BYZANTINE COMMONWEALTH

'Byzantine Commonwealth' is a term coined by 20th century historians to refer to the area where Byzantine liturgical tradition was spread during the Middle Ages by Byzantine missionaries. This area covers approximately the modern-day countries of Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Belarus. The most important treatment of the concept is a study by Dimitri Obolensky, ''The Byzantine Commonwealth'' (1971).

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★ Obolensky, Dimitri (1974), ''The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453''.

★ Meyendorff, John (1982), ''The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church''. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, ISBN 0913836907.