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<div>'''Libya''', Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā, is a country in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the east by Egypt and Sudan, and the south by Chad and Niger. Areas within present day Libya, Cyrenaica, also known as the Pentapolis, and Tripolitania, have had associations with Christianity since the days of [[Jesus]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
Cyrenaica was colonized by Greeks as early as the seventh century before Christ. A civilization built up around a group of five cities in the western part of the province associated with the oldest city, Cyrene. Cyrene became an intellectual and artistic center in the early Hellenic world. In the sixth century before Christ, the Pentapolis was conquered by the Persians, followed by Alexander the Great two centuries later.<br />
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In the century before the Nativity of Christ the Romans came to control the area which soon became associated with the activities of Jesus and his apostles. The [[Synoptic gospels|Synoptic Gospels]] relate the presence of [[Simon of Cyrene]] at the crucifixion of Christ as he carried the Savior's cross. According to tradition, [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] was born in the Pentapolis. During the centuries after the [[resurrection]] of Christ, his followers in the Pentapolis grew with historical roots with the Church in Egypt. [[Bishop]]s from Libya were present at many of the early councils including those at [[Nicea]] and [[Ephesus]]. This church fell into [[schism]] over the decrees of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] in 451.<br />
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The Christian society of North Africa fell victim to the attacks of invaders, first of the Vandals of the fifth century, followed by that of the [[Muslim]] Arabs in the late seventh century. Over the following centuries the presence of Christianity was reduced to that of a small minority within an [[Islam]]ic culture, with the majority of Christians following the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. <br />
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==Today==<br />
Today, the majority of Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. The Chalcedonian Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Alexandria]] and include communities of Russian, Greek, and Serbian Orthodox believers. <br />
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During Gaddafi's rule relations between Christians and Muslims in Libya were relatively peaceful, although there were restrictions on Christian religious activity including restrictions on religious literature. Proselytizing Muslims is prohibited such that a non-Muslim man must convert to Islam if he marries a Muslim woman. After the war in the Libyan society the rise of islamic fundamentalism is noted and the attitude to christian minority has worsened.<br />
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Now in Tripoli the Greek Orthodox [[parish]] of St. George functions. The church building dates back to 1647. As a Greek news agency reported on [[August 25]], 2011, the Orthodox church in Tripoli was ransacked<ref>[http://world.greekreporter.com/2011/08/25/historic-church-of-st-george-in-tripoli-ransacked/ Historic Church of St. George in Tripoli Ransacked]</ref>. On [[May 7]], 2012, an unknown assailant fired shots at the church, narrowly missing the [[priest]] as he opened the door in the morning. On [[September 16]], 2012 the church was again attacked. The four who had climbed over the walls smashed three [[icon]]s in the church courtyard and burned Greek and Cypriot flags, a member of the congregation told the Libya Herald, but were unable to get into the locked church itself. They tried to set fire to the wooden frames of the icons but failed.<br />
According to another member of the congregation, the priest who lives next door to the church was awakened at around 00:30 hours by the noise. Alerted to his presence, the four men fled the scene<ref>[http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14541 Greek Orthodox Church in Tripoli attacked]</ref>. On October 26, 2012 unknown vandals desecrated the greek cemetery in Tripoli and set fire to the Ascension church at it<ref>[http://www.sedmitza.ru/news/3271894.html Greek Cemetery in the capital of Libya desecrated]</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[[:Wikipedia:Christianity_in_Libya]]<br />
*[http://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/christian-churches-cemeteries.htm The Church of Cyrene]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{OrthodoxyinAfrica}}<br />
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<div>'''Libya''', Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā, is a country in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the east by Egypt and Sudan, and the south by Chad and Niger. Areas within present day Libya, Cyrenaica, also known as the Pentapolis, and Tripolitania, have had associations with Christianity since the days of [[Jesus]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
Cyrenaica was colonized by Greeks as early as the seventh century before Christ. A civilization built up around a group of five cities in the western part of the province associated with the oldest city, Cyrene. Cyrene became an intellectual and artistic center in the early Hellenic world. In the sixth century before Christ, the Pentapolis was conquered by the Persians, followed by Alexander the Great two centuries later.<br />
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In the century before the Nativity of Christ the Romans came to control the area which soon became associated with the activities of Jesus and his apostles. The [[Synoptic gospels|Synoptic Gospels]] relate the presence of [[Simon of Cyrene]] at the crucifixion of Christ as he carried the Savior's cross. According to tradition, [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] was born in the Pentapolis. During the centuries after the [[resurrection]] of Christ, his followers in the Pentapolis grew with historical roots with the Church in Egypt. [[Bishop]]s from Libya were present at many of the early councils including those at [[Nicea]] and [[Ephesus]]. This church fell into [[schism]] over the decrees of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] in 451.<br />
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The Christian society of North Africa fell victim to the attacks of invaders, first of the Vandals of the fifth century, followed by that of the [[Muslim]] Arabs in the late seventh century. Over the following centuries the presence of Christianity was reduced to that of a small minority within an [[Islam]]ic culture, with the majority of Christians following the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. <br />
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==Today==<br />
Today, the majority of Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. The Chalcedonian Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Alexandria]] and include communities of Russian, Greek, and Serbian Orthodox believers. <br />
<br />
During Gaddafi's rule relations between Christians and Muslims in Libya were relatively peaceful, although there were restrictions on Christian religious activity including restrictions on religious literature. Proselytizing Muslims is prohibited such that a non-Muslim man must convert to Islam if he marries a Muslim woman. After the war in the Libyan society the rise of islamic fundamentalism is noted and the attitude to christian minority has worsened.<br />
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Now in Tripoli the Greek Orthodox [[parish]] of St. George functions. The church building dates back to 1647. As a Greek news agency reported on [[August 25]], 2011, the Orthodox church in Tripoli was ransacked<ref>[http://world.greekreporter.com/2011/08/25/historic-church-of-st-george-in-tripoli-ransacked/ Historic Church of St. George in Tripoli Ransacked]</ref>. On [[May 7]], 2012, an unknown assailant fired shots at the church, narrowly missing the [[priest]] as he opened the door in the morning. On [[September 16]], 2012 the church was again attacked. The four who had climbed over the walls smashed three [[icon]]s in the church courtyard and burned Greek and Cypriot flags, a member of the congregation told the Libya Herald, but were unable to get into the locked church itself. They tried to set fire to the wooden frames of the icons but failed.<br />
According to another member of the congregation, the priest who lives next door to the church was awakened at around 00:30 hours by the noise. Alerted to his presence, the four men fled the scene<ref>[http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14541 Greek Orthodox Church in Tripoli attacked]</ref>. On October 26, 2012 unknown vandals desecrated the greek cemetery in Tripoli and set fire to the Ascension church at it<ref>http://www.sedmitza.ru/news/3271894.html Greek Cemetery in Tripoli desecrated</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[[:Wikipedia:Christianity_in_Libya]]<br />
*[http://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/christian-churches-cemeteries.htm The Church of Cyrene]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
{{OrthodoxyinAfrica}}<br />
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<div>{{church|<br />
name=Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East[[Image:Antioch logo.gif|center|Church of Antioch]]|<br />
founder= [[Apostle]]s [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]|<br />
independence=Traditional|<br />
recognition= Traditional |<br />
primate=[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Patriarch Ignatius IV]]|<br />
hq=Damascus, Syria|<br />
territory=Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, parts of Turkey|<br />
possessions=United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Great Britain, Western Europe|<br />
language=Arabic, Greek, English|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|<br />
population=2 million|<br />
website=[http://www.antiochpat.org Church of Antioch]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Church of Antioch''' is one of the five [[patriarchate]]s (i.e., the [[Pentarchy]]) that constituted the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church]] before the [[Great Schism|schism]] between Rome and Antioch in 1098 and between Rome and the other patriarchates at around the same general period. Today it is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches. In English translations of official documents, the Church of Antioch refers to itself as the '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''. The literal translation into English of the Arabic name is "Roman" (in Arabic, ''[[Rüm]]'') Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East." However, the literal name "Rüm" does not actually mean Roman but Greek. The Arabs and the Turks refer to the Christians who belong to the Greek Orthodox Church (both Arabs and Greeks) as Rüm because the Byzantine Greek-speaking Orthodox have historically referred to themselves as Romioi.The Arabic word "Rum" derives from the Greek word "Romioi". This is one of the reasons why the Church of Antioch refers to itself as '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''. The other reason is because it belongs to the family of the Greek Orthodox Churches which are: the [[Church of Constantinople]] (patriarchate), the '''Church of Antioch''' (patriarchate), the [[Church of Jerusalem]] (patriarchate), the [[Church of Alexandria]] (patriarchate), the [[Church of Cyprus]], the [[Church of Sinai]], the [[Church of Greece]], and the [[Church of Albania]].<br />
[[Image:Balamand.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Our Lady of Balamand Monastery (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Our Lady of Balamand Monastery]]]]<br />
The Church of Antioch is the continuation of the Christian community founded in Antioch by the [[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] (who served as its first bishop) and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]], who are its [[patron saint]]s. In terms of hierarchical order of precedence, it currently ranks third among the world's Orthodox churches, behind [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]].<br />
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The seat of the patriarchate was formerly Antioch (Antakya), in what is now Turkey. Now it is in Damascus, Syria, located on the "street called Straight." The current patriarch is His Beatitude Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]] and all the East.<br />
<!-- [[Image:St George Beirut.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Church of St. George in Beirut]] --><br />
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==History==<br />
===Early years===<br />
The early history of the Church of Antioch is detailed in the [[Acts of the Apostles]], where in Acts 11:26 the [[Apostle Luke]] records that it was in that city that the disciples of Christ were first called [[Christian]]s. Due to the importance of Antioch as a major center in the ancient [[Roman Empire]], many of the missionary efforts of the [[apostles]] were launched from that city. In the early centuries of the Church's history, it was natural that the Church sojourning in Antioch would come to be traditionally regarded as one of the centers of world Christianity. The territory that came to be associated with the [[bishop]] of Antioch was that of the Roman Diocese of the East (a [[diocese]] was originally an imperial governmental division before it became an ecclesiastical one).<br />
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===The Antiochian school===<br />
During the pre-Nicene period and that of the [[Ecumenical Councils]], Christian theology centered in Antioch tended to emphasize the literal, historical facts of the life of [[Jesus Christ]] over philosophical or allegorical [[hermeneutics|interpretations]] of [[Holy Scripture]], contrasted with the more mystical and figurative theology coming from [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]]. Antiochian theology, though stressing the "earthier" side of interpretation, nevertheless did not neglect the importance of insight into the deeper, spiritual meaning of the Scriptures. These two viewpoints came to be known respectively as the [[Antiochian school]] and the [[Alexandrian school]], represented by major catechetical institutions at both places.<br />
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Major figures associated with the origin of the Antiochian school include [[Lucian of Antioch]] and [[Paul of Samosata]], but its real formation was found with writers such as [[Diodore of Tarsus]], [[John Chrysostom]], [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]], [[Nestorius]], and [[Theodoret of Cyrrhus]]. At times, this difference in emphasis caused conflicts within the Church as the tension between the two approaches came to a head, especially regarding the doctrinal disputes over [[Arianism]] and [[Nestorianism]]. Saints such as [[John Chrysostom]] are somewhat regarded as synthesizers of the Antiochian and Alexandrian approaches to theology, and the Antiochian school of theology, whose more deviant proponents produced [[Arianism]] and [[Nestorianism]], also enabled the Orthodox fight against the Alexandrian school's deviances, namely [[Apollinarianism]] and [[Eutychianism]].<br />
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===Schism over Chalcedon===<br />
[[Image:Hama church.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Hama, Syria]]<br />
Disputes over the [[Christology]] of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] at Chalcedon&mdash;the [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] controversy&mdash; in 451 led to a [[schism]] within the Church of Antioch, which at that same council was elevated to the status of a [[patriarchate]]. The larger group at the time repudiated the council and became the [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] (also called the "Jacobites" for [[Jacob Baradeus]], an early bishop of theirs who did extensive missionary work in the region). They currently constitute part of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] communion and maintain a [[Christology]] somewhat different in language from that of [[Chalcedon]]. <br />
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The remainder of the Church of Antioch, primarily local Greeks or Hellenized sections of the indigenous population, remained in communion with Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. This is the current ''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'' which is considered by the other bishops of the Orthodox Church to be the sole legitimate heir to the [[see]] of Antioch.<br />
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The [[schism]] greatly weakened the Antiochian church, and in 637 when Antioch fell to the [[Islam|Muslim]] Arabs, the "Greek" church was perceived by the invaders as allied to the Romano-Byzantine enemies of the Arabs. During the subsequent period, Antiochian Orthodox Christians underwent a lengthy period of persecution, and there were multiple periods of either vacancy or non-residence on the Antiochian patriarchal throne during the 7th and 8th centuries. In 969, the Roman Empire regained control of Antioch, and the church there prospered again until 1085, when the Seljuk Turks took the city. During this period of more than a hundred years, the traditional West Syrian [[liturgy]] of the church was gradually replaced by that of the tradition of the Great Church, [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Hagia Sophia]] in Constantinople. This process was completed sometime in the 12th century.<br />
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===Crusader and Muslim conquests===<br />
In 1098, Crusaders took the city and set up a Latin Patriarchate of Antioch to adorn its Latin Kingdom of Syria, while a Greek patriarchate continued in exile in Constantinople. After nearly two centuries of Crusader rule, the Egyptian Mamelukes seized Antioch in 1268, and the Orthodox patriarch, [[Theodosius IV of Antioch|Theodosius IV]], was able to return to the region. By this point, Antioch itself had been reduced to a smaller town, and so in the 14th century [[Ignatius II of Antioch|Ignatius II]] transferred the seat of the patriarchate to Damascus, where it remains to this day, though the patriarch retains the Antiochian title.<br />
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The Ottoman Turks conquered the city in 1517, under whose control it remained until the breakup of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Empire]] at the end of World War I. During this period, in 1724, the Church of Antioch was again weakened by schism, as a major portion of its faithful came into submission to the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The resultant [[Uniate]] body is known as the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], which in the current day maintains close ties with the Orthodox and is currently holding ongoing talks about healing the schism and returning the Melkites to Orthodoxy.<br />
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Fearing for the preservation of the Orthodoxy of the Antiochian see, parishioners and bishops requested the [[ecumenical Patriarch]]ate to send them a Greek patriarch. The Greek presence on the Antiochian see lasted from 1724 to 1898 until [[Meletius II (Doumani) of Antioch|Malathius I (Doumani)]] the Damascene, an Arab patriarch, was appointed. A renewal movement, involving Orthodox youth in particular, has been under way since the 1940s.<br />
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===The Antiochian church today===<br />
[[Image:Ignatius Hazim.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch]]]]<br />
The [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Patriarchal Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)]] was established by the patriarchate in 1970, and in 1988 it was fully incorporated into the University of Balamand. The Institute functions as the primary [[seminary]] for theological schooling for the patriarchate's [[clergy]] and [[laity|lay]] leaders.<br />
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The [[Holy Synod]] of Antioch includes the [[patriarch]] and all the ruling [[bishop]]s. Meetings are held each year in Spring and Autumn at the patriarchate to consider church-wide issues, and to elect the patriarch and other bishops as needed. The patriarch and holy synod govern the Church of Antioch to preserve the true faith, to maintain ecclesiastical order, and to carry out the commandments of Christ. In addition to the synod itself, a general conciliar body meets twice a year to see to the financial, educational, judicial, and administrative matters of the patriarchate. It is composed of members of the synod and of lay representatives. When a new patriarch is to be elected, this body selects three candidates from whom the holy synod chooses the new patriarch.<br />
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The current [[patriarch]] is His Beatitude Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]] and all the East, elected in 1979. Patriarch Ignatius has been particularly active in strengthening ties with other Christian communions, but particularly with those whose roots are in Antioch. His Beatitude and the [[holy synod]] of Antioch were enthusiastic for the Church of Antioch to participate in general talks between representatives of all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches.<br />
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At Anba Bishoy in Egypt and at Chambesy in Switzerland, plenary talks were held resulting in [http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=106&sectionid=24&Itemid=63 agreements] in 1989, 1990 and 1993. All official representatives of the Eastern Orthodox and the Oriental Orthodox there present reached agreement in these dialogues that the Christological differences between the two communions are more a matter of emphasis than of substance. Although elements in a number of the Eastern Orthodox Churches have criticized the apparent consensus reached by the representatives at Anba Bishoy and Chambesy, the patriarch and holy synod of the Antiochian Orthodox Church welcomed the agreements as positive moves towards a sharing in the Love of God, and a rejection of the hatred of insubstantial division. <br />
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As recommended in the Agreement of 1990, the Antiochian (Eastern) Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV formally met with the Syriac (Oriental) Orthodox Patriarch, Ignatius Zakka I, on [[July 22]], 1991. At that formal meeting, the two patriarchs signed a [http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=106&sectionid=24&Itemid=63 pastoral agreement] which called for "complete and mutual respect between the two churches." It also prohibited the passing of faithful from one church to the other, envisaged joint meetings of the two holy synods when appropriate, and provided for future guidelines for intercommunion of the faithful and [[Eucharist]]ic [[concelebration]] by the [[clergy]] of the two churches. The Church of Antioch expects these guidelines to be issued when the faithful of both churches are ready, but not before. <br />
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Patriarch Ignatius has also overseen participation in a bilateral commission with the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], which is exploring ways of healing the 18th century schism between the Melkite Catholics and the Antiochian Orthodox. In an unprecedented event, [[Melkite]] Patriarch Maximos V addressed a meeting of the Orthodox holy synod in October 1996. <br />
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The members of the holy synod of Antioch continue to explore greater communication and more friendly meetings with their Syriac, Melkite, and Maronite brothers and sisters, who all share a common heritage. <br />
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In May of 1997, the holy synod met and declared that the whole [[Pascha]]ltide period is to be observed festally, thus balancing the lengthy fasting of [[Great Lent]] with an equal feasting period in celebration of the Resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]]. <br />
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This decision, the diplomatic activities, and other moves by Patriarch Ignatius and the holy synod, have drawn criticism from some elements within the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church and particularly from "resistance" groups who have walled themselves off from communion with most of world Orthodoxy. <br />
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Of the churches receiving opprobrium for "[[ecumenism]]", Antioch probably has received the greatest amount.<br />
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The situation of christians in Syria has worsened after the Civil war began. Several churches were attacked, many christians were expelled by rebels and become refugees.<br />
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===Expansion abroad===<br />
[[Image:Antiochian bishops.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''New Antiochian bishops with the patriarch'''<br>Left to Right: Bp. [[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo]], Patr. [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]], Bp. [[Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland]], Bp. [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa]]]]<br />
Extensive 20th and 21st century Arab immigration to the New World has further increased the size, vigor and influence of the Church of Antioch, and the majority of Antiochian faithful now reside outside the Middle East and include numerous non-Arabic converts to the Orthodox Christian faith. As a result, besides its Middle Eastern territories in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, the Arabian Peninsular, and parts of Turkey, the Church of Antioch also includes missionary dioceses in Central, North, and South America, in Europe, and in Australia and the Pacific. The archdiocese with the largest population is [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North America]]. It is also the only one with internal [[diocese]]s. The archdiocese with the largest area is [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Australia and New Zealand]]. Estimates of the membership of the patriarchate range from 750,000 to over 1,000,000 in Syria alone.<br />
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==Antiochian saints==<br />
Over the centuries, the Church of Antioch has been associated with many [[saint]]s on the Church's calendar. These include the following:<br />
[[Image:Antiochian saints.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Synaxis]] of the Great [[Saint]]s of the Holy Church of Antioch]]<br />
[[Image:Column of Simeon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Column of St. [[Symeon the Stylite]], Syria]]<br />
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*[[Andrew of Crete]]<br />
*[[Apostle Luke]]<br />
*[[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]<br />
*[[Babylas of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Bacchus and Sergius]]<br />
*[[Christopher the Great-martyr]]<br />
*[[Daniel the Stylite]]<br />
*[[Dorotheos of Gaza]]<br />
*[[Ephrem the Syrian]]<br />
*[[Eustathius of Antioch]]<br />
*[[George the Trophy-bearer]]<br />
*[[Habeeb Kheshy]] (as-yet [[canonization|uncanonized]])<br />
*[[Habib]]<br />
*[[Ignatius of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Isaac the Syrian]]<br />
*[[Jacob of Hamatoura]]<br />
*[[John Chrysostom]]<br />
*[[John of Damascus]]<br />
*[[Joseph of Damascus]]<br />
*[[Julian of Homs]]<br />
*[[Lucian of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Meletius of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Raphael of Brooklyn]]<br />
*[[Roman the Melodist]]<br />
*[[Symeon the Stylite]]<br />
*[[Thekla the Protomartyr]]<br />
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==Structure==<br />
The Antiochian Patriarchate consists of nineteen [[archdiocese]]s, each ruled by a Metropolitan Archbishop. Of these, only the Archdiocese of North America has constituent [[diocese]]s.<br />
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<small>''Only those dioceses with OrthodoxWiki articles are listed.''</small><br />
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*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Archdiocese of North America]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of New York and Washington, DC (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Los Angeles and the West (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Miami and the Southeast (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Worcester and New England (Antiochian)]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile|Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe|Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe]]<br />
*[[Metropolis of Damascus]]: Patriarchal diocese<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Aleppo|Metropolis of Beroea (Aleppo) and Alexandretta]]: Paul Yazigi (2000–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Beirut|Metropolis of Beirut and Exarchate of Phoenicia]]: [[Elias (Audi) of Beirut|Elias Audi]] (1980–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran, Jabal al Arab and Golan|Metropolis of Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Druze]]: Sawa Esber (1999–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Emesa]] (Homs): George Abu Zaham (1999–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Epiphania]] (Hama) and Exarchate of North Syria: Elias Saliba (1984–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Latakia]] and Exarchate of Theodorias: John Mansur (1979–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Baghdad]], Kuwait and All Mesopotamia: Constantinos Papastefanou (1969–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Akkar]]: Basilios Nassur (2008–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Byblos and Botris (Mount Lebanon)|Metropolis of Mount Lebanon, Byblos and Botrys]]: George Khodr (1970–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Seleucia (Zahle) and Heliopolis (Baalbek)]]: Spyridon Khoury (1966–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Tripoli and Al-koura|Metropolis of Tripoli and Al-Koura]]: [[Ephraim Kyriakos]] (2009–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Tyre and Sidon]]: Elias Kfoury (1995–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Tarsos and Adana]]: vacanct<br />
*[[Metropolis of Amida]]:(Diyarbakır) vacant<br />
*[[Metropolis of Theodosioupolis]](Erzurum): vacant<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.antiochpat.org/ Patriarchate of Antioch] (Official Website)(Arabic and English)<br />
* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=15&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Patriarchate of Antioch], a scholarly text by Ronald Roberson, CSP, a Roman Catholic priest and Eastern Christianity scholar<br />
*[http://www.cc.uoa.gr/theology/html/english/pubs/doctrsec/scouteris/27/27.pdf The Spiritual Tradition of the Antioch Patriarchate], by Prof. [[Constantine Scouteris]]<br />
*[http://www.antiochcentre.net/ 'Antioch']: A Centre for Antiochian Orthodox Christian Studies and Research (Oxford, UK)<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=22&Itemid=57 Photos of patriarchal sites]<br />
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====The Middle East====<br />
*[http://akkarorthodox.com/new/ Archdiocese of Akkar] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.alepporthodox.org/ Archdiocese of Aleppo] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.gulforthodoxchurch.org/ Archdiocese of Baghdad] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.quartos.org.lb/ Archdiocese of Beirut] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxhauran.org/joomla/ Archdiocese of Bosra] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.lattakiaorth.org/ Archdiocese of Lattakia] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.ortmtlb.org.lb/ Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.archorthotripoli.org/ Archdiocese of Tripoli] (Official Website)<br />
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====North and South America====<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America] (English)<br />
*[http://www.catedralortodoxa.com.br/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Brazil] (Portuguese)<br />
*[http://www.iglesiaortodoxa.org.mx/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean] (Spanish)<br />
*[http://www.chileortodoxo.cl/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Chile] (Spanish)<br />
*[http://www.acoantioquena.com Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and all Argentina] (Spanish and English)<br />
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====Europe====<br />
*[http://www.antiocheurope.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe] (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian)<br />
*[http://www.rum-orthodox.de/ Antiochian Orthodox Church in Germany] (German)<br />
*[http://www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk/ Antiochian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland] (English)<br />
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====Oceania====<br />
*[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]<br />
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===Monasteries===<br />
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/ Balamand Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Tripoli, Lebanon)]<br />
*[http://www.hamatoura.com/ Hamatoura The Holy Mountain of The Theotokos (Amyoun El-Koura,Wadi Kadeesha-North Lebanon)]<br />
*[http://www.stgeorgesyria.org/ St. George Al-Humayrah Patriarchal Monastery (Homs, Syria)]<br />
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/MonastSaydnaya.htm Holy Patriarchal Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya (Syria)]<br />
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[[Category:OrthodoxWiki]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Orthodox_Metropolis_of_Korea&diff=111065Orthodox Metropolis of Korea2012-09-18T16:21:33Z<p>Stone18: </p>
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<div>{{diocese|<br />
name=Orthodox Metropolis of Korea|<br />
jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|<br />
type=Metropolis|<br />
founded=2004|<br />
bishop=[[Ambrose (Aristotle Zographos) of Korea|Metr. Ambrose]]|<br />
see=Seoul|<br />
hq=Seoul, South Korea|<br />
territory=South Korea|<br />
language=Korean|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant]], [[Russian Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|<br />
population=''unknown''|<br />
website=[http://www.orthodox.or.kr Metropolis of Korea]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Orthodox Metropolis of Korea''', headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, is an [[eparchy]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Ambrose (Zographos) of Korea|Ambrose (Zographos)]], [[Metropolitan]] of Korea (both North and South).<br />
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==History==<br />
In July 1897 the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] resolved to send missionaries to Korea by decision of the [[Holy Synod]]. [[Archimandrite]] Ambrose Gountko led the three person team, but was refused permission to enter the country.<br />
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In 1900, a more hospitable atmosphere between Russia and Korea allowed for a second [[missionary]] team led by Archimandrite Chrysanthos Shehtkofsky to begin an outreach in Seoul. He was joined in Korea by Hierodeacon Nicholas Alexeiev of the original team, and chanter Jonah Leftsenko. On [[February 17]], 1900 in a make-shift [[chapel]] the first known Orthodox [[Divine Liturgy]] was celebrated in the Korean peninsula.<br />
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The first Orthodox church was constructed in Jung Dong, Jung-gu, the central area of Seoul in 1903 and was named in honor of [[Nicholas of Myra|Saint Nicholas]]. However, with the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945 came an intense period of persecution against Orthodox Christian believers. In spite of persecution, in 1912, Fr. Ioannis Kang, the first native Korean Orthodox [[priest]], was [[ordination|ordained]].<br />
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In November 1921, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow ended its support of the Church of Korea, and the Japanese Orthodox Church gave up its jurisdictional authority. Thus, in 1946, the Orthodox Church of Korea was placed into the position of having to organize itself as a [[parish]].<br />
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The year 1947 saw the ordination of a third Korean priest, Fr. Alexei Kim, just as the last Russian priest departed the country. Father Alexei was the only priest of the Orthodox Church left to serve the people of Korea. Just three years later, on [[July 9]], 1950, he was captured and disappeared without record. As the Korean War descended upon the land the Orthodox Christian community in the region was dispersed and the formal practice of the faith disrupted.<br />
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However, in 1953, Army Chaplain Archimandrite Andrew Halkiopoulos of the Military Forces of [[Church of Greece|Greece]] became aware of the Korean Orthodox faithful and arranged for the parish in Seoul to be reestablished.<br />
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The following year the Korean Orthodox Christian Boris Moon was ordained by [[Archbishop]] [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireneus of Japan]] in Tokyo. Then, on Christmas Eve of 1955, by unanimous decision, the Korean Orthodox community chose formally to come under the jurisdictional authority of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]].<br />
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In 1975, Archimandrite [[Sotirios (Trambas) of Pisidia|Sotirios Trambas]] volunteered to serve in the Korean mission of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. During the ensuing years, he founded a [[monastery]], several parishes both in Korea and in other places in Asia, and a [[seminary]].<br />
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In 1993, the Holy Synod of Constantinople elected Archimandrite Sotirios Trambas [[Bishop]] of Zelon and Auxiliary Bishop to the [[Metropolitan]] of Australia and New Zealand. In this role, Bp. Sotirios served as Exarch of Korea. On [[April 20]], 2004, the Exarchate of Korea was raised to the rank of a Metropolis, and Bishop Sotirios became the first Metropolitan of Korea.<br />
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On [[May 28]], 2008, Metropolitan Sotirios retired and was given the title of Metropolitan of Pisidia. On the same day, Bishop [[Ambrose (Zographos) of Korea|Ambrosios of Zelon]] and Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolis was elected to succeed Metropolitan Sotirios as the Metropolitan of Korea.<br />
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==Organization==<br />
Today the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea is treated as one single metropolis with ten parishes and eight priests and two deacons in South Korea, which has healthy relations with [[Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)|the single North Korean parish]] under the Moscow Patriarchate which was established in 2006. The Metropolis also has a female monastery dedicated to the [[Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration (Gapyeong, Korea)|Holy Transfiguration]]. The Metropolis also has a Theological Seminary dedicated to [[St. Nicholas Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Nicholas]] which trains the [[clergy]] of Korea and Southeast Asia.<br />
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== The Episcopacy ==<br />
*Metropolitan [[Ambrose (Zographos) of Korea|Ambrose (Zographos)]] of Korea<br />
*Metropolitan [[Sotirios (Trambas) of Pisidia|Sotirios (Trambas)]] of Pisidia, who was the first Metropolitan of Korea from 2004 to 2008, is staying in the Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration (Gapyeong.<br />
**Protopresbyter Daniel Na is priest of the church in Incheon, and was involved in the talks with the North Korean parish.<br />
**Hieromonk Theophan (Kim), a Korean priestmonk, is priest for the St. Maxim the Greek chapel (which does services in foreign languages).<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.orthodox.or.kr Official Website of the Metropolis]<br />
* [http://www.patriarchate.org/ Official Website of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople]<br />
* [[w:Korean Orthodox Church|Korean Orthodox Church]]<br />
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<div>'''Libya''', Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā, is a country in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the east by Egypt and Sudan, and the south by Chad and Niger. Areas within present day Libya, Cyrenaica, also known as the Pentapolis, and Tripolitania, have had associations with Christianity since the days of [[Jesus]]. <br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Cyrenaica was colonized by Greeks as early as the seventh century before Christ. A civilization built up around a group of five cities in the western part of the province associated with the oldest city, Cyrene. Cyrene became an intellectual and artistic center in the early Hellenic world. In the sixth century before Christ, the Pentapolis was conquered by the Persians, followed by Alexander the Great two centuries later.<br />
<br />
In the century before the Nativity of Christ the Romans came to control the area which soon became associated with the activities of Jesus and his apostles. The [[Synoptic gospels|Synoptic Gospels]] relate the presence of [[Simon of Cyrene]] at the crucifixion of Christ as he carried the Savior's cross. According to tradition, [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] was born in the Pentapolis. During the centuries after the [[resurrection]] of Christ, his followers in the Pentapolis grew with historical roots with the Church in Egypt. [[Bishop]]s from Libya were present at many of the early councils including those at [[Nicea]] and [[Ephesus]]. This church fell into [[schism]] over the decrees of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] in 451.<br />
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The Christian society of North Africa fell victim to the attacks of invaders, first of the Vandals of the fifth century, followed by that of the [[Muslim]] Arabs in the late seventh century. Over the following centuries the presence of Christianity was reduced to that of a small minority within an [[Islam]]ic culture, with the majority of Christians following the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. <br />
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==Today==<br />
Today, the majority of Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. The Chalcedonian Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Alexandria]] and include communities of Russian, Greek, and Serbian Orthodox believers. <br />
<br />
During Gaddafi's ruling relations between Christians and Muslims in Libya were relatively peaceful, although there were restrictions on Christian religious activity including restrictions on religious literature. Proselytizing Muslims is prohibited such that a non-Muslim man must convert to Islam if he marries a Muslim woman. After the war in the libyan society the rise of islamic fundamentalism is noted and the attitude to christian minority has worsened.<br />
<br />
Now in Tripoli a greek orthodox parish of St. George functions. The church building is dating back to 1647. As a Greek news agency transfered on August 25, 2011, the orthodox church in Tripoli was ransacked<ref>[http://world.greekreporter.com/2011/08/25/historic-church-of-st-george-in-tripoli-ransacked/ Historic Church of St. George in Tripoli Ransacked]</ref>. On May 7, 2012 an unknown assailant fired shots at the church, narrowly missing the priest as he opened the door in the morning. 16 September, 2012 the church was again attacked. The four, who had climbed over the walls, smashed three icons in the church courtyard and burned Greek and Cypriot flags, a member of the congregation told the Libya Herald, but were unable to get into the locked church itself. They tried to set fire to the wooden frames of the icons but failed.<br />
According to another member of the congregation, the priest who lives next door to the church was awakened at around 00:30 hrs by the noise. Alerted to his presence, the four men fled the scene<ref>[http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14541 Greek Orthodox Church in Tripoli attacked]</ref>.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[[:Wikipedia:Christianity_in_Libya]]<br />
*[http://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/christian-churches-cemeteries.htm The Church of Cyrene]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
{{OrthodoxyinAfrica}}<br />
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<div>'''Libya''', Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā, is a country in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the east by Egypt and Sudan, and the south by Chad and Niger. Areas within present day Libya, Cyrenaica, also known as the Pentapolis, and Tripolitania, have had associations with Christianity since the days of [[Jesus]]. <br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Cyrenaica was colonized by Greeks as early as the seventh century before Christ. A civilization built up around a group of five cities in the western part of the province associated with the oldest city, Cyrene. Cyrene became an intellectual and artistic center in the early Hellenic world. In the sixth century before Christ, the Pentapolis was conquered by the Persians, followed by Alexander the Great two centuries later.<br />
<br />
In the century before the Nativity of Christ the Romans came to control the area which soon became associated with the activities of Jesus and his apostles. The [[Synoptic gospels|Synoptic Gospels]] relate the presence of [[Simon of Cyrene]] at the crucifixion of Christ as he carried the Savior's cross. According to tradition, [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] was born in the Pentapolis. During the centuries after the [[resurrection]] of Christ, his followers in the Pentapolis grew with historical roots with the Church in Egypt. [[Bishop]]s from Libya were present at many of the early councils including those at [[Nicea]] and [[Ephesus]]. This church fell into [[schism]] over the decrees of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] in 451.<br />
<br />
The Christian society of North Africa fell victim to the attacks of invaders, first of the Vandals of the fifth century, followed by that of the [[Muslim]] Arabs in the late seventh century. Over the following centuries the presence of Christianity was reduced to that of a small minority within an [[Islam]]ic culture, with the majority of Christians following the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. <br />
<br />
==Today==<br />
Today, the majority of Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. The Chalcedonian Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Alexandria]] and include communities of Russian, Greek, and Serbian Orthodox believers. <br />
<br />
During Gaddafi's ruling relations between Christians and Muslims in Libya were relatively peaceful, although there were restrictions on Christian religious activity including restrictions on religious literature. Proselytizing Muslims is prohibited such that a non-Muslim man must convert to Islam if he marries a Muslim woman. After the war in the libyan society the rise of islamic fundamentalism is noted and the attitude to christian minority has worsened.<br />
<br />
Now in Tripoli a greek orthodox parish of St. George functions. The church building is dating back to 1647. As a Greek news agency transfered on August 25, 2011, the orthodox church in Tripoli was ransacked<ref>[http://world.greekreporter.com/2011/08/25/historic-church-of-st-george-in-tripoli-ransacked/ Historic Church of St. George in Tripoli Ransacked]</ref>. On May 7, 2012 an unknown assailant fired shots at the church, narrowly missing the priest as he opened the door in the morning. 16 September, 2012 the church was again attacked. The four, who had climbed over the walls, smashed three icons in the church courtyard and burned Greek and Cypriot flags, a member of the congregation told the Libya Herald, but were unable to get into the locked church itself. They tried to set fire to the wooden frames of the icons but failed.<br />
According to another member of the congregation, the priest who lives next door to the church was awakened at around 00:30 hrs by the noise. Alerted to his presence, the four men fled the scene<ref>[http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14541 Greek Orthodox Church in Tripoli attacked]</ref>.<br />
<br />
==Source==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Christianity_in_Libya]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Libya]]<br />
*[http://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/christian-churches-cemeteries.htm The Church of Cyrene]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
{{OrthodoxyinAfrica}}<br />
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<div>'''Libya''', Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā, is a country in the Maghreb region of northern Africa, bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the east by Egypt and Sudan, and the south by Chad and Niger. Areas within present day Libya, Cyrenaica, also known as the Pentapolis, and Tripolitania, have had associations with Christianity since the days of [[Jesus]]. <br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Cyrenaica was colonized by Greeks as early as the seventh century before Christ. A civilization built up around a group of five cities in the western part of the province associated with the oldest city, Cyrene. Cyrene became an intellectual and artistic center in the early Hellenic world. In the sixth century before Christ, the Pentapolis was conquered by the Persians, followed by Alexander the Great two centuries later.<br />
<br />
In the century before the Nativity of Christ the Romans came to control the area which soon became associated with the activities of Jesus and his apostles. The [[Synoptic gospels|Synoptic Gospels]] relate the presence of [[Simon of Cyrene]] at the crucifixion of Christ as he carried the Savior's cross. According to tradition, [[Apostle Mark|Mark the Evangelist]] was born in the Pentapolis. During the centuries after the [[resurrection]] of Christ, his followers in the Pentapolis grew with historical roots with the Church in Egypt. [[Bishop]]s from Libya were present at many of the early councils including those at [[Nicea]] and [[Ephesus]]. This church fell into [[schism]] over the decrees of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] in 451.<br />
<br />
The Christian society of North Africa fell victim to the attacks of invaders, first of the Vandals of the fifth century, followed by that of the [[Muslim]] Arabs in the late seventh century. Over the following centuries the presence of Christianity was reduced to that of a small minority within an [[Islam]]ic culture, with the majority of Christians following the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. <br />
<br />
==Today==<br />
Today, the majority of Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]. The Chalcedonian Orthodox Christians in Libya are under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Alexandria]] and include communities of Russian, Greek, and Serbian Orthodox believers. <br />
<br />
During Gaddafi's ruling relations between Christians and Muslims in Libya were relatively peaceful, although there were restrictions on Christian religious activity including restrictions on religious literature. Proselytizing Muslims is prohibited such that a non-Muslim man must convert to Islam if he marries a Muslim woman. After the war in the libyan society the rise of islamic fundamentalism is noted and the attitude to christian minority has worsened.<br />
<br />
Now in Tripoli a greek orthodox parish of St. George functions. The church building is dating back to 1647. As a Greek news agency transfered on August 25, 2011, the orthodox church in Tripoli was ransacked<ref>http://world.greekreporter.com/2011/08/25/historic-church-of-st-george-in-tripoli-ransacked/ Historic Church of St. George in Tripoli Ransacked</ref>. On May 7, 2012 an unknown assailant fired shots at the church, narrowly missing the priest as he opened the door in the morning. 16 September, 2012 the church was again attacked. The four, who had climbed over the walls, smashed three icons in the church courtyard and burned Greek and Cypriot flags, a member of the congregation told the Libya Herald, but were unable to get into the locked church itself. They tried to set fire to the wooden frames of the icons but failed.<br />
According to another member of the congregation, the priest who lives next door to the church was awakened at around 00:30 hrs by the noise. Alerted to his presence, the four men fled the scene<ref>http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14541 Greek Orthodox Church in Tripoli attacked</ref>.<br />
<br />
==Source==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Christianity_in_Libya]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Libya]]<br />
*[http://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/christian-churches-cemeteries.htm The Church of Cyrene]<br />
<br />
{{OrthodoxyinAfrica}}<br />
[[Category: Places]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Holy_Trinity_Church_(Pyongyang)&diff=109106Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)2012-05-16T19:10:32Z<p>Stone18: </p>
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'''Holy Trinity church in Pyongyang''' is an single orthodox church in North Korea. Permission of construction of the Orthodox church in North korea was given personally by President of DPRK Kim Jong-Il afer his visit of St. Innocent of Irkutsk church in Khabarovsk in course of the trip to Russia in 2002. Construction activity of the church was begun in 2003 year. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held by DECR Deputy Chairman archbishop Clement of Kaluga on June 24 and works were begun. The church was consecrated in 2006 by metr. [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Cyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad]]. During the consecration of the church was ordinated a first northkorean priest<ref>[http://www.dprk.mid.ru/xpam.html ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ХРАМ СВЯТОЙ ЖИВОНАЧАЛЬНОЙ ТРОИЦЫ В ПХЕНЬЯНЕ]</ref><br />
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Now in the church two priests, Theodor Kim and John Ra, serve, both are citizens of North Korea<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1598569.html Делегация Русской Православной Церкви приняла участие в торжествах по случаю пятилетия освящения Троицкого храма в Пхеньяне]</ref> The temple is found at Chonbek district, tel./fax: (850) 238 14 650. Services are held every Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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<div>{{welcome}} &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 11:25, 28 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from Japan ==<br />
