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Eastern Orthodoxy

	Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Theology of the Orthodox Church it is most important to understand that Christ, from the moment of conception was 100% God and 100% man. Therefore it is correct to say that Mary is indeed, the Theotokos, the Birth-giver of God, and that she is the greatest of all humans ever to have lived.
		Orthodox confession can therefore take the form of a discussion between the confessor and the penitent concerning his or her sins and the best means of overcoming them.
		The Antiochian Orthodox Church, The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and the Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church of America (formerly connected with the Vicar Bishop of the (Western) Orthodox Church of France-ECOF), all have Western Rite parishes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Orthodox (8978 words)

	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the Lutheran national church of Finland (The Finnish Orthodox Church is also recognized as a national church).
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a successor to the Church of Sweden of which it was a part until 1809, when the Grand Duchy of Finland became a part of the Russian Empire.
		Because the church has the position as a state church it is able to collect membership fees in the form of taxes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland (350 words)

	Finnish Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Orthodox Church is the second official national church of Finland, beside the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		Eastern Orthodox Christianity was introduced to Finland during Russian rule in the 19th century.
		In 1923, the Finnish Church completely separated from the Russian Church, becoming an autonomous part of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Orthodox_Church (403 words)

	Finnish Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Finnish Orthodox Church is the second official state church of Finland, beside the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		In 1923, the Finnish Church completly separated from the Russian Church, becoming an autonomous part of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople.
		Other reforms introduced after independence include changing the language of high mass from Church Slavonic to Finnish and the transfer of the Archepiscopal seat from the Karelian and Russian speaking city of Viipuri to the Finnish speaking city of Sortavala.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/finnish_orthodox_church (381 words)

	The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The field of study of the Orthodox Church Museum is one of a kind in Finland and in the whole of Scandinavia.
		The Orthodox Church Museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence and cultural heritage of the history of the Finnish Orthodox Church.
		The museum is supervised by the administration of the Orthodox Church in Finland.
	www.ort.fi /kirkkomuseo/okm_GBR/museo.htm (215 words)

	Finnish Orthodox Church — Virtual Finland
		Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, confirmed the autonomy of the Orthodox Church of Finland in 1921.
		The Orthodox Archdiocese of Finland is an autonomous Church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
		The church is sacred to the memory of the Glorification of Christ.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/ortodeng.html (1937 words)

	Orthodox Diakonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Established in 1992 by Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana as a department of diaconal outreach of the Orthodox Church of Albania.
		Ecumenical Association of Churches in Romania was established in 1991 by the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Reformed Church in Romania and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession.
		IOCC was established in 1992 by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas as the official humanitarian aid agency of Orthodox Christians to work in co-operation with the Orthodox Churches worldwide.
	www.iocc.org /orthodoxdiakonia/index.php4?id=p6 (560 words)

	Finnish Orthodox Church -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Finnish Orthodox Church is the second official (Click link for more info and facts about state church) state church of (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland, beside the (Click link for more info and facts about Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		Shortly after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917, the Finnish Orthodox Church declared its (Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence) autonomy from the (An independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia) Russian Orthodox Church.
		A new parish network was established, and many new churches were built in the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/finnish_orthodox_church.htm (500 words)

	FINNISH ORTHODOX CHURCH FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Finnish Orthodox Church is the second official national church of Finland, beside the Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland.
		In 1923, the Finnish Church completely separated from the Russian Church, becoming an autonomous part of the Orthodox_Church_of_Constantinople.
		Other reforms introduced after independence include changing the language of the divine liturgy from Church_Slavonic to Finnish and the transfer of the Archepiscopal seat from the multicultural (Finnish, Swedish, Karelian, Russian and German speaking, having also biggest Jewish community) city of Viipuri to the Finnish speaking city of Sortavala.
	www.witwib.com /Finnish_Orthodox_Church (345 words)

	The Orthodox Church in Finland
		Finnish law defines Finland as a religiously neutral country where the state is separated from the church.
		The Finnish Orthodox Church is subordinate to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople as an autonomous church.
		The Orthodox Church Museum in Kuopio, eastern Finland, was established in 1957.
	www.uta.fi /~as72342/ortinst.html (1831 words)

