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AUTONOMOUS UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA
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==Community Life==
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Add your photo or browse the [[OrthodoxWiki:User gallery]] to see who's around these pages.
  
A BRIEF HISTORY
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Some notes about wiki community living in general can be found at [[UseMod:BarnRaising]] (and [[Wikipedia:Barn raising]])
  
Apostolic Age: Andrew the Apostle, negotiating the Dnipro River, prophesied that a great city would be built upon the site of what is now known as Kyiv and that God would cause many Churches to rise upon the hills of the city.
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To get a sense of how we're doing here at OrthodoxWiki, check out [[OrthodoxWiki:Statistics]] and [[Special:Statistics]].
  
c. 860 - Cyrillic alphabet formulated by Greek brothers, Saints Cyril and Methodius.
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955 - Saints Ol’ha & Volodymyr’s grandmother, accepted Orthodox baptism from the Greeks, perhaps in Constantinople.
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988 - Baptism of the inhabitants of Rus’-Ukraine in the Dnipro River by Orthodox clergy from Constantinople.
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==Discussion pages==
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* '''[[OrthodoxWiki:Trapeza]] (The main discussion page, intended to serve as the focal point for community talk)'''
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Inventory]] (Taking stock of the wiki, optimization discussion, etc.)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Roadmap]] (Plans for the future)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Meta Reflections]] (Discussions about the kind of project we're engaged in here)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Administrators]] (Sysop to-do's & general notes for admins)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Categories]] (Organization of articles and categories)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:News]] (Updates about what's happening on OrthodoxWiki)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Reference desk]] (Questions and answers about research subjects)
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* [[Category talk:Featured Articles]] (Nominate or contest a [[:Category:Featured Articles|featured article]])
  
988-1240 - Many churches are built and monasteries established, including: the Church of the Tithes, Monastery of the Dormition, Cathedral of St. Sophia, St. Michael’s Monastery.
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==Notice boards==
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Suggestions]] (Suggestion Box for new articles and projects)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Help wanted]] (A place to solicit help for specific articles and projects)
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Buzz]] (reverse links and "what they are saying" )
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Importing)#Starting_Points|Starting Points]] - for importing Wikipedia articles
  
1015 - First saints of Ukrainian Church, Ss. Boris & Hlib, are martyred.
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==Community Policies & Guidelines==
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual|Style Manual]]
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:FAQs]]
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Templates]]
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Administrators#Spam_Battleplan|Spam Battleplan]]
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Mediation]]
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* [[Help:Contents]]
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* [[Help:Citing OrthodoxWiki]]
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* [[Help:InterWiki links]] - How to use interwiki links, with notes on our customizations; and [[Special:Interwiki]] - a list of all interwiki links
  
1051 - First native Ukrainian, Metropolitan Ilarion, is enthroned as Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus’ - head of the Ukrainian Church.
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1147 - Metropolitan Klym is enthroned as Metropolitan of Kyiv; Ukraine’s canonical dependence upon Constantinople diminishes. Moscow is established and settled by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky.
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==Copyright and Permissions==
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Please see [[OrthodoxWiki:Copyrights]] and [[Help:Image licenses]]. Also, please pay particular attention to the following:
  
1240 - Mongols destroy Kyiv. For reasons of safety, the Metropolitans of Kyiv eventually reside in Moscow [after 1325].
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* [[Help:Image_licenses#OCA.org]] - an important note on using images from [http://OCA.org OCA.org]
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* [[Help:Image_licenses#Holy_Transfiguration_Monastery]] - using icons from Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Boscobel, WI USA)
  
1415 - Moscow Church formally separated from Kyivan Metropolitanate. By 1448, Moscow metropolitans bear the title “Metropolitan of Moscow.
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For more general information, please see [[wikipedia:Category:Wikipedia_copyright]].
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==Who's Who==
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* [[OrthodoxWiki:Patron saint]] (''St. [[John of Damascus]], pray for us!'')
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* [[:Category:Sysops]] and [[Special:Listadmins]]
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* [[Special:Listusers]]
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==Newsfeeds for recent pages==
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[http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss RSS] and [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=atom Atom]. For new pages: [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Newpages&feed=rss RSS] and [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Newpages&feed=atom Atom]. Many other [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]] also have newsfeeds available (e.g. "popular pages", "users", "wanted pages", etc.). They're a great way to keep up with what's happening on this site.
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Category feeds are also now available. Please see [[Help:Newsfeeds]] for more information.
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==OrthodoxWiki Images and Link buttons==
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Please see [[OrthodoxWiki:Link buttons]].
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==See also==
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* [[meta:Conflicting_Wikipedia philosophies]]
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* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikiquette]]
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* [[w:Category:Wikipedia guidelines]]
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* [[w:Wikipedia:Assume good faith]]
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Revision as of 22:15, October 18, 2006

Welcome to the OrthodoxWiki Community Portal! We're glad you've chosen to stop by, explore and take part in the ongoing work of creating and developing the world's first online community-edited encyclopedia of Orthodox Christianity.

Whatever else a wiki is, it is fundamentally about community, about bringing a group of people together for a particular work or conversation. You are formally invited to join this conversation and to take a role in shaping it. Your host is FrJohn, assisted by a team of sysops to help with the management of the site. Our sysops hail from many jurisdictions all over the world. Many thanks to everyone who has devoted some time towards making this place a valuable resource for people!

Join in!

Please feel free to start a new discussion by creating a new article or category. What do you know about? The life of a saint? Do you know some excellent Byzantine chant CDs? An episode from Church History? Share the knowledge! Have you read an excellent book? Post a review. See something missing? Add it! Want to adopt OrthodoxWiki in a language besides English? Let us know! Driven to submit a new logo? We'd love to see it!

Take a look at the numerous articles we now have in multiple categories for some ideas for what we've already been developing, but don't feel limited by what you see there, either.

If you're serious about helping us, please register. Then click on your user name at the top right of the page to create a custom profile page.

Community Life

Add your photo or browse the OrthodoxWiki:User gallery to see who's around these pages.

Some notes about wiki community living in general can be found at UseMod:BarnRaising (and Wikipedia:Barn raising)

To get a sense of how we're doing here at OrthodoxWiki, check out OrthodoxWiki:Statistics and Special:Statistics.

An OrthodoxWiki IRC channel, sponsored by User:Joe Rodgers is now available for community chat. Please contact him if you have any questions.

On Facebook? Join the OrthodoxWiki group.

Discussion pages

Notice boards

Community Policies & Guidelines

Please note: Users are not allowed to have more than one account. This is not just to forestall funny business, but also to prevent confusion.

Copyright and Permissions

Please see OrthodoxWiki:Copyrights and Help:Image licenses. Also, please pay particular attention to the following:

For more general information, please see wikipedia:Category:Wikipedia_copyright.

Who's Who

Newsfeeds for recent pages

RSS and Atom. For new pages: RSS and Atom. Many other Special pages also have newsfeeds available (e.g. "popular pages", "users", "wanted pages", etc.). They're a great way to keep up with what's happening on this site.

Category feeds are also now available. Please see Help:Newsfeeds for more information.

OrthodoxWiki Images and Link buttons

Please see OrthodoxWiki:Link buttons.

See also