Many Orthodox Christian churches, including the Greek Orthodox and the Russian Orthodox churches, celebrate the “miracle of Easter” on the Easter Sunday date in the Julian calendar. Many people see Easter as the most important event in the church calendar. Orthodox Easter preparations begin with ...
Many Orthodox Christians in the United States view Holy Saturday as the day of watchful expectation. The mourning period wanes and people wait for Easter Sunday, the day when Jesus was resurrected. Holy Communion can be received on Holy Saturday in some Orthodox churches in the United States. S...
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1.the Christian church comprising the local and national Eastern churches that are in communion with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople; Byzantine Church. 2.(orig.) the Christian church of those countries formerly comprising the Eastern Roman Empire and of countries evangelized from it. ...
the Russian interest in terms of the church in Ukraine, Branko Gjorgjevski comments for Dnevnik that now it will be seen what the Russian Orthodox Church is capable of doing both in terms of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the blocking of the Greek orthodox churches with its reinforced ...
canonisation;canonization((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints) bishop(a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered...
church included into its name the wordtewahedo, a Geʿez word meaning “unity” and expressing the church’s miaphysite belief. Like other so-called non-Chalcedonian (also referred to as Oriental Orthodox) churches, it was cut off fromdialoguewith theRoman CatholicandEastern Orthodoxchurches ...
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adhering to the Christian faith as represented in the early church creeds.The faith of orthodox Christians includes a belief in the second coming of Christ. (cap.) of, concerning, or designating the Eastern Christian churches, such as the Greek or Russian Orthodox churches, or Orthodox Judaism...
Georgian Orthodox church, autocephalous (independent) church of the Orthodox communion in Georgia. The church is one of the most ancient Christian communities in the world. The Georgians adopted Christianity through the ministry of a woman, St. Nino, ear