	Agreed Statements of the Oriental and Orthodox Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As two families of Orthodox Churches long out of communion with each other we now pray and trust in God to restore that communion on the basis of the common apostolic faith of the undivided church of the first centuries which we confess in our common creed.
		The Oriental Orthodox agree that the Orthodox are justified in their use of the two-natures formula, since they acknowledge that the distinction is "in thought alone" (th qewria monh).
		The Churches of both families should be encouraged to look into the theological curriculum and books used in their institutions and make necessary additions and changes in them with the view to promoting better understanding of the other family of Churches.
	www.monachos.net /patristics/christology/orthodox_and_oriental.shtml (3006 words)

	Church of Finland - OrthodoxWiki
		The Church of Finland is an autonomous Orthodox church whose primate is confirmed by the Church of Constantinople.
		It is the second official state church of Finland, beside the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		Orthodox Christianity was introduced to Finland during Russian rule in the 19th century.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Finland (449 words)

	Autocephalous Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Finnish Orthodox Church: A description of Orthodoxy in Finland written by Archbishop of John of Karelia for the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
		Metropolitanate of Moldavia and Bucovina, Romanian Orthodox Church
		The Orthodox Church: A brief historical overview of the Church in Poland with emphasis on the Polish Lemko region.
	www.fhc.org /holycrossmonastery/upload/en/national_churches.html (885 words)

	AFS - Go Overseas
		Finnish culture is both exotic and modern and is a mixture of East and West with a distinct Nordic character.
		Finnish is one of the official languages of the European Union.
		The biggest denomination is the Evangelical Lutheran Church while a minority of Finns are members of the Finnish Orthodox Church.
	www.afsnzl.org.nz /GoOverseas/finland.aspx (502 words)

	The Orthodox Church
		In 988, during the reign of the Grand Prince Vladimir, the population of Kiev population was baptized in the Dniper River.
		Other names given to the Church were Catholic, which means "whole" or "all encompassing," meaning that in the Church resides all the Truth and that the Church calls everyone all over the world to salvation, regardless of their nationality or social status.
		The teaching of the Orthodox Church in condensed form took shape in the Symbol of Faith, which was established at the first and second Ecumenical Councils in 325 and 381 (in the cities of Nicea and Constantinople).
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/true/orthodox.shtml (2374 words)

	HTC Estonian News: Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church Under the Jurisdiction of Constantinople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Ecumenical Synod appointed the leader of the Finnish Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Karelia and all Finland, Johannes, as the temporary head of the Estonian church until the election of an Estonian archbishop.
		The Constantinople Mother Church acknowledged the autonomy of the Estonian Orthodox Church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1923.
		Following the annexation of Estonia by Russia in 1940, the Estonian Orthodox Church was forced to exist as a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
	www.holy-trinity.org /estonia/2.18.governmentnews.html (407 words)

	Valaam Monastery - OrthodoxWiki
		The Valaam Monastery, or Valamo Monastery, is the Orthodox monastery in Karelia, which used to be a part of territory contended between Soviet Union and Finland.
		In 1917 Finland became independent, and the Finnish Orthodox Church became autonomous under the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, as previously it had been a part of the Russian Orthodox Church.
		The liturgical language was changed from Church Slavonic to Finnish, and the liturgical calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Valaam_Monastery (379 words)

	Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Orthodox Church of Finland is one of the country’s two official state religions and enjoys prerogatives akin to those given the dominant Evangelical Lutheran Church.
		The Orthodox Lay Academy on the monastery grounds has been the site of numerous international and regional conferences and seminars on a variety of topics and offers a variety of courses, from theology and Church history to icon painting and restoration and vestment making.
		They also visited the Church of Saint John the Theologian and the Enlighteners of Karelia and the Orthodox Church Museum, where they were given a comprehensive tour by Veli Matti Sormunen.
	www.orthodoxnews.netfirms.com /151/Finland.htm (1342 words)