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Judging by the age you give the photos, it is likely that their copyright has long expired and they are now in the public domain. You should feel free to scan them in and upload them to the site. Thanks for your work! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 07:09, 6 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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I deleted the duplicate article as you requested.<br />
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One other note is that when you did a "move" on the Sandbox, it turned the Sandbox into a redirect to the new article. Additionally, it imported the entire editing history from the Sandbox into your new article. I thought you might like to know that for future reference. In the future, you may wish to create new article projects in the userspace instead, e.g., [[User:Wsk/Article Name]], or just copy and paste the code into the new article, so that redirects and shifted editing histories don't get thrown about. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:54, 7 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Nikolai-do pics ==<br />
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Those photos are fantastic! Thanks for procuring them. Please be sure to add an [[Help:Image licenses|image license]] for each one as is appropriate. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:49, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Bishops and links ==<br />
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You're most welcome for the help&mdash;it's the standard wiki-protocol! :)<br />
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There are a couple things to note:<br />
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*Links and article names for bishops are in the format '''Firstname (Surname) of See'''. The birthname can be noted in the article, but it's not included in the article name. Making links to as-yet-absent articles is also included here, since clicking on those links will lead a user to create an article with that name.<br />
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*Creating wiki-links which link to an article with name A yet display name B are done in the following fashion: '''<nowiki>[[Name A|Name B]]</nowiki>''' Thus, if I wanted to link to your userpage without displaying its full name, I would use '''<nowiki>[[User:Wsk|Wsk]]</nowiki>''', yielding this: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]].<br />
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Please take the time to read through the [[Help:Contents]] and the [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual]] for lots of tips on style and technical details. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 13:36, 25 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Orthodoxy in America template ==<br />
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Great job on making all the "American Saints" on the template blue. You have some very well-researched articles. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 16:26, 30 Jul 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Sp: Archimandrite/Archmandrite ==<br />
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I've noticed that there seems to be a consistent spelling error in a number of your articles. Just so you know, the word is spelled '''[[archimandrite]]''', not '''archmandrite'''. (This is not a personal criticism; just trying to let you know!) &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:18, 8 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== St. Herman's Seminary ==<br />
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I moved the [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's]] page because the apostrophe was one of those "smart quotes" and the [[Template:Orthodoxyinamerica|Orthodoxy in America template]] (among other pages) wasn't picking up on it. Just something to look out for. [[User:Magda|{{User:Magda/sig}}]] 16:24, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Cult/occult ==<br />
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I have no idea how OrthodoxWiki got classified as being "cult/occult" by this particular web-service you mention. It may well be that the word "cult" appears in a number of articles, and so some automatic classification occurred. In any event, if you'd like to contact these folks to let them know the real state of things, feel free. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 08:10, 16 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Far out wsk! Any follow-up? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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:Thansk Bill for all your notes. I'm glad you're excited about OrthodoxWiki! I've been very happy about all the Japanese Orthodox stuff. I've got a friend who's moving to Japan soon (she's now Orthodox and married to a Japanese Orthodox man), and it's been a blessing to see so much about the Japanese Orthodox Church! - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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==An Overdue Response==<br />
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:Hi again, I wanted to respond to your comments below. Sorry for the delay! Thanks for your support and encouragement for this project, and for talking it up. Please greet Fr. Constantine for me. He probably won't remember, but we met awhile ago. Keep up the good work, and keep thinking big for the site. We need vision! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:11, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)<br />
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By the way, I glad you all have started the OrthodoxWiki site, it's among the things we need to do to 'advertize' Orthodoxy. Now we need to get the word out to our people. I attend St Nicholas in Washington and have mentioned the site to a number of 'outward looking' people, but I need to do more. Bill Kosar<br />
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== Japanese Orthodox ==<br />
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Wow, great work Bill. Where do you find this stuff? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
<br>P.S. I had the pleasure of serving with Fr. Dennis in Chicago yesterday.<br />
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== Canadian OCA Hierarchs ==<br />
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Here are a couple of links for succession boxes: [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesbishops.htm list of Canadian bishops] and [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesHistory.htm a history of the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)]. {{User:Magda/sig}} 09:10, November 12, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Bringing together the pages... ==<br />
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Hi Bill,<br />
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I've put [[Template:Orthodoxyinjapan]] on all the pages about Japanese Orthodoxy I could find, and also put everything together into [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]]. I would be grateful if you could write a brief introduction on the category page, then I would like to submit the whole category as a featured article to showcase some of the unique information we have here on OrthodoxWiki. How does all that sound? Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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P.S. It would also be wonderful, if you have a chance, if you could work on [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan]]. It doesn't have to be extensive, but it would be nice to have something up. Thanks!<br />
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== Category link ==<br />
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Hi Bill, thanks for bringing this up -- I've added the category to the image. This can be done by going to the image page, clicking edit and adding <nowiki>[[Category:Japanese Orthodox Images]]</nowiki> anywhere in the text of the page. By the way, signatures use a tilde rather than a "'". Hope that helps, and thanks for your work! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:18, December 5, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]] ==<br />
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Just so you know, when you add the '''<nowiki>{{orthodoxyinjapan}}</nowiki>''' template to an article, :Category:Orthodoxy in Japan automatically gets added, so there's no need to include it separately. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 09:57, January 5, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Uninhabited islands ==<br />
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I would propose that we take uninhabited islands off the [[:Template:Parishes of the USA|template]] altogether, and delete those pages... Sorry this comes after your work. {{User:Magda/sig}} 20:25, January 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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Thanks for your help. {{User:Magda/sig}} 10:18, January 12, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Parish Directory (USA) ==<br />
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Invitation to join discussion at Category talk:Parish Directory (USA). {{User:Magda/sig}} 11:00, January 31, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Ordain / [[Ordination]] ==<br />
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When making links, please try to link to the actual article title and not to a redirect. Articles are usually titled as nouns (ordination), rather than verbs (ordain). Some can be tricky, of course, like [[tonsure]], in which the noun and verb form are the same. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:22, April 22, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from St. Nicholas in DC ==<br />
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The photos you've uploaded recently of liturgical hardware you note as being "courtesy" of the catehdral in DC, yet you also have them listed as being copyrighted by you (that is, you own the photos). If they're yours, then the "courtesy" should probably be worded some other way (e.g. "Thanks to so-and-so for allowing this photo to be taken" or something like that). "Courtesy" in this context usually means that someone else owns the photo and is letting you use it, so if the cathedral owns those photos, then to put your own name on them for the copyright would be inaccurate. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 15:15, May 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Edward of England ==<br />
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There are, AFAIK, only two sainted Edwards in English history, and only one was a martyr. (Edward the Confessor died peacefully.) The Sept. 3 feast is of the translation of the relics of [[Edward the Martyr]]. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:41, May 28, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== 1917-18 Council article ==<br />
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Why not mention this on the article's talk page? I'm sure a collaboration is possible. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 16:48, June 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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I read the sandbox article, I have not problem if you replace the stub I posted with an actual article. [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 10:20, June 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Sysop Invite ==<br />
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Dear Bill,<br />
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I'd like to invite you to become an OrthodoxWiki sysop. This doesn't require much more time or commitment than you've already demonstrated. You'd be part of our ultra-secret OrthodoxWiki Sysop email list, where we work together to battle wiki-evil and talk about various issues affecting the life of OrthodoxWiki, and once in awhile bounce around ideas about its future. Also, you'd have superpowers on the wiki, allowing you to intervene in edit wars, and otherwise better manage articles. Finally, you'd be a reference point for other users - welcoming them in the name of OrthodoxWiki, and helping folks get the hang of the OrthodoxWiki style. Let me know if you'd like to accept this mission by leaving a note on my talk page or emailing me directly. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Royal/Holy Doors ==<br />
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Hey, sorry about the rude reversion of your change to the [[Classification of Feasts]] article. I should have edited it and provided an explanation rather than just using the rollback feature. I wasn't thinking.<br />
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The proper name for the doors leading from the nave to the altar is "holy doors". The "royal doors" are actually the doors leading from the narthex to the nave. It is a popular misnomer to call the "holy doors" royal. &mdash;[[User:Dcndavid|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. David</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Dcndavid|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dcndavid|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 23:03, August 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::Dcn. David, I can't help but think there's more to the story than that. I think here is a good place to push for primary sources and a solid historical account - though it might be more than we can take on at the moment! It seems to me that the conflation of "royal" to holy (after the collapse of the Empire?) also has a layer of symbolic meaning which goes beyond a "popular misnomer." [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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::It is interesting that this question came up. We are plagued with numerous names being applied to various Orthodox expressions. Besides our different languages in use, we are also confronted with the names from the Western Christian world. Of course this makes consistency difficult in such a place as Orthodoxwiki. I have been trying to settle the many empty articles under the 'wanted' article and noticed the appearance of Holy Doors and Royal Doors - that I usually use - so the changes! As my knowledge on many of the open articles is very low, having articles and corrections to articles by 'authorities, more than from Wikipedia, would be nice. <br />
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::I planned to have, at least the empty Door articles, redirected to the Iconostasis article as an immediate improvement. It at least gives a overview and thus a simple explanation. I whole heartly agree with Fr John that we need to travel toward better authories writing articles on many of the complicated subjects, especially better than me![[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:08, August 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Request Photo Use for Wikipedia ==<br />
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Hi, I'm part of a group of users over on Wikipedia who working on importing articles from the [[:Wikipedia:Catholic Encyclopedia|Catholic Encyclopedia]]. The article I'm working on now is about the aër. I noticed that the article here on OrthodoxWiki ([[Aer]]) has a picture you provided ([[:Image:Aer_on_a_Chalice_and_Discos.jpg]]). I would love to be able to include the picture in the article on Wikipedia as well, but notice that the copyright only allows it to be used on this site. Would you mind granting permission for it's use on Wikipedia as well? Thanks, [[:Wikipedia:User:Kylef81|Kylef81 (wp)]] [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 19:26, August 17, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Just something to keep in mind - Wikipedia doesn't really want closed-license photos, no? Would this mean that you're asking Wsk to reissue it under the GFDL (or at least a CC license)? — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])<br />
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:Kyle and Fr. John; I've changes the copywrite notice of the Aer image to GFDL so that Kyle can use it. Fr. John, I'll be changing the other images as I have some time. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 12:10, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Thanks! I've added the image to the article on Wikipedia. [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 13:24, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Back? ==<br />
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I'm not really back. Just fixing a few things I noticed. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Dcn. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:10, October 9, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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Do you want to help me with my wiki [http://editthis.info/wikireligion/Main_Page wikireligion]? There are a lot of articles that need to be made. --[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 17:28, February 4, 2007 (PST)<br />
::This may seem like a little bit of a odd question but do you have a wikipedia, meta wiki, wikiquote, witionary, wikispecies, or wikipedia simple english account? I feel as if I have seen you somewhere other than here. Have a nice week and god bless you and every one you know:) --[[User:Sir James Paul|James, La gloria e a dio]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)--[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Empress article titles ==<br />
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It seems to me that the simplest and most direct way is best. "Irene of Athens" would probably work fairly well, I guess, and for the other, I would choose "Theodora (9th century empress)". &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:17, April 15, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Accept Revised? ==<br />
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Dear Wsk,<br />
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There's been a request to use some of your edited content on Wikipedia. Would you mind putting the [[Template:Acceptrevised|Acceptrevised]] template on your user page to clarify the copyright (you can add it like this: <nowiki>{{acceptrevised}}</nowiki>? That would be very helpful! Thanks, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 08:54, April 25, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== OCA links ==<br />
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Again, great job on another new article! In case you're interested, the way I get the specific saint URL from the OCA site: click on the [http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp main page] to open the new little window. Then right-click on that window and select (something like) "View Page Info." From there you can select the URL, and delete the extraneous information. For instance, I've bolded the extra stuff here (which I usually remove): <nowiki>http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?</nowiki>'''SID=4&ID=1&'''<nowiki>FSID=103867</nowiki>, but you can tell that the FSID (Feast-Saint ID, I would think) is the part which points to the specific page you want. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 18:47, September 9, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Thanks ==<br />
Hi! Thanks for assisting me on one of my articles (Mantamados) ... Nice to meet you. I read your Bio and am excited to know of someone who has visited Antarctica! Your wife Lydia is very cute too :-) [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:21, January 21, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Eusebius ==<br />
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still think I try to be too much of a grammarian at times, though! I always look forward to reading the new articles you contribute because they're sure to be well done. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 06:46, February 6, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Rasputin ==<br />
Hey, should we really have an article on someone as satanic and evil as he is when this is an orthodox site? Perhaps make the article balance with the orthodox thinking on his behaviour? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 19:28, March 24, 2008 (PDT)<br />
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:Thank you for your detailed and kind response ... I didnt realise he had such influence on the Royal family and was also opposed by two hierarchs ... and also the point u present about good and bad makes sence ... I should jump my gun but its always good to ask I suppose becuase it teaches you another point of view - Thanks! If i come across something juicy about him ...I am certain that I will add it in. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:45, March 25, 2008 (PDT)<br />
:@Vasiliki I believe you doesn't have all the information. "..someone as satanic and evil as he" is just a piece of secular anti-Russian and ANTICHRISTIANIC propaganda, based on dirty political purposes and not on facts. I can search for some materials to show you (I've read about Rasputin holiness many times in Church sources but don't keep exactly references in memory) - surely if you please.<br />
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== ["Category: St. Vladimir's Seminary"] ==<br />
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Hi, hope you dont mind ... I changed the category a little so as to make it a sub-Category of [[:Category:Graduates]] which in turn is a Sub-category of [[:Category:Theology]]. This gives room to add "graduates" from other "Seminaries" :-) What you think? -- [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:30, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]]'s category parallels an existing set of categories (e.g., [[:Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]), which are all subsets of [[:Category:People]] and [[:Category:Seminaries]]. (This is a case of "Check existing structures first, please!") SVS itself doesn't have any other articles about it, so it really doesn't need a category all its own. Having one for its graduates works fine, though, just as it does for Halki. That is, why have two layers of categories when there only needs to be one? I've reverted these changes. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:22, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== starting categories ==<br />
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Just putting the category link in the article kind of starts the category, but the wiki will still complain the category does not exist. Just edit the category's empty page as if it were an article, and it will then exist. I sometimes add a description, but most of the time I just add a category link on the category page making it a sub category to another category. That's it. Hope that helps, - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:29, July 24, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Active appeal ==<br />
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There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 16:02, August 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Africa==<br />
I am quite far from being any kind of expert - I'm pretty well just going to the patriarchal website at this point. I do have a level of interest, though, and this is something I'd like to cultivate. &mdash; by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 15:05, August 28, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== a book review ==<br />
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Wsk, I was cleaning up a book review at the same time you were deleting it. [[Sacred light: Following the paschal journey]], Should I delete it? There are other book reviews here. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 12:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
:I suppose it is a fine line between ''book review'' and ''ad for a book''. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Thank U for the work you do ==<br />
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I am not the site owner but I am sure that if awards could be given to the most hard-woring Users on Orthodoxwiki there would be three to give out: you, Wsk and ASDamick! I wanted to pause at this point in my OrthodoxWiki career and acknowledge the efforts of those people who really do put a lot of time and effort into keeping OW alive and say Thank you for the work and time you put into making the articles rewarding!!! [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 03:54, January 20, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Military Martyrs ==<br />
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The following list:<br />
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http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/shortlist.html<br />
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lists military martyrs. If you had time, perhaps you could incorporate information from that site into our equivalent OrthodoxWiki articles? or a link to that site? Please note that the pages for each martyr are at varying stages of construction. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:52, May 25, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Google map ==<br />
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Whether do you know how to justify google map image on the right side of a page (see [[Mochalny]] island). Regards, [[User:Ruar-from-T|Ruar-from-T]]<br />
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== Deleting absurd redirects ==<br />
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Delete please redirects created after spamming renaming: [[Agiasma.info]], [[Talk:Agiasma.info]].<br />
==Bishops of Japan==<br />
Wsk,<br />
Thanks. Grouping bishops by their “see” (city) seemed easy, I would just look at the succession boxes and add categories. But it turned out some bishops were titled by country, and some had titular titles. Also, as you mentioned, there were already categories such as “Metropolitans of Japan”. There is “Metropolitans of Poland” overlapping with “Bishops of Warsaw”, “Metropolitans of the Czech Lands and Slovakia” overlapping with “Bishops of Prague”. There is also “Patriarchs of Moscow” overlapping with “Bishops of Kiev”.<br />
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I guess it needs cleaning up. As for Japan, “Metropolitans of …” is a good category grouping, as long as the category header explains that they my not all be Metropolitans if so. Would you go with "Metropolitans of Tokyo" or "Japan"? - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 13:05, April 5, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Church house ==<br />
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Dear Wsk! Thank you for your edits in the article [[Anatoly Chistousov]]. However I'm afraid that you didn't understand the meaning of certain words. When I wrote "church house" I meant not the church, not the building of the temple, but a house, which stands on the parish land, belongs to the parish, and which is used (in usual time) for household needs . I used combination of words "church house" as literal translation for russian "церковный дом (''tserkovny dom'')", as I just don't know how is right to translate it in english (may be as ''parish house''?). --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 15:29, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I've tought and decided to write "parish home". It seems to me that a home, which was built to be used in usual time as (for random example) a kitchen for paish members and similar is not equivalent of [[Domus Ecclesia]] --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 20:41, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Images and Category Question ==<br />
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Hi Wsk! I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on a couple of things :)<br />
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First, it appears that the uploading of images is currently broken, or disabled. See here, the [http://commons.orthodoxwiki.org/Special:Newimages Gallery of New Image Files]; some of your own uploads are also not showing the image there. I had left a note at the OrthodoxWiki Trapeza [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Thumbnails_Error|here]] regarding this error some time ago, but it has gone unanswered and the problem is not resolved. If I am missing something (or if it is my computer alone perhaps), apologies in advance, however I thought I would ask at least one person about the images / thumbnails error. Any ideas? Is it broken or disabled, and how to proceed loading pictures for future articles if so ? Who is in charge of correcting this programming error?<br />
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Second, I would appreciate your opinion on the naming of a new category I would like to create, to group all of the Western Saints of the Orthodox Church. I also raised this on the Trapeza, here: [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Proposed_Category_re:Saints|Proposed Category re:Saints]] with no feedback as of yet. I am in favor of following the pattern used on ROCOR's Orthodox England website, where they name these saints: ''“Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome”.'' Since OW is stated to be from the Orthodox perspective, I think it is approriate we use this terminology to exactly define these saints by time and place. In addition, they deserve a category of their own. Any thoughts?<br />
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Many thanks, and congratulations for all your dedicated hard work sir. Cheers, :) Chris. [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 21:47, September 13, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Jacob of Sarug==<br />
Hi Wsk,<br />
I was wondering if perhaps you can read Russian? There is a [http://www.pravenc.ru/ Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia], which had a comprehensive looking article on [[Jacob of Serugh]], here: '''[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yFMvsw9tGhAJ:www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html+http://www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca Иаков Саругский].'''<br><br />
If perhaps you can translate this, and add the relevant info to our own biographical entry on Jacob of Sarug that would be great. I thought I would at least ask. If not, would you know of anyone else who can translate Russian, and might be interested in this task? Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:48, February 19, 2011 (UTC)<br />
== Help at uploading a file ==<br />
I'd like to upload this file from Wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg for the [[Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)|new article]], but uploading failed for unknown reason. Ask to help. --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 11:29, April 3, 2012 (HST)<br />
You probably haven't understood me. i'm not going to copy full page [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg], i want to upload only the picture from it, i.e. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg to OwikiCommons, but the uploading is failed, probably is it temporary bugs of the OWiki server? Then I shall try later --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 07:08, April 4, 2012 (HST)</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Wsk&diff=108454User talk:Wsk2012-04-04T17:08:14Z<p>Stone18: /* Help at uploading a file */</p>
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<div>{{welcome}} &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 11:25, 28 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from Japan ==<br />
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Judging by the age you give the photos, it is likely that their copyright has long expired and they are now in the public domain. You should feel free to scan them in and upload them to the site. Thanks for your work! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 07:09, 6 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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I deleted the duplicate article as you requested.<br />
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One other note is that when you did a "move" on the Sandbox, it turned the Sandbox into a redirect to the new article. Additionally, it imported the entire editing history from the Sandbox into your new article. I thought you might like to know that for future reference. In the future, you may wish to create new article projects in the userspace instead, e.g., [[User:Wsk/Article Name]], or just copy and paste the code into the new article, so that redirects and shifted editing histories don't get thrown about. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:54, 7 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Nikolai-do pics ==<br />
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Those photos are fantastic! Thanks for procuring them. Please be sure to add an [[Help:Image licenses|image license]] for each one as is appropriate. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:49, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Bishops and links ==<br />
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You're most welcome for the help&mdash;it's the standard wiki-protocol! :)<br />
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There are a couple things to note:<br />
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*Links and article names for bishops are in the format '''Firstname (Surname) of See'''. The birthname can be noted in the article, but it's not included in the article name. Making links to as-yet-absent articles is also included here, since clicking on those links will lead a user to create an article with that name.<br />
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*Creating wiki-links which link to an article with name A yet display name B are done in the following fashion: '''<nowiki>[[Name A|Name B]]</nowiki>''' Thus, if I wanted to link to your userpage without displaying its full name, I would use '''<nowiki>[[User:Wsk|Wsk]]</nowiki>''', yielding this: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]].<br />
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Please take the time to read through the [[Help:Contents]] and the [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual]] for lots of tips on style and technical details. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 13:36, 25 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Orthodoxy in America template ==<br />
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Great job on making all the "American Saints" on the template blue. You have some very well-researched articles. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 16:26, 30 Jul 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Sp: Archimandrite/Archmandrite ==<br />
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I've noticed that there seems to be a consistent spelling error in a number of your articles. Just so you know, the word is spelled '''[[archimandrite]]''', not '''archmandrite'''. (This is not a personal criticism; just trying to let you know!) &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:18, 8 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== St. Herman's Seminary ==<br />
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I moved the [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's]] page because the apostrophe was one of those "smart quotes" and the [[Template:Orthodoxyinamerica|Orthodoxy in America template]] (among other pages) wasn't picking up on it. Just something to look out for. [[User:Magda|{{User:Magda/sig}}]] 16:24, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Cult/occult ==<br />
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I have no idea how OrthodoxWiki got classified as being "cult/occult" by this particular web-service you mention. It may well be that the word "cult" appears in a number of articles, and so some automatic classification occurred. In any event, if you'd like to contact these folks to let them know the real state of things, feel free. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 08:10, 16 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Far out wsk! Any follow-up? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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:Thansk Bill for all your notes. I'm glad you're excited about OrthodoxWiki! I've been very happy about all the Japanese Orthodox stuff. I've got a friend who's moving to Japan soon (she's now Orthodox and married to a Japanese Orthodox man), and it's been a blessing to see so much about the Japanese Orthodox Church! - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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==An Overdue Response==<br />
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:Hi again, I wanted to respond to your comments below. Sorry for the delay! Thanks for your support and encouragement for this project, and for talking it up. Please greet Fr. Constantine for me. He probably won't remember, but we met awhile ago. Keep up the good work, and keep thinking big for the site. We need vision! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:11, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)<br />
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By the way, I glad you all have started the OrthodoxWiki site, it's among the things we need to do to 'advertize' Orthodoxy. Now we need to get the word out to our people. I attend St Nicholas in Washington and have mentioned the site to a number of 'outward looking' people, but I need to do more. Bill Kosar<br />
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== Japanese Orthodox ==<br />
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Wow, great work Bill. Where do you find this stuff? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
<br>P.S. I had the pleasure of serving with Fr. Dennis in Chicago yesterday.<br />
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== Canadian OCA Hierarchs ==<br />
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Here are a couple of links for succession boxes: [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesbishops.htm list of Canadian bishops] and [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesHistory.htm a history of the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)]. {{User:Magda/sig}} 09:10, November 12, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Bringing together the pages... ==<br />
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Hi Bill,<br />
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I've put [[Template:Orthodoxyinjapan]] on all the pages about Japanese Orthodoxy I could find, and also put everything together into [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]]. I would be grateful if you could write a brief introduction on the category page, then I would like to submit the whole category as a featured article to showcase some of the unique information we have here on OrthodoxWiki. How does all that sound? Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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P.S. It would also be wonderful, if you have a chance, if you could work on [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan]]. It doesn't have to be extensive, but it would be nice to have something up. Thanks!<br />
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== Category link ==<br />
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Hi Bill, thanks for bringing this up -- I've added the category to the image. This can be done by going to the image page, clicking edit and adding <nowiki>[[Category:Japanese Orthodox Images]]</nowiki> anywhere in the text of the page. By the way, signatures use a tilde rather than a "'". Hope that helps, and thanks for your work! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:18, December 5, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]] ==<br />
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Just so you know, when you add the '''<nowiki>{{orthodoxyinjapan}}</nowiki>''' template to an article, :Category:Orthodoxy in Japan automatically gets added, so there's no need to include it separately. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 09:57, January 5, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Uninhabited islands ==<br />
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I would propose that we take uninhabited islands off the [[:Template:Parishes of the USA|template]] altogether, and delete those pages... Sorry this comes after your work. {{User:Magda/sig}} 20:25, January 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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Thanks for your help. {{User:Magda/sig}} 10:18, January 12, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Parish Directory (USA) ==<br />
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Invitation to join discussion at Category talk:Parish Directory (USA). {{User:Magda/sig}} 11:00, January 31, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Ordain / [[Ordination]] ==<br />
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When making links, please try to link to the actual article title and not to a redirect. Articles are usually titled as nouns (ordination), rather than verbs (ordain). Some can be tricky, of course, like [[tonsure]], in which the noun and verb form are the same. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:22, April 22, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from St. Nicholas in DC ==<br />
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The photos you've uploaded recently of liturgical hardware you note as being "courtesy" of the catehdral in DC, yet you also have them listed as being copyrighted by you (that is, you own the photos). If they're yours, then the "courtesy" should probably be worded some other way (e.g. "Thanks to so-and-so for allowing this photo to be taken" or something like that). "Courtesy" in this context usually means that someone else owns the photo and is letting you use it, so if the cathedral owns those photos, then to put your own name on them for the copyright would be inaccurate. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 15:15, May 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Edward of England ==<br />
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There are, AFAIK, only two sainted Edwards in English history, and only one was a martyr. (Edward the Confessor died peacefully.) The Sept. 3 feast is of the translation of the relics of [[Edward the Martyr]]. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:41, May 28, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== 1917-18 Council article ==<br />
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Why not mention this on the article's talk page? I'm sure a collaboration is possible. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 16:48, June 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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I read the sandbox article, I have not problem if you replace the stub I posted with an actual article. [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 10:20, June 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Sysop Invite ==<br />
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Dear Bill,<br />
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I'd like to invite you to become an OrthodoxWiki sysop. This doesn't require much more time or commitment than you've already demonstrated. You'd be part of our ultra-secret OrthodoxWiki Sysop email list, where we work together to battle wiki-evil and talk about various issues affecting the life of OrthodoxWiki, and once in awhile bounce around ideas about its future. Also, you'd have superpowers on the wiki, allowing you to intervene in edit wars, and otherwise better manage articles. Finally, you'd be a reference point for other users - welcoming them in the name of OrthodoxWiki, and helping folks get the hang of the OrthodoxWiki style. Let me know if you'd like to accept this mission by leaving a note on my talk page or emailing me directly. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Royal/Holy Doors ==<br />
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Hey, sorry about the rude reversion of your change to the [[Classification of Feasts]] article. I should have edited it and provided an explanation rather than just using the rollback feature. I wasn't thinking.<br />
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The proper name for the doors leading from the nave to the altar is "holy doors". The "royal doors" are actually the doors leading from the narthex to the nave. It is a popular misnomer to call the "holy doors" royal. &mdash;[[User:Dcndavid|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. David</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Dcndavid|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dcndavid|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 23:03, August 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::Dcn. David, I can't help but think there's more to the story than that. I think here is a good place to push for primary sources and a solid historical account - though it might be more than we can take on at the moment! It seems to me that the conflation of "royal" to holy (after the collapse of the Empire?) also has a layer of symbolic meaning which goes beyond a "popular misnomer." [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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::It is interesting that this question came up. We are plagued with numerous names being applied to various Orthodox expressions. Besides our different languages in use, we are also confronted with the names from the Western Christian world. Of course this makes consistency difficult in such a place as Orthodoxwiki. I have been trying to settle the many empty articles under the 'wanted' article and noticed the appearance of Holy Doors and Royal Doors - that I usually use - so the changes! As my knowledge on many of the open articles is very low, having articles and corrections to articles by 'authorities, more than from Wikipedia, would be nice. <br />
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::I planned to have, at least the empty Door articles, redirected to the Iconostasis article as an immediate improvement. It at least gives a overview and thus a simple explanation. I whole heartly agree with Fr John that we need to travel toward better authories writing articles on many of the complicated subjects, especially better than me![[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:08, August 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Request Photo Use for Wikipedia ==<br />
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Hi, I'm part of a group of users over on Wikipedia who working on importing articles from the [[:Wikipedia:Catholic Encyclopedia|Catholic Encyclopedia]]. The article I'm working on now is about the aër. I noticed that the article here on OrthodoxWiki ([[Aer]]) has a picture you provided ([[:Image:Aer_on_a_Chalice_and_Discos.jpg]]). I would love to be able to include the picture in the article on Wikipedia as well, but notice that the copyright only allows it to be used on this site. Would you mind granting permission for it's use on Wikipedia as well? Thanks, [[:Wikipedia:User:Kylef81|Kylef81 (wp)]] [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 19:26, August 17, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Just something to keep in mind - Wikipedia doesn't really want closed-license photos, no? Would this mean that you're asking Wsk to reissue it under the GFDL (or at least a CC license)? — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])<br />
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:Kyle and Fr. John; I've changes the copywrite notice of the Aer image to GFDL so that Kyle can use it. Fr. John, I'll be changing the other images as I have some time. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 12:10, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Thanks! I've added the image to the article on Wikipedia. [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 13:24, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Back? ==<br />
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I'm not really back. Just fixing a few things I noticed. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Dcn. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:10, October 9, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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Do you want to help me with my wiki [http://editthis.info/wikireligion/Main_Page wikireligion]? There are a lot of articles that need to be made. --[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 17:28, February 4, 2007 (PST)<br />
::This may seem like a little bit of a odd question but do you have a wikipedia, meta wiki, wikiquote, witionary, wikispecies, or wikipedia simple english account? I feel as if I have seen you somewhere other than here. Have a nice week and god bless you and every one you know:) --[[User:Sir James Paul|James, La gloria e a dio]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)--[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Empress article titles ==<br />
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It seems to me that the simplest and most direct way is best. "Irene of Athens" would probably work fairly well, I guess, and for the other, I would choose "Theodora (9th century empress)". &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:17, April 15, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Accept Revised? ==<br />
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Dear Wsk,<br />
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There's been a request to use some of your edited content on Wikipedia. Would you mind putting the [[Template:Acceptrevised|Acceptrevised]] template on your user page to clarify the copyright (you can add it like this: <nowiki>{{acceptrevised}}</nowiki>? That would be very helpful! Thanks, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 08:54, April 25, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== OCA links ==<br />
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Again, great job on another new article! In case you're interested, the way I get the specific saint URL from the OCA site: click on the [http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp main page] to open the new little window. Then right-click on that window and select (something like) "View Page Info." From there you can select the URL, and delete the extraneous information. For instance, I've bolded the extra stuff here (which I usually remove): <nowiki>http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?</nowiki>'''SID=4&ID=1&'''<nowiki>FSID=103867</nowiki>, but you can tell that the FSID (Feast-Saint ID, I would think) is the part which points to the specific page you want. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 18:47, September 9, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Thanks ==<br />
Hi! Thanks for assisting me on one of my articles (Mantamados) ... Nice to meet you. I read your Bio and am excited to know of someone who has visited Antarctica! Your wife Lydia is very cute too :-) [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:21, January 21, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Eusebius ==<br />
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still think I try to be too much of a grammarian at times, though! I always look forward to reading the new articles you contribute because they're sure to be well done. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 06:46, February 6, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Rasputin ==<br />
Hey, should we really have an article on someone as satanic and evil as he is when this is an orthodox site? Perhaps make the article balance with the orthodox thinking on his behaviour? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 19:28, March 24, 2008 (PDT)<br />
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:Thank you for your detailed and kind response ... I didnt realise he had such influence on the Royal family and was also opposed by two hierarchs ... and also the point u present about good and bad makes sence ... I should jump my gun but its always good to ask I suppose becuase it teaches you another point of view - Thanks! If i come across something juicy about him ...I am certain that I will add it in. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:45, March 25, 2008 (PDT)<br />
:@Vasiliki I believe you doesn't have all the information. "..someone as satanic and evil as he" is just a piece of secular anti-Russian and ANTICHRISTIANIC propaganda, based on dirty political purposes and not on facts. I can search for some materials to show you (I've read about Rasputin holiness many times in Church sources but don't keep exactly references in memory) - surely if you please.<br />
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== ["Category: St. Vladimir's Seminary"] ==<br />
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Hi, hope you dont mind ... I changed the category a little so as to make it a sub-Category of [[:Category:Graduates]] which in turn is a Sub-category of [[:Category:Theology]]. This gives room to add "graduates" from other "Seminaries" :-) What you think? -- [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:30, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]]'s category parallels an existing set of categories (e.g., [[:Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]), which are all subsets of [[:Category:People]] and [[:Category:Seminaries]]. (This is a case of "Check existing structures first, please!") SVS itself doesn't have any other articles about it, so it really doesn't need a category all its own. Having one for its graduates works fine, though, just as it does for Halki. That is, why have two layers of categories when there only needs to be one? I've reverted these changes. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:22, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== starting categories ==<br />
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Just putting the category link in the article kind of starts the category, but the wiki will still complain the category does not exist. Just edit the category's empty page as if it were an article, and it will then exist. I sometimes add a description, but most of the time I just add a category link on the category page making it a sub category to another category. That's it. Hope that helps, - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:29, July 24, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Active appeal ==<br />
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There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 16:02, August 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Africa==<br />
I am quite far from being any kind of expert - I'm pretty well just going to the patriarchal website at this point. I do have a level of interest, though, and this is something I'd like to cultivate. &mdash; by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 15:05, August 28, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== a book review ==<br />
