The magazine, published since 1901, is dedicated to the Christian Orient in a narrower sense; this means it excludes Greek and Slavic Christianity. Geographically, its area extends from Ethiopia to Georgia and from the Middle East to India and China. In accordance with the program of its founder Anton Baumstark, not only contributions on religious topics are published, but also on the entire spiritual and material culture of the Oriental Christians. Oriens Christianus thus covers a subfield of Oriental studies as well as Eastern Church studies. In addition to essays and book reviews, sources in various languages and writings of the Christian Orient are published. The journal, which appears with international participation, is the only one of its kind in the German-speaking world.

Contents:

• R. F. Taft, Quaestiones disputatae: The Skeuophylakion of Hagia Sophia and the Entrances of the Liturgy Revisited
• R. Voigt, The Vowel System of Syriac According to Barhebraeus
• C. Balzaretti, Ancient Treatises of Syriac Homonyms
• J. Pahlitzsch, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Thomas, and St. Mark. Tradition and History of Three Syriac Orthodox Churches in Jerusalem
• A. Lajtar, Greek Funerary Inscriptions from Old Dongola: General Note
• V. Six, The Ethiopian Manuscripts of the Ethnological Museum of the University of Zurich (Part Two)
• L. Alexidse, Greek Philosophy in the 'Commentaries' of Joane Petrizi on the 'Elementatio Theologica' of Proclus
• Z. Skhirtladze, Early Medieval Georgian Monumental Painting: Establishment of the System of Church Decoration.