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  • ...he descent of the [[Holy Spirit]] in A.D. 33. It is also known (especially in the contemporary West) as the '''Eastern Orthodox Church''' or the '''Greek ...The various titles given to bishops are simply administrative or honorific in their essence. At an [[ecumenical council]], each bishop may cast only one
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  • possessions=United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Great Britain, Western Europe| ...st'''. The literal translation into English of the Arabic name is "Roman" (in Arabic, ''[[Rüm]]'') Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East." H
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  • ...d West, was common before the [[Great Schism]], yet not as diverse as like in today's time. At present, all of the [[bishop]]s who care for such [[paris :''Main article: [[Western Rite in the Nineteenth Century]]''
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  • ...ly Surikov depicting the defiant Boyarynya arrested by Tsarist authorities in 1671. She holds two fingers raised: a hint of the old (i.e. "proper") way o In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the '''Old Believers''' (Ru
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  • possessions=United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Western Europe, China| ...over the autonomous [[Church of Japan]] and the Orthodox Christians living in the People's Republic of China. The current Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus
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  • ...ις, ''exomológēsis'') is one of the [[holy mysteries]] (or sacraments) in the Orthodox Church, as well as many other Christian traditions. Through i ===Confession In the Bible===
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...[[Nativity|Christ is born]] in Bethlehem; 14,000 [[Holy Innocents]] slain in Bethlehem.
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  • She began life as a pagan, a Samaritan woman who lived in Phoenicia (present-day Lebanon). Eudokia wasted her early years living a s ...ian. She was baptized by Bishop Theodotos after she had a heavenly vision. In her vision, she saw an Angel of the Lord leading her to heaven while many a
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  • ...eld [[November 30]] to [[December 2]], 1994, at the [[Antiochian Village]] in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The bishops met together (many for the first time) ...obornost]]'' which results in the meeting of the Church's bishops together in collegiality, referring to itself as an "episcopal assembly." The conferen
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  • ...rmation and links regarding the history and state of Orthodox Christianity in America. *[[Bibliography of Orthodoxy in America]]
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  • ...Chios, encased in a silver and jeweled reliquary, and translated to Venice in 1627. The [[Orthodox Church]] celebrates his [[feast day]] on [[May 14]]. A Roman officer in the navy, Isidore confessed himself as a Christian to the commander of the
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  • The '''History of Orthodoxy in America''' is complex and resists any easy categorizations or explanations. *530 St. [[Brendan the Voyager|Brendan the Navigator]] lands in Newfoundland, Canada, establishing a short-lived community of Irish monks.
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  • ...st (Coptic Catholic, Greek/Latin Catholic and Greek Orthodox - see 'Coptic Christianity Today' below), as well as small Protestant and Anglican denominations. ...]]. Copts thus believe in two natures "human" and "divine" that are united in one "without mingling, without confusion, and without alteration" (from the
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  • ...osen to teach New Testament Studies. He was appointed in 1953 as a teacher in the Monastic School. ...100 books that have been written by him. For many years, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Sunday School Magazine. At the same time, he followed his post
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  • ...Zealand's first [[bishop]] in 1924, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australasia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, ther ...affect both Australia and New Zealand, and on any information on Orthodoxy in Oceania.
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  • ...irst parishes in the late 1890s, right to the present day, '''Orthodoxy in Australia''' has a short history that is extremely undocumented and, therefore, large ...and links regarding the history and state of [[Orthodox Christianity]] in Australia.
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  • ...and links regarding the history, state and future of Orthodox Christianity in New Zealand. *[[Timeline of Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]
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  • ...'Chinese Orthodox Church''' was an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church in China. It is estimated as having had twenty thousand members before the Cu ==The beginnings of Chinese Christianity==
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  • This is a timeline regarding the presence of Orthodoxy in Australia. *1810 First known Orthodox (Russian) permanent resident arrives in Australia. Wife of a British Military officer freshly arrived from the Peninsular Wa
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  • ...ska in the North American northwest to evangelize the natives for Orthodox Christianity. This group of [[monasticism|monastics]] included [[Herman of Alaska|St Her ...[[Novgorod]] in the tenth century and created a monastery on Valaam Island in Lake Ladoga, north of Novgorod.
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  • ...egateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%204:6&version=NKJV Galatians 4:6]). In the words of Father [[Patrick Henry Reardon]], "We know [God] because he ha ...e ascending to the Father is known as the Great Commission and is recorded in all four [[Gospel]] accounts:
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  • '''Islam''' is a [[heresy]], according to [[Saint]] [[John of Damascus]] in his [http://orthodoxinfo.com/general/stjohn_islam.aspx "Critique of Islam"] ...sent down to him from heaven. He had set down some ridiculous compositions in this book of his and he gave it to them as an object of veneration."