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Wsk, I was cleaning up a book review at the same time you were deleting it. [[Sacred light: Following the paschal journey]], Should I delete it? There are other book reviews here. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 12:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
:I suppose it is a fine line between ''book review'' and ''ad for a book''. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Thank U for the work you do ==<br />
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I am not the site owner but I am sure that if awards could be given to the most hard-woring Users on Orthodoxwiki there would be three to give out: you, Wsk and ASDamick! I wanted to pause at this point in my OrthodoxWiki career and acknowledge the efforts of those people who really do put a lot of time and effort into keeping OW alive and say Thank you for the work and time you put into making the articles rewarding!!! [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 03:54, January 20, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Military Martyrs ==<br />
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The following list:<br />
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http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/shortlist.html<br />
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lists military martyrs. If you had time, perhaps you could incorporate information from that site into our equivalent OrthodoxWiki articles? or a link to that site? Please note that the pages for each martyr are at varying stages of construction. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:52, May 25, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Google map ==<br />
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Whether do you know how to justify google map image on the right side of a page (see [[Mochalny]] island). Regards, [[User:Ruar-from-T|Ruar-from-T]]<br />
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== Deleting absurd redirects ==<br />
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Delete please redirects created after spamming renaming: [[Agiasma.info]], [[Talk:Agiasma.info]].<br />
==Bishops of Japan==<br />
Wsk,<br />
Thanks. Grouping bishops by their “see” (city) seemed easy, I would just look at the succession boxes and add categories. But it turned out some bishops were titled by country, and some had titular titles. Also, as you mentioned, there were already categories such as “Metropolitans of Japan”. There is “Metropolitans of Poland” overlapping with “Bishops of Warsaw”, “Metropolitans of the Czech Lands and Slovakia” overlapping with “Bishops of Prague”. There is also “Patriarchs of Moscow” overlapping with “Bishops of Kiev”.<br />
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I guess it needs cleaning up. As for Japan, “Metropolitans of …” is a good category grouping, as long as the category header explains that they my not all be Metropolitans if so. Would you go with "Metropolitans of Tokyo" or "Japan"? - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 13:05, April 5, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Church house ==<br />
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Dear Wsk! Thank you for your edits in the article [[Anatoly Chistousov]]. However I'm afraid that you didn't understand the meaning of certain words. When I wrote "church house" I meant not the church, not the building of the temple, but a house, which stands on the parish land, belongs to the parish, and which is used (in usual time) for household needs . I used combination of words "church house" as literal translation for russian "церковный дом (''tserkovny dom'')", as I just don't know how is right to translate it in english (may be as ''parish house''?). --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 15:29, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I've tought and decided to write "parish home". It seems to me that a home, which was built to be used in usual time as (for random example) a kitchen for paish members and similar is not equivalent of [[Domus Ecclesia]] --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 20:41, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Images and Category Question ==<br />
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Hi Wsk! I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on a couple of things :)<br />
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First, it appears that the uploading of images is currently broken, or disabled. See here, the [http://commons.orthodoxwiki.org/Special:Newimages Gallery of New Image Files]; some of your own uploads are also not showing the image there. I had left a note at the OrthodoxWiki Trapeza [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Thumbnails_Error|here]] regarding this error some time ago, but it has gone unanswered and the problem is not resolved. If I am missing something (or if it is my computer alone perhaps), apologies in advance, however I thought I would ask at least one person about the images / thumbnails error. Any ideas? Is it broken or disabled, and how to proceed loading pictures for future articles if so ? Who is in charge of correcting this programming error?<br />
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Second, I would appreciate your opinion on the naming of a new category I would like to create, to group all of the Western Saints of the Orthodox Church. I also raised this on the Trapeza, here: [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Proposed_Category_re:Saints|Proposed Category re:Saints]] with no feedback as of yet. I am in favor of following the pattern used on ROCOR's Orthodox England website, where they name these saints: ''“Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome”.'' Since OW is stated to be from the Orthodox perspective, I think it is approriate we use this terminology to exactly define these saints by time and place. In addition, they deserve a category of their own. Any thoughts?<br />
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Many thanks, and congratulations for all your dedicated hard work sir. Cheers, :) Chris. [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 21:47, September 13, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Jacob of Sarug==<br />
Hi Wsk,<br />
I was wondering if perhaps you can read Russian? There is a [http://www.pravenc.ru/ Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia], which had a comprehensive looking article on [[Jacob of Serugh]], here: '''[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yFMvsw9tGhAJ:www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html+http://www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca Иаков Саругский].'''<br><br />
If perhaps you can translate this, and add the relevant info to our own biographical entry on Jacob of Sarug that would be great. I thought I would at least ask. If not, would you know of anyone else who can translate Russian, and might be interested in this task? Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:48, February 19, 2011 (UTC)<br />
== Help at uploading a file ==<br />
I'd like to upload this file from Wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg for the [[Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)|new article]], but uploading failed for unknown reason. Ask to help. --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 11:29, April 3, 2012 (HST)<br />
You probably haven't understood me. i'm not going to copy full page [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg], i want to upload only the picture from it, i.e. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg to OwikiCommons, but the uploading is failed, probably is it temporary bugs of the OWiki server? --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 07:08, April 4, 2012 (HST)</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Wsk&diff=108450User talk:Wsk2012-04-03T21:36:56Z<p>Stone18: /* Help at uploading a file */ misprint fied</p>
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<div>{{welcome}} &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 11:25, 28 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from Japan ==<br />
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Judging by the age you give the photos, it is likely that their copyright has long expired and they are now in the public domain. You should feel free to scan them in and upload them to the site. Thanks for your work! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 07:09, 6 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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I deleted the duplicate article as you requested.<br />
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One other note is that when you did a "move" on the Sandbox, it turned the Sandbox into a redirect to the new article. Additionally, it imported the entire editing history from the Sandbox into your new article. I thought you might like to know that for future reference. In the future, you may wish to create new article projects in the userspace instead, e.g., [[User:Wsk/Article Name]], or just copy and paste the code into the new article, so that redirects and shifted editing histories don't get thrown about. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:54, 7 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Nikolai-do pics ==<br />
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Those photos are fantastic! Thanks for procuring them. Please be sure to add an [[Help:Image licenses|image license]] for each one as is appropriate. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:49, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Bishops and links ==<br />
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You're most welcome for the help&mdash;it's the standard wiki-protocol! :)<br />
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There are a couple things to note:<br />
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*Links and article names for bishops are in the format '''Firstname (Surname) of See'''. The birthname can be noted in the article, but it's not included in the article name. Making links to as-yet-absent articles is also included here, since clicking on those links will lead a user to create an article with that name.<br />
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*Creating wiki-links which link to an article with name A yet display name B are done in the following fashion: '''<nowiki>[[Name A|Name B]]</nowiki>''' Thus, if I wanted to link to your userpage without displaying its full name, I would use '''<nowiki>[[User:Wsk|Wsk]]</nowiki>''', yielding this: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]].<br />
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Please take the time to read through the [[Help:Contents]] and the [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual]] for lots of tips on style and technical details. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 13:36, 25 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Orthodoxy in America template ==<br />
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Great job on making all the "American Saints" on the template blue. You have some very well-researched articles. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 16:26, 30 Jul 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Sp: Archimandrite/Archmandrite ==<br />
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I've noticed that there seems to be a consistent spelling error in a number of your articles. Just so you know, the word is spelled '''[[archimandrite]]''', not '''archmandrite'''. (This is not a personal criticism; just trying to let you know!) &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:18, 8 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== St. Herman's Seminary ==<br />
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I moved the [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's]] page because the apostrophe was one of those "smart quotes" and the [[Template:Orthodoxyinamerica|Orthodoxy in America template]] (among other pages) wasn't picking up on it. Just something to look out for. [[User:Magda|{{User:Magda/sig}}]] 16:24, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Cult/occult ==<br />
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I have no idea how OrthodoxWiki got classified as being "cult/occult" by this particular web-service you mention. It may well be that the word "cult" appears in a number of articles, and so some automatic classification occurred. In any event, if you'd like to contact these folks to let them know the real state of things, feel free. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 08:10, 16 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Far out wsk! Any follow-up? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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:Thansk Bill for all your notes. I'm glad you're excited about OrthodoxWiki! I've been very happy about all the Japanese Orthodox stuff. I've got a friend who's moving to Japan soon (she's now Orthodox and married to a Japanese Orthodox man), and it's been a blessing to see so much about the Japanese Orthodox Church! - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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==An Overdue Response==<br />
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:Hi again, I wanted to respond to your comments below. Sorry for the delay! Thanks for your support and encouragement for this project, and for talking it up. Please greet Fr. Constantine for me. He probably won't remember, but we met awhile ago. Keep up the good work, and keep thinking big for the site. We need vision! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:11, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)<br />
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By the way, I glad you all have started the OrthodoxWiki site, it's among the things we need to do to 'advertize' Orthodoxy. Now we need to get the word out to our people. I attend St Nicholas in Washington and have mentioned the site to a number of 'outward looking' people, but I need to do more. Bill Kosar<br />
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== Japanese Orthodox ==<br />
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Wow, great work Bill. Where do you find this stuff? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
<br>P.S. I had the pleasure of serving with Fr. Dennis in Chicago yesterday.<br />
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== Canadian OCA Hierarchs ==<br />
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Here are a couple of links for succession boxes: [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesbishops.htm list of Canadian bishops] and [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesHistory.htm a history of the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)]. {{User:Magda/sig}} 09:10, November 12, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Bringing together the pages... ==<br />
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Hi Bill,<br />
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I've put [[Template:Orthodoxyinjapan]] on all the pages about Japanese Orthodoxy I could find, and also put everything together into [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]]. I would be grateful if you could write a brief introduction on the category page, then I would like to submit the whole category as a featured article to showcase some of the unique information we have here on OrthodoxWiki. How does all that sound? Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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P.S. It would also be wonderful, if you have a chance, if you could work on [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan]]. It doesn't have to be extensive, but it would be nice to have something up. Thanks!<br />
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== Category link ==<br />
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Hi Bill, thanks for bringing this up -- I've added the category to the image. This can be done by going to the image page, clicking edit and adding <nowiki>[[Category:Japanese Orthodox Images]]</nowiki> anywhere in the text of the page. By the way, signatures use a tilde rather than a "'". Hope that helps, and thanks for your work! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:18, December 5, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]] ==<br />
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Just so you know, when you add the '''<nowiki>{{orthodoxyinjapan}}</nowiki>''' template to an article, :Category:Orthodoxy in Japan automatically gets added, so there's no need to include it separately. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 09:57, January 5, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Uninhabited islands ==<br />
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I would propose that we take uninhabited islands off the [[:Template:Parishes of the USA|template]] altogether, and delete those pages... Sorry this comes after your work. {{User:Magda/sig}} 20:25, January 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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Thanks for your help. {{User:Magda/sig}} 10:18, January 12, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Parish Directory (USA) ==<br />
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Invitation to join discussion at Category talk:Parish Directory (USA). {{User:Magda/sig}} 11:00, January 31, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Ordain / [[Ordination]] ==<br />
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When making links, please try to link to the actual article title and not to a redirect. Articles are usually titled as nouns (ordination), rather than verbs (ordain). Some can be tricky, of course, like [[tonsure]], in which the noun and verb form are the same. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:22, April 22, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from St. Nicholas in DC ==<br />
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The photos you've uploaded recently of liturgical hardware you note as being "courtesy" of the catehdral in DC, yet you also have them listed as being copyrighted by you (that is, you own the photos). If they're yours, then the "courtesy" should probably be worded some other way (e.g. "Thanks to so-and-so for allowing this photo to be taken" or something like that). "Courtesy" in this context usually means that someone else owns the photo and is letting you use it, so if the cathedral owns those photos, then to put your own name on them for the copyright would be inaccurate. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 15:15, May 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Edward of England ==<br />
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There are, AFAIK, only two sainted Edwards in English history, and only one was a martyr. (Edward the Confessor died peacefully.) The Sept. 3 feast is of the translation of the relics of [[Edward the Martyr]]. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:41, May 28, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== 1917-18 Council article ==<br />
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Why not mention this on the article's talk page? I'm sure a collaboration is possible. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 16:48, June 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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I read the sandbox article, I have not problem if you replace the stub I posted with an actual article. [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 10:20, June 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Sysop Invite ==<br />
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Dear Bill,<br />
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I'd like to invite you to become an OrthodoxWiki sysop. This doesn't require much more time or commitment than you've already demonstrated. You'd be part of our ultra-secret OrthodoxWiki Sysop email list, where we work together to battle wiki-evil and talk about various issues affecting the life of OrthodoxWiki, and once in awhile bounce around ideas about its future. Also, you'd have superpowers on the wiki, allowing you to intervene in edit wars, and otherwise better manage articles. Finally, you'd be a reference point for other users - welcoming them in the name of OrthodoxWiki, and helping folks get the hang of the OrthodoxWiki style. Let me know if you'd like to accept this mission by leaving a note on my talk page or emailing me directly. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Royal/Holy Doors ==<br />
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Hey, sorry about the rude reversion of your change to the [[Classification of Feasts]] article. I should have edited it and provided an explanation rather than just using the rollback feature. I wasn't thinking.<br />
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The proper name for the doors leading from the nave to the altar is "holy doors". The "royal doors" are actually the doors leading from the narthex to the nave. It is a popular misnomer to call the "holy doors" royal. &mdash;[[User:Dcndavid|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. David</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Dcndavid|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dcndavid|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 23:03, August 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::Dcn. David, I can't help but think there's more to the story than that. I think here is a good place to push for primary sources and a solid historical account - though it might be more than we can take on at the moment! It seems to me that the conflation of "royal" to holy (after the collapse of the Empire?) also has a layer of symbolic meaning which goes beyond a "popular misnomer." [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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::It is interesting that this question came up. We are plagued with numerous names being applied to various Orthodox expressions. Besides our different languages in use, we are also confronted with the names from the Western Christian world. Of course this makes consistency difficult in such a place as Orthodoxwiki. I have been trying to settle the many empty articles under the 'wanted' article and noticed the appearance of Holy Doors and Royal Doors - that I usually use - so the changes! As my knowledge on many of the open articles is very low, having articles and corrections to articles by 'authorities, more than from Wikipedia, would be nice. <br />
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::I planned to have, at least the empty Door articles, redirected to the Iconostasis article as an immediate improvement. It at least gives a overview and thus a simple explanation. I whole heartly agree with Fr John that we need to travel toward better authories writing articles on many of the complicated subjects, especially better than me![[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:08, August 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Request Photo Use for Wikipedia ==<br />
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Hi, I'm part of a group of users over on Wikipedia who working on importing articles from the [[:Wikipedia:Catholic Encyclopedia|Catholic Encyclopedia]]. The article I'm working on now is about the aër. I noticed that the article here on OrthodoxWiki ([[Aer]]) has a picture you provided ([[:Image:Aer_on_a_Chalice_and_Discos.jpg]]). I would love to be able to include the picture in the article on Wikipedia as well, but notice that the copyright only allows it to be used on this site. Would you mind granting permission for it's use on Wikipedia as well? Thanks, [[:Wikipedia:User:Kylef81|Kylef81 (wp)]] [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 19:26, August 17, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Just something to keep in mind - Wikipedia doesn't really want closed-license photos, no? Would this mean that you're asking Wsk to reissue it under the GFDL (or at least a CC license)? — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])<br />
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:Kyle and Fr. John; I've changes the copywrite notice of the Aer image to GFDL so that Kyle can use it. Fr. John, I'll be changing the other images as I have some time. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 12:10, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Thanks! I've added the image to the article on Wikipedia. [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 13:24, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Back? ==<br />
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I'm not really back. Just fixing a few things I noticed. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Dcn. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:10, October 9, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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Do you want to help me with my wiki [http://editthis.info/wikireligion/Main_Page wikireligion]? There are a lot of articles that need to be made. --[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 17:28, February 4, 2007 (PST)<br />
::This may seem like a little bit of a odd question but do you have a wikipedia, meta wiki, wikiquote, witionary, wikispecies, or wikipedia simple english account? I feel as if I have seen you somewhere other than here. Have a nice week and god bless you and every one you know:) --[[User:Sir James Paul|James, La gloria e a dio]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)--[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Empress article titles ==<br />
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It seems to me that the simplest and most direct way is best. "Irene of Athens" would probably work fairly well, I guess, and for the other, I would choose "Theodora (9th century empress)". &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:17, April 15, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Accept Revised? ==<br />
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Dear Wsk,<br />
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There's been a request to use some of your edited content on Wikipedia. Would you mind putting the [[Template:Acceptrevised|Acceptrevised]] template on your user page to clarify the copyright (you can add it like this: <nowiki>{{acceptrevised}}</nowiki>? That would be very helpful! Thanks, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 08:54, April 25, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== OCA links ==<br />
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Again, great job on another new article! In case you're interested, the way I get the specific saint URL from the OCA site: click on the [http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp main page] to open the new little window. Then right-click on that window and select (something like) "View Page Info." From there you can select the URL, and delete the extraneous information. For instance, I've bolded the extra stuff here (which I usually remove): <nowiki>http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?</nowiki>'''SID=4&ID=1&'''<nowiki>FSID=103867</nowiki>, but you can tell that the FSID (Feast-Saint ID, I would think) is the part which points to the specific page you want. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 18:47, September 9, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Thanks ==<br />
Hi! Thanks for assisting me on one of my articles (Mantamados) ... Nice to meet you. I read your Bio and am excited to know of someone who has visited Antarctica! Your wife Lydia is very cute too :-) [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:21, January 21, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Eusebius ==<br />
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still think I try to be too much of a grammarian at times, though! I always look forward to reading the new articles you contribute because they're sure to be well done. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 06:46, February 6, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Rasputin ==<br />
Hey, should we really have an article on someone as satanic and evil as he is when this is an orthodox site? Perhaps make the article balance with the orthodox thinking on his behaviour? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 19:28, March 24, 2008 (PDT)<br />
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:Thank you for your detailed and kind response ... I didnt realise he had such influence on the Royal family and was also opposed by two hierarchs ... and also the point u present about good and bad makes sence ... I should jump my gun but its always good to ask I suppose becuase it teaches you another point of view - Thanks! If i come across something juicy about him ...I am certain that I will add it in. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:45, March 25, 2008 (PDT)<br />
:@Vasiliki I believe you doesn't have all the information. "..someone as satanic and evil as he" is just a piece of secular anti-Russian and ANTICHRISTIANIC propaganda, based on dirty political purposes and not on facts. I can search for some materials to show you (I've read about Rasputin holiness many times in Church sources but don't keep exactly references in memory) - surely if you please.<br />
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== ["Category: St. Vladimir's Seminary"] ==<br />
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Hi, hope you dont mind ... I changed the category a little so as to make it a sub-Category of [[:Category:Graduates]] which in turn is a Sub-category of [[:Category:Theology]]. This gives room to add "graduates" from other "Seminaries" :-) What you think? -- [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:30, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]]'s category parallels an existing set of categories (e.g., [[:Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]), which are all subsets of [[:Category:People]] and [[:Category:Seminaries]]. (This is a case of "Check existing structures first, please!") SVS itself doesn't have any other articles about it, so it really doesn't need a category all its own. Having one for its graduates works fine, though, just as it does for Halki. That is, why have two layers of categories when there only needs to be one? I've reverted these changes. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:22, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== starting categories ==<br />
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Just putting the category link in the article kind of starts the category, but the wiki will still complain the category does not exist. Just edit the category's empty page as if it were an article, and it will then exist. I sometimes add a description, but most of the time I just add a category link on the category page making it a sub category to another category. That's it. Hope that helps, - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:29, July 24, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Active appeal ==<br />
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There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 16:02, August 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Africa==<br />
I am quite far from being any kind of expert - I'm pretty well just going to the patriarchal website at this point. I do have a level of interest, though, and this is something I'd like to cultivate. &mdash; by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 15:05, August 28, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== a book review ==<br />
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Wsk, I was cleaning up a book review at the same time you were deleting it. [[Sacred light: Following the paschal journey]], Should I delete it? There are other book reviews here. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 12:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
:I suppose it is a fine line between ''book review'' and ''ad for a book''. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Thank U for the work you do ==<br />
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I am not the site owner but I am sure that if awards could be given to the most hard-woring Users on Orthodoxwiki there would be three to give out: you, Wsk and ASDamick! I wanted to pause at this point in my OrthodoxWiki career and acknowledge the efforts of those people who really do put a lot of time and effort into keeping OW alive and say Thank you for the work and time you put into making the articles rewarding!!! [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 03:54, January 20, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Military Martyrs ==<br />
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The following list:<br />
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http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/shortlist.html<br />
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lists military martyrs. If you had time, perhaps you could incorporate information from that site into our equivalent OrthodoxWiki articles? or a link to that site? Please note that the pages for each martyr are at varying stages of construction. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:52, May 25, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Google map ==<br />
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Whether do you know how to justify google map image on the right side of a page (see [[Mochalny]] island). Regards, [[User:Ruar-from-T|Ruar-from-T]]<br />
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== Deleting absurd redirects ==<br />
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Delete please redirects created after spamming renaming: [[Agiasma.info]], [[Talk:Agiasma.info]].<br />
==Bishops of Japan==<br />
Wsk,<br />
Thanks. Grouping bishops by their “see” (city) seemed easy, I would just look at the succession boxes and add categories. But it turned out some bishops were titled by country, and some had titular titles. Also, as you mentioned, there were already categories such as “Metropolitans of Japan”. There is “Metropolitans of Poland” overlapping with “Bishops of Warsaw”, “Metropolitans of the Czech Lands and Slovakia” overlapping with “Bishops of Prague”. There is also “Patriarchs of Moscow” overlapping with “Bishops of Kiev”.<br />
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I guess it needs cleaning up. As for Japan, “Metropolitans of …” is a good category grouping, as long as the category header explains that they my not all be Metropolitans if so. Would you go with "Metropolitans of Tokyo" or "Japan"? - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 13:05, April 5, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Church house ==<br />
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Dear Wsk! Thank you for your edits in the article [[Anatoly Chistousov]]. However I'm afraid that you didn't understand the meaning of certain words. When I wrote "church house" I meant not the church, not the building of the temple, but a house, which stands on the parish land, belongs to the parish, and which is used (in usual time) for household needs . I used combination of words "church house" as literal translation for russian "церковный дом (''tserkovny dom'')", as I just don't know how is right to translate it in english (may be as ''parish house''?). --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 15:29, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I've tought and decided to write "parish home". It seems to me that a home, which was built to be used in usual time as (for random example) a kitchen for paish members and similar is not equivalent of [[Domus Ecclesia]] --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 20:41, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Images and Category Question ==<br />
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Hi Wsk! I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on a couple of things :)<br />
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First, it appears that the uploading of images is currently broken, or disabled. See here, the [http://commons.orthodoxwiki.org/Special:Newimages Gallery of New Image Files]; some of your own uploads are also not showing the image there. I had left a note at the OrthodoxWiki Trapeza [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Thumbnails_Error|here]] regarding this error some time ago, but it has gone unanswered and the problem is not resolved. If I am missing something (or if it is my computer alone perhaps), apologies in advance, however I thought I would ask at least one person about the images / thumbnails error. Any ideas? Is it broken or disabled, and how to proceed loading pictures for future articles if so ? Who is in charge of correcting this programming error?<br />
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Second, I would appreciate your opinion on the naming of a new category I would like to create, to group all of the Western Saints of the Orthodox Church. I also raised this on the Trapeza, here: [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Proposed_Category_re:Saints|Proposed Category re:Saints]] with no feedback as of yet. I am in favor of following the pattern used on ROCOR's Orthodox England website, where they name these saints: ''“Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome”.'' Since OW is stated to be from the Orthodox perspective, I think it is approriate we use this terminology to exactly define these saints by time and place. In addition, they deserve a category of their own. Any thoughts?<br />
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Many thanks, and congratulations for all your dedicated hard work sir. Cheers, :) Chris. [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 21:47, September 13, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Jacob of Sarug==<br />
Hi Wsk,<br />
I was wondering if perhaps you can read Russian? There is a [http://www.pravenc.ru/ Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia], which had a comprehensive looking article on [[Jacob of Serugh]], here: '''[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yFMvsw9tGhAJ:www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html+http://www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca Иаков Саругский].'''<br><br />
If perhaps you can translate this, and add the relevant info to our own biographical entry on Jacob of Sarug that would be great. I thought I would at least ask. If not, would you know of anyone else who can translate Russian, and might be interested in this task? Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:48, February 19, 2011 (UTC)<br />
== Help at uploading a file ==<br />
I'd like to upload this file from Wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg for the [[Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)|new article]], but uploading failed for unknown reason. Ask to help. --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 11:29, April 3, 2012 (HST)</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Wsk&diff=108449User talk:Wsk2012-04-03T21:29:46Z<p>Stone18: /* Help at downloading a file */</p>
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<div>{{welcome}} &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 11:25, 28 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from Japan ==<br />
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Judging by the age you give the photos, it is likely that their copyright has long expired and they are now in the public domain. You should feel free to scan them in and upload them to the site. Thanks for your work! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 07:09, 6 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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I deleted the duplicate article as you requested.<br />
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One other note is that when you did a "move" on the Sandbox, it turned the Sandbox into a redirect to the new article. Additionally, it imported the entire editing history from the Sandbox into your new article. I thought you might like to know that for future reference. In the future, you may wish to create new article projects in the userspace instead, e.g., [[User:Wsk/Article Name]], or just copy and paste the code into the new article, so that redirects and shifted editing histories don't get thrown about. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:54, 7 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Nikolai-do pics ==<br />
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Those photos are fantastic! Thanks for procuring them. Please be sure to add an [[Help:Image licenses|image license]] for each one as is appropriate. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:49, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Bishops and links ==<br />
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You're most welcome for the help&mdash;it's the standard wiki-protocol! :)<br />
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There are a couple things to note:<br />
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*Links and article names for bishops are in the format '''Firstname (Surname) of See'''. The birthname can be noted in the article, but it's not included in the article name. Making links to as-yet-absent articles is also included here, since clicking on those links will lead a user to create an article with that name.<br />
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*Creating wiki-links which link to an article with name A yet display name B are done in the following fashion: '''<nowiki>[[Name A|Name B]]</nowiki>''' Thus, if I wanted to link to your userpage without displaying its full name, I would use '''<nowiki>[[User:Wsk|Wsk]]</nowiki>''', yielding this: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]].<br />
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Please take the time to read through the [[Help:Contents]] and the [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual]] for lots of tips on style and technical details. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 13:36, 25 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Orthodoxy in America template ==<br />
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Great job on making all the "American Saints" on the template blue. You have some very well-researched articles. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 16:26, 30 Jul 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Sp: Archimandrite/Archmandrite ==<br />
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I've noticed that there seems to be a consistent spelling error in a number of your articles. Just so you know, the word is spelled '''[[archimandrite]]''', not '''archmandrite'''. (This is not a personal criticism; just trying to let you know!) &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:18, 8 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== St. Herman's Seminary ==<br />
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I moved the [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's]] page because the apostrophe was one of those "smart quotes" and the [[Template:Orthodoxyinamerica|Orthodoxy in America template]] (among other pages) wasn't picking up on it. Just something to look out for. [[User:Magda|{{User:Magda/sig}}]] 16:24, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Cult/occult ==<br />
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I have no idea how OrthodoxWiki got classified as being "cult/occult" by this particular web-service you mention. It may well be that the word "cult" appears in a number of articles, and so some automatic classification occurred. In any event, if you'd like to contact these folks to let them know the real state of things, feel free. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 08:10, 16 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Far out wsk! Any follow-up? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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:Thansk Bill for all your notes. I'm glad you're excited about OrthodoxWiki! I've been very happy about all the Japanese Orthodox stuff. I've got a friend who's moving to Japan soon (she's now Orthodox and married to a Japanese Orthodox man), and it's been a blessing to see so much about the Japanese Orthodox Church! - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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==An Overdue Response==<br />
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:Hi again, I wanted to respond to your comments below. Sorry for the delay! Thanks for your support and encouragement for this project, and for talking it up. Please greet Fr. Constantine for me. He probably won't remember, but we met awhile ago. Keep up the good work, and keep thinking big for the site. We need vision! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:11, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)<br />
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By the way, I glad you all have started the OrthodoxWiki site, it's among the things we need to do to 'advertize' Orthodoxy. Now we need to get the word out to our people. I attend St Nicholas in Washington and have mentioned the site to a number of 'outward looking' people, but I need to do more. Bill Kosar<br />
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== Japanese Orthodox ==<br />
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Wow, great work Bill. Where do you find this stuff? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
<br>P.S. I had the pleasure of serving with Fr. Dennis in Chicago yesterday.<br />
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== Canadian OCA Hierarchs ==<br />
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Here are a couple of links for succession boxes: [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesbishops.htm list of Canadian bishops] and [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesHistory.htm a history of the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)]. {{User:Magda/sig}} 09:10, November 12, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Bringing together the pages... ==<br />
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Hi Bill,<br />
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I've put [[Template:Orthodoxyinjapan]] on all the pages about Japanese Orthodoxy I could find, and also put everything together into [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]]. I would be grateful if you could write a brief introduction on the category page, then I would like to submit the whole category as a featured article to showcase some of the unique information we have here on OrthodoxWiki. How does all that sound? Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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P.S. It would also be wonderful, if you have a chance, if you could work on [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan]]. It doesn't have to be extensive, but it would be nice to have something up. Thanks!<br />
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== Category link ==<br />
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Hi Bill, thanks for bringing this up -- I've added the category to the image. This can be done by going to the image page, clicking edit and adding <nowiki>[[Category:Japanese Orthodox Images]]</nowiki> anywhere in the text of the page. By the way, signatures use a tilde rather than a "'". Hope that helps, and thanks for your work! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:18, December 5, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]] ==<br />
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Just so you know, when you add the '''<nowiki>{{orthodoxyinjapan}}</nowiki>''' template to an article, :Category:Orthodoxy in Japan automatically gets added, so there's no need to include it separately. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 09:57, January 5, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Uninhabited islands ==<br />
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I would propose that we take uninhabited islands off the [[:Template:Parishes of the USA|template]] altogether, and delete those pages... Sorry this comes after your work. {{User:Magda/sig}} 20:25, January 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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Thanks for your help. {{User:Magda/sig}} 10:18, January 12, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Parish Directory (USA) ==<br />
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Invitation to join discussion at Category talk:Parish Directory (USA). {{User:Magda/sig}} 11:00, January 31, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Ordain / [[Ordination]] ==<br />
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When making links, please try to link to the actual article title and not to a redirect. Articles are usually titled as nouns (ordination), rather than verbs (ordain). Some can be tricky, of course, like [[tonsure]], in which the noun and verb form are the same. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:22, April 22, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from St. Nicholas in DC ==<br />
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The photos you've uploaded recently of liturgical hardware you note as being "courtesy" of the catehdral in DC, yet you also have them listed as being copyrighted by you (that is, you own the photos). If they're yours, then the "courtesy" should probably be worded some other way (e.g. "Thanks to so-and-so for allowing this photo to be taken" or something like that). "Courtesy" in this context usually means that someone else owns the photo and is letting you use it, so if the cathedral owns those photos, then to put your own name on them for the copyright would be inaccurate. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 15:15, May 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Edward of England ==<br />
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There are, AFAIK, only two sainted Edwards in English history, and only one was a martyr. (Edward the Confessor died peacefully.) The Sept. 3 feast is of the translation of the relics of [[Edward the Martyr]]. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:41, May 28, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== 1917-18 Council article ==<br />
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Why not mention this on the article's talk page? I'm sure a collaboration is possible. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 16:48, June 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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I read the sandbox article, I have not problem if you replace the stub I posted with an actual article. [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 10:20, June 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Sysop Invite ==<br />
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Dear Bill,<br />
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I'd like to invite you to become an OrthodoxWiki sysop. This doesn't require much more time or commitment than you've already demonstrated. You'd be part of our ultra-secret OrthodoxWiki Sysop email list, where we work together to battle wiki-evil and talk about various issues affecting the life of OrthodoxWiki, and once in awhile bounce around ideas about its future. Also, you'd have superpowers on the wiki, allowing you to intervene in edit wars, and otherwise better manage articles. Finally, you'd be a reference point for other users - welcoming them in the name of OrthodoxWiki, and helping folks get the hang of the OrthodoxWiki style. Let me know if you'd like to accept this mission by leaving a note on my talk page or emailing me directly. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Royal/Holy Doors ==<br />
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Hey, sorry about the rude reversion of your change to the [[Classification of Feasts]] article. I should have edited it and provided an explanation rather than just using the rollback feature. I wasn't thinking.<br />
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The proper name for the doors leading from the nave to the altar is "holy doors". The "royal doors" are actually the doors leading from the narthex to the nave. It is a popular misnomer to call the "holy doors" royal. &mdash;[[User:Dcndavid|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. David</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Dcndavid|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dcndavid|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 23:03, August 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::Dcn. David, I can't help but think there's more to the story than that. I think here is a good place to push for primary sources and a solid historical account - though it might be more than we can take on at the moment! It seems to me that the conflation of "royal" to holy (after the collapse of the Empire?) also has a layer of symbolic meaning which goes beyond a "popular misnomer." [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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::It is interesting that this question came up. We are plagued with numerous names being applied to various Orthodox expressions. Besides our different languages in use, we are also confronted with the names from the Western Christian world. Of course this makes consistency difficult in such a place as Orthodoxwiki. I have been trying to settle the many empty articles under the 'wanted' article and noticed the appearance of Holy Doors and Royal Doors - that I usually use - so the changes! As my knowledge on many of the open articles is very low, having articles and corrections to articles by 'authorities, more than from Wikipedia, would be nice. <br />
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::I planned to have, at least the empty Door articles, redirected to the Iconostasis article as an immediate improvement. It at least gives a overview and thus a simple explanation. I whole heartly agree with Fr John that we need to travel toward better authories writing articles on many of the complicated subjects, especially better than me![[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:08, August 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Request Photo Use for Wikipedia ==<br />
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Hi, I'm part of a group of users over on Wikipedia who working on importing articles from the [[:Wikipedia:Catholic Encyclopedia|Catholic Encyclopedia]]. The article I'm working on now is about the aër. I noticed that the article here on OrthodoxWiki ([[Aer]]) has a picture you provided ([[:Image:Aer_on_a_Chalice_and_Discos.jpg]]). I would love to be able to include the picture in the article on Wikipedia as well, but notice that the copyright only allows it to be used on this site. Would you mind granting permission for it's use on Wikipedia as well? Thanks, [[:Wikipedia:User:Kylef81|Kylef81 (wp)]] [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 19:26, August 17, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Just something to keep in mind - Wikipedia doesn't really want closed-license photos, no? Would this mean that you're asking Wsk to reissue it under the GFDL (or at least a CC license)? — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])<br />
