OrthodoxWiki ^β

Latest revision as of 14:18, April 15, 2020

Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004, we are currently working on 4,953 articles. Please register or login to post or revise content.

All new user registrations are moderated because of persistent trouble with spammers. When you sign-up, please give some indication that you are a real person, and let us know why you want to add and edit content on OrthodoxWiki (everyone can view content). Registrations with no bios will be rejected unless we can verify you in some other way. Please be patient as we process your application. Sorry for the inconvenience!

The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. John of Damascus as their heavenly patron and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy Trinity and the faith of the Orthodox Church by means of these pages.

Please take a moment to read about what OrthodoxWiki is and is not.

List of Live Streams of Orthodox Christian Church Services

Today's feasts

June 27 2024:

Saint Joanna the Myrrh-bearer; Saint Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople; Saint Severus, presbyter of Interocrea in Italy; Martyr Anectus of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Blessed Martin of Turov; New-Martyr priest Gregory Nikolsky; Saint Luke the hermit; Martyrs Mark and Marcia; Hieromartyr Pierius, presbyter of Antioch; Venerable George of Iberia and Mount Athos, Georgian; Venerable Serapion of Kozha Lake (see also June 26); New Hieromartyr Kirion of Georgia; finding of the relics of the Venerable Saint Ambrose of Optina

( June 14 2024: Julian Calendar )

Prophet Elisha; Saint Methodius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople; Venerable Niphon of Mount Athos; Saint Mstislav (George), prince of Novgorod; Venerable Elisha, monk of Sumsk (Solovki); Saint Methodius, Abbot of Peshnosha; Saint Julitta (Julia) of Tabenna in Egypt; Saint Joseph, Bishop of Thessaloniki; Saint Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna, Crete; Saint Domael, monk of Pembrokeshire; synaxis of the saints of Belarus

Featured article

The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."

Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

Starting points

Community: OrthodoxWiki News, Community Portal, Suggestions, Help Wanted, OrthodoxWiki Buzz, User Pages, Reference Desk
Help: Style Manual, Technical Help, The Sandbox, Questions

Browse these categories and selected articles:

Saints: American Saints, Apostolic Fathers, Biblical Saints, British Saints, Bulgarian Saints, Carpatho-Russian Saints, Church Fathers, Desert Fathers, Egyptian Saints, French Saints, Greek Saints, Georgian Saints, German Saints, Lithuanian Saints, Martyrs, Romanian Saints, Russian Saints, Scandinavian Saints, Serbian Saints, Syrian Saints

People: Bishops, Clergy, Heretics, Hymnographers, Missionaries, Modern Writers, Monastics, Rulers

Liturgics and Theology: Asceticism, Arts, Church Calendar, Feasts, Hymnography, Church Music, Sacraments, Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox Church, Scripture, Sermons and Treatises, Vestments, Western Rite

Church History and Places: Canon Law, Churches, Councils, Creeds, Heresies, Judaism, Jurisdictions, Monasteries, Seminaries, Texts, Timeline of Church History

Images: By license, By source, By jurisdiction; Icons, Pilgrimage Sites, Monastery Images, Images of Hierarchs, Oriental Orthodox Images, Uncategorized

Other: Bibliography, Church Life, Contributed Articles, Current Events, Ethics, Featured Articles, Inter-Christian, Links, Marketplace, Non-Orthodox, Organizations, Quotes, Stewardship

Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can have a look at a random page, browse through our newest articles, or visit other wikis.

