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	Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The designation "Orthodox", without reference to geographical terminology, is conventionally used by the various Churches to highlight what they see as their full adherence to doctrine; although geographical or ethnic designators such as "Eastern", "Greek" or "Russian" are in common use, the Orthodox Church sees itself as fully catholic (that is, universal).
		Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism split during the Great Schism that is conventionally dated to 1054, although it was in fact a gradual process rather than a singular event, exacerbated by cultural and linguistic divisions between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West.
		Orthodox believe an Apostolic Succession was established; this played a key role in the Church's view of itself as the preserver of the Christian community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Orthodox (9757 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox
		The Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity, which stands in historical continuity with the communities created by the apostles of Jesus in the region of the eastern Mediterranean, and which spread by missionary activity throughout Eastern Europe.
		Orthodox observers were present at the sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), and several meetings took place between popes Paul VI and John Paul II on the one side, and patriarchs Athenagoras and Demetrios on the other.
		The Orthodox Tradition is the theological tradition, generally associated with the national churches of the eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of the integrity of the doctrines taught by the fathers of the seven ecumenical councils of the fourth through eighth centuries.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txc/orthodox.htm (6012 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eastern Churches
		Eastern Churches depend originally on the Eastern Empire at Constantinople; they are those that either find their centre in the patriarchate of that city (since the centralization of the fourth century) or have been formed by schisms which in the first instance concerned Constantinople rather than the Western world.
		The idea of latinizing all Eastern Catholics, sometimes defended by people on our side whose zeal for uniformity is greater than their knowledge of the historical and juridical situation, is diametrically opposed to antiquity, to the Catholic system of ecclesiastical organization, and to the policy of all popes.
		Eastern Church, 326); the ludicrous scandal at Monastir, in Macedonia, when they fought over a dead man's body and set the whole town ablaze because some wanted him to be buried in Greek and some in Rumanian (op.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05230a.htm (12187 words)

	EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH
		The “Feast of Orthodoxy” is a feast celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite to commemorate the return of icons (sacred images) to the churches (843) and the end of the long iconoclastic controversy.
		In the liturgy for the veneration of Mary, she is asked to “redeem and save us” Below is a typical prayer to Mary which is sometimes recited in the divine liturgy.
		This Eastern Luther who taught salvation by faith, election and sufficiency of the Scriptures and opposed the worship of the saints and the doctrine of transubstantiation, was regarded as a threat to Rome.
	www.wayoflife.org /fbns/eastern-orthodox-ch/eastern-orthodox-ch.html (4796 words)

	The Fraction in the Coptic Orthodox Liturgy
		In the Orthodox churches, the Bread is always in the form of a single loaf, and must therefore be divided (as it is in the Coptic Liturgy) for the purposes of Communion.
		The Liturgy of St Mark, a Greek liturgy anciently used at Alexandria, is known essentially by fragments of its anaphora; a recension of the anaphora is now known in the Coptic Rite as the Liturgy of St. Cyril.
		In the Eastern Orthodox Liturgy, the bread (the prosphora) is cut, using a ceremonial knife (the lance or spear), and various portions of the bread are placed on the paten in a symbolic arrangement.
	www.geocities.com /remenkimi/tilett.htm (6844 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Christianity - ReligionFacts
		Eastern Orthodoxy as a distinct branch of Christianity arose as a result of the first major divide in Christendom occurred in the 11th century with the "Great Schism" between East and West.
		Major Orthodox churches include the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Church of Alexandria, the Church of Jerusalem, and the Orthodox Church in America.
		The religious authority for Orthodox Christianity is not the Pope as in Catholicism, nor the individual Christian with his Bible as in Protestantism, but the scriptures as interpreted by the seven ecumenical councils of the church.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/denominations/orthodoxy.htm (1513 words)

	Liturgica.com \| Liturgics \| Eastern Orthodox Liturgics
		Like the Western Church, the liturgical practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church were founded on the practices of the mother Church in Jerusalem.
		Among the most striking things about the liturgical worship of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the uniformity of its form, and the high degree of correspondence to the form that was in practice across the Christian Church in the sixth century.
		The Eastern Orthodox Church has experienced no Reformation that transformed the theological foundation of the faith as well as essentially doing away with the liturgical form and music, as has almost all of Protestantism.
	www.liturgica.com /html/litEOLit.jsp?hostname=liturgica (1099 words)