	News - 27-7-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was elected the Head of the Orthodox Church of Finland in 1987.
		After the World War I, in 1922, the Finnish Orthodox Church gained independence from the Russian Church, and the first bishop of the independent Finnish Church was priest German.
		The Finnish Church has three dioceses today, and its seat is in the town of Kuopio.
	www.spc.yu /News/07/27-7-00_e1.html (182 words)

	History
		Rome was a valuable part of the Holy Church from its beginning but the Roman Patriarchate broke from Orthodoxy in A.D. 1054, the Orthodox Church itself has had a continuous and unbroken existence down to the present time free from any post-schism reformations as in the West.
		The Church follows Byzantine tradition in the administration of the Sacraments (Holy Mysteries), and Baptism, Chrismation, and Holy Communion are given together to all being baptized, both infants and adults.
		As with all the Holy Churches of Orthodox Faith women are not allowed to be ordained because of tradition and the decrees of the early Church Fathers.
	www.rbsocc.org /history.html (2330 words)

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		By and large Finnish Lutherans, however attracted to icons and other aspects of Orthodox Christianity, seemed surprised at the idea that it might be a good thing to a have an icon corner in one's home and to use it as a place of daily prayer.
		Estonian and Finnish are sister languages and the cultures are similar; the Finnish Church therefore has a close tie with the Estonian parishes now linked to Constantinople.
		He blamed the delay in launching social activities on the Finnish Orthodox "refugee mentality." He explained that 75 percent of the Orthodox community in Finland had to move west to be within Finland's redrawn borders at the end of World War II.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jim_forest/Finland.htm (4077 words)

	Orthodox Christianity
		This process of ordination and laying on of hands is the sacrament in the Orthodox Church which has provided an unbroken chain of Bishops from the time of Christ, through his Apostles, to this very day.
		Others were preserved as part of church “Tradition”, a significant part of the Orthodox Church which, together with the sacraments, the Bible, and the icons make up the fullness of the faith.
		The Ukranian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Orthodox Church of Finland
	www.troparia.com (589 words)

	Greek Orthodox Church -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, as it is also known, is the continuation of the Melchite, or...
		The nuns in the Orthodox Church have been around from the very beginning and have great significance in the church and on the community.
		Eastern Orthodox Churches are usually identified by nationality and are the result of the Catholicism.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037925?tocId=9037925 (881 words)

	Ortodoksi.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The official site of the Finnish Orthodox Church can be found from www.ort.fi.Word “Ortodoksi” means Orthodox in Finnish language.
		Virtual Church of St Nicholas – Flash animated interactive virtual church for use of religious education.
		Orthodox Dictionary – Finnish-English-Russia Dictionary for special words used in Orthodox Church.
	www.ortodoksi.net /ortodoksit/briefly_in_english.htm (241 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Finland: Society and Culture: Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Church Resources Agency - Formed by two organisations, The Home Mission Society of the Church of Finland and The Church of Finland Federation of Parochial Work Associations.
		Religion and Churches in Finland - Describes the role of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church as the established state church and the role of other churches and religious communities in the Finnish constitution, law and social fabric.
		The United Methodist Church in Turku - The languages used in the church are Swedish, English, Finnish, Russian and Vietnamese.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Finland/Society_and_Culture/Religion (455 words)

	Ortodoksisten Nuorten Liitto ONL ry.
		The Orthodox Youth Association of Finland is a central organization of youth, working within the Finnish Orthodox Church.
		ONL has been and still is a remarkable part of the work of the Orthodox Church of Finland.
		This growth is a sign of hope and recovering for the Orthodox Church of Finland, a small but energetic Church among the Vineyard of the Lord.
	www.tuohustuli.net /index.php?english (1138 words)

	Adherents.com
		In 1955 the first attempts to call together Orthodox Finns residing in the U.S. found most already attached to Russian congregations, but a small mission chapel was established in the upper Peninsula of Michigan.
		It was not able to minister to the 1,300 Orthodox Finns and ceased to exist in 1958.
		The church teaches three experiences (justification, sanctification, and baptism of the Holy Spirit), emphasizes healing, and practices tithing.
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_288.html (3707 words)

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