Connect on Facebook
Get notified of new articles and trackbacks on Twitter

+ Glory be to God for all things! +

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-==Welcome==
+<div style="float:right;margin:0 1em 0 3%;">[[Image:John of Damascus4.jpg|110px|St. John of Damascus, patron saint of OrthodoxWiki]]</div><div style="margin: 2.5em 0 0 3%; text-align: left; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.3;">'''[[OrthodoxWiki:Welcome|Welcome]]''' to '''[[OrthodoxWiki:About|OrthodoxWiki]]''', a free-content encyclopedia and information center for '''[[Orthodox Christianity]]''' that '''anyone can edit'''.  In this English version, started in November 2004, we are currently working on '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]]'''. Please '''[[Special:RequestAccount|register]] or [[Special:Userlogin|login]]''' to post or revise content.<br>
-Orthodox Wiki is a collaborative venture relying on human-edited faceted metadata.
+<span style="color:#900">All new user registrations are moderated because of persistent trouble with spammers. When you sign-up, please '''give some indication that you are a real person,''' and let us know why you want to '''add''' and '''edit''' content on OrthodoxWiki (everyone can view content). Registrations with no bios will be rejected unless we can verify you in some other way. Please be patient as we process your application. Sorry for the inconvenience!</span><br>
-==Further up and further in==
+The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. [[John of Damascus]] as their heavenly [[patron saint|patron]] and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy [[Trinity]] and the faith of the [[Orthodox Church]] by means of these pages.
-This wiki is new! Many of these pages aren't created yet.
-CategoryArticles
+Please take a moment to read about [[OrthodoxWiki:About|what OrthodoxWiki ''is'' and ''is not'']].</div><br clear="all">
-CategorySermons
-[[Special:Listusers]]
+{| style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; color: #000; background-color: #F8E2A9;width: 90%;margin:0 auto 1rem;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"
-[[Special:Wantedpages]]
+|-
+| [[List of Live Streams of Orthodox Christian Church Services]]
+|}
-Create your own directory
+{{sites}}
-Orthodox Communities:
+{| cellspacing="3"
+|- valign="top"
+|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; color: #000; background-color: #f0f0ff"|
+<div style="padding: .4em .9em .9em">
+__NOTOC__
+<h3>Today's feasts</h3>
+'''[[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]] {{#time:Y}}''': {{feasts}}<br><br>
+( '''[[{{#time:F j|- 13 day }}]] {{#time:Y |- 13 day }}''': [[Julian Calendar]] ) {{{{#time:F |- 13 day }} {{#time: j|- 13 day }}}}
-Orthodox Livejournals
-Orthodox Blogs
-Orthodox Fora
-Orthodox Charities
+<h3>Featured article</h3>
-Orthodox Jurisdictions
+{{featured}}
-Orthodox Books Online
+</div>
-Marketplace:
+|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; color: #000; background-color: #F1F1DE"|
-* Webhosting
+<div style="padding: .4em .9em .9em">
-* Vestments & Church Supplies
+<h3>Starting points</h3>
-* Icons and Home Items
+{{starters}}<br>
-* Wood Carving
+<inputbox>
-* More...
+type=create
+width=35
+bgcolor=#F1F1DE
+buttonlabel=Start a new article
+preload=MediaWiki:Editthispage
+</inputbox>
+<p style="font-size: 110%">Browse these '''[[Special:Categories|categories]]''' and '''selected articles''':</p>
+<p>{{categories}}</p><br>
+<p style="font-size: 110%">Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can have a look at a '''[[Special:Randompage|random page]]''', browse through our '''[[Special:Newpages|newest articles]]''', or visit '''[[other wikis]].</p>
+</div>
+|}
-Relevant Wikipedia Pages
-==How to Contribute==
+<center>
-Hop right in -- just click edit to begin. Click the "editing help" link for details on creating your new page. Create a link on the page using a WikiWord and then click on it to create that page too. The WYSIWIG editor helps with most browsers.
+<p>Connect on [https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxWiki Facebook]<br>
+Get notified of new articles and trackbacks on [http://twitter.com/owiki Twitter]</p>
+<h3>+ Glory be to God for all things! +</h3>
+</center>
+{{sites}}
+[[ar:الصفحة الرئيسية]]
+[[bg:Начална страница]]
+[[el:Αρχική σελίδα]]
+[[es:Portada]]
+[[fr:Accueil]]
+[[mk:Главна_страница]]
+[[pt:Página_principal]]
+[[ro:Pagina principală]]
+[[ru:Заглавная страница]]

OrthodoxWiki β