	Orthodox Eastern Church
		Orthodox Eastern Church: Ritual and Liturgy - Ritual and Liturgy The ritual that developed at the patriarchate of Constantinople—known as...
		Orthodox Eastern Church: Church Government - Church Government The old mode of government was the patriarchate (see patriarch), but now for the...
		Orthodox Eastern Church: Relations with Rome and the West - Relations with Rome and the West The relations between the Orthodox and the Western Church have...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0836941.html (313 words)

	EASTERN ORTHODOXY
		The Roman Catholic Church and its twin, Eastern Orthodoxy, were formed by a spiritually adulterous relationship between the political empire and apostate church leaders.
		Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy both claim direct descent from Christ and the Apostles, but that this claim is bogus is evident in their non-apostolic doctrines and practices.
		According to Orthodox teaching, baptism (even of infants) is the means whereby an individual is born into Christ and becomes a Christian.
	www.wayoflife.org /fbns/eastern.htm (1184 words)

	The Liturgies of the Eastern Church
		Syriac is, in fact, the liturgical language of all those places where the Liturgy of St. James is used as the normal.
		These are the three principal Liturgies; in fact, they may be said to be the only ones used by the Copts, for, although they have as many as twelve altogether, yet they never bring any other into requisition but the three specified (Renaudot, Comment.
		Their Liturgy is called the "Liturgy of All the Apostles," but its official title is the "Ethiopic Canon." It is considered to be an amplification of that of St. Cyril.
	www.melkite.org /Liturgy.html (1794 words)

	Ex Oriente lux
		The one Eastern Orthodox dogma about Our Lady is the teaching of the Council of Ephesus that she is the Mother of God, giving birth to true God and true man united in the person (hypostasis) of Christ.
		Orthodox believe she is sinless/immaculate but don’t explain how, and also believe she died (falling asleep or dormition) but that her body was taken up into heaven afterwards (her bodily Assumption).
		Orthodox abstain from sex the night before going to Communion and during all fasting periods like Lent and most Wednesdays and Fridays of the year.
	home.att.net /~sergei592/East.html (1993 words)

	Our Faith
		The Boundaries of the Church: An Orthodox Debate
		The Greek (Eastern) Orthodox Church and The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America
		The Origins and Authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith (479 words)

	The Divine Liturgy
		The Spirituality of the Rites of the Holy Liturgy of the Coptic Orthodox Church
		Understanding the Badarak the Liturgy of the Armenian Orthodox Church
		Iconography and Worship in the Eastern Orthodox Church
	home.planet.nl /~chotki/divine_liturgy.htm (66 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Links
		If you know of other Orthodox websites, please email father@serfes.org or use the form below.
		Russian Orthodox Christian Church of Saint Nicholas, Dallas, Texas
		AIDS Ministry of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of San Francisco
	www.serfes.org /orthodoxlinks.htm (91 words)

	Ind-Movement.org: Links to Seminaries and Colleges
		Some churches use an eastern ("orthodox") liturgy, some a Roman-like liturgy, some an Anglican/Episcopal liturgy, and some a blend.
		A project of The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Eparchy of Houston and All Texas.
		Operated by The Eastern United States Diocese of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe & the Americas (Holy Synod of Milan).
	www.ind-movement.org /links_seminaries.html (817 words)

	Liturgy Facts
		Reflections on the Scriptures of the sacred Liturgy and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
		Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council.
		ADOREMUS Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/mcitl/resources.html (402 words)

	Orthodox Eastern Church: Ritual and Liturgy
		The consecration of a Greek orthodox church according to Eastern Orthodox tradition; a detailed account and explanation of the ritual.(Brief......
		The Orthodox church in post-communist Eastern Europe.("Turn to God - Rejoice in Hope": Unfolding the Eighth Assembly Theme)
		Worship in the context of the WCC: the tradition of "ecumenical worship" in light of the recent orthodox critique.(World Council of......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0860169.html (276 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Church
		They may also be called "mesiatseslov." These calendars indicate which saints are remembered on which days and what liturgy is read.
		This encyclopedia covers a broad range of topics, such as biblical history, church history, liturgy, canon law, and hagiography.
		This propagandistic dictionary is actually quite useful for brief definitions of concepts in Eastern Orthodoxy.
	www.library.uiuc.edu /spx/class/Religion/ReligionOrth.htm (3365 words)

	The Orthodox Church in America
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