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The Department of Theology and History of the Eastern Churches deals in research and teaching with:
- Eastern Orthodox Churches
- Eastern Catholic Churches
- Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Patristics
The chair is a part of a well-established research tradition at the University of Vienna. Eastern Orthodox canon law has been a field of research at the Faculty of Law since 1867, and Eastern Christian Studies and Patristics has been a separate subject at the Faculty of Catholic Theology since 1975.
Vienna has played a leading role in ecumenical contacts due to the long history of the Eastern Churches in Austria, and the chair has a unique position in Europe within the field of Eastern Christian Studies. The field is especially important in view of European integration and identity as well as recent geopolitical developments.
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Publications of our department
Thomas Németh is an author in the anthology "The 'Lviv Sobor' of 1946 and Its Aftermath. Towards Truth and Reconciliation", which has just been published in the series Eastern Christian Studies, vol. 34 (edited by Adam A.J. DeVille and Daniel Galadza) by Brill, Leiden/Boston, with the essay "Canoncial Considerations on the Legitimacy of the 'Lviv Sobor' of 1946" (co-author: Teodor Martynyuk).
Ioan Moga, "Care iarăși va să vină". Jurnal hristologic în 31 de zile [He, who will come again. Christological diary in 31 days]. Doxologia: Iași 2023, ISBN (Print): 978-630-301-096-0.
Ioan Moga, Orthodoxe Selbst- und Fremdbilder. Identitätsdiskurse der rumänischen orthodoxen Theologie des 20. Jh. im Verhältnis zur Römisch-Katholischen Kirche [Orthodox Images of Self and Other. Discourses of Identity in 20th Century Romanian Orthodox Theology in Relation to the Roman Catholic Church]. Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society. - Volume 18, Vienna University Press V&R unipress: Göttingen 2020.
Ioan Moga, "Sfânta Treime între Apus și Răsărit. Despre filioque și alte dileme teologice"[Die heilige Dreifaltigkeit zwischen West und Ost. Über das Filioque und andere theologische Dilemmata]. Colectia Universitas, Seria: Teologia dialogica 1, Ed. Eikon: Cluj-Napoca 2012, ISBN: 978-973-757-658-3 Full text on Academia too.
Byzantine prayer book in Swedish with prayers from the Greek and Slavic traditions. Translation and selection by David Heith-Stade.