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:Kyle and Fr. John; I've changes the copywrite notice of the Aer image to GFDL so that Kyle can use it. Fr. John, I'll be changing the other images as I have some time. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 12:10, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Thanks! I've added the image to the article on Wikipedia. [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 13:24, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Back? ==<br />
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I'm not really back. Just fixing a few things I noticed. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Dcn. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:10, October 9, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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Do you want to help me with my wiki [http://editthis.info/wikireligion/Main_Page wikireligion]? There are a lot of articles that need to be made. --[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 17:28, February 4, 2007 (PST)<br />
::This may seem like a little bit of a odd question but do you have a wikipedia, meta wiki, wikiquote, witionary, wikispecies, or wikipedia simple english account? I feel as if I have seen you somewhere other than here. Have a nice week and god bless you and every one you know:) --[[User:Sir James Paul|James, La gloria e a dio]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)--[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Empress article titles ==<br />
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It seems to me that the simplest and most direct way is best. "Irene of Athens" would probably work fairly well, I guess, and for the other, I would choose "Theodora (9th century empress)". &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:17, April 15, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Accept Revised? ==<br />
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Dear Wsk,<br />
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There's been a request to use some of your edited content on Wikipedia. Would you mind putting the [[Template:Acceptrevised|Acceptrevised]] template on your user page to clarify the copyright (you can add it like this: <nowiki>{{acceptrevised}}</nowiki>? That would be very helpful! Thanks, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 08:54, April 25, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== OCA links ==<br />
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Again, great job on another new article! In case you're interested, the way I get the specific saint URL from the OCA site: click on the [http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp main page] to open the new little window. Then right-click on that window and select (something like) "View Page Info." From there you can select the URL, and delete the extraneous information. For instance, I've bolded the extra stuff here (which I usually remove): <nowiki>http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?</nowiki>'''SID=4&ID=1&'''<nowiki>FSID=103867</nowiki>, but you can tell that the FSID (Feast-Saint ID, I would think) is the part which points to the specific page you want. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 18:47, September 9, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Thanks ==<br />
Hi! Thanks for assisting me on one of my articles (Mantamados) ... Nice to meet you. I read your Bio and am excited to know of someone who has visited Antarctica! Your wife Lydia is very cute too :-) [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:21, January 21, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Eusebius ==<br />
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still think I try to be too much of a grammarian at times, though! I always look forward to reading the new articles you contribute because they're sure to be well done. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 06:46, February 6, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Rasputin ==<br />
Hey, should we really have an article on someone as satanic and evil as he is when this is an orthodox site? Perhaps make the article balance with the orthodox thinking on his behaviour? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 19:28, March 24, 2008 (PDT)<br />
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:Thank you for your detailed and kind response ... I didnt realise he had such influence on the Royal family and was also opposed by two hierarchs ... and also the point u present about good and bad makes sence ... I should jump my gun but its always good to ask I suppose becuase it teaches you another point of view - Thanks! If i come across something juicy about him ...I am certain that I will add it in. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:45, March 25, 2008 (PDT)<br />
:@Vasiliki I believe you doesn't have all the information. "..someone as satanic and evil as he" is just a piece of secular anti-Russian and ANTICHRISTIANIC propaganda, based on dirty political purposes and not on facts. I can search for some materials to show you (I've read about Rasputin holiness many times in Church sources but don't keep exactly references in memory) - surely if you please.<br />
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== ["Category: St. Vladimir's Seminary"] ==<br />
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Hi, hope you dont mind ... I changed the category a little so as to make it a sub-Category of [[:Category:Graduates]] which in turn is a Sub-category of [[:Category:Theology]]. This gives room to add "graduates" from other "Seminaries" :-) What you think? -- [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:30, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]]'s category parallels an existing set of categories (e.g., [[:Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]), which are all subsets of [[:Category:People]] and [[:Category:Seminaries]]. (This is a case of "Check existing structures first, please!") SVS itself doesn't have any other articles about it, so it really doesn't need a category all its own. Having one for its graduates works fine, though, just as it does for Halki. That is, why have two layers of categories when there only needs to be one? I've reverted these changes. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:22, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== starting categories ==<br />
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Just putting the category link in the article kind of starts the category, but the wiki will still complain the category does not exist. Just edit the category's empty page as if it were an article, and it will then exist. I sometimes add a description, but most of the time I just add a category link on the category page making it a sub category to another category. That's it. Hope that helps, - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:29, July 24, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Active appeal ==<br />
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There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 16:02, August 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Africa==<br />
I am quite far from being any kind of expert - I'm pretty well just going to the patriarchal website at this point. I do have a level of interest, though, and this is something I'd like to cultivate. &mdash; by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 15:05, August 28, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== a book review ==<br />
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Wsk, I was cleaning up a book review at the same time you were deleting it. [[Sacred light: Following the paschal journey]], Should I delete it? There are other book reviews here. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 12:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
:I suppose it is a fine line between ''book review'' and ''ad for a book''. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Thank U for the work you do ==<br />
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I am not the site owner but I am sure that if awards could be given to the most hard-woring Users on Orthodoxwiki there would be three to give out: you, Wsk and ASDamick! I wanted to pause at this point in my OrthodoxWiki career and acknowledge the efforts of those people who really do put a lot of time and effort into keeping OW alive and say Thank you for the work and time you put into making the articles rewarding!!! [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 03:54, January 20, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Military Martyrs ==<br />
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The following list:<br />
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lists military martyrs. If you had time, perhaps you could incorporate information from that site into our equivalent OrthodoxWiki articles? or a link to that site? Please note that the pages for each martyr are at varying stages of construction. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:52, May 25, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Google map ==<br />
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Whether do you know how to justify google map image on the right side of a page (see [[Mochalny]] island). Regards, [[User:Ruar-from-T|Ruar-from-T]]<br />
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== Deleting absurd redirects ==<br />
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Delete please redirects created after spamming renaming: [[Agiasma.info]], [[Talk:Agiasma.info]].<br />
==Bishops of Japan==<br />
Wsk,<br />
Thanks. Grouping bishops by their “see” (city) seemed easy, I would just look at the succession boxes and add categories. But it turned out some bishops were titled by country, and some had titular titles. Also, as you mentioned, there were already categories such as “Metropolitans of Japan”. There is “Metropolitans of Poland” overlapping with “Bishops of Warsaw”, “Metropolitans of the Czech Lands and Slovakia” overlapping with “Bishops of Prague”. There is also “Patriarchs of Moscow” overlapping with “Bishops of Kiev”.<br />
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I guess it needs cleaning up. As for Japan, “Metropolitans of …” is a good category grouping, as long as the category header explains that they my not all be Metropolitans if so. Would you go with "Metropolitans of Tokyo" or "Japan"? - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 13:05, April 5, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Church house ==<br />
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Dear Wsk! Thank you for your edits in the article [[Anatoly Chistousov]]. However I'm afraid that you didn't understand the meaning of certain words. When I wrote "church house" I meant not the church, not the building of the temple, but a house, which stands on the parish land, belongs to the parish, and which is used (in usual time) for household needs . I used combination of words "church house" as literal translation for russian "церковный дом (''tserkovny dom'')", as I just don't know how is right to translate it in english (may be as ''parish house''?). --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 15:29, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I've tought and decided to write "parish home". It seems to me that a home, which was built to be used in usual time as (for random example) a kitchen for paish members and similar is not equivalent of [[Domus Ecclesia]] --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 20:41, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Images and Category Question ==<br />
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Hi Wsk! I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on a couple of things :)<br />
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First, it appears that the uploading of images is currently broken, or disabled. See here, the [http://commons.orthodoxwiki.org/Special:Newimages Gallery of New Image Files]; some of your own uploads are also not showing the image there. I had left a note at the OrthodoxWiki Trapeza [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Thumbnails_Error|here]] regarding this error some time ago, but it has gone unanswered and the problem is not resolved. If I am missing something (or if it is my computer alone perhaps), apologies in advance, however I thought I would ask at least one person about the images / thumbnails error. Any ideas? Is it broken or disabled, and how to proceed loading pictures for future articles if so ? Who is in charge of correcting this programming error?<br />
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Second, I would appreciate your opinion on the naming of a new category I would like to create, to group all of the Western Saints of the Orthodox Church. I also raised this on the Trapeza, here: [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Proposed_Category_re:Saints|Proposed Category re:Saints]] with no feedback as of yet. I am in favor of following the pattern used on ROCOR's Orthodox England website, where they name these saints: ''“Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome”.'' Since OW is stated to be from the Orthodox perspective, I think it is approriate we use this terminology to exactly define these saints by time and place. In addition, they deserve a category of their own. Any thoughts?<br />
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Many thanks, and congratulations for all your dedicated hard work sir. Cheers, :) Chris. [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 21:47, September 13, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Jacob of Sarug==<br />
Hi Wsk,<br />
I was wondering if perhaps you can read Russian? There is a [http://www.pravenc.ru/ Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia], which had a comprehensive looking article on [[Jacob of Serugh]], here: '''[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yFMvsw9tGhAJ:www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html+http://www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca Иаков Саругский].'''<br><br />
If perhaps you can translate this, and add the relevant info to our own biographical entry on Jacob of Sarug that would be great. I thought I would at least ask. If not, would you know of anyone else who can translate Russian, and might be interested in this task? Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:48, February 19, 2011 (UTC)<br />
== Help at downloading a file ==<br />
I'd like to upload this file from Wikipedia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Russian_Orthodox_Church_in_Pyongyang.jpg for the [[Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)|new article]], but uploading failed for unknown reason. Ask to help. --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 11:29, April 3, 2012 (HST)</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Holy_Trinity_Church_(Pyongyang)&diff=108448Holy Trinity Church (Pyongyang)2012-04-03T21:01:03Z<p>Stone18: </p>
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'''Holy Trinity church in Pyongyang''' is an single orthodox church in North Korea. Permission of construction of the Orthodox church in North korea was given personally by President of DPRK Kim Jong-Il afer his visit of St. Innocent of Irkutsk church in Khabarovsk in course of the trip to Russia in 2002. Construction activity of the church was begun in 2003 year. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held by DECR Deputy Chairman archbishop Clement of Kaluga on June 24 and works were begun. The church was consecrated in 2006 by metr. [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Cyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad]]. During the consecration of the church was ordinated a first northkorean priest<ref>[http://www.dprk.mid.ru/xpam.html ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ХРАМ СВЯТОЙ ЖИВОНАЧАЛЬНОЙ ТРОИЦЫ В ПХЕНЬЯНЕ]</ref><br />
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Now in the church two priests, Theodor Kim and John Ra, serve, both are citizens of North Korea<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1598569.html Делегация Русской Православной Церкви приняла участие в торжествах по случаю пятилетия освящения Троицкого храма в Пхеньяне]</ref> The temple is found at Chonbek district, tel./fax: (850) 238 14 650. Services are held every Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>'''Holy Trinity church in Pyongyang''' is an single orthodox church in North Korea. Permission of construction of the Orthodox church in North korea was given personally by President of DPRK Kim Jong-Il afer his visit of St. Innocent of Irkutsk church in Khabarovsk in course of the trip to Russia in 2002. Construction activity of the church was begun in 2003 year. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held by DECR Deputy Chairman archbishop Clement of Kaluga on June 24 and works were begun. The church was consecrated in 2006 by metr. [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Cyrill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad]]. During the consecration of the church was ordinated a first northkorean priest<ref>[http://www.dprk.mid.ru/xpam.html ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ХРАМ СВЯТОЙ ЖИВОНАЧАЛЬНОЙ ТРОИЦЫ В ПХЕНЬЯНЕ]</ref><br />
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Now in the church two priests serve - Theodor Kim and John Ra, both citizens of NK<ref>[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1598569.html Делегация Русской Православной Церкви приняла участие в торжествах по случаю пятилетия освящения Троицкого храма в Пхеньяне]</ref> The temple is found at Chonbek district, tel./fax: (850) 238 14 650. Services are held every Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*1901 Gabriel, abbot of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos, [[October 19]];<br />
*1902 [[Jonah of Holy Trinity Monastery|Jonah]] (Peter in schema), founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev, [[January 9]]<br />
*1903 Arethas of Verkhoturye and Valaam, Venerable, [[May 15]]; [[Cornelius of Krypets|Cornelius]], monk of Krypets Monastery in Pskov, [[December 28]].<br />
*1905 Parthenios Koudouma Monastery, [[July 10]]; [[Apostolos Makrakis]], [[December 25]].<br />
*1906 [[Barnabas of the Gethsemane Skete| Barnabas]], elder of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra, [[February 17]]; <br />
*1907 [[Ananias (Barberakis) of Crete]], d. [[April 22]]; [[Ilia the Righteous]], [[July 20]]; [[Alexander (Okropiridze) of Guria and Samegrelo]], <ref>[[Alexander (Okropiridze) of Guria and Samegrelo]], saint of the [[Church of Georgia]]</ref>[[October 27]].<br />
*1908 Methodia of Cimola Island, Greece, b. 1865, Venerable, [[October 5]]; [[John of Kronstadt| John]] the Righteous, Wonderworker of Kronstadt, b. 1829, [[October 19]];<br />
*1909 [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]], [[May 7]];<br />
*1910 Translation of the relics of ''Venerable'' Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk from the Kiev caves to Polotsk.<br />
*1911 [[Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina|Joseph of Optina]], Venerable, [[May 9]]<br />
*1912 [[Nicholas of Japan|Nicholas]] Kassatkin, enlightener of Japan [[February 3]].<br />
*1913 [[Barsanuphius of Optina|Barsanuphius]], Venerable of [[Optina Monastery|Optina]], [[April 1]]; Philaret of Ichalka, Ivanovo, saint, [[August 8]];<br />
*1914 [[Maxim Sandovich]], martyred missionary priest, who suffered under the Latins, protomartyr of the Lemkos People, Poland, [[August 6]]<br />
*1915 [[Raphael of Brooklyn]]; Parasceve, Blessed of Diveevo, [[September 22]]; Gabriel, of Pskov-Eleazar Monastery and Kazan, [[September 24]];<br />
*1917-40 [[w:Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union|Persecution of the Orthodox Church in Russia]] begins, with 130,000 priests arrested, 95,000 of whom were executed by firing squad.<br />
*1917 [[Alexis of Goloseyevsky|Alexis]], Venerable of Goloseyevsky Skete, Kiev Caves, [[March 11]], John (Gashkevich), archpriest of Korma, [[May 18]]; [[John Kochurov |John Kochurov of Chicago and St. Petersburg]], priest hieromonk, missionary, and hieromartyr, [[October 31]]; Sergius, Hieromartyr New, [[December 7]];<br />
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===1918===<br />
*'''January:''' Jeremiah, Hieromartyr, [[January 1|1]]; John Piankov and Nicholas Yakhontov priests, [[January 5]]; [[Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) of Kiev and Gallich|St. Vladimir]]; [[January 25]]; <br />
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*'''February:''' [[Peter of Petrograd |Peter]] (Skipetrov) of Petrograd, Archpriest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 1]]; Michael Lisitsyn , the priest of Ust-Labinskaya, Russia, Joseph Smirnov the protoierey, John Kastorsky the deacon, Vladimir Ilinsky the priest, hieromartyrs and John Perebaskin the martyr, [[February 22]];<br />
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*'''April:''' Peter and Prokhor the Martyrs, [[April 11]]; Sergius (Trofimov) of Nizhni-Novgorod, the New Martyr, and one with him, [[April 14]]; John, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[April 17]]; Bessarion the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 18]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 21]]; Eustaphius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 22]]; Egor (George), Priest of Spas Chekriak village, Russia, New Hieromartyr, [[April 23]]; John the priest and the new hieromartyr, and his childrens, Martyrs Nicholas and Peter, [[April 26]]; <br />
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*'''May:''' Archpriest Philosoph Ornatsky with his sons Boris and Nicholas, New Hieromartyrs, in St. Petersburg, [[May 31]]<br />
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*'''June:''' [[Andronik of Perm|Andronicus]], archbishop of Perm, [[Basil of Chernigov|Basil]] Archbishop of Chernigov and Peter the priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 4]]; Alexander, Alexis, Alexander, Valentine, Benjamin, Viktor, Alexander, Paul, Vladimir, Ignatius, Michael, Nicholas, Paul, Alexander, Nicholas the priests, Gregory the deacon, New Hieromartyrs, and Athanasius and Alexsander the martyrs, [[June 7]]; Joseph the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 14]]; Alexander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 13]]; Amos the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 15]]; Hermogenes (Germogen), bishop of Tobolsk, Euphremius, Michael and Peter priests, hieromartyrs, and Martyr Constantine, [[June 16]]; Aberkius priest and Nicander, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 17]]; Sergius Florinsky, priest in Estonia, New Hieromartyr, [[June 19]]; John the New Hieromartyr, [[June 21]]; Gennadius, priest, new hieromartyr, [[June 22]]; Alexander, Alexis, Peter priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 23]]; Nicholas and Basil the priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 25]]; Gregory, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 26]]; Gregory Nikolsky Priest of Kuban, Alexander and Vladimir priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 27]]; [[Kirion II (Sadzaglishvili) of Georgia|Kirion II]], (b. 1855), catholicos-patriarch of Georgia, New Hieromartyr, [[June 27]]; Basil, deacon and New Hieromartyr, [[June 28]]; Timothy, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 30]]<br />
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*'''July:''' Arcadius the priest, new hieromartyr, [[July 1]]; Nilus of Poltava, Hieromonk, New Hieromartyr, [[July 4]]; [[Elizabeth the New Martyr|Grand Duchess Elizabeth]], and Nun Barbara, [[July 5]]; Paul the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 7]]; Alexander and Theodore priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[July 8]]; Constantine the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 9]]; Peter and Stephen priests, Gregory and Nestor deacons, New Hieromartyrs, [[July 10]]; Constantine, priest, new hieromartyr, [[July 14]]; Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] murdered together with his wife [[Alexandra Romanov|Alexandra]] and his childrens, [[July 17]]; Appolinarius the new hieromartyrs, [[July 18]]; Constantine the and Nicholas priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[July 20]], Michael the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 22]]; Ambrose, bishop of Sarapul, priests Plato and Panteleimon the new hieromartyrs, [[July 27]]; Nicholas the deacon, new hieromartyr, [[July 28]]; John the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[July 30]]<br />
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*'''August:''' Viacheslav the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[August 3]]; Joseph, New Hieromartyr, [[August 8]]; Viacheslav, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 10]]; Barlaam, abbot of ,,Belogor St. Nicholas” monastery, and brotherhood: hieromonks Sergius, Ilia, Viacheslav, Iosaph, John, Anoty, hierodeacons Mikhey, Bessarion, Mathew, Euphemia, monks Barnabas, Demetrius, Sabbas, Hermogenus, Arcadius, Euphemia, btothers John, Jacob, Peter, another Jacob, Alexander, Theodore, another Peter, Sergius, Alexis, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 12]]; John, Ioasph and Constantine, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 13]]; Mathew and Alexis the Martyrs, [[August 14]]; Stephen the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 16]]; Alexis the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 17]]; Augustine, Archimandrite of Orans Monastery, Nicholas of Nizhni-Novgorod, the Proto-priest, and 15 people with them New Martyrs, [[August 18]]; Alexander, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 21]]; Ephraim (Kuznetsov), bishop of Selenginsk, Macarius, bishop of Orlov, John, Alexis, and John Vostorgov, the priests, new hieromartyrs, [[August 22]]; Aristoclius, elder of Moscow, Venerable, [[August 24]]; Michael Voskresensky and Stephen Nemkov, priests, and those with them, in Nizhni-Novgorod, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 27]]; Archimandrite Sergius (Zaytsev) and hieromonks Laurecnce (Nikitin), Seraphim (Kuz'min), hierodeacon Theodosius (Alexandrov), monks Leontius (Kariagin), Stephen, brothers Gregory (Timofeev), Hylarion (Pravdin), John (Sretensky), Sergius (Galin), of Zilantov Monastery of Kazan, [[August 28]]; Peter priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 30]]; Alexander priest and Vladimir deacon, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 31]]<br />
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*'''September:''' Barsunuphius, bishop of Kyrilov, John priest, Seraphima, Abbess of Therapontov Convent, and Anatole, Nicholas, Michael and Philip, hieromartyrs, [[September 2]]; Pimen (Belolikov) bishop of Vernensk and Semirechensk, Sergius, Basil, Philip, Vladimir priests, New Hieromartyr, Meletius the martyr, [[September 3]]; Demetrius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 6]]; Peter and Michael, priests, Alexander the deacon, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 7]]; Gregory the priest and Aleksander the deacon, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 9]]; Nicholas and Victor priests, Hieromartyrs, [[September 11]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 14]]; John, priest, New Hieromartyr, and Eudocia the martyr, [[September 15]]; Paul, Theodosius, Nicodemus and Seraphim, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 17]]; Alexis and Peter, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 18]]; Constantine (Golubev), priest in Bogorodsk, and two others with him, New Martyrs, [[September 19]]; Alexander, Alexis, Constantine, John priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 21]]; Basil, deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[September 24]]; Demetrius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 27]]; Prokopius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 30]];<br />
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*'''October:''' Alexis the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 1]]; Demetrius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 4]]; Constantine and Peter the priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[October 9]]; Philaret and Alexander priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[October 11]]; Simeon, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 15]]; Eugine the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 16]]; Neophit priest, New Hieromartyr, Hyacinth and Callistus the Martyrs, [[October 17]]; Alexis (Stavrovsky), priest in Petrograd, New Martyr, [[October 19]]; Nicholas (Liubomudrov). priest of Latskoye village, Yaroslavl, New Martyr, [[October 20]]; Euphrosyne (Mezenova) the Faster, schema-abbess of Siberia, [[October 12]]; Laurence bishop of Balakhninsk, Alexis priest and Alexis the Martyr. New Hieromartyrs, [[October 24]]; John the priest New, Hieromartyr, [[October 28]]; Nicholas the priest, Cosma, Victor, Naum, Philip, John, Paul, Andrew, Paul, Basil, Alexis, John, New Hieromartyrs, and Agaphia the martyr, [[October 29]]; Leonid the New Hieromartyr, [[October 31]];<br />
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*'''November:''' Alexander and Theodore priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 1]]; Bishop Victorin and Priest Basil Luzgin of Glazomicha, Constantine and Anania, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 2]]; <br />
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*'''December:''' Alexis, John, Alexander and Nicholas priests, Basil deacon and with him 10 Martyrs, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 4]]; Antonius priest, Andronic, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 7]]; Jacob and Alexander priests, Eugraph and his son, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 10]]; [[Theophanes (Il'minskii) of Solikamsk|Theophanes]], bishop of Solokamsk, (b. 1867), hieromartyrs of the Bolshevik Yoke, and with him 2 Hieromartyrs and 5 Martyrs, [[December 11]]; Vladimir, Priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 16]]; Alexander, Nicholas and Sergius priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 17]]; Michael the priest, [[December 21]]; Saints of Ivangorod: Dimitry (Chistoserdov) and Alexander (Volkov) [[December 26]]; Alexander and Demetrius priests, [[December 26]]; Nikodim, bishop of Belgorod and Arcadius deacon, [[December 28]]; Sergy (Florinsky) of Rakvere, [[December 30]];<br />
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*1919 Death of Saints of Tartu: Platon (Kulbush) bishop of Tallinn, Michael (Bleive) and Nicholas (Bezhanitsky) [[January 1]]; Andrew (Zimin), Archpriest, his wife Lydia, his mother-in-law Domnica, his two daughters and his servant Maria, of Ussurisk [[January 6]]; Nicholas, Theodore and Vladimir priests, Hieromartyrs, [[January 11]]; John priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 16]]; Michael the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[January 18]]; Basil and Gabriel the priests, [[February 13]]; Nicholas, Saint [[May 5]]; Nicholas and Peter the priests, new hieromartyrs, [[June 7]]; Nicolas, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 13]]; Alexander, the New Hieromartyr and priest, [[March 17]]; Paul (Voinarsky) the Priest and brothers Paul and Alexis Kiryan, of the Crimea, new martyrs, [[March 29]]; Mitrophan, archbishop of Astrakhan, Leonty, bishop of Enotaeva, and those with him, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 23]]; Juvenal the deacon, [[July 20]]; Eudocia (Shikova) and Novices Daria (Timolina), Dar'ia (Siushinskaya), and Maria of Diveyevo, New Martyrs, [[August 5]] Basil and Parthenius priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 3]]; Nicolas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 19]]; Herman, bishop of Volsk, and Michael the priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 27]]; Eugraphus, New Hieromartyr, [[November 24]]; John, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 2]]; Vladimir, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 9]]; Tikhon, archbishop of Voronezh and with him 160 martyred priests, [[December 27]]; Nicolas the priest, New Hieromartyr,<br />
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*1919-1922 [[w:Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]; [[w:Pontic Greek Genocide|Pontic Greek Genocide]] eliminates the Christian population of Trebizond.<br />
*1920 Zenobius priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 10]]; John and Leontius priests, new hieromartyrs, Constantine deacon and with them 5 Martyrs, [[January 29]]; [[ Silvester of Omsk and Pavlodar|Silvester]] (Olshevsky), bishop of Omsk and Pavlodar, New Hieromartyr, [[February 13]], Methodius the new hieromartyr and Anastasia Andreyevna, fool-for-Christ [[March 1]], Vladimir the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[March 24]]; [[Nektarios of Aegina]]; Evmenios of Koudouma Monastery, [[July 10]]; Martyr Alexander the priest, [[December 28]]; Michael, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[May 11]]; Vladimir, priest New Hieromartyr, [[August 14]], Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 2]]; Andrew and Theophan, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 3]]; Michael, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 1]]; Michael Lektorsky Archpriest in Kuban, New Hieromartyr, [[October 28]]; Andrew, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 3]]; Vladimir, priest, New Hieromartyr, and Ephrosia, Virgin-martyr, [[December 9]]; Alexander, priest, new hieromartyr, and John, Martyr, [[December 13]];<br />
*1921 Joseph Hieromartyr and with him 37 Martyrs, [[January 5]]; [[Methodius of Petropavlovsk|Methodius]] bishop of Petropavlovsk, New Hieromartyr, [[February 4]]; Demetrius priest and Anatolius the Martyrs [[February 6]]; [[Lyubov of Ryazan]], fool-for Christ, [[February 8]]; Gregory, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 13]]; Simon Shleev, bishop of Ufa, New Hieromartyr, [[July 6]]; Seraphim Bogoslovsky, Theognostus, and others of Alma-Ata, New Hieromartyrs, [[July 16]]; Archimandrite Sergius, and those with them, New-Martyrs, [[August 13]]; Vladimir amd Michael priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 3]]; Priest John Maslovsky of Verkhne-Poltavka, Amur, New Hieromartyr, [[September 7]]; Andrew, Gregory, Gregory, John priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 15]]; Michael the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 14]]; Mathew, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 2]];<br />
*1922 Paul and John priests, New Hieromartyrs, Peter, Nicholas, Auksentius, Sergius and Anastasia the Martyrs, [[April 27]]; Basil, Alexander and Christopher and Macarius, New Hieromartyrs and Martyr Sergius, [[May 13]]; [[Benjamin (Kazansky) of Petrograd and Gdovsk|Benjamin (Kazansky)]], Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, b. 1873, [[July 31]]; Anatole II (Potapov, the "Younger"), of Optina, New Hiero-confessor, [[July 30]]; Sergius the Archimandrite, George and John of Petrograd, new hieromartyrs, [[July 31]]; Mtr. [[Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna]], ethnomartyr <ref>Metropolitan and ethnomartyr [[Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna]] was canonise in 1993</ref> tortured, d.[[September 9]] (fd. [[August 27]]); Michael the Blessed of Chernigov, New Martyr, [[November 8]];<br />
*1923 [[Alexis of Teklati|Alexis]] (Shushania), hieromonk of Teklati, Georgia, venerable, [[January 18]]; John, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 8]], Seraphim Nikolsky, Hieroschemamonk, new hieromartyr, [[May 31]]; [[Alexei Mechev|Alexius Mechev]], priest of Moscow, [[June 9]]; Agafangel (Preobrazhensky) of Yaroslavl, [[October 3]], Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 3]];<br />
*1924 Antonina, Abbess of Kizliar, New Hieromartyr, [[March 1]]; Jonah Atamansk, priest of Odessa, [[May 17]]; Nazarius, metropolitan of Kutaisi, Georgia, with Priest-martyrs Herman, Hierotheus, and Simon, and Archdeacon Bessarion, new hieromartyrs, [[August 14]]; Euthymius priest, New Hieromartyr, with 4 martyrs, [[September 3]]; [[Arsenios the Cappadocian]], [[November 10]]; <br />
*1925 [[Tikhon of Moscow]], (b. 1865), [[March 25]]; [[Gregory of metropolis of Thessaloniki and Heraclea|Gregory]] (Kallidis) metropolis of Thessaloniki and Heraclea, [[July 25]]; [[Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk|Anatole (Kamensky)]], archbishop of Irkutsk, New Hieromartyr, [[September 20]]; Anna the Martyr, [[September 28]]; St. [[Jonah of Manchuria]], Bishop of Hankou (b. 1922), [[October 7]]; <br />
*1926 [[Macarius of Moscow|Macarius]], metropolitan of Moscow, apostle to the Altai, [[February 16]]<br />
*1927 [[Ambrose (Khelaia) the Confessor|Ambrose]] the Confessor, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, [[March 16]]; Matthew, Hieromonk of Yaramsk in Vyatka, [[May 14]] Alexander, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 25]]; Victor the hegumen, with brotherhood, Martyrs of Zelenetsk, [[November 11]];<br />
*1928 Benjamin (Kononov) the Archimandrite and Nicephorus (Kuchin) the Hieromonk of Solovki, New Hieromartyrs, [[April 4]]; Nektarius Venerable of [[Optina Monastery]], [[April 29]]; Hierotheus, bishop of Nikolsk, New Hieromartyr, [[May 31]]; Innocentius the Hieromartyr [[December 24]], Lydia, and with her, soldiers Alexei and Cyril, New Martyrs, [[July 20]]; Maximus the martyr, [[July 31]]; Alexis, venerable hiero-schemamonk of Zosima Hermitage, [[September 19]]; Rachel, schema-nun of Borodino Convent, [[September 27]]; <br />
*1929 [[Peter of Voronezh|Peter]] archbishop of Voronezh, New Hieromartyr, [[January 25]]; Romanus, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 3]]; Theodore Korolev priest, New Hieromartyrs, Ananius Boykov and Michael Boldakov, the Martyrs, [[November 16]];<br />
*1930 Peter priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 10]]; [[Benjamin of Romanov |Benjamin]], bishop of Romanov, New Hieromartyr [[January 15]]; Eugine the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[January 18]]; Nicholas priest, New Hieromartyr, [[January 19]]; [[Basil of Priluksk |Basil]] bishop of Priluksk, new hieromartyr, [[January 25]]; Maria of Gatchina, New Martyr, [[January 26]], Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 6]]; Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 9]]; Peter and Valerian the, priests New Hieromartyrs, [[February 10]]; [[Alexius of Voronezh|Alexius]] (Buy), bishop of Voronezh, New Hieromartyr, [[February 12]]; [[Michael Piataev]] and [[John Kumin]] the priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[February 15]]; Alexander, Daniel and Gregory priests and New Hieromartyrs, [[February 21]]; Peter the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 26]]; Nicholas priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 7]]; Alexis the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 5]]; Alexander, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[April 15]]; Basil Derzhavin, priest and hieromartyr, and lay people of the city of Gorodets, Nizhni-Novgorod, [[April 18]]; Maxim, bishop of Serpukhov, new hieromartyr, [[June 23]]; Alexander, George, John, John, Sergius and Theodore priests, Hieromartyrs, Tykhon, George, Cosmas, Euphimius and Peter the Martyrs, [[July 20]]; Anatole the New Hieromartyr, [[July 29]]; Nicholas Prozgrov, New Hieromartyr, [[August 4]]; Nicholas Prozorov the Priest, new hieromartyr, [[August 19]]; Alexander Jacobson, in Solovki, New Martyr, [[September 8]]; Benjamin, bishop of Romanovsk, New Martyr, [[September 22]]; John, New Hieromartyr, [[October 12]]; Valerian Novitsky, priest of Telyadovich, New Hieromartyr, [[October 15]]; John the priest , New Hieromartyr, [[October 29]]; Boris the deacon, confessor, Nicholas and Anna, the Martyrs, [[November 10]]; Michael the priest [[December 25]], Hieromartyrs Nicolas priests and Michael deacon [[December 26]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 3]]; Michael, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 25]];<br />
*1931 Victor priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 17]]; [[Athanasia of Zosima Hermitage|Athanasia]], (Lepeshkin) Abbess of Zosima Hermitage, New Martyr, [[January 25]]; Mitrophan, archpriest and New Martyr, [[February 12]]; [[Peter Lagov]], priest in Moscow, New Hieromartyr, [[February 16]]; Mitrophan Buchnoff, Archpriest in Voronezh, New Hieromartyr, [[March 9]]; Vladimir the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[March 21]]; Nicolas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[March 28]]; Michael, saint, fool-for-Christ, [[April 1]]; [[Nicholas (Siimo) of Kronstadt|Nicholas]], priest of Kronstadt, [[April 5]]; Athanasia, the Abbess of the Smolensk Hodigitria Convent, near Moscow, New Martyr, [[May 12]]; Macarius, Dyonisius and deacon Nicholas, New Hieromartyrs, Martyrs Ignatius and Peter, [[May 28]]; Michael the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 5]]; Nikon the Confessor, Venerable of [[Optina Monastery|Optina]], [[June 25]]; Anthony, archbishop of Archangelsk, New Hieromartyr, [[July 3]]; Euthymius the new martyr, [[July 6]]; Alexis the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 22]]; Vladimir, priest, and his brother Boris, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 16]]; Moses, Hieromartyr, [[August 25]]; Mary, Blessed of Diveyevo, [[August 26]]; Nicolas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 28]]; Irene, the Virgin-martyr, [[September 17]]; Valentine Sventsitsky, Priest in Moscow Nicholas Kazansky the Priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[October 7]]; Gregory the confessor, priest, [[October 16]]; Nicholas confessor and priest, [[November 4]]; Niphont the New Hieromartyr and Alexander the Martyr, [[November 10]]; Seraphim the New Hieromartyr, [[November 23]];<br />
*1932 Vladimir the confessor, priest, [[January 11]]; Alexander (Medvedsky) the priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[February 18]]; Vladimir, priest and Hieromartyr, [[February 18]]; Sergius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 27]]; [[Papa-Nicholas (Planas) of Athens]], [[March 2]]; John the confessor, [[March 19]]; Nicholas bishop of Velsk, the New Hieromartyr and the martyr Mary, [[April 4]]; George (Lavrov) the Confessor, venerable archimandrite of Kaluga, [[June 21]]; Ignatius, Venerable confessor, [[September 15]]; Aretha the Venerable, [[October 24]]; Vladimir the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 22]]; John, confessor, [[November 23]]; Demetrius the priest, New Hieromartyr, and Vera, Venarable confessor, [[December 2]]; Elias, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 5]]; Ambrosius confessor, bishop of Kamenets-Podolsk, (b. 1878), [[December 7]];<br />
*1933 Alexander, Stephen and Philippe priests, Hieromartyrs, [[January 4]]; Eugenia, the Virgin-martyr, [[January 5]]; Theodore the confessor, priest , [[January 28]]; Vladimir priest, new hieromartyr, [[January 30]]; Sergius priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 26]]; Dimitry Ivanov, Archpriest in Kiev, New Hieromartyr, [[March 4]]; Patrikius the confessor, venerable, [[March 11]]; Alexander the confessor and priest, [[March 12]]; [[Stephen of Izhevsk|Stephen]] (Bekh), bishop of Izhevsk, New Hieromartyr, [[March 13]]; Micael the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[March 29]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 4]]; Arcadius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 7]]; Sergius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 8]]; [[Stephen of Izhevsk|Stephen]] (Bekh) bishop of Izhevsk, New Hieromartyr, [[April 13]]; Nicholas the confessor, priest, [[April 21]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 14]]; Nicholas,. saint priest, [[August 19]]; <br />
*1934 Sergius priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 5]]; [[Elias Chetverukhin]], priest of Moscow, New Hieromartyr, [[February 16]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 6]]; [[Victor of Glazov|Victor]], bishop of Glazov, New Hieromartyr, [[April 19]]; Cyprian the New Hieromartyr, [[June 3]]; Magdalena, schema-abbess of New Tikhvin Convent in Siberia, new hieromartyr, [[July 16]]; Alexis Medvedkov, archpriest of Uzine, new hieromartyr, [[July 20]]; John Pommer, archbishop of Riga in Latvia, New Hieromartyr, [[October 12]]; <br />
*1935 Michael, priest and confessor, new hieromartyr, [[April 17]]; Demetrius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 15]]; Eugene (Zernov), metropolitan of Nizhni Novgorod, New Hieromartyr, [[October 30]]; Damascene, bishop of Glukhov (1935) and his father, priest Nicholas, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 4]];<br />
*1936 [[Theoktista of Voronezh|Theoktista]] Michailovna, fool-for-Christ of Voronezh, the New Martyr, [[February 22]]; Nicholas Kedrov the Priest, new hieromartyr, [[May 15]], Heraclius the confessor, New Hieromartyr, [[May 28]]; Agapitus the confessor, Venerable, [[July 5]]; Matrona Belyakova, fool-for-Christ of Anemnyasevo, New Confessor, [[July 16]]; Peter, metropolitan of Krutitsa, New Hieromartyr, [[August 29]]; Gregory the Cross-bearer, New Martyr, [[November 6]]; Victor, the Martyr, [[December 18]];<br />
*1936-37 Many Russian Orthodox Clerics die in Joseph Stalin's [[w:Great Purge|Great Purge]].<br />
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===1937===<br />
*'''January:''' Victor the priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 8]]; [[Cyril of Kazan|Cyril]], metropolitan of Kazan, new hieromartyr, [[January 26]]; <br />
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*'''February:''' Basil Nadezhnin, Priest in Moscow, New Hieromartyr, [[February 6]]; [[Barlaam of Perm|Barlaam]] archbishop of Perm, New Hieromartyr, [[February 7]]; [[Onisimus of Tula|Onisimus]], bishop of Tula, New Hieromartyr, [[February 14]]; Anna the martyr, [[February 26]]; <br />
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*'''March:''' Olga the New Hieromartyr, [[March 1]]; Vyacheslav (Leontiev) of Nizhegorod, Priest and new hieromartyr, [[March 4]]; Basil, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 11]], <br />
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*'''April:''' Nicholas, Priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 18]]; Theodosius, bishop of Kolomensk, New Hieromartyr, [[April 20]]; <br />
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*'''May:''' Peter the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 12]]; Abercius, archbishop of Zhitomir, Vladimir Zagarsky, Priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[May 15]]; Victor the New Hieromartyr, [[May 19]]; <br />
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*'''June:''' Herman Riaschentsov, New Hieromartyr, [[June 8]]; Alexander Kharkovsky the bishop, Anthony, Barsanuphius and Joseph, new hieromartyrs, [[June 12]]; Parthenius the bishop, New Martyr, [[June 19]];<br />
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*'''July:''' Demetrius the priest, new hieromartyr, [[July 4]]; James archbishop of Barnaul and with him Peter and John priests, new hieromartyrs, Theodore and John the martyrs, [[July 16]]; Alpheus the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[July 24]]; Sergius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 26]] Basil, Anastasia, Hellen, Aretha, John, John, John and Mavra the martyrs, [[July 28]]; Vladimir, John, Constantine, priests, hieromartyrs, and Anna and Elizabeth the martyrs, [[July 31]]; <br />
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*'''August:''' Demetrius, the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 1]]; Platon the New Hieromartyr, [[August 2]]; Michael the New Hieromartyr, Simeon and Demetrius the Martyrs, [[August 4]]; Alexander, Peter, Michael, John, Demetrius and Alexis priests, Elisey deacon, New Hieromartyrs, and Athanasius, Hieromartyr, [[August 7]]; Nicholas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 8]]; Athanasius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 10]]; Basil, Leonidas, John and Nicholas the priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 12]]; Seraphim (Zvezdinsky), bishop of Dmitrov, Nicholas, Jacob the priests and Alexis the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[August 13]]; Eleutherius of Chimkent (Kazakhstan), the Schema-archimandrite, Vladimir and Nicholas priests, New Hieromartyrs, Eleupheria, Eudokia and Theodore, the martyrs, [[August 14]]; Alexander the priest, Anna and Jacob the martyrs, [[August 16]]; Demetrius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 17]]; Gregory, priest, New Hieromartyr, and Eugene and Michael new martyrs, [[August 18]]; Paul, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 21]]; Alexis archbishop of Omsk, Theodore bishop of Penza, John bishop of Velikoluk, and with them, Basil, Gabriel, Alexander, Michael, Hilarion, John, Hierotheus and Theodore priests, hieromartyrs, [[August 22]] Paul and John priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 23]]; Nectarius (Trezvinsky), bishop of Yaransk, Victor, Peter and Roman Medved of Moscow, New Hiero-confessor, priests and new hieromartyrs, Demetrius the Martyr, , [[August 26]]; John, John priest and Methodius, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 27]]; Basil, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 28]]; Paul the priest, New Hieromartyr, Theodore and Elizaveta, the Martyrs, [[August 30]]; Michael and Myron priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 31]]; <br />
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*'''September:''' Tatiana and Natalia, Virgin-martyrs, [[September 1]]; Damascene, bishop of Starodub, Herman, bishop of Vyaznikov, Ephimius, John, John, Vladimir, Victor, Basil, Theodore, Peter, Stephen, Stephen, the priests, New Hieromartyrs, Paul and Ksenia the martyrs, [[September 2]]; Alexis and Elias, priests, New Hieromartyr, [[September 3]]; Gregory (Lebedev) Bishop of Shliserburg, Sergius (Druzhinin) Bishop of Narva, New Hieromartyrs, Paul, John, Nicholas, Nicholas, John, Nicholas, Alexander, Peter and Michael priests, New Hieromartyrs, Stephen, Martyrs Basil, Peter, Stephen and Alexander the Hieromartyrs, [[September 4]]; Alexis, archbishop of Velikoustiuzh, New Hieromartyr, Euthymius the Martyr, [[September 5]]; Constantine, John and Vsevolod, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 6]]; Eugine, metropolitan of Gorky, Stephan, Eugine, Nicholas and Pakhomius, Gregory, Basil priests, and Leo, New Hieromartyrs [[September 7]]; Demetrius, New Martyr, priest, [[September 8]]; Zaharias, archbishop of Voronezh, Basil, Sergius, Joseph, Alexis priests, New Hieromartyrs, and Basil the Martyr, [[September 9]]; Ismail, Eugine, John, Constantine, Peter, Basil, Gleb, Basil, John, Nicholas, Palladius priests, Meletius and Gabriel, New Hieromartyrs, Symeon and Tatiana, the martyrs, [[September 10]]; Karp (Elb), Priest, hieromartyr, [[September 11]]; Blessed Alexis of Elnat and Zharki, near Kineshma, Theodore, John, Nicolas priests, New Hieromartyrs, and Martyr Alexis [[September 12]]; Stephan, Alexander priests and Nicholas deacon, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 13]]; Nicolas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 14]]; John, Jacob, Peter priests and Nicholas deacon, New Hieromartyrs, Mary and Ludmila the Martyrs, [[September 15]]; Gregory Raevsky, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 16]]; Amphilius, bishop of Krasnoiarsk, John, Boris, Michael, Vladimir, Benjamin, Constantine, priests, New Hieromartyrs, and Sergius the Martyr, [[September 18]]; Nilus priest, new hieromartyr and Mary the Virgin-martyr, [[September 19]]; Theoktist and Alexander priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 20]]; Theophan, (Tuliakov), metropolitan of Lipetsk and Belo-Russia, Mavrikius, Valentin, Alexander, John, Andrew, Peter, John, priest, New Hieromartyr, Basil and Vladimir the Martyrs, [[September 21]]; Arsenius the archbishop, John the priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[September 23]]; Andrew and Paul priests, New Hieromartyrs, Hieromartyr Vitaly and Martyrs Basil, Sergius and Spiridon, [[September 24]]; Athanasius, Alexander, Demetrius priests, New Hieromartyrs, John and Nicolas the martyrs, [[September 26]]; Peter, metropolitan of Krutitsa, Theodore the priest, new hieromartyrs, [[September 27]]; Hilarion and Michaela the Martyrs, [[September 28]]; Peter, Viacheslav, Peter, Symeon, Basil priests, New Hieromartyrs, Seraphim deacon, Alexandra, Alexis, Matthew, Apollinaris, the martyrs, [[September 30]];<br />
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*'''October:''' Alexander, Gregory, Nicolas priests, New Hieromartyrs, John the martyr, [[October 1]]; Demetrius, Nicholas, Micael, Jacob and Tikhon priests, New Hieromartyrs, Basil the Martyr, [[October 4]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 6]]; Demetrius archbishop of Mozhaysk, Jonah bishop of Velizhsk, Hieromartyrs, Seraphim. Peter, Basil, Paul, Peter, Vladimir, Ambrosius, and Pakhomius priests, John the deacon, Victor, John, Nicolas, Elizabeth, Tatiana, Mary and Nadezhda, Nicholas, the martyrs, [[October 8]]; Constantine, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 9]]; Theodore (Pozdeev), archbishop of Volokolamsk, New Hieromartyr, [[October 10]]; Juvenalius (Maslovsky), bishop of Riazan, New Hieromartyr, [[October 11]]; Laurence the Venarable, [[October 12]]; Innocent and Nicolas, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[October 13]]; Peter, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 14]]; Alexander (Shchukin) Archbishop of Semipalatinsk, New Hieromartyr, [[October 17]]; Andrew, Serius, Nicolas and Sergius priests, New Hieromartyrs, Elizabeth the martyr, [[October 18]]; Sergius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 19]]; Herman, bishop of Alatyr, Zosima, John, John, John, Nicholas, Leonid, John and Alexander priests, Michael and Peter deacons, New Hieromartyrs, and Paul the Martyr, [[October 20]]; Paulinus, bishop of Mogilev, Arkadius, bishop of Ekaterinburg, and with them Anatolius, Nicander, Constantine, Sergius, Basil, Theodore, Vladimir, Nicholas, John, Basil, Alexander, Demetrius and Alexis the priests, Sergius and John the deacons, New Hieromartyrs, and Cyprian the Martyr, [[October 21]]; Seraphim archbishop of Uglich, German the archimandrite, Vladimir, Alexander, Basil, Alexander, Nicholas, Nicholas, priests, New Hieromartyrs, Herman, Gregory and Menas the Martyrs, [[October 22]]; Vladimir Ambartsumov, Archpriest in Moscow, Nicholas, Vladimir, Alexander, Nicholas, Emilian and Sozont, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[October 23]]; John and Nicholas priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[October 24]]; Eugine priest, New Hieromartyr, and Anastasia the martyr, [[October 29]]; Vsevolod, Alexander, Sergius, Alexis, Basil priests, Anatolius, Euphrosynus, New Hieromartyrs, and James the Martyr, [[October 31]];<br />
