The Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome has come out with a recent publication confirming once again its relentless mission at the service of the Christian East. Uniquely authoritative and wide-ranging in its scope, the revised edition of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Christian East (EDCE) is an indispensable reference work on all aspects of the Eastern Christianity. This edition updates and expands on previous Italian and English-language editions (2000), and is more than twice as large as the first. It is an outstanding reference work. providing a wide-ranging account of the key historical, liturgical and doctrinal features of Oriental Churches.   This Encyclopedic Dictionary is a joint venture of more than hundred scholars of Eastern tradition, living in many different countries and working together over a number of years. This work is structured alphabetically combining essay-length articles and brief, informative notations and bibliographies on hundreds of topics central to the history and theology of Eastern Orthodoxy. The Encyclopedic Dictionary provides valuable information on the St Thomas Christians and Christianity in India.