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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Greek Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches.
The Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, properly called the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is regarded by Orthodox Christians as the mother church of all of Christendom, because it was in Jerusalem that the Church was established on the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the...
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Greek:) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Greek-Orthodox-Church   (1136 words)

  
 The Orthodox Church: An Introduction
It is believed by Orthodox Christians that their Church has preserved the tradition and continuity of the ancient Church in its fullness compared to other Christian denominations which have departed from the common tradition of the Church of the first 10 centuries.
Several of the autocephalous churches are de facto national churches, by far the largest being the Russian Church; however, it is not the criterion of nationality but rather the territorial principle that is the norm of organization in the Orthodox Church.
The Great Schism between the Eastern and the Western Church (1054) was the culmination of a gradual process of estrangement between the east and west that began in the first centuries of the Christian Era and continued through the Middle Ages.
www.orthodoxinfo.com /general/orthodoxy.aspx   (1381 words)

  
 Orthodox Church of Alexandria - Biocrawler
Its head bishop is the Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, who, like the Coptic Pope and the Roman Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, claims to have succeeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria, who founded the Church in the 1st century.
Because this church uses the Greek language liturgy, it is one of several churches that are sometimes referred to as the Greek Orthodox Church.
The current primate of the Church of Alexandria is His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Eastern_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria   (283 words)

  
  Encyclopedia Coptica: The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt
Saint Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, was the head of the Ecumenical Council which was held in Ephesus in the year 430 A.D. It was said that the bishops of the Church of Alexandria did nothing but spend all their time in meetings.
There are three main Liturgies in the Coptic Church: The Liturgy according to Saint Basil, Bishop of Caesarea; The Liturgy according to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople; and The Liturgy according to Saint Cyril I, the 24th Pope of the Coptic Church.
The Coptic Orthodox Church's clergy is headed by the Pope of Alexandria and includes Bishops who oversee the priests ordained in their dioceses.
www.coptic.net /EncyclopediaCoptica   (3365 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Church of Alexandria
Church of Alexandria became embroiled in the Monophysite heresy.
The schism thus began by Dioscurus and Timothy gave rise to two factions, the orthodox, or Catholic, party, which maintained the faith of the two natures in Christ, as prescribed by the Council of Chalcedon (451), and the Monophysites, who followed the heresy of Dioscurus.
The former came to be known as Melchites or Royalists, i.e., adherents or favourites of the emperor, and the latter as Jacobites.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01300b.htm   (1965 words)

  
 Syriac Orthodox Church History
The Syriac Orthodox Church is one of the most ancient Christian Churches tracing its roots to the Church of Antioch.
The Syriac Orthodox community there was partly a result of the Persian abduction of the Syrian population during the wars with Byzantium and forced settlement on Persian territory and partly of Christians in Persia who reacted against political imposition of the doctrines of the Church of the East.
The Syrian Orthodox Church at a Glance by Patriarch H.H. Ignatius Zakka I
sor.cua.edu /History   (1154 words)

  
  Church of Alexandria (Coptic) - OrthodoxWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Coptic Orthodox Church is the portion of the Church of Alexandria which broke from the Byzantine churches in the wake of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon in 451.
The church is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches.
Cyril VI (Atta) of Alexandria قداسة البابا كيرلس السادس
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  Orthodox Church of Alexandria   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the sixteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Its head bishop is the Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, who, like the Coptic Pope and the Roman Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, claims to have succeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria.
Because this church uses the Greek liturgy, it is one of those that are sometimes called Greek Orthodox churches.
www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria   (119 words)

  
 Orthodox Church - MSN Encarta
Orthodox Church, one of the three historic and distinctive types of Christianity, along with the Roman Catholic Church and the diverse body of Protestant churches.
The Orthodox Church sees itself as the authentic continuation of the first Christian communities established by the apostles of Jesus in the cities of the ancient Mediterranean world and spread by missionary activity throughout eastern Europe.
The Holy Spirit, bestowed on the church at Pentecost, is seen as guiding the whole church “in all truth” (John 16:13).
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572657/Orthodox_Church.html   (1143 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orthodox Church
Church in the West, "Orthodox" in the East.
The Orthodox, then, are the Christians in the East of Europe, in Egypt and Asia, who accept the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon (are therefore neither Nestorians nor Monophysites), but who, as the result of the schisms of
churches of Russia, Greece, Servia, Montenegro, Rumania, and Bulgaria, four independent Churches in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, namely Carlovitz, Hermannstadt, Czernovitz, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and lastly the Church of Mount Sinai, consisting of one monastery separated from Jerusalem.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11329a.htm   (462 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The following is a list of all the Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria who have led the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and have succeeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria, who founded the Church in the 1st century, and therefore marked the beginning of Christianity in Africa.
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches (not to be mistaken with the Byzantine Orthodox group of churches) and is presided over by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria who is the body's spiritual leader.
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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 The British Orthodox Church
The mission of the British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate is to share the good news of the Orthodox Faith with British people in their own culture.
We have launched the British Orthodox Fellowship, so that our many friends and enquirers can join a community supported by the life of the British Orthodox Church.
A comprehensive description of the ministry of four Western Orthodox pioneers, consecrated by the Syrian Orthodox Church.
www.britishorthodox.org   (215 words)

