The Orthodox Christian Catechism of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow (1823)

Sanctioned by the Holy Synod, published by the synodical press, and generally used in Russia since 1839.

4. Russian Catechisms. Platon's* Catechism shows a tendency to go directly to the Bible; Philaret's* Catechism of 1823 is one of the best summaries of E Orthodoxy.

Index

Symbolical Books

1. The Encyclical Letter of Saint Photius (867)
2. The First Letter of Michael Cerularius to Peter of Antioch (1054)
3. Council of Blachernae(1285)
4. The Encyclical Letter of Saint Mark of Ephesus (1440)
5. The [two] Confession of Faith by Gennadius(1455)
6. The Replies of Jeremias the Second to the Lutherans (1573)
7. The Confession of Faith by Metrophanes Kritopoulos (1625)
8. Synods of Constantinople (1672 & 1691)
9. The Confession of Dositheus (1672)
10. The Answers of the Orthodox Patriarchs to the Non-Jurors (1718, 1723)
11. The Orthodox Confession by Peter of Moghila (1642)
12. The Orthodox Christian Catechism of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow (1823)
13. The Reply of the Orthodox Patriarchs to Pope Pius the Ninth (1848)
14. The Reply of the Synod of Constantinople to Pope Leo the Thirteenth (1895)
15. The Encyclical Letters of the Athonite Elders on Ecumenism (1993)

Revised: Ryan D. Close / Springfield, Missouri / Tuesday, April 7, 2009