The map
Every position says something.
- Distance from the centre is importance. The essentials are the bright core; the specialisms are out on the rim.
- The two arms are the sixteen categories, ordered from the most fundamental inward.
- Height above the disc is which way a topic reaches: up toward the foundations, down toward the specialisms, level if it keeps to its own.
- The size of a dot is how many connections it has.
All 221 topics
452 connections across 16 categories. The interactive map needs JavaScript; every topic is listed here regardless.
Theology & Dogma
- Ancestral Sin (vs. Original Sin)
- Angelic & Demonic Realm
- Apophatic Theology
- Arianism
- Christology
- Creation & Cosmology
- Ecclesiology (Doctrine of the Church)
- Essence-Energies Distinction
- Filioque Controversy
- Grace Is Uncreated
- Holy Tradition
- Homoousios (Consubstantial)
- Hypostasis (Person)
- Image & Likeness of God
- Monophysitism
- Nestorianism
- Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
- Ousia (Essence/Nature)
- Pneumatology (Holy Spirit)
- Soteriology (Salvation)
- Synergy (Free Will & Grace)
- The Cross & Crucifixion
- The Holy Trinity
- The Incarnation
- The Theotokos and the Immaculate Conception
- Theosis (Deification)
- Theotokos (Mother of God)
Church Structure & Jurisdictions
- Apostolic Succession
- Autocephaly & Church Organization
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Church of Cyprus
- Church of Greece
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Georgian Orthodox Church
- Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
- Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Patriarchate of Antioch
- Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Primacy and the Papal Claims
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- The Oriental Orthodox Churches
Church History
- Apostolic Age (30-100 AD)
- Christianization of Rus' (988)
- Council of Florence (1438-1439)
- Edict of Milan (313 AD)
- Emperor Constantine the Great
- Era of Persecutions (64-313 AD)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Fourth Crusade & Sack of Constantinople (1204)
- Great Schism (1054)
- Greek Independence & Church Autocephaly
- Hesychast Controversy (14th c.)
- Holy & Great Council (Crete, 2016)
- Orthodoxy Under Ottoman Rule
- Pentecost & the Birth of the Church
- Soviet Persecution of the Church
- The Byzantine Empire & Orthodoxy
Councils and Their Canons
- Fifth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople II (553)
- First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I (325)
- Fourth Ecumenical Council: Chalcedon (451)
- Second Ecumenical Council: Constantinople I (381)
- Seventh Ecumenical Council: Nicaea II (787)
- Sixth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople III (680-681)
- The Council of Constantinople (879-880)
- The Palamite Councils (1341-1351)
- The Quinisext Council (Trullo, 692)
- The Synod of Jerusalem (1672)
- Third Ecumenical Council: Ephesus (431)
Liturgy & Worship
- Antidoron
- Compline (Apodeipnon)
- Holy Water (Agiasmos)
- Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
- Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
- Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
- Orthodox Church Architecture
- Orthros / Matins (Morning Service)
- Prosphora (Liturgical Bread)
- The Akathist Hymn
- The Divine Liturgy
- The Hours (Horai)
- The Iconostasis
- The Typikon
- Vespers (Evening Service)
Holy Mysteries (Sacraments)
Saints & Church Fathers
- Ss. Constantine & Helen
- Ss. Cyril & Methodius (9th c.)
- Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles
- St. Anthony the Great (c. 251-356)
- St. Athanasius the Great (c. 296-373)
- St. Basil the Great (330-379)
- St. Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779)
- St. Ephraim the Syrian
- St. George the Great Martyr (c. 275-303)
- St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395)
- St. Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)
- St. Gregory the Illuminator
- St. Gregory the Theologian (329-390)
- St. Herman of Alaska (c. 1756-1836)
- St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35-108)
- St. Irenaeus of Lyon (c. 130-202)
- St. John Chrysostom (c. 349-407)
- St. John of Damascus (c. 676-749)
- St. John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
- St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
- St. Justin Martyr (c. 100-165)
- St. Luke of Crimea (1877-1961)
- St. Maria of Paris
- St. Mark of Ephesus (1394-1444)
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Mary of Egypt
- St. Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662)
- St. Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
- St. Nicholas of Myra (c. 270-343)
- St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain (1749-1809)
- St. Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles
- St. Paisios of Mount Athos (1924-1994)
- St. Paisius Velichkovsky (1722-1794)
- St. Photius the Great (c. 810-893)
- St. Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69-155)
- St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1906-1991)
- St. Romanos the Melodist (c. 490-556)
- St. Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
- St. Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
- St. Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)
- St. Theodore the Studite (759-826)
- St. Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
- St. Tikhon of Moscow (1865-1925)
Holy Scripture
Monasticism
Iconography & Sacred Art
Spiritual Life & Practices
Liturgical Calendar & Feasts
- Annunciation: March 25
- Ascension of Christ
- Dormition of the Theotokos: August 15
- Elevation of the Holy Cross: Sept 14
- Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple: Nov 21
- Great Lent
- Holy Week
- Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
- Nativity of the Theotokos: Sept 8
- Palm Sunday (Entry into Jerusalem)
- Pascha (Easter)
- Pentecost (Feast of the Holy Trinity)
- The Triumph of Orthodoxy
- Theophany (Epiphany): January 6
- Transfiguration of Christ: August 6
Sacred Music & Hymnography
Orthodox Philosophy & Ethics
Eschatology & Afterlife
Patristic & Ascetical Texts
- Against Heresies (St. Irenaeus)
- Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian
- Dobrotolubiye (Slavonic Philokalia)
- Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
- For the Life of the World (Fr. Schmemann)
- On the Incarnation (St. Athanasius)
- Shepherd of Hermas
- The Arena (St. Ignatius Brianchaninov)
- The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve)
- The Ladder of Divine Ascent
- The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
- The Philokalia
- The Way of a Pilgrim