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*'''November:''' Sergius, archbishop of Eletsk, Alexander and Demetrius priests, New Hieromartyrs, and Elizabeth the martyr, [[November 1]]; Basil, Peter, Basil, Alexander, Vladimir, Sergius, Nicholas, Vicentius, John, Peter, Alexander, Paul, Cosmas the priests and Simeon the deacon, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 3]]; Alexander, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 4]]; Gabriel, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 5]]; Nicitas bishop of Orekhovo-Zuev, Anatoly, Arsenius, Nicholas, Nicolas, Constantine priests, Barlaam, Gabriel, Gabriel, New Hieromartyrs, Nina and Seraphima the Hieromartyrs, [[November 6]]; Cyril (Smirnov) metropolitan of Kazan, Michael, Alexander, Aleksander, Michael, Aleksander, Nicolas, Alexis, Paul, Basil, Nicolas, Paulinus priests, John and Benjamin deacons, hieromartyrs, Nicolas, Gregory and Elisabeth the Martyrs, [[November 7]]; Paul the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 8]]; Parthenius bishop of Ananiev, Constantine, Demetrius, Nestor, Theodore, Constantine, Victor, Elias priests, Joseph deacon and Alexis, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 9]]; Prokopius (Titov) archbishop of Odessa, Augustine (Belyaev), archbishop of Kaluga, Dionisius, John, John Peter and Ioanicius, the priests, New Hieromartyrs, Alexis, Appolon, Michael the Martyrs [[November 10]]; Eugene, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 11]]; Constantine, Vladimir, Alexander, Matthew, Demetrius priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 12]]; Demetrius, Alexander, Victor, Alexis, Michael, Michael, Theodore, Peter, Alexis, Sergius, Nicholas, Basil, Alexander, Nicholas, Demetrius, Demetrius, Porphirius, Basil, George, Basil, Sergius the priests, Nicholas the deacon, Aristrah, New Hieromartyrs, Gabriel and Anna, the Martyrs, [[November 14]]; Nicholas and Peter priests, Gregory and Nicitas deacons, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 15]]; John, Nicholas, Victor, Basil, Makarius and Michael priests, Panteleimon, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 16]]; Porphirius (Gulevich) bishop of Simpheropol an Crimeria, Ioasaph (Udalov) bishop of Chistopol, Barpholomeus (Ratnykh), monk, Vladimir Pischulin, Demetrius Kiranov, John Bliumovich, Nicholas Mezentsev, priest Thimoty Izotov, priests, Sergius, Michael, , John, Constantine, Alexander, Ignatius, Simeon, John, John, Demetrius, Jacob, Jacob priests, Ioasaph, Peter, Gregory, Benjamin, Gerasim, Michael, deacon Antonius (Korzh), New Hieromartyrs, Alexandra Valentine, Peter, Leonid, Thimoty the Martyrs, [[November 19]]; Macarius bishop of Ecaterinoslav, Alexis, Alexander, Vladimir, John, Alexis, Basil, Nicholas, John, Emilian, Nocolos priests, New Hieromartyrs, and Arsenius, Eutihius and Hillarion, Ioanicus the hegumen, Tatiana, Hieromartyrs, [[November 20]]; Alexander Khotovitsky of New York and Alexis Benemansky of Tver, priests and New Martyrs, [[November 21]]; Iosaph bishop of Mogilev, John, Basil, Paul, Jacob, Theodore, John, Ilia, Alexis, Aphanasius priests and Gerasimus the New Hieromartyrs, [[November 22]]; Boris bishop of Ivanonsk, Eleazar Spyridonov of Eupatoria priest, Crimea and Martyr Alexander, New Hieromartyr, [[November 23]]; Eugine, Michael, Alexander, Alexis, John, Cornelius, and Metrophanes priests, New Hieromartyrs , and Virgin-martyr Anysia, [[November 24]]; Seraphim archbishop of Smolensk, Gregory, John, Basil, Cosmas, John, Simeon, Hilarion, Iaroslav, Alexander, John, Victor, Andrew priests and Martyr Paul, [[November 25]]; Nicholas, John, Gregory and Nazarius, Basil, Basil, Ilia, Basil, Daniel, Michael, Nicholas priests, Tikhon, Piter, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 26]]; Nicholas archbishop of Vladimir, Basil, Boris, Theodore, Nicholas, Alexis, John, Sergius, John, Sergius, Nicholas priests, , Ioasaf, Cronides, Nicholas, Xenophon, Alexis, Appolos, Seraphim, Nicholas, New Hieromartyrs, and John the Martyr, [[November 27]]; [[Seraphim (Chichagov) of Leningrad and Gdovsk |Seraphim (Chichagov)]], metropolitan of of Leningrad and Gdovsk, St. Petersburg, New Hieromartyr, Peter, Alexis, Alexis priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[November 28]]; John ,priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 30]];<br />
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*'''December:''' Constantine, Nicholas, Sergius, Vladimir, John, Theodore, Nicholas, John, Nicholas priests, Danact, Cosmas, New Hieromartyrs, Theuromia, Tamara, Antonina, and Mary, Mary and Matrona the martyrs, [[December 2]]; [[Alexander Hotovitzky]], missionary of America, hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, (b. 1872 ), [[December 4]]; Demetrius, priest, New Hieromartyr and Ecaterine and Cyra, Virgin-martyrs, [[December 4]]; Sergius, Michael and Sergius priests, Nicephore deacon and Galaction, New Hieromartyrs, and John the Martyr, [[December 7]]; Sergius, New Hieromartyr, [[December 8]]; Basil and Alexander priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 9]]; Anatolius, Alexander, Eugine, Constantine, Michael, Nicholas priests, Peter, Michael, Dorotheus, Laurentius, Gregory, and Alexandra, Tatiana and, Eudocia, new hieromatyrs, [[December 10]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 11]]; Vladimir, Alexander, Jacob priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 13]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 14]]; Arcadius, bishop of Bezhetsk, and Elias, Paul, Theodosius, Vladimir, and Alexander, Peter priests, New Hieromartyrs, Makarius the Martyr, [[December 16]]; Peter and John, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 17]]; Thaddeus (Uspensky), archbishop of Tver, Nicholas archbishop of Velikoustiuzh, James, John, Vladimir, and Nicolas the priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 18]];Sergius the Hieromartyr, [[December 21]]; Leonidas bishop of Mariysk, Andrew (Ukhtomsky), bishop of Ufa, Alexander priest, Anthisa, Makaria and Valentina [[December 26]]; Martyr Antonina, [[December 27]]; Hieromartyrs Theoctistus, Leonid priests, [[December 28]]; Michael Hieromartyr priest [[December 31]];<br />
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*'''January:''' [[Alexander archbishop of Samara |Alexander]], archbishop of Samara and with him John, Alexander, John, Alexander, Trophime, Viacheslav, Basil and James priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[January 1]]; Matthew, Martyr [[January 5]]; Paphnutius, Martyr, [[January 7]]; Demetrius, Vladimir priests hieromartyrs, Michael Martyr [[January 8]]; [[Anatolius, Metropolitan of Odessa |Anatolius]], Metropolitan of Odessa, New Hieromartyr, [[January 10]]; Paul the priest, hieromartyr, [[January 17]], Vladimir, Nicholas, Sergius Alexander priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[January 18]]; Elias the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[January 21]]; John, Nicholas, Jacob, Peter, John, John, John and Euthymius priest, new hieromartyrs, [[January 22]]; Seraphim the new mieromartyr, martyrs Evdokia, Ecaterine and Militsa, [[January 23]]; Stephen priest, martyr Boris, [[January 25]]; [[Ignatius of Skopinsk |Ignatius]] bishop of Skopinsk, Arcadius, Vladimir and Bartholomeus the hieromartyrs, and John and Olga the Martyrs, [[January 28]];<br />
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*'''February:''' Nicholas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 1]]; Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, and Michael the Martyr, [[February 2]]; John, Timothy priests, New Hieromartyrs, and Vladimir, Martyr, [[February 3]]; Eustaphius, John, Alexander, Sergius, John, Theodora, Aleksander, Nicholas, Alexis, Nicholas, Alexis, Alexander, Arcadius, Boris, Michael, Nicholas, Alexis, Andrew, Demetrius, John, Peter priests, the New Hieromartyrs, Martyrs Seraphim, Rafaila, Anna, Catherine, John, Basil, Demetrius, Theodore, and Demetrius, [[February 4]]; Matushka Agatha of Bielorussia, New Martyrs, [[February 5]]; Alexander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 6]]; Alexander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 7]]; Simeon, Andrew, Sergius and Peter, priests and the New Hieromartyrs, [[February 8]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 9]]; [[Anatole of Odessa|Anatole]] (Greesiuk), metropolitan of Odessa, the New Martyr, [[February 10]]; Hieromartyr Theodosius priest, [[January 11]]; Zosimas, Nicholas, Basil, John, Leontius, Vladimir, Parthenius, John, John, Michael priests hieromartyrs, and Martyrs Paul, Anna, Vera and Irina, [[February 13]]; Tryphon the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[February 14]]; Nicholas, Alexis, Alexis the priests and Simeon the deacon, New Hieromartyrs, Paul and Sophia the martyrs, [[February 15]]; Paul the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 16]]; Michael and Paul the priests and New Hieromartyrs, [[February 17]]; Benjamin the hieromonk, Hieromartyr, [[February 18]]; Nicholas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 20]]; Constantine priest, Paul deacon the Hieromartyrs and Olga the Martyr, [[February 21]]; Michael, John, Victor, John, Sergius, Andrew priests, Sergius and Antipa the New Hieromartyrs, Parasceva, Stephen, Elizabeth, Irina and Barbara the martyrs, [[February 22]]; Alexis, Nicholas priests and New Hieromartyrs, and Sergius Martyr, [[February 23]]; Alexander, the priest, Mstislava, the martyrs, [[February 25]]; [[John of Rylsk|John]], bishop of Rylsk and John the priest, New Hieromartyrs, [[February 26]]; Peter the priest and Hieromartyr, Martyr Michael, [[February 27]]; <br />
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*'''March:''' Basil, Peter, John, Benjamin, Michael priests and New Hieromartyrs, Anthony, Anna, Daria, Eudokia, Alexandra, Basil, Nadezhda the martyrs, [[March 1]]; Martha and Michael the martyrs, [[March 3]]; Alexander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[March 4]]; John the priest, Mardarius and Theopanethe New Hieromartyrs, [[March 5]]; Nilus, Matrona, Mary, Eudocia, Ecaterina, Antonina, Nadezhda, Xenia, and Anna the martyrs, [[March 7]]; Michael, Alexis, Demetrius, Sergius, Sergius priests and Nicholas deacon, Iosaph, New Hieromartyrs and Natalia and Alexandra the martyrs, [[March 9]]; Demetrius, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 10]]; John the priest and Vladimir the New Hieromartyrs, [[March 12]]; Michael priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 13]]; Demetrius, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 15]]; Demetrius the priest, New Hieromartyr, Natalia the Virgin-martyr, [[March 18]]; Matrona, saint, [[March 19]]; Basil the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[March 20]]; Theodore Pozdeyev, Archbishop, New Martyr, [[March 21]]; Basil, Stephen priests, the New Hieromartyr, Anastasia, Alexis, James, the New Martyrs, [[March 23]]; Basil, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 28]]; John, priest New Hieromartyr, [[March 31]];<br />
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*'''April:''' Sergius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 1]]; Flegont the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 10]]; Nicholas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 11]]; Sergius the New Hieromartyr, priest, [[April 12]]; Alexis, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[April 21]]; Sergius the Martyr, [[April 24]], Sergius the Martyr, [[April 25]]; Mary the martyr, [[April 27]]; Anna the martyr, [[April 28]]; <br />
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*'''May:''' Nina the martyr, [[May 1]]; Demetrius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 9]]; [[Pachomius of Chernigov|Pachomius]], archbishop of Chernigov, New Hieromartyrs, [[May 15]]; Onuphrius, archbishop of Kursk; Anthony, bishop of Belgorod, and with him priests Metrophan, Alexander, Michael, Matthew, Hippolytus, Nicholas, Basil, Nicholas, Maxim, Alexander, Paul, and Paul, the New Hieromartyrs and Martyrs Michael and Gregory, [[May 19]]; John the deacon, New Hieromartyr, and martyr Andrew, [[May 29]]; <br />
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*'''June:''' Michael the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 3]]; Onuphrius the bishop, New hieromartyr, [[June 12]]; Nicholas, Alexander, Paul priests and Nicholas deacon, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 14]]; Nicanor, Basil, Alexander, Basil and Sergius the priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 18]]; Alexis, Paul and Nicholas priests, Ionna, New Hieromartyrs, [[June 21]]; Theodore and Gabriel the New Hieromartyrs, [[June 22]]; Sebastiana, the martyr, [[June 28]]; <br />
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*'''July:''' Peter the deacon, new hieromartyr, [[July 15]]; Alexis the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 20]]; Peter, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 21]]; Andrew the martyr, [[ July 23]]; Alexis priest, and Pachomius, New Hieromartyr, [[July 29]]; <br />
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*'''August:''' Nicholas, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[August 3]]; John, deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[August 5]] Dimitry (Lyubimov), archbishop of Gdov, Sergius (Tikhomirov), the priest, New Hieromartyrs [[August 6]]; Basil, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 7]]; Nicodemus (Krotov), archbishop of Kostroma and Galich, New Hieromartyr, [[August 8]]; Vladimir, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 20]]; Vladimir Moschansky, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 25]]; Peter, priest, and Gregory, priest confessor, New Hieromartyrs, [[August 26]]; Ignatius (Lebedev), Schema-archimandrite of St. Peter's Monastery, New Hieromartyr, [[August 30]]; Demetrius, New Hieromartyr, [[August 31]];<br />
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*'''September:''' Andronicus, New Hieromartyr, [[September 9]], Warus, bishop of Lipetsk, New Hieromartyr, [[September 10]]; [[Silouan the Athonite]], Venerable monk at the [[St. Panteleimon's Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of St. Panteleimon]], [[September 24]]; John, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 21]]; Leonidas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 30]];<br />
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*'''October:''' Ismael Rozhdestvensky, Archpriest in Strelna (St. Petersburg), New Hieromartyr, [[October 1]]; Maximilian the New Hieromartyr, [[October 14]]; Alexis, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 16]]; Peter the priest, New Martyr, [[October 24]]; Innocent the New Hieromartyr, [[October 31]];<br />
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*'''November:''' Evdokia the Virgin-martyr, [[November 3]]; Basil, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 6]]; Demetrius, Martyr, [[November 16]]; Nicholas the Martyr, [[November 25]]; Paraskeva, Virgin-Martyr, [[November 28]];<br />
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*'''December:''' Mary, Virgin-martyr, [[December 2]]; Nicholas and Alexis priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 10]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 13]]; Hieromartyrs Demetrius and Theodore priests [[December 22]]; Hieromartyr Nicetas bishop of Belevsk, [[December 21]]; Hieromartyrs Basil priest, Macarius and John, [[December 23]]; [[Isaac II of Optina|Isaac]] II (Bobrikov, the Younger), venerable archimandrite of [[Optina Monastery]], [[December 26]]; Gregory priest, Hieromartyr, and martyrs Augusta and Mary, Agrippina, [[December 26]]; Hieromartyr Aretha priest, [[December 28]]; Peter, Martyr, [[December 31]];<br />
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*1939 Nicholas the priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 4]]; Basil, priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 7]]; Eugene the Schemamonk of Bielorussia, [[February 5]]; Parasceva, Martyr, [[March 26]]; John the Martyr, [[March 28]]; Eudocia the Martyr, [[April 7]]; Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 9]]; Peter, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[May 14]]; Tavrion the New Hieromartyr, [[May 25]]; Peter the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 27]]; Theogenes, New Hieromartyr, [[June 30]]; Aleksander, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 27]]; Nicander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 24]]; Vladimir, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 26]];<br />
*1940 John, Martyr [[January 7]]; Theodore the Martyr, [[January 19]]; Paul the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[January 20]]; Michael, New Hieromartyr and priest, [[March 15]]; John, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 23]]; Alexander archbishop of Kharkov, New Hieromartyr, [[May 11]]; Damjan (Damian) Strbac of Grahovo, Serbia, New Hieromartyr, [[May 18]]; Basil, priest, New Hieromartyr, and martyr Vera, [[June 1]]; Demetrius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 13]]; Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 25]]; Gregory the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[June 28]]; Milan Popovic of Rmanj, Serbia, New Hieromartyr, [[June 30]]; Vladimir, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[August 27]]; Theodore, New Hieromartyr, [[October 1]]; Leontius the deacon, Hieromartyr, [[December 21]]; Alexander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 12]]; Theodore, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 14]]; Bassian confessor, archbishop of Tambov, [[December 14]];<br />
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*1941 Paul priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 4]]; Michael the confessor, priest, [[January 8]]; Paramon, Righteous of Belorussia, [[February 5]]; Andrew the Martyr, [[February 22]]; Sophia Schema-abbess in Kiev, New Martyr, [[March 22]], Martha the martyr, [[April 13]]; Alexander the confessor, priest, [[April 14]]; [[Sava of Gornji Karlovac]], Serbia, [[]]; Branko of Veljusa, Serbia, hieromartyr, [[April 24]]; John, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[April 27]]; Nicholas the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 3]]; [[Grigol Peradze|Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague]], martyred by Nazis; [[Platon of Banja Luka]], [[May 5]]; Vukasin, Martyr of Serbia, [[May 16]]; Valentine the New Hieromartyr, [[May 19]]; Milan Banjac and Milan Golubovic of Drvar, Serbia, New Hieromartyrs, [[May 26]]; [[Sava of Upper Karlovci|Sava]], bishop of Upper Karlovci, new Hieromartyr, [[June 4]]; George of Serbia, new hieromartyr, [[July 4]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 27]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[July 31]]; Raphael of Sisatovac, Serbia, Hieromartyr, [[August 21]]; [[Petar (Zimonjić) of Dabar-Bosna]], [[September 4]]; John the Martyr, [[September 17]]; Nicholas the confessor, priest, [[September 25]]; Leonid the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 29]]; Leonidthe priest New Hieromartyr, [[October 30]] (?); Peter the Martyr, [[November 1]]; Ismail, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 4]]; Olga the Virgin-martyr, [[November 10]]; Sergius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 14]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[November 28]]; Sergius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[ November 29]]; [[Dositheus of Zagreb| Dositheus]], Metropolitan of Zagreb, Confessor, [[December 31]]; Gennadius, New Hieromartyr, [[December 5]]; Peter and Basil priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 7]]; Sergius Mechev of Moscow, Priest, New Martyr, [[December 9]]; John, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[December 11]]; Emilian and Basil, priests, New Hieromartyrs, [[December 13]]; Hieromartyr [[Djordje Bogic|Đorđe (George) Bogić]], a parish priest of Našice<br />
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*1941-45 Croatian Catholic [[w:Ustaše|Ustasa]] terrorists kill 500,000 Orthodox Serbs, expel 250,000 and force 250,000 to convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]]; Momcilo Grgurevic, Dobroslav Blazenovic, Milan Bozic, Mihailo Djusic, Jovan Zecevic, Bozidar Jovic, Bogdan Lalic, Trifun Maksimovic, Velimir Mijatovic, Bozidar Minic, Miladin Minic, Marko Popovic, Dimitrije Rajanovic, Budimir Sokolovic, Relja Spahic, Lazar Culibrk, Savo Siljac, Savo Skaljka, Milorad Vukojicic, Ratomir Jankovic, Mihailo Jevdjevic, Dusan Prijovic, Dobrosav Sokovic, Nestor Trkulja, Serafim Dzaric, Andrija Siljak, Slobodan Siljak, and Jovan Rapajic, New Hieromartyrs of Serbia, [[July 11]]; Simo Banjac and Milan Stojisavljevic and his son Martyr Milan of Glamoc, Serbia, New Hieromartyrs, [[July 21]]; Vukosav Milanovic and Rodoljub Samardzic of Kulen Bakufa, New Hieromartyrs, Serbia, [[July 25]]; New Martyrs of Jasenovac (Serbia), [[August 31]]; <br />
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*1942 John, [[January 6]]; Michael, priest, Hieromartyr, [[January 15]]; Alexandra and Michael the martyrs, [[February 5]]; Alexis the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 7]], Alexander the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[February 8]]; Philaret the New Hieromartyr, [[February 22]]; Alexander, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 1]]; Vladimir the Martyr, [[March 8]]; Victor the priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 17]]; Gabriel the New Martyr, [[April 9]]; Demetrius the Martyr, [[April 10]]; Theodore, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 17]]; Tamara the martyr, [[April 18]]; Demetrius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 19]]; Demetrius the Martyr, [[April 22]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 4]]; Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 18]]; Michael, priest and New Hieromartyr, [[May 22]]; Hermogenas the Martyr, [[May 28]]; Basil the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[May 30]]; Barlaam Riaschentsov the priest, new hieromartyr, [[June 8]]; [[Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro]], [[July 20]]; Nicetas the new martyr, [[June 21]]; Alexis, deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[July 1]]; Nicholas the confessors, priest, [[July 24]]; Theodore Tonkovid, priest of Lovets (Pskov), New Hieromartyr, [[July 25]], Ignatius of Jablechna (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), new hieromartyr, [[July 28]]; Basil (Preobrazhensky), bishop of Kineshma, New Hieromartyr, [[August 13]]; Ignatius, New Martyr, [[August 21]]; [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague|Gorazd of Prague]], Bohemia and Moravo-Cilezsk, Martyr, [[August 22]], Helen, the Virgin-Martyr, [[September 4]]; Alexander, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 9]]; Nicolas, deacon, Hieromartyr, [[September 11]] Sergius, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 16]] Basil, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[September 21]]; Nicholas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 7]]; Barlaam, the New Hieromartyr, [[October 8]]; Demetrius the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 15]]; John the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 16]]; Euphrosyne the Venerable, [[October 23]]; Mathew the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[October 30]]; Sergius, deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[November 3]]; [[Maria Skobtsova |Elias Fondaminskii]], priest, murdered by Nazis, [[November 6]]; Theoctista, the Virgin-martyr, [[November 10]]; Boris, New Hieromartyr, [[November 12]]; Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Archimandrite, who suffered in Auschwitz, Poland; (b 1899), New Martyr, [[November 23]]; Boris, Marty, [[December 2]]; Sergius, deacon, New Hieromartyr, and Virgin-martyr Vera, [[December 18]]; Hieromartyr Sergius priest [[December 24]].<br />
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*1943 Paul the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[January 9]]; Sergius the priest and New Hieromartyr, [[March 12]]; John the Martyr, [[April 4]]; James the priest, New Hieromartyr, [[April 6]]; Sergius Zacharczuk Priest of Nabroz (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), New Hieromartyr, [[April 23]]; Nicolas the deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[May 4]]; Nicolas, priest, New Hieromartyr, [[June 5]]; Pelagia the Martyr, [[June 17]]; Theodore the New martyr, [[July 6]] Paul Szwajko the Priest and Joanna the Presbytera, of Graboviec (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), [[August 15]]; Alexandra, Virgin-martyr, [[September 17]]; Seraphim (Zagorovsky), confessor Hieromonk of Kharkov, Martyr, [[September 30]]; <br />
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*1943-44 Hundreds of Orthodox priests of the [[Church of Ukraine|Ukrainian Orthodox Church]] eliminated, tortured and drowned by Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - [[w:Ukrainian Insurgent Army|Ukrainian Rebel Army]], aided by [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Uniate]] Metr. Josyf Slipyj who was a spiritual leader of Nazi military units that were later condemned by the Nuremberg tribunal, and who was imprisoned by Soviet authorities for aiding the UPA.<br />
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===The Forties===<br />
*1943 Miracle of the Theotokos in Orchomenos on [[September 10]]<br />
*1944 [[Ekvtime (Kereselidze) Confessor of Georgia]], [[January 20]]; [[Demetrius Klepinine]], priest in Paris, died at Ravensbruck prison camp, Germany, hieromartyr, [[January 27]]; Leo Korobczuk, priest in Laskov (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), New Hieromartyr, [[February 25]]; [[Nicholas Holz]], Priest in Novosiolki (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), New Hieromartyr, [[March 20]]; Peter Ochryzko, Priest in Chartoviec (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), New Hieromartyr, [[March 28]]; Macarius the schema-bishop of ‘’St. Macarius the Roman’’ Monastery, near Lezna, New Hieromartyr, [[April 1]]; Pelagea the martyr, [[June 13]]; Joh the Martyr, [[June 30]]; George Skobtsov, martyr, son of St. [[Maria Skobtsova]], [[July 20]]; Pelagia, New Hieromartyr, [[October 21]]<br />
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*1945-90 Persecution of the [[Church of Albania|Orthodox Church in Albania]].<br />
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*1945 Mary, Virgin-martyr, [[January 12]]; [[Dositheus (Vasich) of Zagreb|Dositheus]], Metropolitan of Zagreb, [[January 13]]; Stephen the Martyr, [[January 30]]; [[Maria Skobtsova]], venerable nun, who suffered at Ravensbruck, in northern Germany, [[March 18]]; Basil Martysz, Protopresbyter in Teratyn (Chelm and Podlasie, Poland), New Hieromartyr, [[April 21]]; [[Joanikije_(Lipovac)_of_Montenegro|Ioannicus]], metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral [[June 4]]; [[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg]], [[October 4]]; Basil, bishop of Kineshma, New Hieromartyr, [[July 31]]; Khionia the confessor, [[October 4]];<br />
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*1946 Seraphim, New Hieromartyr, [[August 24]];<br />
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*1947 [[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia|Alexei Kabalyiuk]], <ref>Saint [[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia]] was glorified by the [[Church of Ukraine]] ([[Moscow Patriarchate]]) in 2001. His relics are in Iza of the Ukraine.</ref> Apostle and 1st Saint of Carpatho-Russia [[December 2]].<br />
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*1948 Sergius Serebriansky, archbishop and confessor, [[March 23]]; [[Savvas the New of Kalymnos]], [[April 7]]; Nicholas, confessor, priest, [[November 18]]; Anna and Tatiana, confessors, [[December 10]];<br />
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*1949 [[Seraphim of Vyritsa]], [[March 21]].<br />
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===The Fifties===<br />
*1950 Venerable Laurence of Chernigov, [[January 11]], Sergius, priest confessor, [[December 5]];<br />
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*1951 John the confessors, priest, [[July 24]];<br />
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*1952 ''Wonder-worker'' [[Matrona of Moscow|Matrona the Blind]] (b. 1885) of Moscow, [[April 19]]; Demetrius, confessor, priest, [[August 27]]; Paraskeva, Venerable confessor, [[November 22]];<br />
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*1953 [[Euthymius of Tbilisi| Euthymius]] (Taqaishvili) the Man of God of Tbilisi, [[January 3]]; Peter the Deacon, New Hieromartyr, [[September 3]];<br />
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*1954 Thecla the confessor, [[December 10]];<br />
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*1955 Nicholas, mitropolitan confessor of Alma-Ata, New Hieromartyr, [[October 12]]<br />
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*1956 [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], [[March 18]].<br />
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*1957 John (Maisuradze), confessor of Georgia, [[January 21]], Raphael the confessor, Venerable, [[June 6]];<br />
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*1958 Anna, Venerable confessor, [[December 10]]. Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]] seeks a monastic life in Essex of London<br />
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*1959 Elder [[Joseph the Hesychast]] (1898-1959); Elder [[George (Karslidis) of Drama]] (1901-1959), [[November 4]]; Gabriel the venarable confessor, [[October 5]];<br />
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===The Sixties===<br />
*1960 [[Symeon of Pskov| Symeon]] of the Pskov Caves, Venerable, [[January 5]]; George-John (Mkheidze) of [[Georgia]], [[January 21]]; [[Anthimos of Chios]] [[February 15]]; John (Iacob) the Romanian (the Chozebite) [[August 5]]; Gregory, confessor, [[December 3]];<br />
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*1961 John the confessor, venerable, [[January 14]]; Canonisation of [[Kosmas the Aetolian]] [[April 20]]; [[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea|Luke]], hierarch-surgeon of Simferopol and Crimea, confessor, (b. 1877), [[May 29]], Alexander, Venerable, confessor, [[August 14]];<br />
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*1962 Athanasius (Sakharov) the Confessor, bishop of Kovrov, [[October 15]];<br />
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*1963 Matrona the Confessor of Diveyevo, [[October 25]];<br />
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*1964 ''Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov'' established by resolution of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church March 10, [[May 23]]; Kuksha of Odessa, (b. 1875), venerable confessor, [[December 11]]; [[Varnava (Nastic)]] of Bosnia, New Hiero-confessor, [[November 12]]; Elder [[Gervasius of Patras]] (1877-1964) , <br />
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*1966 [[Sebastian of Optina |Sebastian]], Elder of Optina and Karaganda, [[April 6]]; [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker]], Archbishop of Shanghai and San Fransisco, [[July 2]]. [[Ieronymos of Aegina]], (b. 1883), blessed, [[October 3]];<br />
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*1967 Iraida the confessor, [[July 25]]; Glorification of venerable [[Arsenius of Paros]] by the Patriarchate of Constantinople, [[August 18]].<br />
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*1968 ''Venerable'' Eutropia Isayenkova of Kherson in Crimea, d. 105 yo [[March 29]].<br />
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===The seventies===<br />
*1970 Elder [[Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos]] (+1970); Archpriest [[Stefan Wu Zhiquan]] .<ref>http://www.orthodox.cn/localchurch/harbin/stefanwu_en.htm</ref>, the new martyr.<br />
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*1971 Venerable [[Amphilochius of Pochaev]], schema-monk dies [[January 1]] (FD:[[April 29]]), the feast of All [[Evrytanian Saints]] established by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, celebrated last Sunday of August. <br />
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*1972 [[Leonty of Ivanovo|Leonty]] (Stasevich) of Ivanovo, Venerable, [[January 27]]; [[Leontius of Tarnopol and Jablechna| Leontius]] of Tarnopol and Jablechna (Poland), New Hieromartyr, [[January 27]]; Peter Cheltsov, Archpriest in Smolensk, Hiero-confessor, [[August 30]];<br />
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*1975 Papa-[[Dimitris (Gagastathis)]]; Elder [[Demetrius of Trikala]] (1902-1975) <br />
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*1979 Mathushka [[Olga Michael]], [[November 8]]; [[Justin Popovich]], [[March 25]]; Archimandrite Philoumenos, [[November 16]];<br />
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===Eighties===<br />
*1980 Elder [[Philotheos (Zervakos) of Paros]] (1884-1980).<br />
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*1982 [[Evgenius (Yiannoulis) the Aitolian]] glorified [[July 1]] by the Ecumenical Patriarchate; [[Seraphim Rose]].<br />
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*1983 Elder [[Arsenios the cave-dweller of Mt. Athos]].<br />
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*1987 Glorification of [[Silouan the Athonite]] (d. 1938) by Ecumenical Patriarchate.<br />
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*1989 Hieromonk [[Kosmas of Zaire]] (1942-1989); Elder [[Epiphanius of Athens]] (+1989); Arsenius Bokas (Romanian) d. [[November 28]]<br />
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===Nineties===<br />
*1971 Amphilochius of Pochayiv [[January 1]], canonised 11 May 2002<br />
*1991 Elder [[Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) the Kapsokalivite]]; (Evangelos (Bairaktaris)), [[February 7]]; Elder [[Iacovos (Tsalikis) of Euboea]] (1920-1991)<br />
*1992 [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)]] and [[Chrysanthi of Andros]]. [[Theodora of Sihla]] (Theodora of the Carpathians) glorified.<br />
*1993 [[Schemanun Macaria of Temkino]] d. [[June 6]] or 18?; [[New Martyrs of Optina Pustyn]]; Canonization of [[Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna]]. Elder [[Sophrony (Sakharov)]], Essex of London [[July 11]].<br />
*1994 Elder [[Paisios (Eznepidis)]] of Mt. [[Athos]], [[July 12]].<br />
*1995 Eldress [[Macrina of Volos]] (1921-1995); [[Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos]], [[June 12]].<br />
*1997 Myrrh and fragrance appear on the tomb of [[Apostle Luke]] Thebes, Greece, [[December 22]].<br />
*1998 Elder [[Ephraim of Katounakia]]; Second uncovering of the holy relics of [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]], Bp. of Voronezh, [[March 22]]. <br />
*2000 Fr. [[Grigory Zhu]], September; Blessed [[Stavritsa the Missionary]] (1916-2000)<br />
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* the [[Archangel]]s<br />
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| [[Theotokos]]<br />
| ABC<br />
| [[August 15]]<br />
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| 2<br />
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'''Born'''<br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> Bethsaida, Galilee<br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> 657, Damascus<br />
<li> 16 ca., Bethany of Jerusalem<br />
<li> 620, England<br />
<li> <br />
<li> Cyprus by Jewish parents<br />
<li> ?<br />
<li> Bethsaida, Galilee<br />
<li> <br />
<li> 377, Melitene, Armenia<br />
<li> 376, Alexandria<br />
<li> <br />
<li> 388, Mt of Olives.<br />
<li> 354, Antioch<br />
<li> 296, Alexandria<br />
<li> 306, Nisibia, Mesopotamia<br />
<li> 227, Thebaid, Egypt<br />
<li> 296, Colastri, Cappadocia<br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> Edessa, Mesopotamia<br />
<li> <br />
<li> <br />
<li> Rome<br />
<li> 1754 or 1759 - [[July 19]], Kursk<br />
<li> <br />
<li> 1468<br />
<li> 1206 ca.<br />
<li> 1175ca., Serbia<br />
| width="10%" align="left" valign="top"| <br />
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'''Died''' <br />
<li> <br />
<li> stoned & beheaded<br />
<li> Speared in Mylapore, Madras<br />
<li> Flayed at Albanopolis, Armenia<br />
<li> Crucified in Perrsia (with Apostle Jude?)<br />
<li> Crucified<br />
<li> burned alive<br />
<li> 936, Aged 66 in Constantinople<br />
<li> 815<br />
<li> 760, peacefully<br />
<li> 76 ca., Kition aged 60 y.o.<br />
<li> 664<br />
<li> 62 ca.<br />
<li> 60 ca., stoned in Salamis by Jews<br />
<li> -6 BC<br />
<li> 54-68ca., curified in Rome during the reign of Nero<br />
<li> 54 ca.<br />
<li> 473 - [[January 10]] at 96 y.o.<br />
<li> 444<br />
<li> 44 ca.<br />
<li> 434<br />
<li> 407 - [[September 14]], in exile<br />
<li> 373<br />
<li> 373<br />
<li> 341, at 114 y.o.<br />
<li> 338 ca.<br />
<li> 303<br />
<li> 292<br />
<li> 292<br />
<li> 25-26 ca.<br />
<li> 250<br />
<li> 225 ca., beheaded at Coliseum<br />
<li> 1833 - [[January 2]], peacefully<br />
<li> 1580<br />
<li> 1557<br />
<li> 1251+<br />
<li> 1235 - [[January 14]]<br />
<li> 100, Ephesus<br />
<li> ?, crucified on an "X" shaped cross in Patras, Greece<br />
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'''Saint'''<br />
<li> [[Theotokos]]<br />
<li> [[Apostle Matthias]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Thomas]] "Didymus"<br />
<li> [[Apostle Bartholomew]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Simon]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Philip (of the Twelve)]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Matthew]] <br />
<li> [[Andrew the Fool-for-Christ]] <br />
<li> [[Emilion the Confessor]]<br />
<li> [[John of Damascus]] , the "Righteous" and "Chrysorroas"<br />
<li> [[Lazarus]] <br />
<li> [[Cedd]] of Lastingham<br />
<li> [[Apostle James the Just]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Barnabas]] <br />
<li> [[Holy Innocents]]<br />
<li> [[Apostle Peter]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Stachys]] <br />
<li> [[Euthymius the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Cyril of Alexandria]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle James (son of Zebedee)]] <br />
<li> [[Melania the Younger]] <br />
<li> [[John Chrysostom]] <br />
<li> [[Athanasius of Alexandria]] <br />
<li> [[Ephrem the Syrian]] <br />
<li> [[Paul of Thebes]] <br />
<li> [[Nino of Cappadocia]] <br />
<li> [[20,000 Nicomedia Martyrs]]<br />
<li> [[Eudokia of Heliopolis]] <br />
<li> [[John the Unmercenary]]<br />
<li> [[Joseph the Betrothed]] <br />
<li> [[Paramonus & 370 Martyrs]]<br />
<li> [[Tatiana of Rome]]<br />
<li> [[Seraphim of Sarov]] <br />
<li> [[John the Hairy]] and Merciful<br />
<li> [[Basil the Blessed]] <br />
<li> [[Theodora of Arta]] <br />
<li> [[Sava of Serbia]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle John]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Andrew]] <br />
<li> [[Abanoub]] <br />
<li> [[Acepsimus, Joseph, and Aeithalas]] <br />
<li> [[Addai]] <br />
<li> [[Adrian and Natalia]] <br />
<li> [[Agatha of Palermo]] <br />
<li> [[Ahmed the Calligrapher]] <br />
<li> [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] <br />
<li> [[Alban]] <br />
<li> [[Alexander (Okropiridze) of Guria and Samegrelo]] <br />
<li> [[Alexander Nevsky]] <br />
<li> [[Alexander Schmorell]] <br />
<li> [[Alexandra the Empress]] <br />
<li> [[Alexios the Man of God]] <br />
<li> [[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia]] <br />
<li> [[Alexis of Moscow]] <br />
<li> [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]] <br />
<li> [[Ambrose of Milan]] <br />
<li> [[Ambrose of Optina]] <br />
<li> [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions]] <br />
<li> [[Anastasius I of Antioch]] <br />
<li> [[Anastasius of Sinai]] <br />
<li> [[Andrew of Crete]] <br />
<li> [[Andronik of Perm]] <br />
<li> [[Anicetus and Photius]] <br />
<li> [[Ansgar]] <br />
<li> [[Anthony of the Kiev Caves]] <br />
<li> [[Anthony the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Vilnius]] <br />
<li> [[Antimos of Iberia]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Achaicus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Agabus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Alphaeus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Amplias]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Ananias]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Andronicus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Apelles]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Apollo]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Apphia]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Aquila]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Archippus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Aristarchus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Aristobulus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Artemas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Asyncritus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Caesar]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Carpus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Cephas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Clement]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Cleopas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Crescens]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Crispus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Epaphroditus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Epenetus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Erastus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Evodus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Fortunatus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Gaius]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Hermas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Hermes (bishop)]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Herodian]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle James (son of Alphaeus)]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Jason]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Jude]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Junia]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Justus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Linus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Lucius]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Luke]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Mark]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Narcissus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Nicanor]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Olympas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Onesimus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Onesiphorus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Parmenas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Patrobas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Paul]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Philemon]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Philip (of the Seventy)]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Philologos]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Phlegon]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Prochorus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Pudens]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Quadratus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Quartus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Rufus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Silas]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Silvan]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Sosipater]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Sosthenes]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Symeon]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Tertius]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Timon]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Timothy]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Titus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Trophimus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Tychicus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Urban]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Zacchaeus]] <br />
<li> [[Apostle Zenas]] <br />
<li> [[Aristion]] <br />
<li> [[Arsenios of Paros]] <br />
<li> [[Arsenius I (Sremac) of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Artemius of Verkola]] <br />
<li> [[Athanasius of Attalia]] <br />
<li> [[Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk]] <br />
<li> [[Athanasius Parios]] <br />
<li> [[Augustine of Canterbury]] <br />
<li> [[Augustine of Hippo]] <br />
<li> [[Barlaam of the Kiev Caves]] <br />
<li> [[Basil and Theodore]] <br />
<li> [[Basil of Ostrog]] <br />
<li> [[Basil the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Basil the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Bede]] <br />
<li> [[Benedict of Nursia]] <br />
<li> [[Benjamin]] <br />
<li> [[Bishoy]] <br />
<li> [[Blaise of Sebaste]] <br />
<li> [[Boniface]] <br />
<li> [[Boris and Gleb]] <br />
<li> [[Brendan the Navigator]] <br />
<li> [[Brigid of Kildaire]] <br />
<li> [[Brynach]] <br />
<li> [[Caedmon]] <br />
<li> [[Cappadocian Fathers]] <br />
<li> [[Catherine of Alexandria]] <br />
<li> [[Celestine of Rome]] <br />
<li> [[Chad of Lichfield]] <br />
<li> [[Charalampus]] <br />
<li> [[Charitina]] <br />
<li> [[Chrysanthus]] <br />
<li> [[Clement of Alexandria]] <br />
<li> [[Clement of Rome]] <br />
<li> [[Columba of Iona]] <br />
<li> [[Constantine Hagarit]] <br />
<li> [[Constantine the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Constantine the New]] <br />
<li> [[Coptic Calendar]] <br />
<li> [[Cosmas the Hymnographer]] <br />
<li> [[Crescens of Myra]] <br />
<li> [[Cuthbert of Lindisfarne]] <br />
<li> [[Cyprian of Moscow]] <br />
<li> [[Cyril and Methodius]] <br />
<li> [[Cyril of Jerusalem]] <br />
<li> [[Daniel II of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Daniel of Moscow]] <br />
<li> [[Daniel the Hermit]] <br />
<li> [[Daria]] <br />
<li> [[David of Wales]] <br />
<li> [[David]] <br />
<li> [[Demetrios (disambiguation)]] <br />
<li> [[Demetrios of Thessaloniki]] <br />
<li> [[Demetrios the Neomartyr]] <br />
<li> [[Demiana]] <br />
<li> [[Desert Fathers]] <br />
<li> [[Diadochos of Photiki]] <br />
<li> [[Dimitri of Rostov]] <br />
<li> [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] <br />
<li> [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] <br />
<li> [[Djordje Bogic]] <br />
<li> [[Dorotheos of Gaza]] <br />
<li> [[Dositej (Vasic) of Zagreb]] <br />
<li> [[Dovmont (Timothy)]] <br />
<li> [[Dunstan of Canterbury]] <br />
<li> [[Dymphna]] <br />
<li> [[Edward the Martyr]] <br />
<li> [[Ekvtime the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Elijah]] <br />
<li> [[Elizabeth the New Martyr]] <br />
<li> [[Elizabeth]] <br />
<li> [[Emily]] <br />
<li> [[Ephraem of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Eubotius]] <br />
<li> [[Eustatius I of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Eutychius of Constantinople]] <br />
<li> [[Evangelist]] <br />
<li> [[Feast day]] <br />
<li> [[Flavian the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Florus and Laurus]] <br />
<li> [[Fool-for-Christ]] <br />
<li> [[Forty Martyrs of Sebaste]] <br />
<li> [[Gabriel I of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Gabriel of Lesnovo]] <br />
<li> [[Genevieve of Paris]] <br />
<li> [[George the New]] <br />
<li> [[George the Trophy-bearer]] <br />
<li> [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]] <br />
<li> [[Gerasimos of the Jordan]] <br />
<li> [[Germanus of Dobrogea]] <br />
<li> [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague]] <br />
<li> [[Gregory III of Rome]] <br />
<li> [[Gregory of Nyssa]] <br />
<li> [[Gregory Palamas]] <br />
<li> [[Gregory the Dialogist]] <br />
<li> [[Gregory the Theologian]] <br />
<li> [[Gregory the Wonderworker]] <br />
<li> [[Guthlac of Crowland]] <br />
<li> [[Habakkuk]] <br />
<li> [[Habeeb Kheshy]] <br />
<li> [[Hagiography]] <br />
<li> [[Harold of England]] <br />
<li> [[Helen]] <br />
<li> [[Herman of Alaska]] <br />
<li> [[Hermogenes of Moscow ]] <br />
<li> [[Hesperus, Zoe, Cyriacus, and Theodulus]] <br />
<li> [[Hilarion of Meglin]] <br />
<li> [[Hilarion the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Hilarion the New]] <br />
<li> [[Hilary of Poitiers]] <br />
<li> [[Hilda of Whitby]] <br />
<li> [[Holy Martyrs of China]] <br />
<li> [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]] <br />
<li> [[Ignatius of Antioch]] <br />
<li> [[Ilia the Righteous]] <br />
<li> [[Innocent of Alaska]] <br />
<li> [[Innocent of Komel]] <br />
<li> [[Ioannikios the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Ipomoni]] <br />
<li> [[Irenaeus of Lyons]] <br />
<li> [[Irene Chrysovalantou]] <br />
<li> [[Irene of Athens]] <br />
<li> [[Irene of Thessaloniki]] <br />
<li> [[Isaac of Syria]] <br />
<li> [[Isaac the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Isaiah]] <br />
<li> [[Isidore of Chios]] <br />
<li> [[Isidore of Pelusium]] <br />
<li> [[Jacob (disambiguation)]] <br />
<li> [[Jacob Netsvetov]] <br />
<li> [[Jacob of Serugh]] <br />
<li> [[James the Ascetic]] <br />
<li> [[James the Faster]] <br />
<li> [[Jarlath of Tuam]] <br />
<li> [[Jerome]] <br />
<li> [[Joachim and Anna]] <br />
<li> [[Joanicius I of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Joanicius II of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro]] <br />
<li> [[Joanna]] <br />
<li> [[Job of Moscow]] <br />
<li> [[Job of Pochaev]] <br />
<li> [[Job the Long-suffering]] <br />
<li> [[John Climacus]] <br />
<li> [[John of Kronstadt]] <br />
<li> [[John of Rila]] <br />
<li> [[John Scholasticus]] <br />
<li> [[John the Forerunner]] <br />
<li> [[John the Merciful]] <br />
<li> [[John the New of Suceava]] <br />
<li> [[John the Russian]] <br />
<li> [[John the Silent]] <br />
<li> [[Jonah of Manchuria]] <br />
<li> [[Jonah of Moscow]] <br />
<li> [[Jonah]] <br />
<li> [[Josaphat]] <br />
<li> [[Joseph of Arimathea]] <br />
<li> [[Joseph the Hymnographer]] <br />
<li> [[Juliana of Nicomedia]] <br />
<li> [[Justin Martyr]] <br />
<li> [[Justin Popovich]] <br />
<li> [[Justinian of Ramsey Island]] <br />
<li> [[Justinian]] <br />
<li> [[Juvenaly of Alaska]] <br />
<li> [[Karterios]] <br />
<li> [[Kevin of Glendalough]] <br />
<li> [[Kirion II (Sadzaglishvili) of Georgia]] <br />
<li> [[Konstantin I of Kiev]] <br />
<li> [[Kosmas Aitolos]] <br />
<li> [[Laurence of Canterbury]] <br />
<li> [[Lawrence of Rome]] <br />
<li> [[Lazar of Serbia]] <br />
<li> [[Leo the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Ludmila]] <br />
<li> [[Lydia of Thyatira]] <br />
<li> [[Macarius the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Macrina the Elder]] <br />
<li> [[Macrina the Younger]] <br />
<li> [[Makarije (Sokolovic) of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Mamas of Caesarea]] <br />
<li> [[Marcian]] <br />
<li> [[Maria Skobtsova]] <br />
<li> [[Marina of Antioch]] <br />
<li> [[Mark of Ephesus]] <br />
<li> [[Mark the Ascetic]] <br />
<li> [[Markella of Chios]] <br />
<li> [[Maron of Syria]] <br />
<li> [[Martin of Tours]] <br />
<li> [[Martin the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Martyr]] <br />
<li> [[Mary Magdalene]] <br />
<li> [[Mary of Bethany]] <br />
<li> [[Mary of Egypt]] <br />
<li> [[Mary]] <br />
<li> [[Matrona of Chios]] <br />
<li> [[Matrona of Thessalonica]] <br />
<li> [[Maurice]] <br />
<li> [[Maxim Sandovich]] <br />
<li> [[Maximus I of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Maximus the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Melyos]] <br />
<li> [[Menas]] <br />
<li> [[Mennas of Constantinople]] <br />
<li> [[Methodius of Moravia]] <br />
<li> [[Metrophanes of Constantinople]] <br />
<li> [[Micah of Radonezh]] <br />
<li> [[Micah]] <br />
<li> [[Michael of Kiev]] <br />
<li> [[Miracle]] <br />
<li> [[Moses the Black]] <br />
<li> [[Moses]] <br />
<li> [[Myronus the Wonderworker]]<br />
<li> [[Naum of Preslav]] <br />
<li> [[Nectarios of Aegina]] <br />
<li> [[Nestor (Savchuk)]] <br />
<li> [[Nestor of Thessalonika]] <br />
<li> [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]] <br />
<li> [[New Martyrs of Butovo]] <br />
<li> [[New Martyrs]] <br />
<li> [[Nicander of Myra]] <br />
<li> [[Nicephorus I of Constantinople]] <br />
<li> [[Nicetas the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Nicholas (Planas)]] <br />
<li> [[Nicholas II of Russia]] <br />
<li> [[Nicholas of Japan]] <br />
<li> [[Nicholas of Myra]] <br />
<li> [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain]] <br />
<li> [[Nicodemus the Righteous]] <br />
<li> [[Nicodemus]] <br />
<li> [[Nikodemus I of Pec]] <br />
<li> [[Nikolai Velimirovic]] <br />
<li> [[Nikon of Radonezh]] <br />
<li> [[Nilus of Sora]] <br />
<li> [[Noah]] <br />
<li> [[Olaf of Norway]] <br />
<li> [[Olga of Kiev]] <br />
<li> [[Olympia the Deaconess]] <br />
<li> [[Oswald of Northumbria]] <br />
<li> [[Pachomius the Great]] <br />
<li> [[Paisius and Habakkuk]] <br />
<li> [[Pamphilius of Caesarea]] <br />
<li> [[Panteleimon]] <br />
<li> [[Paraskeve the New]] <br />
<li> [[Paraskevi]] <br />
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<li> [[Paul the Confessor]] <br />
<li> [[Pavel of Taganrog]] <br />
<li> [[Pelagia of Antioch]] <br />
<li> [[Pelagia of Tarsus]] <br />
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<li> [[Stefan Uros II Milutin]] <br />
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<li> [[Stephanos of Khinolakkos]] <br />
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<li> [[Theodora of Vasta]] <br />
<li> [[Theodore the Sanctified]] <br />
<li> [[Theodore the Studite]] <br />
<li> [[Theodore the Sykeote]] <br />
<li> [[Theodore Trichinas]] <br />
<li> [[Theodoros the Great Ascetic]] <br />
<li> [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves]] <br />
<li> [[Theodosius the Great (emperor)]] <br />
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<li> [[Timothy and Mavra]] <br />
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<li> [[Vitalis of Ravenna]] <br />
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<li> [[Vukasin of Klepci]] <br />
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[[Image:Rublev Trinity.jpg|100px|Our Holy Trinity]]<br />
</div>[[Saint]] [[James the Confessor]], [[Bishop]] of Catania; Saint [[Thomas I of Constantinople|Thomas]], [[Patriarch]] of Constantinople; Saint [[Cyril of Catania|Cyril]], Bishop of Catania; Saint [[Serapion of Thmuis|Serapion]], Bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt; Saint Pachomius, [[monk]] of Nerekhta; Saint Lupicinus, desert-dweller of the Jura Mountains (Gaul); New-Martyr [[Archbishop]] Theodore Pozdeyev; Martyrs Philemon and Domnina of Rome; [[Venerable]] [[Seraphim of Vyritsa]]; New-martyr Michael; Saint [[Enda of Aran]], father of Irish [[monasticism]]; Saint [[Berillos of Catania|Berillos]], Bishop of Catania<br />
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<div>[[Image:Seraph.gif|thumb|right|Byzantine sketch of a six-winged Seraphim angel.]]<br />
[[Image:Seraphim and Cherubim -- Cathedral of Cefalù, Sicily.jpg|thumb|right|Mosaic of the six-winged many-eyed Seraphim and Cherubim Angels (''Cathedral of Cefalù, Sicily, ca. 1150 A.D.'')]]<br />
The six-winged '''Seraphim''' are the angels closest to God (Isaiah 6:2) who, due to their closeness to God, resemble fire (Hebrews 12:29; Daniel 7:9; Exodus 24:17; Psalms 103:4). Due to this closeness to God, and their appearance, they were given the name 'seraphim', which in Hebrew means 'flaming'. They are aflame with love for God and kindle others to such love.<br />
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==People named Seraphim==<br />
*St [[Seraphim of Sarov]]<br />
*St [[Seraphim of Vyritsa]]<br />
*St [[Seraphim (Chichagov) of Leningrad]]<br />
*St Seraphim of Mount Domvu, commonly referred to as [[Seraphim of Lebadeia]] and also known as [[Seraphim of Phanarion]], Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion, [[May 6]]<br />
*[[Metropolitan]] [[Seraphim (Mentzelopoulos) of Piraeus]]<br />
*[[Archbishop]] [[Seraphim (Tikas) of Athens]]<br />
*Archbishop [[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa]]<br />
*[[Bishop]] [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]]<br />
