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Eastern Slavs. — See under Slav (def. 1) … Useful english dictionary
Eastern Monasticism — Eastern Monasticism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eastern Monasticism (1) Origin The first home of Christian monasticism is the Egyptian desert. Hither during persecution men fled the world and the danger of apostasy, to serve God in… … Catholic encyclopedia
Eastern Orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church. * * * officially Orthodox Catholic Church One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the… … Universalium
Eastern Orthodox Church — Orthodox Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian Church redirect here. For other uses of the term, see Orthodox (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodox Churches. See also: Eastern Christianity and Orthodoxy by country The… … Wikipedia
Slavs — Indo European peoples from central and eastern Europe, called sklavenoi in Byzantine historical sources. Their raids across the Danube (q.v.) in the sixth century posed a serious threat from ca. 579 onward, when the Avars (q.v.) led them into… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Eastern Front (World War II) — Great Patriotic War redirects here. For a discussion of the term itself, see Great Patriotic War (term). Not to be confused with Patriotic War of 1812. Eastern Front Part of World War II … Wikipedia
Slavs — Slav Slav (sl[aum]v or sl[a^]v), n.; pl. {Slavs}. [A word originally meaning, intelligible, and used to contrast the people so called with foreigners who spoke languages unintelligible to the Slavs; akin to OSlav. slovo a word, slava fame, Skr. [ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slavs — slÉ‘Ëv n. member of the Slavic race, member of a large people group of eastern and central Europe (includes Russians, Bulgarians, Slovenes, Poles, etc.) adj. of or pertaining to Slavs, Slavic … English contemporary dictionary
Eastern Orthodoxy in Bulgaria — The Eastern Orthodox Church has deep roots in Bulgaria, dating back to the 5th and 7th centuries, when the Slavs and the Bulgars, respectively, were converted to Christianity by the Byzantine Empire. Prior to that date, Christianity had spread in … Wikipedia
Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Martyrology for February — The following are names, dates, and some prominent facts from the lives of Saints especially honored in the Byzantine Catholic Church. (Source: Annual Parish Calendar, [http://www.byzantines.net/byzantinepress| Byzantine Seminary Press] )February … Wikipedia