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  • ..., Stefan Prvovencani, was the first Serbian king. Rastko Nemanjic was born in either 1175 or 1176. .... At the end of 1197, his father, Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja, joined him. In 1198, together they moved to and restored the abandoned [[Chilandari Monast
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  • ...ht against [[Arianism]] in the fourth century. In this fight he was joined in the West by Ss. [[Ambrose of Milan]] and [[Martin of Tours]]. His popularit ...ra, he was [[baptize]]d in mid-life and received into the Church. His fame in Poitiers was such that the Christians unanimously elected him as their bish
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  • ....T.S. in 1956, and his doctorate in theology from the University of Athens in 1965. He was professor of theology for 14 years at the University of Glasgo ...on''. This is the subject of a new book by the Metropolitan to be released in summer 2008, ''Remembering the Future: An Eschatological Ontology''.
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  • ...ia|Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa]]. His work is in mission and charity, using education as a means of bringing people out of p ...ated with their family - including their son, Themistocles - to Melbourne, Australia. Themistocles, because of the social stigma of Greeks at the time, grew up
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  • ...rks, as well as other educational and spiritual topics related to Orthodox Christianity, for the benefit of the general public. ...01 to publish the Greek Australian Vema newspaper and was expanded greatly in 2005 to include publication of educational and other material.
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  • ...and links regarding the history and state of '''[[Orthodox Christianity]] in Indonesia'''. ...an interesting story regarding to the growth of Orthodoxy there. Orthodoxy in Indonesia have existed for centuries, but a consistent and permanent existe
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  • ==Diocese of Melbourne, West and South Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania== ...ia]], [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]], [[South Australia]], [[Western Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and All [[Oceania]].
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  • ...under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] was founded in Manila during the early 1990s. == Beginnings of Christianity in the Philippines ==
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  • ...right|frame| The Main Altar Cross of the Russian Orthodox Church of Hawaii in Honolulu]] '''Orthodox Christianity in Hawaii''' has a history beginning with the early Russian missions of the 19
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  • ...ic Pope]] Cyril VI. The only pre-colonial Christian church of [[Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa|Sub-Saharan Africa]], it claims a membership of close to ...mes by outsiders as "[[Monophysitism|monophysite]]" (meaning "One Nature", in reference to Christ; a rough translation of the name ''Tewahido''). Howeve
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  • This is a '''timeline of the presence of Orthodoxy in Greece'''. The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the ...entury the early apostolic bishoprics had developed into metropolitan sees in the most important cities. Such were the sees of [[Thessalonica|Thessalonik
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  • ...g of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] today)'', or in some similar depictions with a sword and an orb. ...d this emblem from a figure hewn into the stone wall of a Hittite fortress in Asia Minor. The ''Bicephalous Eagle'' of the Second Rome, is quite distinct
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  • ...tural]] studies upon the combined books of [[Islam]]. He currently resides in the United States. ...before he said he "retired" to begin the television and internet ministry in 2003.<ref>World Magazine. [http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14763 Broadcast
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  • ...is Grace on the ambon of his first cathedral church of St John the Baptist in Mayfield, PA.]] ...ng bishop of the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].
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  • ...l Approach to Orthodoxy in Indonesia.'' March 31, 2005)</ref> of Orthodoxy in Indonesia. ...f Mary. One day during his evening Islamic prayers, Christ appeared to him in a miraculous and life-changing vision, similar to the experience St. Paul h
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  • .... He is a [[clergy]]man of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. In January 2012, he received the title of Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Throne ...s also Lecturer in the Divinity School (1986-90) and the School of Studies in Religion (1990-95) at the University of Sydney.<ref>"About Rev. Dr. John Ch
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...ed; the reconsecration of the Temple becomes an annual feast of dedication in the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah (the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...yphal work, considered Scripture by [[Clement of Alexandria]] and the list in the [[w:Muratorian fragment|Muratorian Canon]].
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church *325 [[First Ecumenical Council]] held in Nicea, condemning [[Arianism]], setting the [[Paschalion]], and issuing the
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...]], affirming doctrine of two perfect and indivisible but distinct natures in Christ, and recognizing [[Church of Jerusalem]] as patriarchate;
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...otus Erigena]] takes over the Palatine Academy at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) in France.
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...he Apparition of the Pillar with the Robe of the Lord under it at Mtskheta in Georgia, [[October 1]]; the [[w:Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond Empire]], las
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...antinople]], Abp. [[Kyprianos of Cyprus]], and Abp. [[Gerasimos of Crete]] in retaliation.
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...ry Cathedral (Perm Krai, Russia)]] is consecrated as the largest cathedral in the Urals, but is soon captured by the Red Army.
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...s restored as a separate entity from Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church based in [[w:Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]], having about 23% of Transcarpathia'
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  • ...xpression and worship of our faith, and those who continue to move forward in the unchanging yet ever-dynamic [[Holy Tradition]] of the [[Orthodox Church ...ple|Michael Cerularius]], patriarch of Constantinople, a major centerpoint in the formation of the [[Great Schism]] between East and West; First Letter o
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  • ...nerally regarded as having been completed by the act of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. *1889 In southern India 5000 Catholics broke from Rome over an organizational disput
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  • ...t to third centuries, historically the beginnings of Orthodox Christianity in China is traced from the seventeenth century. ...plomatrus.com/article.php?id=1557&l=eng The Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing: 150 Years at the Service of the Church and Diplomacy]. '''DIPLOMAT
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