*Bishop [[Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai]]<br />
*[[Hieromonk|Hmk]] [[Seraphim Rose]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro/orthodox/orthodox_advices_angels.htm The Holy Angels]<br />
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===Biblical Sources===<br />
*Isaiah 6:2 - "And the seraphim stood around Him, each having six wings"<br />
*Hebrews 12:29 - "For our God is a consuming fire"<br />
*Daniel 7:9 - "His throne was a flame of fire"<br />
*Exodus 24:17 - "the appearance of the Lord was like a blazing fire"<br />
*Psalms 103:4 - "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire"<br />
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<div>'''"This was from me"''' is a famous letter written by [[saint]] [[Seraphim of Vyritsa]] that he sent to his spiritual child, a [[bishop]] who was in a Soviet prison at that time; this homily "This was from me" is written as a consolation and counsel to the bishop to let him know that God the Creator addresses to the soul of man.<br />
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==Text of the letter==<br />
:''Have you ever thought that everything that concerns you, concerns Me, also? You are precious in my eyes and I love you; for this reason, it is a special joy for Me to train you. When temptations and the opponent [the Evil One] come upon you like a river, I want you to know that This was from Me.''<br />
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:''I want you to know that your weakness has need of My strength, and your safety lies in allowing Me to protect you. I want you to know that when you are in difficult conditions, among people who do not understand you, and cast you away, This was from Me.''<br />
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:''I am your God, the circumstances of your life are in My hands; you did not end up in your position by chance; this is precisely the position I have appointed for you. Weren't you asking Me to teach you humility? And there - I placed you precisely in the "school" where they teach this lesson. Your environment, and those who are around you, are performing My will. Do you have financial difficulties and can just barely survive? Know that This was from Me.''<br />
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:''I want you to know that I dispose of your money, so take refuge in Me and depend upon Me. I want you to know that My storehouses are inexhaustible, and I am faithful in My promises. Let it never happen that they tell you in your need, "Do not believe in your Lord and God." Have you ever spent the night in suffering? Are you separated from your relatives, from those you love? I allowed this that you would turn to Me, and in Me find consolation and comfort. Did your friend or someone to whom you opened your heart, deceive you? This was from Me.''<br />
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:''I allowed this frustration to touch you so that you would learn that your best friend is the Lord. I want you to bring everything to Me and tell Me everything. Did someone slander you? Leave it to Me; be attached to Me so that you can hide from the "contradiction of the nations." I will make your righteousness shine like light and your life like midday noon. Your plans were destroyed? Your soul yielded and you are exhausted? This was from Me.''<br />
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:''You made plans and have your own goals; you brought them to Me to bless them. But I want you to leave it all to Me, to direct and guide the circumstances of your life by My hand, because you are the orphan, not the protagonist. Unexpected failures found you and despair overcame your heart, but know That this was from Me.''<br />
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:''With tiredness and anxiety I am testing how strong your faith is in My promises and your boldness in prayer for your relatives. Why is it not you who entrusted their cares to My providential love? You must leave them to the protection of My All Pure Mother. Serious illness found you, which may be healed or may be incurable, and has nailed you to your bed. This was from Me.''<br />
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:''Because I want you to know Me more deeply, through physical ailment, do not murmur against this trial I have sent you. And do not try to understand My plans for the salvation of people's souls, but unmurmuringly and humbly bow your head before My goodness. You were dreaming about doing something special for Me and, instead of doing it, you fell into a bed of pain. This was from Me.''<br />
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:''Because then you were sunk in your own works and plans and I wouldn't have been able to draw your thoughts to Me. But I want to teach you the most deep thoughts and My lessons, so that you may serve Me. I want to teach you that you are nothing without Me. Some of my best children are those who, cut off from an active life, learn to use the weapon of ceaseless prayer. You were called unexpectedly to undertake a difficult and responsible position, supported by Me. I have given you these difficulties and as the Lord God I will bless all your works, in all your paths. In everything I, your Lord, will be your guide and teacher. Remember always that every difficulty you come across, every offensive word, every slander and criticism, every obstacle to your works, which could cause frustration and disappointment, This is from Me.''<br />
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:''Know and remember always, no matter where you are, That whatsoever hurts will be dulled as soon as you learn In all things, to look at Me. Everything has been sent to you by Me, for the perfection of your soul. All these things were from Me.''<br />
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==See also==<br />
* Saint '''[[Seraphim of Viritsa]]'''<br />
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Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Seraphim of Vyritsa''' (1866-1949) is a monastic known especially for his gifts of [[prophecy]] and [[miracle]]-working. He is also known for a letter that he sent to his spiritual child, a bishop who was in a Soviet prison at that time; this homily "[[This was from me]]" is written as a consolation and counsel to the bishop to let him know that God the Creator addresses to the soul of man. He is one of about 1200 persons whom the Hierarchical Synod of the Orthodox [[Church of Russia]] proclaimed [[saint]]s in 2000 AD. St. Seraphim is commemorated by the Church on [[March 21]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
St. Seraphim of Viritsa was born Basil Mouraviov in 1866; he [[marriage|married]] and had three children. Before agreeing with his wife to separate and enter into the [[monastic]] life, he once saw a dream which he later related to his [[spiritual father]], [[monk]] Barnabas of the Gethsemane [[Skete]]. In this dream, he was on a [[pilgrimage]] to visit a [[monastery]] of St. Nicholas and on the way there he lost his way and ventured into a forest. In the forest, an old man asked him for directions to that same monastery; the old man had a satchel on his back and an axe in his hand. He realised that this man was St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]]. The old man sat under a tree and was very soon joined by Basil's very own spiritual father, Barnabas. In this vision, even though Basil could see that he was sitting between both fathers, he could not hear the discussion they were having. <br />
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At the age of 54, in 1920, he and his wife quietly separated and entered the monastic life. His wife entered the female monastery of the All-Holy Virgin Mary of Iviron of St. Petersburg and adopted the name "Christina" when tonsured a nun. He entered the Lavra of St. Alexander Nevsky as a novice in September of 1920, and a month later was [[tonsure]]d a monk, taking on the name of "Barnabas." He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] soon after, and on [[August 29]], 1921, Barnabas was ordained a [[presbyter]] by [[Metropolitan]] Benjamin Kazanski.<br />
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He was renamed "Seraphim" in 1927, in honour of St. Seraphim of Sarov, when he entered the Great Habit. He eventually became the spiritual father of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, where, as a clairvoyant [[geronta|staretz]], he also [[confession|confessed]] thousands of [[laity]]. He said, "I am the storage room where people's afflictions gather." In imitation of his [[patron saint]], he [[prayer|prayed]] for a thousand nights on a rock before an [[icon]] of St. Seraphim of Sarov. He reposed in the Lord in 1949, and the [[Church of Russia]] glorified him in August of 2000.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[This was from me]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/stseraphimofviritsa.aspx Excerpts from ''The New Saint of the Russian Church, Seraphim of Viritsa''] translated from the Greek by Fr. Nicholas Palis<br />
*[http://www.geekorthodox.org/saint-seraphim-of-viritsa Saint Seraphim of Viritsa]<br />
*[http://www.impantokratoros.gr/6B9733D4.en.aspx Spiritual Heritage of Father Seraphim]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/saint-seraphim-of-viritsa-this-was-from-me.aspx Saint Seraphim of Viritsa's Spiritual Testament: "This Was From Me"] by Metropolitan Manuel Lemeshevsky<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=103710 Venerable Seraphim of Virits] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.impantokratoros.gr/AF9DAB7D.en.aspx Counsels οf Saint Seraphim οf Viritsa]<br />
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Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Seraphim of Vyritsa''' (1866-1949) is a monastic known especially for his gifts of [[prophecy]] and [[miracle]]-working. He is also known for a letter that he sent to his spiritual child, a bishop who was in a Soviet prison at that time; this homily "[[This was from me]]" is written as a consolation and counsel to the bishop to let him know that God the Creator addresses to the soul of man. He is one of about 1200 persons whom the Hierarchical Synod of the Orthodox [[Church of Russia]] proclaimed [[saint]]s in 2000 AD. St. Seraphim is commemorated by the Church on [[March 21]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
St. Seraphim of Viritsa was born Basil Mouraviov in 1866; he [[marriage|married]] and had three children. Before agreeing with his wife to separate and enter into the [[monastic]] life, he once saw a dream which he later related to his [[spiritual father]], [[monk]] Barnabas of the Gethsemane [[Skete]]. In this dream, he was on a [[pilgrimage]] to visit a [[monastery]] of St. Nicholas and on the way there he lost his way and ventured into a forest. In the forest, an old man asked him for directions to that same monastery; the old man had a satchel on his back and an axe in his hand. He realised that this man was St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]]. The old man sat under a tree and was very soon joined by Basil's very own spiritual father, Barnabas. In this vision, even though Basil could see that he was sitting between both fathers, he could not hear the discussion they were having. <br />
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At the age of 54, in 1920, he and his wife quietly separated and entered the monastic life. His wife entered the female monastery of the All-Holy Virgin Mary of Iviron of St. Petersburg and adopted the name "Christina" when tonsured a nun. He entered the Lavra of St. Alexander Nevsky as a novice in September of 1920, and a month later was [[tonsure]]d a monk, taking on the name of "Barnabas." He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] soon after, and on [[August 29]], 1921, Barnabas was ordained a [[presbyter]] by [[Metropolitan]] Benjamin Kazanski.<br />
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He was renamed "Seraphim" in 1927, in honour of St. Seraphim of Sarov, when he entered the Great Habit. He eventually became the spiritual father of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, where, as a clairvoyant [[geronta|staretz]], he also [[confession|confessed]] thousands of [[laity]]. He said, "I am the storage room where people's afflictions gather." In imitation of his [[patron saint]], he [[prayer|prayed]] for a thousand nights on a rock before an [[icon]] of St. Seraphim of Sarov. He reposed in the Lord in 1949, and the [[Church of Russia]] glorified him in August of 2000.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[This was from me]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/stseraphimofviritsa.aspx Excerpts from ''The New Saint of the Russian Church, Seraphim of Viritsa''] translated from the Greek by Fr. Nicholas Palis<br />
*[http://www.geekorthodox.org/saint-seraphim-of-viritsa Saint Seraphim of Viritsa]<br />
*[http://www.impantokratoros.gr/6B9733D4.en.aspx Spiritual Heritage of Father Seraphim]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/saint-seraphim-of-viritsa-this-was-from-me.aspx Saint Seraphim of Viritsa's Spiritual Testament: "This Was From Me"] by Metropolitan Manuel Lemeshevsky<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=103710 Venerable Seraphim of Virits] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.impantokratoros.gr/AF9DAB7D.en.aspx Counsels οf Saint Seraphim οf Viritsa]<br />
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<div>[[File:0321 Serafim.jpg|right|thumb|Icon of St. Seraphim of Viritsa.]]<br />
Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Seraphim of Viritsa''' or ''of Virits'' (1866-1949) is a monastic known especially for his gifts of [[prophecy]] and [[miracle]]-working. He is also known for a letter that he sent to his spiritual child, a bishop who was in a Soviet prison at that time; this homily "[[This was from me]]" is written as a consolation and counsel to the bishop to let him know that God the Creator addresses to the soul of man. He is one of about 1200 persons whom the Hierarchical Synod of the Orthodox [[Church of Russia]] proclaimed [[saint]]s in 2000 AD. St. Seraphim is commemorated by the Church on [[March 21]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
St. Seraphim of Viritsa was born Basil Mouraviov in 1866; he [[marriage|married]] and had three children. Before agreeing with his wife to separate and enter into the [[monastic]] life, he once saw a dream which he later related to his [[spiritual father]], [[monk]] Barnabas of the Gethsemane [[Skete]]. In this dream, he was on a [[pilgrimage]] to visit a [[monastery]] of St. Nicholas and on the way there he lost his way and ventured into a forest. In the forest, an old man asked him for directions to that same monastery; the old man had a satchel on his back and an axe in his hand. He realised that this man was St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]]. The old man sat under a tree and was very soon joined by Basil's very own spiritual father, Barnabas. In this vision, even though Basil could see that he was sitting between both fathers, he could not hear the discussion they were having. <br />
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At the age of 54, in 1920, he and his wife quietly separated and entered the monastic life. His wife entered the female monastery of the All-Holy Virgin Mary of Iviron of St. Petersburg and adopted the name "Christina" when tonsured a nun. He entered the Lavra of St. Alexander Nevsky as a novice in September of 1920, and a month later was [[tonsure]]d a monk, taking on the name of "Barnabas." He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] soon after, and on [[August 29]], 1921, Barnabas was ordained a [[presbyter]] by [[Metropolitan]] Benjamin Kazanski.<br />
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He was renamed "Seraphim" in 1927, in honour of St. Seraphim of Sarov, when he entered the Great Habit. He eventually became the spiritual father of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, where, as a clairvoyant [[geronta|staretz]], he also [[confession|confessed]] thousands of [[laity]]. He said, "I am the storage room where people's afflictions gather." In imitation of his [[patron saint]], he [[prayer|prayed]] for a thousand nights on a rock before an [[icon]] of St. Seraphim of Sarov. He reposed in the Lord in 1949, and the [[Church of Russia]] glorified him in August of 2000.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[This was from me]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/stseraphimofviritsa.aspx Excerpts from ''The New Saint of the Russian Church, Seraphim of Viritsa''] translated from the Greek by Fr. Nicholas Palis<br />
*[http://www.geekorthodox.org/saint-seraphim-of-viritsa Saint Seraphim of Viritsa]<br />
*[http://www.impantokratoros.gr/6B9733D4.en.aspx Spiritual Heritage of Father Seraphim]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/saint-seraphim-of-viritsa-this-was-from-me.aspx Saint Seraphim of Viritsa's Spiritual Testament: "This Was From Me"] by Metropolitan Manuel Lemeshevsky<br />
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=103710 Venerable Seraphim of Virits] ([[OCA]])<br />
*[http://www.impantokratoros.gr/AF9DAB7D.en.aspx Counsels οf Saint Seraphim οf Viritsa]<br />
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<div>==Misleading Sentence==<br />
This sentence from the article is misleading: ''''''[...the Church of Antioch refers to itself as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East.] The literal translation into English of the Arabic name is "Roman (in Arabic, Rum) Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East." '''''' The Arabic word "RUM," while indeed literally translated as "Roman," fails to explain that "Rum" denoted Greeks of the Roman Empire (once the capital was moved from Rome to Constantinople); ie East Roman/Byzantine "Greek Romans." In fact, Arabic does not have an equivalent to the word "Greek" to this day, instead referring to the modern Greek nations (Greece and Cyprus) and it's people as Romans ("Rum").--[[User:Nikoz78|Nikoz78]] 21:59, April 1, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::Please read the title of the Church of Antioch's website: http://antiochpat.org/english/sitefiles/viewcontent.php?content=%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0_%241%24cY2fEC.3%242X4rjsf3DqIjEbC53bz6R/_%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0b56a92baa0ee987eb7f7e4a179b60efb&id=1&cat=%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj1_%241%24pCxQHS8F%24GHaBW0fpsqpxYoSn4BE0M/_%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj150102e124822220aaa78a8e3b2ccba34&catid=3&contentname=Historical%20Overview&catname=Other%20Contents [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 01:11, April 2, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Population==<br />
Hi. You say the Population estimate are 750,000 to 1,000,000. That is not true, we are just in Syria 750,000 to 1,000,000 and in lebanon 300,000 and in Iraq 250,000 and in Turkey 100,000 ... I read in Arabic ENCYCLOPEDIA that the Antioch Church Population are 12 Million around the world. Please change It. --[[User:Habib|Habib]] 16:43, March 8, 2007 (PST)<br />
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: Can you cite a source for this figure? One scholarly source with which I am familiar is [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=15&IndexView=toc this one], which lists the 750k figure. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 17:57, March 8, 2007 (PST)<br />
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Yes sure, [http://www.arab-ency.com/ ARABIC ENCYCLOPEDIA] Vol I under word "[http://www.arab-ency.com/index.php?module=pnEncyclopedia&func=display_term&id=1208&vid= ORTHODOX CHURCH]" in arabic الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية by Nazim Kalas. <br />
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in arabic:<br />
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بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق، ومقرها دمشق،وتشمل ست عشرة أبرشية وثماني معتمديات بطريركية. ويتوزع رعاياها (نحو 12 مليوناً) في سورية ولبنان والعراق وأوربة الغربية وأمريكة وأسترالية.<br />
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it`s mean: Roman Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, Headquarters in Damascus, it has 16 Archdioceses and the Believers are around 12 Millin in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Western Europe, America and Australian.<br />
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GBU--[[User:Habib|Habib]] 18:19, March 9, 2007 (PST)<br />
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: I can't read Arabic, but I am wondering about the nature of this source. Is it from a printed book? And does it cite a source for its figures? Thanks!&mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 05:57, March 9, 2007 (PST)<br />
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ARABIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Is a printed book in Syria, Damascus. in More as 20 volumes. i Translated the Text from arabic to English.<br />
--[[User:Habib|Habib]] 18:19, March 9, 2007 (PST)<br />
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::[[Image:ArabEncyc01.gif]] Arabic Encyclopedia printed in 11 volumes.<br />
[[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 06:26, March 9, 2007 (PST)<br />
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: A link is sufficient. I'm almost certain that we don't have permission to use that image. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 11:47, March 9, 2007 (PST)<br />
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[http://www.arab-ency.com/ ARABIC ENCYCLOPEDIA] <br />
[[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 11:53, March 9, 2007 (PST)<br />
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Habib definitely has a point. The population statistic given in the text says between 750,000-1 million in Syria alone, while the margin population for the whole patriarchate gives the same figure. It can't be as high as 12 million, but should be at least 2 million given America, Lebanon, Syria, Western Europe. Admittedly a real number would be hard to get.<br />
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==Architecture==<br />
This Church in Beirut is not an Orthodox one. It is a catholic armenian church in downtown. Our Church in downtown is St. George's. Please change the picture.<br />
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: The person who took the photograph went there and told me that it was Orthodox. In any event, can you provide a photo of another church? {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 05:55, 1 November 2005 (CST)<br />
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Yeah sure. I will get you a photo of St. George's. It's the oldest church in Lebanon. It's in fact three churches in one. It is really famous. I wonder who's that person who took that photo is! Didn't you notice that it's not built according to the Greek/Byzantine style.<br />
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: There are a lot of variations on the Byzantine style. You can see Greek parishes in the US that look like the one in question. By the way, it will be helpful to all of us if you'd sign your posts on Talk pages. You can use '''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>''' to add your name and the time to your additions. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 15:21, 1 November 2005 (CST)<br />
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Where is that talk page? and by the way, how do I add my name?<br />
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And with all due respect, the churches here (in this region) are ancient ones, unlike those in the US.<br />
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==Roum/Rum/Byzantine/Roman==<br />
Roman Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East? Okay, I speak Arabic. We are "Roum Orthodox" in arabic. But Roum doesn't mean Roman, it means Byzantine. Just like The Roum Malkain are Greek Catholic, the Roum Orthodox are Greek Orthodox. Who has given you this faulty translation?<br />
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: ''Roum'' is indeed derived from ''Roman'' and quite literally means the same thing. There never was any such thing as a "Byzantine" Empire. The inhabitants of that empire regarded and called themselves ''Romans'' (''Romaioi''). The translation was provided by the liturgical Arabic professor here at the seminary, who is a native of Jordan. It's also been corroborated by multiple clergy of Arabic background whom I know. He tells me that the Arabic word for "Byzantine" (as in, "Byzantine chant") is ''Bizanti''. So, the upshot is that I'm going to stand by this translation, as it is not only consistent with my own etymological studies, but has the authority of, well, the authorities.<br />
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: Regarding the architecture question, I was simply explaining why the church appeared Byzantine to me, not claiming that American ones were a standard. It is misleading, though, to imply that ''all'' the churches in the Middle East are ancient. There have been a goodly number that have been built in recent years, especially with the rebuilding of Beirut and the opening of other new churches, and thus a good number postdate many American ones, many of which are well over a century old.<br />
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: Regarding signing Talk pages, this page you are reading right now is a Talk page, and you can add your name by using '''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'''.{{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:45, 2 November 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Church photo ==<br />
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Well, I've been told that the photo of the church we have here is Orthodox (a friend of mine), Armenian ([[User:Fadymm|Fadymm]]), and Maronite [http://www.flat3.co.uk/levant/pages/990384.htm] by different sources. Anyone know the real story? {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 11:21, November 7, 2005 (CST)<br />
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:My husband found the [http://www.stgeorgebeirut.org/ website of the Greek Orthodox church of St. George], and one of the [http://www.stgeorgebeirut.org/photos/photos.cfm?id=23 pictures] (top right) looks as though it might be a different one from the pictures we have. Unfortunately, they do not have many (current) pictures of the exterior. Their [http://www.stgeorgebeirut.org/newsletter/SGen.pdf newsletter] (PDF, p. 10 of 12) has some, but I can't tell whether I'm simply looking at another side of the same building. [[User:Vandrona|He]] also found [http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.tcl?location_id=11246 another site] with external photos of Beirut's "St. George Greek Orthodox Church." This looks to me like a hard thing to pin down without a plane ticket. {{User:Magda/sig}} 12:04, November 7, 2005 (CST)<br />
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:: I've changed the image for the time being. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 13:43, November 7, 2005 (CST)<br />
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I am lebanese and I live in Beirut and I come from the North (somewhere next to Balamand). SO I know which chruch is Armenian, which one is maronite and which one is Greek Orthodox! That picture was of the catholic armenian church! My mother's aunt funeral was held there! I will try to take a picture of St. G in downtown this weekend. [[User:Fadymm|Fadymm]] 05:04, November 8, 2005 (CST) (the four tildas!)<br />
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== "Roman" Orthodox redux ==<br />
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Re: the recent edits by [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]]&mdash;<br />
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The Orthodox Arabs I know from the Middle East, whether Syrian, Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian, etc., all use the term ''Roum'' commonly when referring to Orthodoxy (often in contrasting "Roman Orthodox" with "Roman Catholic"). I'm genuinely curious as to what the source is for the idea that ''Roum'' was an imposition by the Ottomans and then all these other states, especially since "Roman" is precisely how the citizens of the pre-1453 empire situated in Constantinople saw themselves.<br />
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Are all these governments really imposing this name on them by law? Do they really instead think of themselves as "Greek"? {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 20:06, March 13, 2006 (CST)<br />
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The Church of Antioch is known in the offical grants by the Ottomans and their political successors as the 'Rum' or 'Roum' Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East. The surviving title deeds to properties are all in this name. <br />
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Since 1898 and the removal of the foreign language patriarchs and the installation of the principal language patriarchs, the Church of Antioch is not happy to be considered Greek or Roman or anything other than Orthodox. <br />
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However, the secular powers, especially the French, refused to allow any alteration to the name of the Orthodox Church. The French were unsympathetic towards the Orthodox in their purview, and would not do anything to assist their mission. The Maronites were their favoured variety of Christian. <br />
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The continuing attempts by some of the Greek Patriarchs in Istanbul to impose their ethnocentric sense of Orthodoxy on the Church of Antioch has caused many hard feelings, and an unhappiness to continue the use of the name 'Roum'. However the secular authorities are not interested in the convoluted process required to change a transnational name from what it has been for centuries. <br />
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: I can certainly believe that the Ottomans used the term ''Roum'' for the Orthodox, but ISTM that it couldn't have been an imposition but rather predates their takeover of the region (i.e. they were using the term the locals used for themselves), especially since ''Greek'' was a term for the pre-Christian pagans of the Empire. <br />
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: The French no longer have any control over the region, but I am curious if the current governments of all those states are mandating terminology. Do you have any sources that can be cited for the imposition view? {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 20:40, March 13, 2006 (CST)<br />
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=Since 1898 it has been viewed as an unwanted imposition since the earlier name could not be changed to reflect the new situation. <br />
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When you have one secular jurisdiction determining a name for a church, then it is relatively easy to change the name, such as with the name for the Orthodox Church in America. That name is registered at civil law. <br />
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However when you have a number of competing, unfriendly, or outright warring nations, all involved in the need to register the name in each of their territories, it becomes a civil law nightmare. <br />
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I am instructed there are no sources available in the English language. <br />
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However, following your inquiries, that may change in the very near future, as long as it doesn't become another bone of contention and source of greater estrangement between the Antiochian Church and the followers of a particular Imperial Ethnarch. <br />
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== Syriac/Syrian Orientals ==<br />
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The source for the name ''Syriac'' (rather than ''Syrian'') is [[Wikipedia:Syriac Orthodox Church]], which notes that the church's holy synod changed the official English name in 2000. One can still find both ''Syrian'' and ''Syriac'' ([http://sor.cua.edu/ example]) used on various websites, but the only one for which there seems to be any reference in terms of officiality is ''Syriac''. Fr. Ronald Roberson, an RC scholar specializing in Eastern Christianity, also notes this official change made in April 2000[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=8&IndexView=toc]. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 20:16, March 13, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Chambesy ==<br />
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I deleted the sentence characterizing Chambesy as representing universal consensus that the EO and OO Christological positions are the same in essence. Certainly, that is not true on the EO side of the argument. Chambesy has received severe criticism from a host of Orthodox voices.<br />
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In any event, a discussion of Chambesy is better left to its own article. If and when it is drafted, a cross-reference may be appropriate. {{User:Dcndavid/sig}} 23:22, March 14, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Wrong Arabic interwiki ==<br />
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The Arabic interwiki links to "أنطاكية", which means ''Antioch'', not ''Church of Antioch'', and the article is about the town, not the church. --[[User:Filius Rosadis|Filius Rosadis]] 14:45, August 24, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Official Arabic name and other issues ==<br />
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According to the current version of the article, ''The literal translation into English of the Arabic name used under Ottoman law and its successors is "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East."'' But according to [http://antiochpat.org the official web page of the Church of Antioch], the name in Arabic is بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق للروم الأرثوذكس, which literally stands for "Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East for the Orthodox Byzantines" or for the "Orthodox Greeks". The Arabic word "Rum" doesn't mean Rome but Byzantium, i.e. Middle Age Greece. <br />
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Another confusing passage is "…Arabic name used under Ottoman law and its successors". The Ottoman Empire's official language was not Arabic but Turkish, and the Empire's successor is the Republic of Turkey, where the official language is also Turkish. <br />
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As for the last Patriarch who was a Greek national, the article's explanation conflicts with the [http://antiochpat.org/english/sitefiles/viewcontent.php?content=%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0_%241%24cY2fEC.3%242X4rjsf3DqIjEbC53bz6R/_%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0b56a92baa0ee987eb7f7e4a179b60efb&id=1&cat=%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj1_%241%24pCxQHS8F%24GHaBW0fpsqpxYoSn4BE0M/_%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj150102e124822220aaa78a8e3b2ccba34&catid=3&contentname=Historical%20Overview&catname=Other%20Contents official web page's historical overview]. <br />
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The article's current version says: ''By the 18th century the great majority of the communicants of the Antiochian church were Arabs. In 1898 the last Greek patriarch was deposed, and an Arab successor was elected in 1899. Thus the patriarchate became fully Arab in character''. But the Church's web page suggests that the patriarchate was mostly Arab in character except between 1724 and 1898: ''With the impending presence of Catholicism and its impact on Patriarchate elections, and for the purpose of preserving the Antioch see Orthodoxy, the Orthodox parishioners and bishops requested the ecumenical Patriarchate to send them a Greek patriarch. The Greek presence on the Antioch Orthodox see lasted from 1724 to 1898. But due to the increasing popular demand, the first Arab patriarch was appointed. He was Patriarch Malathius I (Doumani) the Damascene''.<br />
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I'll make some editions, feel free to change or revert. --[[User:Filius Rosadis|Filius Rosadis]] 14:21, August 28, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Wrong names of syrian dioceses ==<br />
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Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Antioch] transfers a slightly different list of dioceses on the Middle East and Syria. --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 09:15, February 18, 2012 (HST)</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Church_of_Antioch&diff=106411Church of Antioch2012-02-18T19:05:44Z<p>Stone18: /* Structure */ refinement according to Wikipedia</p>
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<div>{{church|<br />
name=Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East[[Image:Antioch logo.gif|center|Church of Antioch]]|<br />
founder= [[Apostle]]s [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]|<br />
independence=Traditional|<br />
recognition= Traditional |<br />
primate=[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Patriarch Ignatius IV]]|<br />
hq=Damascus, Syria|<br />
territory=Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, parts of Turkey|<br />
possessions=United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Great Britain, Western Europe|<br />
language=Arabic, Greek, English|<br />
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|<br />
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|<br />
population=2 million|<br />
website=[http://www.antiochpat.org Church of Antioch]<br />
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The '''Church of Antioch''' is one of the five [[patriarchate]]s (i.e., the [[Pentarchy]]) that constituted the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church]] before the [[Great Schism|schism]] between Rome and Antioch in 1098 and between Rome and the other patriarchates at around the same general period. Today it is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches. In English translations of official documents, the Church of Antioch refers to itself as the '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''. The literal translation into English of the Arabic name is "Roman" (in Arabic, ''[[Rüm]]'') Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East." However, the literal name "Rüm" does not actually mean Roman but Greek. The Arabs and the Turks refer to the Christians who belong to the Greek Orthodox Church (both Arabs and Greeks) as Rüm because the Byzantine Greek-speaking Orthodox have historically referred to themselves as Romioi.The Arabic word "Rum" derives from the Greek word "Romioi". This is one of the reasons why the Church of Antioch refers to itself as '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''. The other reason is because it belongs to the family of the Greek Orthodox Churches which are: the [[Church of Constantinople]] (patriarchate), the '''Church of Antioch''' (patriarchate), the [[Church of Jerusalem]] (patriarchate), the [[Church of Alexandria]] (patriarchate), the [[Church of Cyprus]], the [[Church of Sinai]], the [[Church of Greece]], and the [[Church of Albania]].<br />
[[Image:Balamand.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Our Lady of Balamand Monastery (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Our Lady of Balamand Monastery]]]]<br />
The Church of Antioch is the continuation of the Christian community founded in Antioch by the [[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] (who served as its first bishop) and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]], who are its [[patron saint]]s. In terms of hierarchical order of precedence, it currently ranks third among the world's Orthodox churches, behind [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]].<br />
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The seat of the patriarchate was formerly Antioch (Antakya), in what is now Turkey. Now it is in Damascus, Syria, located on the "street called Straight." The current patriarch is His Beatitude Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]] and all the East.<br />
<!-- [[Image:St George Beirut.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Church of St. George in Beirut]] --><br />
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==History==<br />
===Early years===<br />
The early history of the Church of Antioch is detailed in the [[Acts of the Apostles]], where in Acts 11:26 the [[Apostle Luke]] records that it was in that city that the disciples of Christ were first called [[Christian]]s. Due to the importance of Antioch as a major center in the ancient [[Roman Empire]], many of the missionary efforts of the [[apostles]] were launched from that city. In the early centuries of the Church's history, it was natural that the Church sojourning in Antioch would come to be traditionally regarded as one of the centers of world Christianity. The territory that came to be associated with the [[bishop]] of Antioch was that of the Roman Diocese of the East (a [[diocese]] was originally an imperial governmental division before it became an ecclesiastical one).<br />
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===The Antiochian school===<br />
During the pre-Nicene period and that of the [[Ecumenical Councils]], Christian theology centered in Antioch tended to emphasize the literal, historical facts of the life of [[Jesus Christ]] over philosophical or allegorical [[hermeneutics|interpretations]] of [[Holy Scripture]], contrasted with the more mystical and figurative theology coming from [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]]. Antiochian theology, though stressing the "earthier" side of interpretation, nevertheless did not neglect the importance of insight into the deeper, spiritual meaning of the Scriptures. These two viewpoints came to be known respectively as the [[Antiochian school]] and the [[Alexandrian school]], represented by major catechetical institutions at both places.<br />
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Major figures associated with the origin of the Antiochian school include [[Lucian of Antioch]] and [[Paul of Samosata]], but its real formation was found with writers such as [[Diodore of Tarsus]], [[John Chrysostom]], [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]], [[Nestorius]], and [[Theodoret of Cyrrhus]]. At times, this difference in emphasis caused conflicts within the Church as the tension between the two approaches came to a head, especially regarding the doctrinal disputes over [[Arianism]] and [[Nestorianism]]. Saints such as [[John Chrysostom]] are somewhat regarded as synthesizers of the Antiochian and Alexandrian approaches to theology, and the Antiochian school of theology, whose more deviant proponents produced [[Arianism]] and [[Nestorianism]], also enabled the Orthodox fight against the Alexandrian school's deviances, namely [[Apollinarianism]] and [[Eutychianism]].<br />
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===Schism over Chalcedon===<br />
[[Image:Hama church.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Hama, Syria]]<br />
Disputes over the [[Christology]] of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] at Chalcedon&mdash;the [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] controversy&mdash; in 451 led to a [[schism]] within the Church of Antioch, which at that same council was elevated to the status of a [[patriarchate]]. The larger group at the time repudiated the council and became the [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] (also called the "Jacobites" for [[Jacob Baradeus]], an early bishop of theirs who did extensive missionary work in the region). They currently constitute part of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] communion and maintain a [[Christology]] somewhat different in language from that of [[Chalcedon]]. <br />
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The remainder of the Church of Antioch, primarily local Greeks or Hellenized sections of the indigenous population, remained in communion with Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. This is the current ''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'' which is considered by the other bishops of the Orthodox Church to be the sole legitimate heir to the [[see]] of Antioch.<br />
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The [[schism]] greatly weakened the Antiochian church, and in 637 when Antioch fell to the [[Islam|Muslim]] Arabs, the "Greek" church was perceived by the invaders as allied to the Romano-Byzantine enemies of the Arabs. During the subsequent period, Antiochian Orthodox Christians underwent a lengthy period of persecution, and there were multiple periods of either vacancy or non-residence on the Antiochian patriarchal throne during the 7th and 8th centuries. In 969, the Roman Empire regained control of Antioch, and the church there prospered again until 1085, when the Seljuk Turks took the city. During this period of more than a hundred years, the traditional West Syrian [[liturgy]] of the church was gradually replaced by that of the tradition of the Great Church, [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Hagia Sophia]] in Constantinople. This process was completed sometime in the 12th century.<br />
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===Crusader and Muslim conquests===<br />
In 1098, Crusaders took the city and set up a Latin Patriarchate of Antioch to adorn its Latin Kingdom of Syria, while a Greek patriarchate continued in exile in Constantinople. After nearly two centuries of Crusader rule, the Egyptian Mamelukes seized Antioch in 1268, and the Orthodox patriarch, [[Theodosius IV of Antioch|Theodosius IV]], was able to return to the region. By this point, Antioch itself had been reduced to a smaller town, and so in the 14th century [[Ignatius II of Antioch|Ignatius II]] transferred the seat of the patriarchate to Damascus, where it remains to this day, though the patriarch retains the Antiochian title.<br />
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The Ottoman Turks conquered the city in 1517, under whose control it remained until the breakup of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Empire]] at the end of World War I. During this period, in 1724, the Church of Antioch was again weakened by schism, as a major portion of its faithful came into submission to the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The resultant [[Uniate]] body is known as the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], which in the current day maintains close ties with the Orthodox and is currently holding ongoing talks about healing the schism and returning the Melkites to Orthodoxy.<br />
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Fearing for the preservation of the Orthodoxy of the Antiochian see, parishioners and bishops requested the [[ecumenical Patriarch]]ate to send them a Greek patriarch. The Greek presence on the Antiochian see lasted from 1724 to 1898 until [[Meletius II (Doumani) of Antioch|Malathius I (Doumani)]] the Damascene, an Arab patriarch, was appointed. A renewal movement, involving Orthodox youth in particular, has been under way since the 1940s.<br />
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===The Antiochian church today===<br />
[[Image:Ignatius Hazim.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch]]]]<br />
The [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Patriarchal Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)]] was established by the patriarchate in 1970, and in 1988 it was fully incorporated into the University of Balamand. The Institute functions as the primary [[seminary]] for theological schooling for the patriarchate's [[clergy]] and [[laity|lay]] leaders.<br />
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The [[Holy Synod]] of Antioch includes the [[patriarch]] and all the ruling [[bishop]]s. Meetings are held each year in Spring and Autumn at the patriarchate to consider church-wide issues, and to elect the patriarch and other bishops as needed. The patriarch and holy synod govern the Church of Antioch to preserve the true faith, to maintain ecclesiastical order, and to carry out the commandments of Christ. In addition to the synod itself, a general conciliar body meets twice a year to see to the financial, educational, judicial, and administrative matters of the patriarchate. It is composed of members of the synod and of lay representatives. When a new patriarch is to be elected, this body selects three candidates from whom the holy synod chooses the new patriarch.<br />
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The current [[patriarch]] is His Beatitude Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]] and all the East, elected in 1979. Patriarch Ignatius has been particularly active in strengthening ties with other Christian communions, but particularly with those whose roots are in Antioch. His Beatitude and the [[holy synod]] of Antioch were enthusiastic for the Church of Antioch to participate in general talks between representatives of all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches.<br />
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At Anba Bishoy in Egypt and at Chambesy in Switzerland, plenary talks were held resulting in [http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=106&sectionid=24&Itemid=63 agreements] in 1989, 1990 and 1993. All official representatives of the Eastern Orthodox and the Oriental Orthodox there present reached agreement in these dialogues that the Christological differences between the two communions are more a matter of emphasis than of substance. Although elements in a number of the Eastern Orthodox Churches have criticized the apparent consensus reached by the representatives at Anba Bishoy and Chambesy, the patriarch and holy synod of the Antiochian Orthodox Church welcomed the agreements as positive moves towards a sharing in the Love of God, and a rejection of the hatred of insubstantial division. <br />
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As recommended in the Agreement of 1990, the Antiochian (Eastern) Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV formally met with the Syriac (Oriental) Orthodox Patriarch, Ignatius Zakka I, on [[July 22]], 1991. At that formal meeting, the two patriarchs signed a [http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=106&sectionid=24&Itemid=63 pastoral agreement] which called for "complete and mutual respect between the two churches." It also prohibited the passing of faithful from one church to the other, envisaged joint meetings of the two holy synods when appropriate, and provided for future guidelines for intercommunion of the faithful and [[Eucharist]]ic [[concelebration]] by the [[clergy]] of the two churches. The Church of Antioch expects these guidelines to be issued when the faithful of both churches are ready, but not before. <br />
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Patriarch Ignatius has also overseen participation in a bilateral commission with the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], which is exploring ways of healing the 18th century schism between the Melkite Catholics and the Antiochian Orthodox. In an unprecedented event, [[Melkite]] Patriarch Maximos V addressed a meeting of the Orthodox holy synod in October 1996. <br />
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The members of the holy synod of Antioch continue to explore greater communication and more friendly meetings with their Syriac, Melkite, and Maronite brothers and sisters, who all share a common heritage. <br />
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In May of 1997, the holy synod met and declared that the whole [[Pascha]]ltide period is to be observed festally, thus balancing the lengthy fasting of [[Great Lent]] with an equal feasting period in celebration of the Resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]]. <br />
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This decision, the diplomatic activities, and other moves by Patriarch Ignatius and the holy synod, have drawn criticism from some elements within the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church and particularly from "resistance" groups who have walled themselves off from communion with most of world Orthodoxy. <br />
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Of the churches receiving opprobrium for "[[ecumenism]]", Antioch probably has received the greatest amount.<br />
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===Expansion abroad===<br />
[[Image:Antiochian bishops.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''New Antiochian bishops with the patriarch'''<br>Left to Right: Bp. [[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo]], Patr. [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]], Bp. [[Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland]], Bp. [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa]]]]<br />
Extensive 20th and 21st century Arab immigration to the New World has further increased the size, vigor and influence of the Church of Antioch, and the majority of Antiochian faithful now reside outside the Middle East and include numerous non-Arabic converts to the Orthodox Christian faith. As a result, besides its Middle Eastern territories in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, the Arabian Peninsular, and parts of Turkey, the Church of Antioch also includes missionary dioceses in Central, North, and South America, in Europe, and in Australia and the Pacific. The archdiocese with the largest population is [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North America]]. It is also the only one with internal [[diocese]]s. The archdiocese with the largest area is [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Australia and New Zealand]]. Estimates of the membership of the patriarchate range from 750,000 to over 1,000,000 in Syria alone.<br />
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==Antiochian saints==<br />
Over the centuries, the Church of Antioch has been associated with many [[saint]]s on the Church's calendar. These include the following:<br />
[[Image:Antiochian saints.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Synaxis]] of the Great [[Saint]]s of the Holy Church of Antioch]]<br />
[[Image:Column of Simeon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Column of St. [[Symeon the Stylite]], Syria]]<br />
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*[[Andrew of Crete]]<br />
*[[Apostle Luke]]<br />
*[[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]<br />
*[[Babylas of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Bacchus and Sergius]]<br />
*[[Christopher the Great-martyr]]<br />
*[[Daniel the Stylite]]<br />
*[[Dorotheos of Gaza]]<br />
*[[Ephrem the Syrian]]<br />
*[[Eustathius of Antioch]]<br />
*[[George the Trophy-bearer]]<br />
*[[Habeeb Kheshy]] (as-yet [[canonization|uncanonized]])<br />
*[[Habib]]<br />
*[[Ignatius of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Isaac the Syrian]]<br />
*[[Jacob of Hamatoura]]<br />
*[[John Chrysostom]]<br />
*[[John of Damascus]]<br />
*[[Joseph of Damascus]]<br />
*[[Julian of Homs]]<br />
*[[Lucian of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Meletius of Antioch]]<br />
