 desert fathers and mothers 151–2 Athonite Typikon 218 substance/accident 186 ecological 163 Athos see Mount Athos Arius of Alexandria eremites 18 atonement 438, 472 and Alexander 39, 133 Evagrius 161 atonement theology 150, 170 controversy 122 fasting 195, 196 Attalos, martyr 384 Letter to Alexander 38 and martyrdom 87, 107 Augustin (Peterson), Letter to Eusebius 38, 39 Messalian 62 Metropolitan 297 see also Arianism and monasticism 319 Augustinianism 426 Ark of the Covenant 9 Origenist 123 see also St. Augustine of Hippo Arles, Council of 141 purification 163 Australasia, Orthodox Church Armenia renunciation 323 in 49–52 Arab Islamic invasion 41 St.
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    - Dictionary of Orthodox Terminology Page 1 of 25 Dictionary of Orthodox Terminology A Dictionary of Orthodox Terminology Fotios K. Litsas, Ph.D. -A- Abbess. (from masc. abbot; Gr. Hegoumeni ). The female superior of a community of nuns appointed by a bishop; Mother Superior. She has general authority over her community and nunnery under the supervision of a bishop. Abbot. (from Aram. abba , father; Gr. Hegoumenos , Sl. Nastoyatel ). The head of a monastic community or monastery, appointed by a bishop or elected by the members of the community. He has ordinary jurisdiction and authority over his monastery, serving in particular as spiritual father and guiding the members of his community. Abstinence. (Gr. Nisteia ). A penitential practice consisting of voluntary deprivation of certain foods for religious reasons. In the Orthodox Church, days of abstinence are observed on Wednesdays and Fridays, or other specific periods, such as the Great Lent (see fasting). Acolyte. The follower of a priest; a person assisting the priest in church ceremonies or services. In the early Church, the acolytes were adults; today, however, his duties are performed by children (altar boys). Aër. (Sl. Vozdukh ). The largest of the three veils used for covering the paten and the chalice during or after the Eucharist. It represents the shroud of Christ. When the creed is read, the priest shakes it over the chalice, symbolizing the descent of the Holy Spirit. Affinity. (Gr. Syngeneia ). The spiritual relationship existing between an individual and his spouse’s relatives, or most especially between godparents and godchildren. The Orthodox Church considers affinity an impediment to marriage.