Theology
Councils, Acts, Encyclicals, and other authoritative documents
Nicaea IFirst Ecumenical Council
325Russian
Constantinople ISecond Ecumenical Council
381Russian
CarthageCode of the African Church
419English
EphesusThird Ecumenical Council
431—
Pending
ChalcedonFourth Ecumenical Council
451—
Pending
Orange IISecond Synod of Orange
529English
Constantinople IIFifth Ecumenical Council
553—
Pending
LateranLateran Synod
649Russian
Constantinople IIISixth Ecumenical Council
680-681—
Pending
Quinisext CouncilCouncil in Trullo
692—
Pending
Nicaea IISeventh Ecumenical Counci
787—
Pending
Synodikon of Orthodoxy
843—
Pending
First-Second Council
861—
Pending
Constantinople IV (879) Eighth Ecumenical Council
879—
Pending
Constantinople 1082
1082—
Pending
Constantinople 1157
1157Russian
Constantinople 1180
1180—
Pending
Blachernae 1285
1285English, Russian
Constantinople V (1341-1351)Ninth Ecumenical Council, The Palamite Synods
1341-1368English, Greek, Russian
Constantinople 1484
1484Russian
Correspondence of Patriarch Jeremias II with the Lutheran theologians
1575-1581English
Alexandrian Tomos on Pascha
1583—
Pending
Moscow 1620
1620—
Pending
Iasi 1642Council of Iasi
1642—
Pending
Moscow 1667The Great Moscow Council
1667Russian
Jerusalem 1672The Council of Jerusalem
1672English
Constantinople 1672
1672—
Pending
Constantinople 1691
1691Russian
Correspondence of the Eastern Patriarchs with the Anglican Nonjurors
1716-1725English
Moscow 1830The Longer Catechism of St. Philaret of Moscow
1830English
Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
1848English, Russian
Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
1895English, Russian
Moscow Patriarchate decree concerning Sophiology
1935Russian
ROCOR Bishops’ Council determination concerning Sophiology
1935Russian
Dogmatic Theology Tomes
Exact Exposition of the FaithSt. John of Damascus
8th century—
Pending
Dogmatic Theology of the Orthodox Catholic Eastern ChurchAbp. Anthony Amphitheatrov
1848Russian
Orthodox Dogmatic TheologyMet. Macarius Bulgakov
1847–1853Russian
Orthodox Dogmatic TheologySt. Philaret Gumilevsky
1865Russian
Experience of Orthodox Dogmatic TheologySt. Sylvester Malevansky
1878–1891Russian
Dogmatics of the Orthodox ChurchSt. Justin Popovic
1932–1978Russian
The Experience of GodSt. Dumitru Staniloae
1978—
Pending
Catechisms and Confessions
Catechetical LecturesSt. Cyril of Jerusalem
c. 350English
EnchiridionSt. Augustine
c. 420–422—
Pending
Synodal LetterSt. Sophronius of Jerusalem
634—
Pending
Confession of FaithSt. Gregory Palamas
c. 1343–1347—
Pending
Confession of FaithSt. Gennadios Scholarios
1453—
Pending
Confession of FaithSt. Maximus the Greek
16th century—
Pending
The Orthodox ConfessionSt. Peter Mogila
1638–1642English
Confession of DositheusBl. Dositheus of Jerusalem
1672English
The Longer CatechismSt. Philaret of Moscow
1830English
The Shorter CatechismSt. Philaret of Moscow
1824—
Pending
Orthodox CatechismSt. Nikolai Velimirovic
1949Russian
Orthodox CatechismNew Hieromartyr Gorazd of Bohemia
1940Russian
The Law of GodApr. Seraphim Slobodskoy
1957Russian
The Law of GodNew Martyr Daniil Sysoev
2014—
Pending
A New-Style Catechism for AdultsFr. George Mastrantonis
1969English
Catechism for ChildrenFr. George Maximov
2014Russian