*[[Raphael of Brooklyn]]<br />
*[[Roman the Melodist]]<br />
*[[Symeon the Stylite]]<br />
*[[Thekla the Protomartyr]]<br />
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==Structure==<br />
The Antiochian Patriarchate consists of nineteen [[archdiocese]]s, each ruled by a Metropolitan Archbishop. Of these, only the Archdiocese of North America has constituent [[diocese]]s.<br />
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<small>''Only those dioceses with OrthodoxWiki articles are listed.''</small><br />
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*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Archdiocese of North America]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of New York and Washington, DC (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Los Angeles and the West (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Miami and the Southeast (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America (Antiochian)]]<br />
:*[[Diocese of Worcester and New England (Antiochian)]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile|Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile]]<br />
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe|Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe]]<br />
*[[Metropolis of Damascus]]: Patriarchal diocese<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Aleppo|Metropolis of Beroea (Aleppo) and Alexandretta]]: Paul Yazigi (2000–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Beirut|Metropolis of Beirut and Exarchate of Phoenicia]]: [[Elias Audi]] (1980–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran, Jabal al Arab and Golan|Metropolis of Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Druze]]: Sawa Esber (1999–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Emesa]] (Homs): George Abu Zaham (1999–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Epiphania]] (Hama) and Exarchate of North Syria: Elias Saliba (1984–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Latakia]] and Exarchate of Theodorias: John Mansur (1979–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Baghdad]], Kuwait and All Mesopotamia: Constantinos Papastefanou (1969–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Akkar]]: Basilios Nassur (2008–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Byblos and Botris (Mount Lebanon)|Metropolis of Mount Lebanon, Byblos and Botrys]]: George Khodr (1970–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Seleucia (Zahle) and Heliopolis (Baalbek)]]: Spyridon Khoury (1966–present)<br />
*[[Archdiocese of Tripoli and Al-koura|Metropolis of Tripoli and Al-Koura]]: [[Ephraim Kyriakos]] (2009–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Tyre and Sidon]]: Elias Kfoury (1995–present)<br />
*[[Metropolis of Tarsos and Adana]]: vacanct<br />
*[[Metropolis of Amida]]:(Diyarbakır) vacant<br />
*[[Metropolis of Theodosioupolis]](Erzurum): vacant<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.antiochpat.org/ Patriarchate of Antioch] (Official Website)(Arabic and English)<br />
* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=15&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Patriarchate of Antioch], a scholarly text by Ronald Roberson, CSP, a Roman Catholic priest and Eastern Christianity scholar<br />
*[http://www.cc.uoa.gr/theology/html/english/pubs/doctrsec/scouteris/27/27.pdf The Spiritual Tradition of the Antioch Patriarchate], by Prof. [[Constantine Scouteris]]<br />
*[http://www.antiochcentre.net/ 'Antioch']: A Centre for Antiochian Orthodox Christian Studies and Research (Oxford, UK)<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=22&Itemid=57 Photos of patriarchal sites]<br />
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===Archdioceses and dioceses===<br />
====The Middle East====<br />
*[http://akkarorthodox.com/new/ Archdiocese of Akkar] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.alepporthodox.org/ Archdiocese of Aleppo] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.gulforthodoxchurch.org/ Archdiocese of Baghdad] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.quartos.org.lb/ Archdiocese of Beirut] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxhauran.org/joomla/ Archdiocese of Bosra] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.lattakiaorth.org/ Archdiocese of Lattakia] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.ortmtlb.org.lb/ Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon] (Official Website)<br />
*[http://www.archorthotripoli.org/ Archdiocese of Tripoli] (Official Website)<br />
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====North and South America====<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America] (English)<br />
*[http://www.catedralortodoxa.com.br/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Brazil] (Portuguese)<br />
*[http://www.iglesiaortodoxa.org.mx/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean] (Spanish)<br />
*[http://www.chileortodoxo.cl/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Chile] (Spanish)<br />
*[http://www.acoantioquena.com Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and all Argentina] (Spanish and English)<br />
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====Europe====<br />
*[http://www.antiocheurope.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe] (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian)<br />
*[http://www.rum-orthodox.de/ Antiochian Orthodox Church in Germany] (German)<br />
*[http://www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk/ Antiochian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland] (English)<br />
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====Oceania====<br />
*[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]<br />
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===Monasteries===<br />
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/ Balamand Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Tripoli, Lebanon)]<br />
*[http://www.hamatoura.com/ Hamatoura The Holy Mountain of The Theotokos (Amyoun El-Koura,Wadi Kadeesha-North Lebanon)]<br />
*[http://www.stgeorgesyria.org/ St. George Al-Humayrah Patriarchal Monastery (Homs, Syria)]<br />
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/MonastSaydnaya.htm Holy Patriarchal Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya (Syria)]<br />
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[[Image:Saydnaya Monastery.jpg|right|thumb|Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya, Syria.]]<br />
The '''Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya''' is located in the mountains north of the city of [[Damascus]] of Syria, the seat of the ancient Patriarchate of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]]. <br />
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==History==<br />
It is said that [[Justinian]] I, Emperor of Byzantium, while crossing Syria with his troops either on his way to the Holy Land or on a campaign against the Persians, came to this desert, where his army encamped and soon suffered thirst for lack of water. When they despaired, the emperor saw a beautiful gazelle off in the distance. He vigorously gave chase, hunting the animal until it tired and stopped on a rocky knoll and approached a spring of fresh water, but without giving the emperor the opportunity to shoot it. Suddenly, it transformed into an icon of the Most-holy [[Theotokos]], which shone with a brilliant light. A white hand stretched forth from it and a voice said, "No, thou shalt not kill me, Justinian, but thou shalt build a church for me here on this hill." Then the strange heavenly light and majestic figure disappeared.<br />
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Upon his return, Justinian related what he had seen to his subordinates and ordered them immediately to draw up a plan for the contemplated [[church]]. After some time had passed and the architects were unable to resolve the problems of the plan, the Holy Virgin&mdash;the gazelle&mdash;reappeared to Justinian in a dream and confided a magnificent plan to him for a convent, of which she would be the Protectress. It is said that the basic structure of the convent follows this plan to this day. The convent soon gained such renown that it came to be ranked second only to Jerusalem as a place of pilgrimage, and nuns from every corner of Syria, Egypt, and other lands flocked to it.<br />
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The holy [[icon]] El Chagoura appeared many years after the convent was constructed. In the late eighth century, a certain venerable Marina was [[abbess]] of the convent, and she was widely revered for her piety and sanctity of life. It happened that a [[hermit]] [[monk]], a Greek [[pilgrim]] from Egypt named Theodore, stopped at the convent on his way to the [[Holy Land]]. When he was leaving, Abbess Marina asked him to buy in Jerusalem a precious and fine icon of the Holy Virgin. While at Jerusalem, he utterly forgot the task entrusted to him and started on his return journey. However, when he had not gone far from the city, he was stopped short by an unfamiliar voice: "Have you not forgotten something in Jerusalem? What have you done in regard to the commission from Abbess Marina?" Monk Theodore returned at once to Jerusalem and found an icon of the Theotokos. During the journey back to the convent, he was astounded by the [[miracle]]s accomplished through the icon. He and his whole caravan were ambushed by bandits, and then attacked by wild beasts. Amidst these dangers, the hermit always invoked the aid of the Holy Virgin while holding her icon, and he and all the caravan were saved from every peril. <br />
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When Theodore returned to the convent, these events tempted him to keep the valuable icon for himself, and he decided to bypass Saydnaya and sail back to Egypt. However, he was unable to set sail, for such a fierce storm arose, it seemed the ship would inevitably sink. His conscience was pricked, and he quickly left the ship and returned by way of Saydnaya. After spending four days in the convent, he was again possessed by an irresistible desire to make the icon of the Mother of God his own. He apologized to the abbess, pretending that he had been unable to buy the required icon, and then he decided to leave the convent secretly. The next morning, as he was about to set out on the journey back to his own country and approached the convent gate, he was amazed to find that an invisible power barred his way, and it was as though a stone wall stood where the gate should have been. After many futile attempts, he was forced to hand the icon over to the abbess, confessing his intention. With tears of gratitude she glorified the Lord and his all-pure Mother. Since that day, the holy icon has remained in the convent and has been the object of great veneration.<br />
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The village of Saydnaya has many ancient associations with the Holy [[Bible]]. The local inhabitants can show you the reputed place where Cain slew his brother Abel. It is also an area renowned for its faithfulness to Orthodoxy. In former times when many cities and villages in Syria apostatized from Christianity, Saydnaya always remained a zealous defender of the Orthodox Faith.<br />
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The convent rises above the town like a veritable fortress and is dedicated to the [[Nativity of the Theotokos|Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos]]. One may not enter the small chapel without removing one's sandals; inside, the walls are covered with myriad signs of gratitude to the all-pure one. The icon of the All-holy Virgin is believed to be one of four icons extant that were painted by St. [[Apostle Luke|Luke the Evangelist]] himself. In the Syriac language this icon is called the Chahoura or Chagoura, which means "illustrious," "celebrated," or "renowned." The word is a loan-word from the Arabic "''chahira''" or "''el mash hura''" which have the same meaning. There are also many other fine icons of the holy Virgin and the [[saint]]s, which date from the fifth, sixth, and seventh centuries.<br />
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There are about 50 nuns in the convent, presided over by an abbess, and it owns several inalienable properties in Syria and Lebanon. Thousands of pilgrims from all parts of the world visit this holy place every year, particularly for its feast, the Nativity of the Theotokos on [[September 8]]. In its library, which contains hundreds of valuable manuscripts, it can be documented that the convent was founded about the year 547.<br />
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Many other churches have been built in the village from donations of Orthodox rulers, wealthy persons, and by others in the fulfillment of vows, but in the course of centuries, few remain.<br />
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The terraces and domes of the convent are the subject of many stories and accounts of miracles, similar to those we hear about the towers of Constantinople, where many special processions and intercessions were celebrated during the wars, plagues, and other dangers that assailed the Christians of Byzantium.<ref>Reprinted from ''The Word''; May, 1984, pp. 8-9.</ref><br />
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==Miracle in Syria==<br />
The "Miracle in Syria" was first reported in December 2004 when a Saudi Arabian Muslim man appeared live on TV, the Internet, radio, various printed media, and pamphlets in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and various other countries, stating that he had been decapitated by his taxi driver and miraculously healed by the Theotokos.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=940 A dismembered Arab sheikh raised from the dead after visiting an Orthodox convent - newspaper] ''Interfax'', February 3, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.pigizois.net/agglika/the_miracle_in_siria.htm Panagia the Surgeon: Decapitated Saudi's head stitched back on in the boot of a car, by the mother of God!] from the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, Patriarchate of Jerusalem, by Father Ignatios, Abbot, Holy Monastery of The Shepherds Bt Ahur-Bethlehem, compiled by Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes, Boise, Idaho.</ref><br />
== Recent events ==<br />
On January 29, 2012, an aggression was committed against the Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya. According to the Patriarchal Press Service, on the Sunday, when many worshippers including pilgrims come to the convent, extremists shot at the old cloister from a portable gun. But the Lord and His Most Holy Mother disgraced the sacrilegers as the shell which hit a wall of the convent failed to explode<ref>[http://www.mospat.ru/en/2012/01/31/news57552/ Another attack on Christians in Syria] '''Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church'''</ref>. It has become the second attack committed by "fighters for democraty" against Christians in Syria in 2012 after the killing of hieromonk [[Basil Nassar]] on January 26.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/MonastSaydnaya.htm Antiochian Orthodox Monasteries - Syria: Holy Patriarchal Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya]<br />
*[http://saidnaya.com/ Holy Patriarchal Convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya, Syria]<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-miracle-in-syria-and-convent-of.html The Great Miracle in Syria, and the Convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya]. Full of Grace and Truth Blogspot. Wednesday, January 14, 2009.<br />
*[[w:Saidnaya|Saidnaya]] at Wikipedia.<br />
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'''Fr. Anatoly Chistousov''' (in world ''Anatoly Ivanovich Chistousov'', born 1953, Kirov — killed [[February 14]], 1996, village Old Achkhoy, Chechnya) was a [[priest]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church]], a rector of Michael Archangel Church of city of Grozny. He was [[martyr]]ed in Chechnya.<br />
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== Life in world ==<br />
Father Anatoly Ivanovich Chistousov was born in Kirov in 1953. He graduated from a military college of navigators of the Air Forces and pedagogical institute (in absentia). In the eighties the twentieth century he served as an officer-tutor in one of military colleges of the city of Stavropol. In 1990 he became a parishioner of a Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in Stavropol that had only recently been returned to believers after decades of Communism. <br />
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In 1993 he retired from of the army, becoming a major of the reserves.<br />
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On [[March 18]], 1994, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] by Metropolitan Gedeon (Dokukin). <br />
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On [[March 20]], 1994, he was ordained a [[priest]]. Before his ordination he was asked by the metropolitan: "And if you will be sent where it is restlessly, where it is dangerous, will you go?" He answered: "Where you will bless, Vladyko, there and I will go. No terrestrial circumstances are terrible for me"<br />
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==Serving in Chechnya==<br />
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On [[March 21]], 1994, he was appointed to help [[protopriest]] Peter Netsvetayev, the [[deanery|dean]] of Orthodox churches in the Chechen Republic. Receiving an appointment, Fr. Anatoly at once departed for Grozny, where at that time it was very dangerous. <br />
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Fr. Anatoly at once earned the love of parishioners of Michael the Archangel Church and inhabitants of the city of Grozny. Implicitly he executed obediences appointed by the dean, visited [[parish]]es for fulfilling church services, served reverentially, and aspired as soon as possible to learn services.<br />
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In December 1994 in Grozny a large-scale war operation began. The temple appeared in epicentre of the fighting; one of the first shells destroyed the second floor of the church building, some shells hit the temple, but divine services were conducted in the church cellar. Fr. Anatoly, in a cassock, went fearlessly among bullets and shells to assist the soldiers, to inhabitants who remained hidden in cellars of houses in the city. He confessed, partook [[communion]], and [[baptism|baptized]]. His cassock was shot through by bullets in several places, but he again and again went to those who waited for him. <br />
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Soon after the beginning of war operations protopriest Peter Netsvetayev left the city and his flock. Without questioning, Fr. Anatoly, still a beginning priest, headed the parish. The city was on fire, bullets whished, terrible explosions of aerial bombs sowed destruction, but Fr. Anatoly continued to stay with his flock. He helped both Russians and Chechens as he could, shared the last that he had. Under his management the [[temple]] in baptistery, the only remaining usable part of the parish home, has been arranged. Services in the newly arranged temple were conducted constantly.<br />
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On New Year's Eve of 1995 he was forcibly taken by bandits to the Grozny railroad station, where he was ordered to appeal to Russian defense forces to surrender. In response, Fr. Anatoly said nothing and silently blessed the soldiers.<br />
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Since [[March 15]], 1995 he was appointed the rector of Michael Archangel Church in Grozny and the dean of Orthodox churches in Chechnya. In view of disastrous financial conditions of the parish, Metr. Gedeon decided to provide for it from Diocesan funds<ref name="p">[http://www.pobeda.ru/content/view/1315/10/ Life of the priest Anatoly Chistousov]</ref>.<br />
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==Captivity and Martyr Death==<br />
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On [[January 29]], 1996, during the First Chechen war, Fr. Anatoly, together with archpriest Sergius Zhigulin (now Archimandrite [[Phillip (Zhigulin)|Phillip]]) from External Church Relations Department, was going to meet with Brigadier General Akhmed Zakayev to negotiate the release of a soldier of the Federal Forces Boris Sorokin from Chechen captivity. However, on the way to the Chechen capital from Urus-Martan, they were captured by an armed group under Doku Makhayev's command and were placed in a concentration camp of the so-called Department of State Security of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria. Afterwards the investigation established that the order to capture the priests had been given by same Zakayev<ref>[http://savelev.ru/journal/case/more/?id=19 Answer to an official inquiry of State Duma Deputy A. Savelyev from Procuracy of the Russian Federation, 20.06.2005]</ref>.<br />
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In the end of the first day of the captivity the prisoners, under the offer of Fr. Anatoly partook of the Eucharist with bread that was available for them, consecrating it with their prayers to Body of Christ making it possible to partake further<ref>[http://www.stavropol-eparhia.ru/personae/clergy/chistousov/02.html Witness of Arch. Phillip (Zhigulin)]</ref>.<br />
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From the memoirs of Fr. Sergius, "When we shared the Sacrament, Father Anatoly looked at me with an extraordinary expression. What I saw occur with him was a [[Transfiguration|transfiguration]]. The face of Fr. Anatoly became surprisingly light, his widely opened eyes were full unprecedented light. He said, "Listen, brother, for the happiness is to suffer for the Christ, to die with His name on ones lips"<ref name="p">[http://www.pobeda.ru/content/view/1315/10/ Life of the priest Anatoly Chistousov]</ref>.<br />
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After the prisoners were divided from each other, Fr. Anatoly was exposed to torture, but did not surrender himself nor renounced his belief and, as a result, he was shot by bandits. He was martyred in [[February 14]], 1996.<br />
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Fr. Sergius survived and was released after 160 days of captivity. He writes,<br/><br />
"For the first time, I saw the sun after four months... We lived in the basements of destroyed buildings... People were held captive in a burrow, which was very narrow, and people couldn't stand or move. Later on, as federal troops were advancing, we were moved to the mountains and placed into blindages, where up to 100-130 people lived. This lasted for 3.5 months. The blindages were completely flooded with rains. The hostages were sittings there as at a temperature of zero; the Chechens took our clothes away. It is just a miracle that the other people and I survived under those awful conditions."<ref>Paul J. Murphy (2004). [http://books.google.com/books?id=_LXfR7wNWTUC&lpg=RA1-PA245&pg=RA1-PA245#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The wolves of Islam: Russia and the faces of Chechen terror.''] p. 245</ref><br />
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On [[April 29]], 2000 Federal Security Service of the Russia passed to Metr. [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill of Smolensk]], Chairman of the External Church Relations Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, a selection of documents testifying to destiny of the priest of Michael Archangel Church, Anatoly Chistousov, abducted by the Chechen terrorists on [[January 29]], 1996. During the period, when a history of Fr. Anatoly remained unknown, the Church hierarchy attempted to obtain the freedom of the abducted priest, as well as other clergymen and the children of Church who had been captured in Chechnya. Eventually some prisoners found freedom. In other cases, regretfully, they had been executed by the gangsters and reposed in settlements of the righteous<ref>[http://www.mospat.ru/archive/nr004261.htm Priest Anatoly Chistousov took a martyr end in the chechen captivity]</ref>.<br />
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Remains of Fr. Anatoly were exhumed only in July 2003 in mountains near Old Achkhoy<ref>[http://www.e-vestnik.ru/church/podvedeny_itogi_blagotvoritelnoy_2757/ Подведены итоги благотворительной акции в помощь семье священика Анатолия Чистоусова]</ref>. Now he has been buried on the Stavropol cemetry. His tomb is within the cemetery [[chapel]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.stavropol-eparhia.ru/personae/clergy/chistousov/ The biography on Stavropol diosese's web-site]<br />
* [http://www.miloserdie.ru/index.php?ss=4&s=19&id=2984 The Cross on the tomb of fr. Anatoly Chistousov]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjvTpaylFg A Documentary Film by V. Noskov "Peacemakers"]<br />
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[[Image:Grozny1.jpg|thumb|Michael Archangel Church, in 90th]]<br />
'''Fr. Anatoly Chistousov''' (in world ''Anatoly Ivanovich Chistousov'', born 1953, Kirov — killed [[February 14]], 1996, village Old Achkhoy, Chechnya) was a [[priest]] of [[Russian Orthodox Church]], a rector of Michael Archangel Church of city of Grozny. He was [[martyr]]ed in Chechnya.<br />
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== Life in world ==<br />
Father Anatoly Ivanovich Chistousov was born in Kirov in 1953. He graduated from a military college of navigators of the Air Forces and pedagogical institute (in absentia). In the eighties the twentieth century he served as an officer-tutor in one of military colleges of the city of Stavropol. In 1990 he became a parishioner of a Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in Stavropol that had only recently been returned to believers after decades of Communism. <br />
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In 1993 he retired from of the army, becoming a major of the reserves.<br />
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On [[March 18]], 1994, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] by Metropolitan Gedeon (Dokukin). <br />
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On [[March 20]], 1994, he was ordained a [[priest]]. Before his ordination he was asked by the metropolitan: "And if you will be sent where it is restlessly, where it is dangerous, will you go?" He answered: "Where you will bless, Vladyko, there and I will go. No terrestrial circumstances are terrible for me"<br />
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==Serving in Chechnya==<br />
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On [[March 21]], 1994, he was appointed to help [[protopriest]] Peter Netsvetayev, the [[deanery|dean]] of Orthodox churches in the Chechen Republic. Receiving an appointment, Fr. Anatoly at once departed for Grozny, where at that time it was very dangerous. <br />
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Fr. Anatoly at once earnrd the love of parishioners of Michael the Archangel Church and inhabitants of the city of Grozny. Implicitly he executed obediences appointed by the dean, visited [[parish]]es for fulfilling church services, served reverentially, and aspired as soon as possible to learn services.<br />
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In December 1994 in Grozny a large-scale war operation began. The temple appeared in epicentre of the fighting; one of the first shells destroyed the second floor of the church building, some shells hit the temple, but divine services were conducted in the church cellar. Fr. Anatoly, in a cassock, went fearlessly among bullets and shells to assist the soldiers, to inhabitants who remained hidden in cellars of houses in the city. He confessed, partook [[communion]], and [[baptism|baptized]]. His cassock was shot through by bullets in several places, but he again and again went to those who waited for him. <br />
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Soon after the beginning of war operations protopriest Peter Netsvetayev left the city and his flock. Without questioning, Fr. Anatoly, still a beginning priest, headed the parish. The city was on fire, bullets whished, terrible explosions of aerial bombs sowed destruction, but Fr. Anatoly continued to stay with his flock. He helped both Russians and Chechens as he could, shared the last that he had. Under his management the [[temple]] in baptistery, the only remaining usable part of the parish home, has been arranged. Services in the newly arranged temple were conducted constantly.<br />
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On New Year's Eve of 1995 he was forcibly taken prisoner by bandits to the Grozny railroad station, where he was ordered to appeal to the Russian defense forces to surrender. In response, Fr. Anatoly said nothing and silently blessed the soldiers.<br />
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Since [[March 15]], 1995 he was appointed the rector of Michael Archangel Church in Grozny and the dean of Orthodox churches in Chechnya. In view of disastrous financial conditions of the parish, Metr. Gedeon decided to provide for it from Diocesan funds<ref name="p">[http://www.pobeda.ru/content/view/1315/10/ Life of the priest Anatoly Chistousov]</ref>.<br />
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==Captivity and Martyr Death==<br />
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On [[January 29]], 1996, during the First Chechen war, Fr. Anatoly, together with archpriest Sergius Zhigulin (now Archimandrite [[Phillip (Zhigulin)|Phillip]]) from External Church Relations Department, was going to meet with Brigadier General Akhmed Zakayev to negotiate the release of a soldier of the Federal Forces Boris Sorokin from Chechen captivity. However, on the way to the Chechen capital from Urus-Martan, they were captured by an armed group under Doku Makhayev's command and were placed in a concentration camp of the so-called Department of State Security of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria. Afterwards the investigation established that the order to capture the priests had been given by same Zakayev<ref>[http://savelev.ru/journal/case/more/?id=19 Answer to an official inquiry of State Duma Deputy A. Savelyev from Procuracy of the Russian Federation, 20.06.2005]</ref>.<br />
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In the end of the first day of the captivity the prisoners, under the offer of Fr. Anatoly partook of the Eucharist with bread that was available for them, consecrating it with their prayers to Body of Christ making it possible to partake further<ref>[http://www.stavropol-eparhia.ru/personae/clergy/chistousov/02.html Witness of Arch. Phillip (Zhigulin)]</ref>.<br />
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From the memoirs of Fr. Sergius, "When we shared the Sacrament, Father Anatoly looked at me with an extraordinary expression. What I saw occur with him was a [[Transfiguration|transfiguration]]. The face of Fr. Anatoly became surprisingly light, his widely opened eyes were full unprecedented light. He said, "Listen, brother, for the happiness is to suffer for the Christ, to die with His name on ones lips"<ref name="p">[http://www.pobeda.ru/content/view/1315/10/ Life of the priest Anatoly Chistousov]</ref>.<br />
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After the prisoners were divided from each other, Fr. Anatoly was exposed to torture, but did not surrender himself nor renounced his belief and, as a result, he was shot by bandits. He was martyred in [[February 14]], 1996.<br />
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Fr. Sergius survived and was released after 160 days of captivity. He writes,<br/><br />
"For the first time, I saw the sun after four months... We lived in the basements of destroyed buildings... People were held captive in a burrow, which was very narrow, and people couldn't stand or move. Later on, as federal troops were advancing, we were moved to the mountains and placed into blindages, where up to 100-130 people lived. This lasted for 3.5 months. The blindages were completely flooded with rains. The hostages were sittings there as at a temperature of zero; the Chechens took our clothes away. It is just a miracle that the other people and I survived under those awful conditions."<ref>Paul J. Murphy (2004). [http://books.google.com/books?id=_LXfR7wNWTUC&lpg=RA1-PA245&pg=RA1-PA245#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The wolves of Islam: Russia and the faces of Chechen terror.''] p. 245</ref><br />
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On [[April 29]], 2000 Federal Security Service of the Russia passed to Metr. [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill of Smolensk]], Chairman of the External Church Relations Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, a selection of documents testifying to destiny of the priest of Michael Archangel Church, Anatoly Chistousov, abducted by the Chechen terrorists on [[January 29]], 1996. During the period, when a history of Fr. Anatoly remained unknown, the Church hierarchy attempted to obtain the freedom of the abducted priest, as well as other clergymen and the children of Church who had been captured in Chechnya. Eventually some prisoners found freedom. In other cases, regretfully, they had been executed by the gangsters and reposed in settlements of the righteous<ref>[http://www.mospat.ru/archive/nr004261.htm Priest Anatoly Chistousov took a martyr end in the chechen captivity]</ref>.<br />
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Remains of Fr. Anatoly were exhumed only in July 2003 in mountains near Old Achkhoy<ref>[http://www.e-vestnik.ru/church/podvedeny_itogi_blagotvoritelnoy_2757/ Подведены итоги благотворительной акции в помощь семье священика Анатолия Чистоусова]</ref>. Now he has been buried on the Stavropol cemetry. His tomb is within the cemetery [[chapel]].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.stavropol-eparhia.ru/personae/clergy/chistousov/ The biography on Stavropol diosese's web-site]<br />
* [http://www.miloserdie.ru/index.php?ss=4&s=19&id=2984 The Cross on the tomb of fr. Anatoly Chistousov]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjvTpaylFg A Documentary Film by V. Noskov "Peacemakers"]<br />
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<div>{{welcome}} &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 11:25, 28 May 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from Japan ==<br />
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Judging by the age you give the photos, it is likely that their copyright has long expired and they are now in the public domain. You should feel free to scan them in and upload them to the site. Thanks for your work! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 07:09, 6 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Various ==<br />
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I deleted the duplicate article as you requested.<br />
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One other note is that when you did a "move" on the Sandbox, it turned the Sandbox into a redirect to the new article. Additionally, it imported the entire editing history from the Sandbox into your new article. I thought you might like to know that for future reference. In the future, you may wish to create new article projects in the userspace instead, e.g., [[User:Wsk/Article Name]], or just copy and paste the code into the new article, so that redirects and shifted editing histories don't get thrown about. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:54, 7 Jun 2005 (CDT)<br />
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== Nikolai-do pics ==<br />
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Those photos are fantastic! Thanks for procuring them. Please be sure to add an [[Help:Image licenses|image license]] for each one as is appropriate. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:49, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Bishops and links ==<br />
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You're most welcome for the help&mdash;it's the standard wiki-protocol! :)<br />
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There are a couple things to note:<br />
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*Links and article names for bishops are in the format '''Firstname (Surname) of See'''. The birthname can be noted in the article, but it's not included in the article name. Making links to as-yet-absent articles is also included here, since clicking on those links will lead a user to create an article with that name.<br />
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*Creating wiki-links which link to an article with name A yet display name B are done in the following fashion: '''<nowiki>[[Name A|Name B]]</nowiki>''' Thus, if I wanted to link to your userpage without displaying its full name, I would use '''<nowiki>[[User:Wsk|Wsk]]</nowiki>''', yielding this: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]].<br />
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Please take the time to read through the [[Help:Contents]] and the [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual]] for lots of tips on style and technical details. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 13:36, 25 Jun 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Orthodoxy in America template ==<br />
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Great job on making all the "American Saints" on the template blue. You have some very well-researched articles. —[[User:Magda|magda]] 16:26, 30 Jul 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Sp: Archimandrite/Archmandrite ==<br />
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I've noticed that there seems to be a consistent spelling error in a number of your articles. Just so you know, the word is spelled '''[[archimandrite]]''', not '''archmandrite'''. (This is not a personal criticism; just trying to let you know!) &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 09:18, 8 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== St. Herman's Seminary ==<br />
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I moved the [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's]] page because the apostrophe was one of those "smart quotes" and the [[Template:Orthodoxyinamerica|Orthodoxy in America template]] (among other pages) wasn't picking up on it. Just something to look out for. [[User:Magda|{{User:Magda/sig}}]] 16:24, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Cult/occult ==<br />
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I have no idea how OrthodoxWiki got classified as being "cult/occult" by this particular web-service you mention. It may well be that the word "cult" appears in a number of articles, and so some automatic classification occurred. In any event, if you'd like to contact these folks to let them know the real state of things, feel free. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 08:10, 16 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Far out wsk! Any follow-up? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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:Thansk Bill for all your notes. I'm glad you're excited about OrthodoxWiki! I've been very happy about all the Japanese Orthodox stuff. I've got a friend who's moving to Japan soon (she's now Orthodox and married to a Japanese Orthodox man), and it's been a blessing to see so much about the Japanese Orthodox Church! - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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==An Overdue Response==<br />
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:Hi again, I wanted to respond to your comments below. Sorry for the delay! Thanks for your support and encouragement for this project, and for talking it up. Please greet Fr. Constantine for me. He probably won't remember, but we met awhile ago. Keep up the good work, and keep thinking big for the site. We need vision! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 14:11, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)<br />
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By the way, I glad you all have started the OrthodoxWiki site, it's among the things we need to do to 'advertize' Orthodoxy. Now we need to get the word out to our people. I attend St Nicholas in Washington and have mentioned the site to a number of 'outward looking' people, but I need to do more. Bill Kosar<br />
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== Japanese Orthodox ==<br />
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Wow, great work Bill. Where do you find this stuff? [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
<br>P.S. I had the pleasure of serving with Fr. Dennis in Chicago yesterday.<br />
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== Canadian OCA Hierarchs ==<br />
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Here are a couple of links for succession boxes: [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesbishops.htm list of Canadian bishops] and [http://www.archdiocese.ca/archivesHistory.htm a history of the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)]. {{User:Magda/sig}} 09:10, November 12, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Bringing together the pages... ==<br />
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Hi Bill,<br />
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I've put [[Template:Orthodoxyinjapan]] on all the pages about Japanese Orthodoxy I could find, and also put everything together into [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]]. I would be grateful if you could write a brief introduction on the category page, then I would like to submit the whole category as a featured article to showcase some of the unique information we have here on OrthodoxWiki. How does all that sound? Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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P.S. It would also be wonderful, if you have a chance, if you could work on [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan]]. It doesn't have to be extensive, but it would be nice to have something up. Thanks!<br />
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== Category link ==<br />
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Hi Bill, thanks for bringing this up -- I've added the category to the image. This can be done by going to the image page, clicking edit and adding <nowiki>[[Category:Japanese Orthodox Images]]</nowiki> anywhere in the text of the page. By the way, signatures use a tilde rather than a "'". Hope that helps, and thanks for your work! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 12:18, December 5, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== [[:Category:Orthodoxy in Japan]] ==<br />
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Just so you know, when you add the '''<nowiki>{{orthodoxyinjapan}}</nowiki>''' template to an article, :Category:Orthodoxy in Japan automatically gets added, so there's no need to include it separately. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 09:57, January 5, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Uninhabited islands ==<br />
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I would propose that we take uninhabited islands off the [[:Template:Parishes of the USA|template]] altogether, and delete those pages... Sorry this comes after your work. {{User:Magda/sig}} 20:25, January 7, 2006 (CST)<br />
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Thanks for your help. {{User:Magda/sig}} 10:18, January 12, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Parish Directory (USA) ==<br />
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Invitation to join discussion at Category talk:Parish Directory (USA). {{User:Magda/sig}} 11:00, January 31, 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Ordain / [[Ordination]] ==<br />
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When making links, please try to link to the actual article title and not to a redirect. Articles are usually titled as nouns (ordination), rather than verbs (ordain). Some can be tricky, of course, like [[tonsure]], in which the noun and verb form are the same. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:22, April 22, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Photos from St. Nicholas in DC ==<br />
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The photos you've uploaded recently of liturgical hardware you note as being "courtesy" of the catehdral in DC, yet you also have them listed as being copyrighted by you (that is, you own the photos). If they're yours, then the "courtesy" should probably be worded some other way (e.g. "Thanks to so-and-so for allowing this photo to be taken" or something like that). "Courtesy" in this context usually means that someone else owns the photo and is letting you use it, so if the cathedral owns those photos, then to put your own name on them for the copyright would be inaccurate. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 15:15, May 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Edward of England ==<br />
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There are, AFAIK, only two sainted Edwards in English history, and only one was a martyr. (Edward the Confessor died peacefully.) The Sept. 3 feast is of the translation of the relics of [[Edward the Martyr]]. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 15:41, May 28, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== 1917-18 Council article ==<br />
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Why not mention this on the article's talk page? I'm sure a collaboration is possible. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. Andrew</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Randompage|<font color="blue">random</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 16:48, June 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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I read the sandbox article, I have not problem if you replace the stub I posted with an actual article. [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 10:20, June 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Sysop Invite ==<br />
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Dear Bill,<br />
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I'd like to invite you to become an OrthodoxWiki sysop. This doesn't require much more time or commitment than you've already demonstrated. You'd be part of our ultra-secret OrthodoxWiki Sysop email list, where we work together to battle wiki-evil and talk about various issues affecting the life of OrthodoxWiki, and once in awhile bounce around ideas about its future. Also, you'd have superpowers on the wiki, allowing you to intervene in edit wars, and otherwise better manage articles. Finally, you'd be a reference point for other users - welcoming them in the name of OrthodoxWiki, and helping folks get the hang of the OrthodoxWiki style. Let me know if you'd like to accept this mission by leaving a note on my talk page or emailing me directly. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Royal/Holy Doors ==<br />
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Hey, sorry about the rude reversion of your change to the [[Classification of Feasts]] article. I should have edited it and provided an explanation rather than just using the rollback feature. I wasn't thinking.<br />
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The proper name for the doors leading from the nave to the altar is "holy doors". The "royal doors" are actually the doors leading from the narthex to the nave. It is a popular misnomer to call the "holy doors" royal. &mdash;[[User:Dcndavid|<font color="blue"><b><i>Dcn. David</i></b></font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Dcndavid|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:Contributions/Dcndavid|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</sup> 23:03, August 11, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::Dcn. David, I can't help but think there's more to the story than that. I think here is a good place to push for primary sources and a solid historical account - though it might be more than we can take on at the moment! It seems to me that the conflation of "royal" to holy (after the collapse of the Empire?) also has a layer of symbolic meaning which goes beyond a "popular misnomer." [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]<br />
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::It is interesting that this question came up. We are plagued with numerous names being applied to various Orthodox expressions. Besides our different languages in use, we are also confronted with the names from the Western Christian world. Of course this makes consistency difficult in such a place as Orthodoxwiki. I have been trying to settle the many empty articles under the 'wanted' article and noticed the appearance of Holy Doors and Royal Doors - that I usually use - so the changes! As my knowledge on many of the open articles is very low, having articles and corrections to articles by 'authorities, more than from Wikipedia, would be nice. <br />
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::I planned to have, at least the empty Door articles, redirected to the Iconostasis article as an immediate improvement. It at least gives a overview and thus a simple explanation. I whole heartly agree with Fr John that we need to travel toward better authories writing articles on many of the complicated subjects, especially better than me![[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:08, August 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Request Photo Use for Wikipedia ==<br />
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Hi, I'm part of a group of users over on Wikipedia who working on importing articles from the [[:Wikipedia:Catholic Encyclopedia|Catholic Encyclopedia]]. The article I'm working on now is about the aër. I noticed that the article here on OrthodoxWiki ([[Aer]]) has a picture you provided ([[:Image:Aer_on_a_Chalice_and_Discos.jpg]]). I would love to be able to include the picture in the article on Wikipedia as well, but notice that the copyright only allows it to be used on this site. Would you mind granting permission for it's use on Wikipedia as well? Thanks, [[:Wikipedia:User:Kylef81|Kylef81 (wp)]] [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 19:26, August 17, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Just something to keep in mind - Wikipedia doesn't really want closed-license photos, no? Would this mean that you're asking Wsk to reissue it under the GFDL (or at least a CC license)? — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])<br />
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:Kyle and Fr. John; I've changes the copywrite notice of the Aer image to GFDL so that Kyle can use it. Fr. John, I'll be changing the other images as I have some time. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 12:10, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Thanks! I've added the image to the article on Wikipedia. [[User:Kylef81|Kylef81]] 13:24, August 19, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Back? ==<br />
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I'm not really back. Just fixing a few things I noticed. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Dcn. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:10, October 9, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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Do you want to help me with my wiki [http://editthis.info/wikireligion/Main_Page wikireligion]? There are a lot of articles that need to be made. --[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 17:28, February 4, 2007 (PST)<br />
::This may seem like a little bit of a odd question but do you have a wikipedia, meta wiki, wikiquote, witionary, wikispecies, or wikipedia simple english account? I feel as if I have seen you somewhere other than here. Have a nice week and god bless you and every one you know:) --[[User:Sir James Paul|James, La gloria e a dio]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)--[[User:Sir James Paul|Sir James Paul]] 16:52, March 17, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Empress article titles ==<br />
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It seems to me that the simplest and most direct way is best. "Irene of Athens" would probably work fairly well, I guess, and for the other, I would choose "Theodora (9th century empress)". &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 15:17, April 15, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Accept Revised? ==<br />
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Dear Wsk,<br />
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There's been a request to use some of your edited content on Wikipedia. Would you mind putting the [[Template:Acceptrevised|Acceptrevised]] template on your user page to clarify the copyright (you can add it like this: <nowiki>{{acceptrevised}}</nowiki>? That would be very helpful! Thanks, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 08:54, April 25, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== OCA links ==<br />
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Again, great job on another new article! In case you're interested, the way I get the specific saint URL from the OCA site: click on the [http://www.oca.org/FSlives.asp main page] to open the new little window. Then right-click on that window and select (something like) "View Page Info." From there you can select the URL, and delete the extraneous information. For instance, I've bolded the extra stuff here (which I usually remove): <nowiki>http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?</nowiki>'''SID=4&ID=1&'''<nowiki>FSID=103867</nowiki>, but you can tell that the FSID (Feast-Saint ID, I would think) is the part which points to the specific page you want. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 18:47, September 9, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Thanks ==<br />
Hi! Thanks for assisting me on one of my articles (Mantamados) ... Nice to meet you. I read your Bio and am excited to know of someone who has visited Antarctica! Your wife Lydia is very cute too :-) [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:21, January 21, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Eusebius ==<br />
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still think I try to be too much of a grammarian at times, though! I always look forward to reading the new articles you contribute because they're sure to be well done. [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 06:46, February 6, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Rasputin ==<br />
Hey, should we really have an article on someone as satanic and evil as he is when this is an orthodox site? Perhaps make the article balance with the orthodox thinking on his behaviour? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 19:28, March 24, 2008 (PDT)<br />
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:Thank you for your detailed and kind response ... I didnt realise he had such influence on the Royal family and was also opposed by two hierarchs ... and also the point u present about good and bad makes sence ... I should jump my gun but its always good to ask I suppose becuase it teaches you another point of view - Thanks! If i come across something juicy about him ...I am certain that I will add it in. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 14:45, March 25, 2008 (PDT)<br />
