Beschreibung
This work, a doctoral thesis accepted by the University of
Marburg, Germany, offers an authoritative analysis of the
prayers and fasts of the oriental orthodox churches. Fr.
Biji, who is the vicar of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox
Church in Vienna, Austria and a visiting faculty member at
the Syrian Orthodox Seminary at Vettickal, India, goes
beyond the age-old spiritual practises of his church based
on the teachings of its canon giver Bar Ebroyo and
delineates the formative influences as well as the present
day significance of those teachings. A pioneering attempt to
develop a theology of prayers and fasts from the oriental
perspective.