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== ["Category: St. Vladimir's Seminary"] ==<br />
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Hi, hope you dont mind ... I changed the category a little so as to make it a sub-Category of [[:Category:Graduates]] which in turn is a Sub-category of [[:Category:Theology]]. This gives room to add "graduates" from other "Seminaries" :-) What you think? -- [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:30, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: [[User:Wsk|Wsk]]'s category parallels an existing set of categories (e.g., [[:Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]), which are all subsets of [[:Category:People]] and [[:Category:Seminaries]]. (This is a case of "Check existing structures first, please!") SVS itself doesn't have any other articles about it, so it really doesn't need a category all its own. Having one for its graduates works fine, though, just as it does for Halki. That is, why have two layers of categories when there only needs to be one? I've reverted these changes. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:22, June 18, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== starting categories ==<br />
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Just putting the category link in the article kind of starts the category, but the wiki will still complain the category does not exist. Just edit the category's empty page as if it were an article, and it will then exist. I sometimes add a description, but most of the time I just add a category link on the category page making it a sub category to another category. That's it. Hope that helps, - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:29, July 24, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Active appeal ==<br />
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There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 16:02, August 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Africa==<br />
I am quite far from being any kind of expert - I'm pretty well just going to the patriarchal website at this point. I do have a level of interest, though, and this is something I'd like to cultivate. &mdash; by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 15:05, August 28, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== a book review ==<br />
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Wsk, I was cleaning up a book review at the same time you were deleting it. [[Sacred light: Following the paschal journey]], Should I delete it? There are other book reviews here. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 12:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
:I suppose it is a fine line between ''book review'' and ''ad for a book''. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 19:19, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Thank U for the work you do ==<br />
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I am not the site owner but I am sure that if awards could be given to the most hard-woring Users on Orthodoxwiki there would be three to give out: you, Wsk and ASDamick! I wanted to pause at this point in my OrthodoxWiki career and acknowledge the efforts of those people who really do put a lot of time and effort into keeping OW alive and say Thank you for the work and time you put into making the articles rewarding!!! [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 03:54, January 20, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Military Martyrs ==<br />
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The following list:<br />
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http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/shortlist.html<br />
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lists military martyrs. If you had time, perhaps you could incorporate information from that site into our equivalent OrthodoxWiki articles? or a link to that site? Please note that the pages for each martyr are at varying stages of construction. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:52, May 25, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Google map ==<br />
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Whether do you know how to justify google map image on the right side of a page (see [[Mochalny]] island). Regards, [[User:Ruar-from-T|Ruar-from-T]]<br />
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== Deleting absurd redirects ==<br />
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Delete please redirects created after spamming renaming: [[Agiasma.info]], [[Talk:Agiasma.info]].<br />
==Bishops of Japan==<br />
Wsk,<br />
Thanks. Grouping bishops by their “see” (city) seemed easy, I would just look at the succession boxes and add categories. But it turned out some bishops were titled by country, and some had titular titles. Also, as you mentioned, there were already categories such as “Metropolitans of Japan”. There is “Metropolitans of Poland” overlapping with “Bishops of Warsaw”, “Metropolitans of the Czech Lands and Slovakia” overlapping with “Bishops of Prague”. There is also “Patriarchs of Moscow” overlapping with “Bishops of Kiev”.<br />
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I guess it needs cleaning up. As for Japan, “Metropolitans of …” is a good category grouping, as long as the category header explains that they my not all be Metropolitans if so. Would you go with "Metropolitans of Tokyo" or "Japan"? - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 13:05, April 5, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Church house ==<br />
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Dear Wsk! Thank you for your edits in the article [[Anatoly Chistousov]]. However I'm afraid that you didn't understand the meaning of certain words. When I wrote "church house" I meant not the church, not the building of the temple, but a house, which stands on the parish land, belongs to the parish, and which is used (in usual time) for household needs . I used combination of words "church house" as literal translation for russian "церковный дом (''tserkovny dom'')", as I just don't know how is right to translate it in english (may be as ''parish house''?). --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 15:29, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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I've tought and decided to write "parish home". It seems to me that a home, which was built to be used in usual time as (for random example) a kitchen for paish members and similar is not equivalent of [[Domus Ecclesia]] --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 20:41, June 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Images and Category Question ==<br />
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Hi Wsk! I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on a couple of things :)<br />
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First, it appears that the uploading of images is currently broken, or disabled. See here, the [http://commons.orthodoxwiki.org/Special:Newimages Gallery of New Image Files]; some of your own uploads are also not showing the image there. I had left a note at the OrthodoxWiki Trapeza [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Thumbnails_Error|here]] regarding this error some time ago, but it has gone unanswered and the problem is not resolved. If I am missing something (or if it is my computer alone perhaps), apologies in advance, however I thought I would ask at least one person about the images / thumbnails error. Any ideas? Is it broken or disabled, and how to proceed loading pictures for future articles if so ? Who is in charge of correcting this programming error?<br />
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Second, I would appreciate your opinion on the naming of a new category I would like to create, to group all of the Western Saints of the Orthodox Church. I also raised this on the Trapeza, here: [[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza#Proposed_Category_re:Saints|Proposed Category re:Saints]] with no feedback as of yet. I am in favor of following the pattern used on ROCOR's Orthodox England website, where they name these saints: ''“Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome”.'' Since OW is stated to be from the Orthodox perspective, I think it is approriate we use this terminology to exactly define these saints by time and place. In addition, they deserve a category of their own. Any thoughts?<br />
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Many thanks, and congratulations for all your dedicated hard work sir. Cheers, :) Chris. [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 21:47, September 13, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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==Jacob of Sarug==<br />
Hi Wsk,<br />
I was wondering if perhaps you can read Russian? There is a [http://www.pravenc.ru/ Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia], which had a comprehensive looking article on [[Jacob of Serugh]], here: '''[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yFMvsw9tGhAJ:www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html+http://www.pravenc.ru/text/200347.html&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca Иаков Саругский].'''<br><br />
If perhaps you can translate this, and add the relevant info to our own biographical entry on Jacob of Sarug that would be great. I thought I would at least ask. If not, would you know of anyone else who can translate Russian, and might be interested in this task? Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:48, February 19, 2011 (UTC)<br />
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
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==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
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In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
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==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
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In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
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He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
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From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
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In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
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==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
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Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
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As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
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His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010: ''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.</ref><br />
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==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LiveJournal, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html Good Muslims] <small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
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On [[November 19]], 2009, between 23:10-23:20, he was mortally wounded in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times. The killer also heavily wounded parish’s choir director Vladimir Strelbitsky. An hour later around 12:15am on November 20, Fr. Daniel died at a Moscow hospital<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html В Москве убит настоятель храма Святого Фомы, его помощник ранен]. '''Newsru.com'''. November 20, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. Fr. Daniel was the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.<br />
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Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
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==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
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Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
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[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010: ''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LiveJournal, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html Good Muslims] <small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, between 23:10-23:20, he was mortally wounded in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times. The killer also heavily wounded parish’s choir director Vladimir Strelbitsky. Around 12:15am on November 20, Fr. Daniel died at a Moscow hospital<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html В Москве убит настоятель храма Святого Фомы, его помощник ранен]. '''Newsru.com'''. November 20, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. Fr. Daniel was the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010: ''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LJ, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html Good Muslims] <small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, approximately 23:10-23:20 he was mortally wounded in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times. The killer also heavily wounded parish’s choir director Vladimir Strelbitsky. November 20, in 0:15 Fr. Daniel died at a Moscow hospital<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html В Москве убит настоятель храма Святого Фомы, его помощник ранен]. '''Newsru.com'''. November 20, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
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[[Category:Priests|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LJ, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html<small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, approximately 23:10-23:20 he was mortally wounded in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times. The killer also heavily wounded parish’s choir director Vladimir Strelbitsky. November 20, in 0:15 Fr. Daniel died at a Moscow hospital<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html В Москве убит настоятель храма Святого Фомы, его помощник ранен]. '''Newsru.com'''. November 20, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
:''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.<br />
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[[Category:Priests|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy and Islam]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Sysoev&diff=97624Daniel Sysoev2011-01-28T18:43:49Z<p>Stone18: /* Martyrdom */</p>
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LJ, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html<small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, approximately 23:10-23:20 he was mortally wounded in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times. The killer also heavily wounded parish’s choir director Vladimir Strelbitsky. November 20, in 0:15 Fr. Daniel died at a Moscow hospital<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html В Москве убит настоятель храма Святого Фомы, его помощник ранен]. '''Newsru.com'''. November 20, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
* AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.<br />
:''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.<br />
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[[Category:Priests|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy and Islam]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Sysoev&diff=97623Daniel Sysoev2011-01-28T18:42:50Z<p>Stone18: /* Martyrdom */ added and specified</p>
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LJ, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html<small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, approximately 23:10-23:20 he was mortally wounded in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times. The killer also heavily wounded parish’s choir director Vladimir Strelbitsky. November 20, in 0:15 Fr. Daniel died at a Moscow hospital<http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsru.com/religy/19nov2009/foma.html В Москве убит настоятель храма Святого Фомы, его помощник ранен]. '''Newsru.com'''. November 20, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
* AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.<br />
:''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.<br />
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[[Category:Priests|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy and Islam]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Sysoev&diff=97622Daniel Sysoev2011-01-28T17:53:47Z<p>Stone18: /* Martyrdom */</p>
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<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9, 2009 in his LJ, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat.<br/> And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html<small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, he was killed in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
* AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.<br />
:''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Priests|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy and Islam]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Sysoev&diff=97621Daniel Sysoev2011-01-28T17:48:09Z<p>Stone18: /* Martyrdom */</p>
<hr />
<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
<br />
Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
<br />
As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
<br />
His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received death threats constantly<ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>. October 9 in his LJ, he made a record: <blockquote>I have news again. Today, you'll laugh, but Muslims once again have promised to kill me. Now by phone. Already tired. The 14-th time. I've got accustomed, but earlier it "strained". And so, God doesn't give - Islam willn't eat. And so, I ask you all to pray.<ref>[http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/56054.html<small>''On russian'': А у меня опять новость. Сегодня, вы будете смеяться, но мусульмане опять пообещали меня убить. Теперь уже по телефону. Ну надоело. Уже 14-тый раз. Я уже привык, а то раньше это напрягало. А так Бог не выдаст, ислам не съест.<br />
А так всех прошу помолиться.</small> </ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
On [[November 19]], 2009, he was killed in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
<br />
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
<br />
Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
* AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.<br />
:''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Priests|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Missionaries|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Martyrs|Sysoyev, Daniel]]<br />
[[Category:Orthodoxy and Islam]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Sysoev&diff=97620Daniel Sysoev2011-01-28T17:04:21Z<p>Stone18: /* Sources */ the link is already above in other section</p>
<hr />
<div>The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.<br />
<br />
==Early Life==<br />
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Alexsei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at Optina monastery. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
==Seminarian and Deacon==<br />
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.<br />
<br />
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref><br />
<br />
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop Evgenii of Verey ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Iasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school).<br />
<br />
From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St John of Kronstadt, under the direction of Hmk Anatoly (Berestoy).<br />
<br />
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by Sretensky Monastery and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On May 24, 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.<br />
<br />
==Priest and Missionary==<br />
In 2001, he was ordained to the priesthood, and his second child was born. He was assigned to the Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, Moscow, where he became secretary of the Shestodnev missionary-educational centre and continuing his work at the St John of Kronstadt centre. Around this time, his anthology on ''Divine Revelation and Contemporary Science'' was published; over his lifetime, he would publish over a dozen articles on creation and anti-sectarian issues.<br />
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Fr Daniel was soon transferred to be the rector of the Church of the Apostle Thomas, where he initiated a growing community in honour of the Prophet Daniel. One of the goals of this centre was the conversion of non-Christians, mostly non-Russians. This is particularly the case as the Kantemirovskiy district in Moscow, where the is a district of many expatriate communities, and where many different sects are active, including Baptists, Mormons, Adventists and occultists. Until Fr Daniel came, there was no Orthodox centre. He also opened a catechetical school about the basics of Christianity, and ran a successive five-week catechetical discourses for those who wished to know more about Christianity (for baptism or for interest). In time, a community of Orthodox Tartars (began in 2003) built up, and the information agency of St Akhmet began activity. Fr Daniel's church had initiatives such as an open house, where the church would be open and the priest available for questions. [[Moleben]]s were frequent, particularly for conversion of the non-Orthodox, and also for students at the nearby Moscow Engineering and Physical University. Fr Daniel later began to offer missionary courses, preparing preachers of the Gospel.<br />
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As rector of St. Thomas' church in southern Moscow, Fr Daniel was a noted missionary, especially among the Muslim, neo-Pagans, and Protestants communities of Russia. As the Orthodox Church in Russia has come around to the importance of missionary work in recent years, Fr. Daniel became known for his active missionary work, particularly among non-Orthodox, and also for his bright polemic performances. He had especially built a reputation as a priest who stood out for his proselytizing work among Russia’s Muslim community, baptising around eighty Muslims <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday.org'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/]</ref>.<br />
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His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniel was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref><br />
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==Martyrdom==<br />
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received fourteen death threats <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/ Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>.<br />
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On [[November 19]], 2009, he was killed in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.<br />
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Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniel. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com:<br />
:''"One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucasus took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev"''<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJOiv_HtszrmgOpKIJWuc5203W3A Islamists claim killing of Russian priest]. '''AFP'''. Dec. 25, 2009.</ref><br />
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==Posthumous Acclaim==<br />
Patriarch [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill I of Moscow]] called Fr. Daniel a [[Saint titles|confessor]] of the faith and a martyr for the cause of evangelical preaching.<ref>[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=32981 Patriarch Cyril calls the priest Daniel Sysoeva confessor and martyr of the faith].'' '''Interfax-Religion.''' November 20, 2009.</ref><br />
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Mother Prosdokia, abbess of the Ormylia convent in Greece, stated that "it is time to not to pray for Fr Daniel, but to pray to him", expressing that he is a saint. Many Orthodox in Greece venerate Fr Daniel in a similar manner to those martyred during Turkish occupation of Greece. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/sysoyev.htm]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* Kevin O'Flynn. ''[http://www.rferl.org/content/Murder_of_Priest_Highlights_Missionary_Role_In_Russian_Church/1892040.html Murder Of Priest Highlights Missionary Role In Russian Church].'' '''Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty'''. December 01, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6665 The funeral of the Priest Daniil Sysoyev passed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6662 Patriarch Kirill urges believers to think about importance of missionary outreach]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 23, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6656 Council of Muftis expresses condolences on priest's murder]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6655 Moscow priest could have been killed by extremists, pagans – sources]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6654 Patriarch Kirill offers condolences over death of the priest]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6653 Famous Orthodox priest killed in Moscow]. '''Interfax-Religion'''. November 20, 2009.<br />
* [http://pr-daniil.livejournal.com/ Fr. Daniel's blog in LJ]<br />
* AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.<br />
:''The missionary movement associated with Fr Daniel Sysoyev '''(“Prophet Daniil movement”)''' is promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia.<br />
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<div>'''Ostrov''' (Ru:Остров, ''The Island'') is a 2006 Russian biographical film about a fictional 20th century [[monk]]. The film closed the 2006 Venice Film Festival.<br />
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The film is focused on Father Anatoly's repentance of his [[sin]] (therefore the virtually continuous occurrence of the [[Jesus Prayer]]); but the transgressions of the depicted character (a fool for Christ) and their impact on the others are the means by which the actual plot develops. Thus, talking on character's self-awareness, film's director Pavel Lungin said he doesn't regard him as being clever or spiritual, but blessed "in the sense that he is an exposed nerve, which connects to the pains of this world. His absolute power is a reaction to the pain of those people who come to it;" while "typically, when the [[miracle]] happens, the lay people asking for a miracle are always dissatisfied" because "the world does not tolerate domestic miracles." Dmitry Sobolev, the scenarist, further explains: "When a person ask for something from God, he is often wrong because God has a better understanding of what a person wants at that moment."<ref name="film-sermon">[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/164751.html «Остров». Фильм-событие. Фильм-проповедь] (''"The Island" - Film-event. Film-sermon''), Russian Orthodox Church website, 2006-10-25, accessed 2008-03-17.</ref> Pyotr Mamonov, who plays the lead character, formerly one of the few rock musicians in USSR, converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s and lives now in an isolated village. Pavel Lungin said about him that "to a large extent, he played himself." Mamonov received a blessing from his confessor for playing the character.<ref name="film-sermon" /><br />
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The simplicity, the humbleness, the remoteness, the miracles converge into creating a timeless snapshot of the Orthodox spirituality, apart from the historical circumstances. Patriarch [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]] of Russia praised ''Ostrov'' for its profound depiction of faith and [[monasticism|monastic]] life, calling it a "vivid example of an effort to take a Christian approach to culture."<ref>Cf. [http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=561 Feature film about Orthodox monk sweeps Russian film awards], Ecumenical News International, 2007-02-01, accessed 2008-03-17.</ref><br />
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The filming location was the city of [[w:Kem (town)|Kem]], in [[w:Karelia|Karelia]], on the shores of the [[w:White Sea|White Sea]].<ref name="film-sermon" /><br />
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== Plot summary ==<br />
During World War II, the sailor Anatoly and his captain Tikhon are captured by the Nazis when they board their barge and tugboat which is carrying a shipment of coal. The Nazi officer leading the raid offers Anatoly the choice to shoot Tikhon and stay alive which Anatoly reluctantly takes, and Tikhon falls overboard. The Nazis blow up the ship but Anatoly is found by monks on the shore the next morning. He survives and becomes a stoker at the [[monastery]], but is perpetually overcome with guilt.<br />
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Thirty years pass... Anatoly now has the gift of clairvoyance and healing. But the other monks don't really understand him. People come to see Anatoly for cures and guidance. But even now, he remains in a perpetual state of repentance. He often gets in a boat and goes to an uninhabited island where he prays for mercy and forgiveness.<br />
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A prominent admiral arrives to see Anatoly with his daughter. The daughter is possessed by demons but Anatoly exorcises them. The admiral turns out to be Tikhon. It is revealed that Anatoly only wounded him during the war. Tikhon forgives Anatoly. <br />
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Anatoly can now die peacefully. The monks discover that he has foreknowledge of his death and make him a coffin out of a coal box. he lies down in it, and dies. The coffin is buried on the uninhabited island where he spent his time praying.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* Pyotr Mamonov — ''father Anatoly''<br />
* Viktor Sukhorukov — ''father Filaret''<br />
* Dmitry Dyuzhev — ''father Iov (Job)''<br />
* Yuriy Kuznetsov — ''Tikhon''<br />
* Viktoriya Isakova — ''Nastya''<br />
* Nina Usatova — ''widow''<br />
* Jana Esipovich — ''young woman''<br />
* Olga Demidova — ''woman with child''<br />
* Timofei Tribuntzev — ''young Anatoly''<br />
* Aleksei Zelensky — ''young Tikhon''<br />
* Grisha Stepunov — ''child''<br />
* Sergei Burunov — ''adjutant''<br />
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==Source==<br />
* ''Wikipedia:'' [[w:Ostrov (film)|Ostrov the Film on Wikipedia]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Fool for Christ]], the type of character portrayed in the film<br />
* [[Jesus Prayer]]<br />
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== External links == <br />
* [http://www.ostrov-film.ru/ Оfficial Site (Russian)]<br />
* «Ostrov» - synopsis and two opinions (Russian): [http://www.alib.spb.ru/view_note.php?id=2/ positive] and [http://left.ru/2006/18/yakushev152.phtml negative]<br />
* [http://russart.com/?movietrailer&mid=1047 Trailer] and [http://russart.com/?moviepictures&mid=1047 Screenshots]<br />
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<div>#REDIRECT [[The Island]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:The_Island&diff=96413Talk:The Island2010-11-24T01:21:08Z<p>Stone18: Talk:Ostrov moved to Talk:The Island: in foreign (english-spoken) releases the film is named so</p>
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<div>== Ostrov==<br />
Hi, there is a PLACE in Russia called Ostrov - I figured that I should say Ostrov (film) since someone, someday might write an Encyclopedic article on the place because being Russian it might have a connection to Orthodoxy in some way. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 03:01, June 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: ''Ostrov'' in Russian means simply "island." There are many, many places in Russia that use that word. It's also a town in Pskov Oblast, but I rather doubt that it's notable enough to Orthodoxy to warrant an article here. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 03:10, June 19, 2008 (UTC)</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Ostrov&diff=96414Talk:Ostrov2010-11-24T01:21:08Z<p>Stone18: Talk:Ostrov moved to Talk:The Island: in foreign (english-spoken) releases the film is named so</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Talk:The Island]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Andrew&diff=96410User talk:Andrew2010-11-24T00:56:10Z<p>Stone18: /* Request to help */</p>
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<div>== Primates of Russia ==<br />
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Andrew, I was thinking that the [[List of Primates of Russia]] would be more similar to the other ''List'' articles ([[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]] and [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch]], for instance). I left the other information in the ''history'' section of the [[Church of Russia]] article, as I think that would be a better context. Is there a particular reason you changed the numbers to bullets? (Again, conformity with the other ''List'' articles.) I didn't look too closely at the list (just thought it deserved its own article), so I would be interested in learning your views on it and how it should be arranged. {{User:Magda/sig}} 14:47, November 23, 2005 (CST)<br />
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*I see, I was looking at it from another direction. I was looking at it as sort as a timeline type of thing, with comments here and there. (The comments restarted the numbering so I just bullets.) I moved the comments when the list was moved, because they described the list entries. [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 14:58, November 23, 2005 (CST)<br />
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== Categorizing New Pages ==<br />
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Sorry if you already know this, but make sure that you categorize new pages when you make them. Thanks for contributing. I know very little about the [[Antiphons]]. Oh, and you can delete that welcome message on your user talk page, it helps, but if you don't like it you can take it out. Hey! It's your user talk page. [[User:Joe Rodgers|Joe]] 20050109<br />
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==[[Last Supper icon]]==<br />
Good job on this page, particularly that it's a positive page rather than an anti-movie page. --{{User:Pistevo/sig}} 21:19, May 15, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==1917-1918 Russian Council==<br />
Andrew; I have been working on an article about the 1917-1918 Council based upon recent scholarship (a Phd dissertation) when I noticed your addition of a stub article on the same subject. Since my article is rather long, some nine or so pages, I took the liberty of taking information from your article to make mine more complete (such as where the first liturgy of the Council and where the enthronment were held). Our structures differ too much to edit your article. With the dissertation some 230 pages, my article only hits the highlights but addresses most of the main points of the Council! I have been tuning the article in the Sandbox and plan to introduce it as a replacement for your article. Hopefully it is still there to view. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 10:06, June 12, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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==Feature 7 Jul 06==<br />
Thanks for keeping an eye out :) Also, if you have time to search (or happen to see a page you like), nominations for featured articles would be really great - at the moment we're running a little low. &mdash; edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="red">Pι</font>]][[Special:Listusers/sysop|s]][[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="yellow">τ</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Pistevo|é]][[User:Pistevo|<font color="blue">vο</font>]] at 18:17, July 7, 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Deletions ==<br />
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Hi Andy, I'm on it. Thanks for calling attention. In the future, you can just leave a note on a sysop's page. {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Sysop Invite ==<br />
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Dear Andy,<br />
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I'd like to invite you to become an OrthodoxWiki sysop. This doesn't require much more time or commitment than you've already demonstrated. You'd be part of our ultra-secret OrthodoxWiki Sysop email list, where we work together to battle wiki-evil and talk about various issues affecting the life of OrthodoxWiki, and once in awhile bounce around ideas about its future. Also, you'd have superpowers on the wiki, allowing you to intervene in edit wars, and otherwise better manage articles. Finally, you'd be a reference point for other users - welcoming them in the name of OrthodoxWiki, and helping folks get the hang of the OrthodoxWiki style. Let me know if you'd like to accept this mission by leaving a note on my talk page or emailing me directly. Thanks, {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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::No problem, and no pressure, Andy. We're grateful for your help as you are able. {{User:FrJohn/sig}}<br />
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== Blank pages ==<br />
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Andrew, is there any way you can think of to find the pages with non-standard characters and address those issues? I keep coming across them at random, but it would be nice to know for sure when we're done dealing with them. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 11:43, March 7, 2007 (PST)<br />
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== Problems with vandals ==<br />
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It seems that we have problems with same person Wardemon666and SeanA. Could you block hs IP adress.<br />
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== How to delete pictures ==<br />
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I do not know how to delete pictures from vandals<br />
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== Vandals ==<br />
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I protected article<br />
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== About language templates. ==<br />
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Could you make templates for Aincent Greek, Churchslavonic and Sebian Language.<br />
--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 12:20, June 20, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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: Thanks, Andrew. <br />
--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 05:26, June 22, 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Recent images - Fair use doesn't apply ==<br />
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Dear Andrew,<br />
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Just a note to say that fair use doesn't applied to images just copied from another site. I'd suggest you try contacting them to get permission to use them here - we need an explicit OK. It would be great if they were willing to release the images under our default copyright scheme as well, or perhpas another Creative Commons license (by-nc-nd?). I'd send them a link to the article and hope for the best. Otherwise, we need to delete them. (You might want to delete them before they see the page.) Thanks,<br />
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== Articles needing citations category ==<br />
Great idea! —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 09:27, February 28, 2008 (PST)<br />
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== Linebreak ==<br />
Thank you for finding and fixing [[Template:Lang|that line break]]; it was driving me crazy, and I didn't think of that template. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 19:53, April 11, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==OrthodoxSource==<br />
Hi, has Father John issued you with Administration access yet? - [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 00:08, July 25, 2008 (UTC)<br />
:No, he did not, I only have sysop permissions here and at OrthodoxWiki Commons. I think that he may be away. - [[User:Andrew|Andy]] 14:36, July 25, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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:Thanks for your help over the last few days. I am unable to do much the last few days because I am quite committed with Work at the moment. - [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 02:16, July 29, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Alexandria Dioceses==<br />
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Thanks for setting up the category for the Alexandria dioceses. I've run into the problem of starting categories before and haven't been to figure out how it is done. Can you give me a pointer how to do it! Thanks again [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 21:02, July 23, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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:Thanks, Andy. Next time I'll give it a try - the thing I kick myself about is that several years ago I seemed able to start my own image category, but now I din't remember how I did it!!![[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 23:44, July 24, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Active appeal ==<br />
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There's currently an active appeal over at [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Administrators]]. If as an admin, you would like to participate, please feel free to do so. Thanks! &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 15:59, August 19, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==Book Review==<br />
I missed that it was a book review. On that premise it may have value, although my thought when I read it, is that it was an ad for a book. Thus my deletion response. If you think it has merit, then it should stay as you edited it. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 18:56, September 16, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== URGENT - Ambush by computer generated Users ==<br />
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Hi, we are about to be ambushed by computer generated User accounts ....... [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 04:05, December 17, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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Hey ... do you know (or anyone) how to add "Image Verification" code to the "User Registration" so that they have to manually type what they see to stop this spam?? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 21:58, December 17, 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Help Needed ... ==<br />
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Hi Andrew, how are you going ... I know that you are excellent with codes (OSource) so I wanted to ask you for help on the following. Below, I have posted two codes. The first shows the column for each month populated and you will notice how the table wraps itself across the entire length of the screen. In the second, if none of the columns are populated, then the table reduces in width across the page. What I want to achieve is:<br />
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1) a constant width across the screen AND also a locked in column width for each of the months.<br />
2) Reduced FONT size of the words that are placed in each column (perhaps about 50% of current size since each column will end up being populated by a few saints.<br />
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Are you able to modify the code to produce a workable result? Your helps is greatly appreciated!! [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 02:02, May 29, 2009 (UTC)<br />
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===Table 1: Utilises full width of screen but only when all columns are populated===<br />
{| cellspacing="3" <br />
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<h3>Seventeenth century (1601-1700):</h3><br />
{| style="clear: both; text-align: left;" class="toccolours"<br />
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! width="100%" bgcolor="lightsteelblue" style="padding:0 0 0 50px;" | <center>''Saints and major Orthodox personalities from the 17th-century'' </center><br />
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| align="left" style="font-size: 20%;" | || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]] || [[December 17|17]] [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]]<br />
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==Bishops of Japan==<br />
Hi Andy,<br />
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Nice job getting all the bishops categorized by city. I was thinking how to breakdown all (So many!) bishops into some categorization. I hadn't thought of using the city names; I was lending to "countries" but didn't like it. <br />
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The reason for this note is I notice that we have two categories covering the ruling bishops in Japan: Bishops of… and Metropolitans of … . I proposed that we use only one and that be Metropolitans of … . This would follow having all the ruling bishops of Russia, as an example, whether they were bishops, metropolitans or patriarchs. [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 20:09, April 2, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:Hi, Andy,<br />
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Your comments certainly open up further the dilemma I've had about the inconsistencies we have over titles, spellings, and such. I find myself going in circles at times, especially with transliterations. And, your question on the title for the ruling bishops of Japan hits right at it, as I may have been inconsistent myself. <br />
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I think the proper tittle for the metropolitans since autonomy is Metropolitan of Tokyo. According to the OCA's ''Orthodox America'' the title from Bp. Ireney to autonomy was bishop/archbishop of Tokyo. Before Bp. Ireney, I am not sure what the 'official' titles were. In a thesis by Masatoshi John Shoji, of which I have a copy, his references to Metr. Segius and Bp. Nicholas (Ono) are "…of Japan" and for Abp. Nicholas before them I'm less such.<br />
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After all this I suggest we use the current title of "…of Tokyo" and, as you note, just mention the differences in the article prolog, such as has been done for the Patriarch of Moscow. - Bill Kosar [[User:Wsk|Wsk]] 16:39, April 5, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Request to help ==<br />
It's again me. I would like to create something which looks like film infobox card in Wikipedia. May be, to use a table attached to right margin? Then this thing will look like template:infobox inserted in a article, although it would not be a template in reality. I want to do so in [[Puppy (2009 film)|this]] article. --[[User:Stone18|Stone18]] 23:35, November 23, 2010 (UTC)<br />
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And another problem: this file [[:Image:Puppy.jpg]] has error creating thumbnail. Help please.</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Puppy_(2009_film)&diff=96409Puppy (2009 film)2010-11-24T00:48:48Z<p>Stone18: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Puppy.jpg|thumb]][[Image:NikolayAgafonov.jpg|frame|archpriest Nicolay Agafonov, the screenplayer]] '''Puppy, the''' (Russian ''Щенок'') is a 2009 Russian feature film by Marina Evstfieva. The screenplay was written by modern orthodox writer [[archpriest]] [[Nicholas Agafonov]] on the basis of his own short novel “A Very Important Act”. The film is distributed by orthodox TVchannel “Радость моя” (“Joy of mine”) The movie tagline is “the story of true friendship, about the ability to forgive and sacrifice”.<br />
== Plot ==<br />
Administration of an contemporary secondary school invites deacon Alexey to talk students about the Bible and Orthodoxy. Realizing that the dialogue with teens who are willing to argue and doubt in religious truths, is not coming, the deacon decides to tell them from his experience a story, which happened with him in the same age.<br />
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End of 70's - early 80's. Usual 11 years old schoolkids<!-- schoolchildren, students?--> with their teen notions of good and friendship. It was in this environment that a dramatic story of Valera, an autistic boy unlike all other children, unfolds. Due to his deviation he is an outcast in the children society. Alyosha, like all his mates, mocks Valera at every opportunity. But once an event occures which first makes Alyosha look quite otherwise at Valera, and then in his understanding of himself and the world in whole the crucial turn comes<!-- occure?-->.<br />
== Cast and film crew ==<br />
Marina Evstafieva, film director • Alina Ivakh, producer • Archpriest Nikolay Agafonov, scenarist <br />
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Denis Sukhomlinov as Alyosha • Igor Savochkin as deacon Alexey Ponomaryov (Alyosha in future) • Fyodor Tolstikov as Valera and others<br />
== Awards and Nominations ==<br />
* Medalist of the program “Our new children movie”, VII Moscow National Film Festival "Moscow Premiere" (2009).<br />
* V International Orthodox Film Festival "The Meeting" (2009)<br />
* Social Programs and Films Festival "Hero of Our Time” (Tver, 2009)<br />
* Grand Prix of IX Sochi Children Film Festival “Kinotavrik” (Sochi, 2009) <br />
* Second place in VII International Orthodox Film Festival “Pokrov” (Kiev, 2009 )<br />
and other<br />
== Links ==<br />
*[http://www.radostmoya.ru/projects/Schenok/ The Puppy] at “Joy of mine” Orthodox TVcompany web site.<br />
*[http://www.pravmir.ru/ochen-vazhnyj-postupok/ The original novel]<br />
[[Category:Films]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Puppy_(2009_film)&diff=96406Puppy (2009 film)2010-11-24T00:40:51Z<p>Stone18: /* Links */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Puppy.jpg|thumb]][[Image:NikolayAgafonov.jpg|frame|archpriest Nicolay Agafonov, the screenplayer]] '''Puppy, the''' is a 2009 Russian feature film by Marina Evstfieva. The screenplay was written by modern orthodox writer [[archpriest]] [[Nicholas Agafonov]] on the basis of his own short novel “A Very Important Act”. The film is distributed by orthodox TVchannel “Радость моя” (“Joy of mine”) The movie tagline is “the story of true friendship, about the ability to forgive and sacrifice”.<br />
== Plot ==<br />
Administration of an contemporary secondary school invites deacon Alexey to talk students about the Bible and Orthodoxy. Realizing that the dialogue with teens who are willing to argue and doubt in religious truths, is not coming, the deacon decides to tell them from his experience a story, which happened with him in the same age.<br />
<br />
End of 70's - early 80's. Usual 11 years old schoolkids<!-- schoolchildren, students?--> with their teen notions of good and friendship. It was in this environment that a dramatic story of Valera, an autistic boy unlike all other children, unfolds. Due to his deviation he is an outcast in the children society. Alyosha, like all his mates, mocks Valera at every opportunity. But once an event occures which first makes Alyosha look quite otherwise at Valera, and then in his understanding of himself and the world in whole the crucial turn comes<!-- occure?-->.<br />
== Cast and film crew ==<br />
Marina Evstafieva, film director • Alina Ivakh, producer • Archpriest Nikolay Agafonov, scenarist <br />
<br />
Denis Sukhomlinov as Alyosha • Igor Savochkin as deacon Alexey Ponomaryov (Alyosha in future) • Fyodor Tolstikov as Valera and others<br />
== Awards and Nominations ==<br />
* Medalist of the program “Our new children movie”, VII Moscow National Film Festival "Moscow Premiere" (2009).<br />
* V International Orthodox Film Festival "The Meeting" (2009)<br />
* Social Programs and Films Festival "Hero of Our Time” (Tver, 2009)<br />
* Grand Prix of IX Sochi Children Film Festival “Kinotavrik” (Sochi, 2009) <br />
* Second place in VII International Orthodox Film Festival “Pokrov” (Kiev, 2009 )<br />
and other<br />
== Links ==<br />
*[http://www.radostmoya.ru/projects/Schenok/ The Puppy] at “Joy of mine” Orthodox TVcompany web site.<br />
*[http://www.pravmir.ru/ochen-vazhnyj-postupok/ The original novel]<br />
[[Category:Films]]</div>Stone18https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Puppy_(2009_film)&diff=96405Puppy (2009 film)2010-11-24T00:38:04Z<p>Stone18: /* Links */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Puppy.jpg|thumb]][[Image:NikolayAgafonov.jpg|frame|archpriest Nicolay Agafonov, the screenplayer]] '''Puppy, the''' is a 2009 Russian feature film by Marina Evstfieva. The screenplay was written by modern orthodox writer [[archpriest]] [[Nicholas Agafonov]] on the basis of his own short novel “A Very Important Act”. The film is distributed by orthodox TVchannel “Радость моя” (“Joy of mine”) The movie tagline is “the story of true friendship, about the ability to forgive and sacrifice”.<br />
== Plot ==<br />
Administration of an contemporary secondary school invites deacon Alexey to talk students about the Bible and Orthodoxy. Realizing that the dialogue with teens who are willing to argue and doubt in religious truths, is not coming, the deacon decides to tell them from his experience a story, which happened with him in the same age.<br />
<br />
End of 70's - early 80's. Usual 11 years old schoolkids<!-- schoolchildren, students?--> with their teen notions of good and friendship. It was in this environment that a dramatic story of Valera, an autistic boy unlike all other children, unfolds. Due to his deviation he is an outcast in the children society. Alyosha, like all his mates, mocks Valera at every opportunity. But once an event occures which first makes Alyosha look quite otherwise at Valera, and then in his understanding of himself and the world in whole the crucial turn comes<!-- occure?-->.<br />
== Cast and film crew ==<br />
Marina Evstafieva, film director • Alina Ivakh, producer • Archpriest Nikolay Agafonov, scenarist <br />
<br />
Denis Sukhomlinov as Alyosha • Igor Savochkin as deacon Alexey Ponomaryov (Alyosha in future) • Fyodor Tolstikov as Valera and others<br />
== Awards and Nominations ==<br />
* Medalist of the program “Our new children movie”, VII Moscow National Film Festival "Moscow Premiere" (2009).<br />
* V International Orthodox Film Festival "The Meeting" (2009)<br />
* Social Programs and Films Festival "Hero of Our Time” (Tver, 2009)<br />
* Grand Prix of IX Sochi Children Film Festival “Kinotavrik” (Sochi, 2009) <br />
* Second place in VII International Orthodox Film Festival “Pokrov” (Kiev, 2009 )<br />
and other<br />
== Links ==<br />
*[http://www.radostmoya.ru/projects/Schenok/ The Puppy] at “Joy of mine” Orthodox TVcompany web site.<br />
*[http://www.pravmir.ru/ochen-vazhnyj-postupok/ The original novel]<br />
[[Category:Orthodox cinema]]</div>Stone18