  
 Orthodox Church History - St.Mark Orthodox Christian Church
Scholars estimate there are over 2600 groups today who lay claim to being the Church, or at least the direct descendants of the church described in the New Testaments.
Go to a Time Line of Church History (printable) to trace the birth and continuity of the Orthodox Church from Pentecost to the present.
Orthodox Christians profess belief in one God, who is revealed in three persons - The Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
www.stmarkorthodox.org /history.html   (278 words)

  
 Eastern Orthodox and Church of God Teachings
The Orthodox Church does not accept the Catholic dogma of 1854--the dogma of the immaculate conception of the Virgin, in the sense that she was exempt at birth from original sin.
Orthodox often call themselves 'the Church of the Seven Councils'...Nicea was the first of the seven general councils; and these...occupy a central position in the history of Orthodoxy...next to the Bible, it is the seven councils which the Orthodox Church takes as its standard and guide" (Ware, pp.19,35).
Since the Orthodox Church claims Justin Martyr as a saint as well as the one who first described the type of liturgical church service that the Orthodox have, it would be logical that it accept Justin's position on idolatry, but it does not.
www.cogwriter.com /orthodox.htm   (16062 words)

  
 *** Greek Orthodox Church ***
The Greek Orthodox Church in Alexandria (Egypt) is a remnant of the Egyptian Church which remained loyal to the Orthodox communion after the Monophysite and Monothelitism controversies.
This Church, representing the main body of Egyptian Christians, was gradually estranged from the main Orthodox movement due to technicalities resulting from the Monophysite movement, which was condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
The church is led by an archbishop and is not under the authority of another patriarch.
orvillejenkins.com /religions/orthodoxobj.html   (1534 words)

  
 Church: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
The first part of Christian worship in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions proceeds this way with introductory prayers, readings from scripture, a recited or sung psalm, a sermon, and a statement of faith.
Thus were preserved and securely dated the earliest decorated church and a synagogue decorated with extensive wall paintings.
A common architecture for churches is the shape of a cross (a long central rectangle, with side rectangles, and a rectangle in front for the altar space or sanctuary).
www.encyclopedian.com /ch/Church.html   (920 words)

  
 Articles on aspects of Eastern Orthodox Christian Doctrine and practices, Ecumenism, Contemporary events, etc
Today, as in Prince Vladimir's time, the Orthodox Church -- fully aware that man is a union of body and soul -- uses all the beauty of creation to move her faithful children to prayer and worship: icons (holy pictures), beautiful singing, sweet-smelling incense, and majestic services.
Yet if the visible beauty of the Church is dazzling, her unseen beauty and glory are even more compelling, for the Orthodox Church is the Bride of Christ, and within her shelter we can begin to struggle for our salvation.
Paul founded the Church of Antioch; St. Peter and St. James, the Church of Jerusalem; St. Andrew the Church of Constantinople; St. Mark, the Church of Alexandria; St. Peter and St. Paul, the Church of Rome.
www.orthodox.net /articles/heavenonearth.html   (1736 words)

  
 Orthodox churches
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered the spiritual leader of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
It is to be noted that the spiritual leadership is not in the same sense understood for the one extended among the Eastern Orthodox Churches to the Church of Constantinople, it is however, in the spirit of respect and honour for the Apostolic Throne of Alexandria.
The "Malankara Orthodox Church is an ancient Church of India and it traces its origin to as far back as A. 52 when St. Thomas one of the disciples of Jesus Christ came to India and established Christianity in the South Western parts of the sub-continent.
www.ecumenism.net /denom/orthodox.htm   (1642 words)

  
 Orthodox Church in Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Orthodox Church traces its beginning to an event conventionally dated to AD 33, when 120 people in an upstairs room of a house in Jerusalem experienced the power of the Holy Spirit of God in a new way.
As time passed, the churches of some important cities came to be regarded as the leading churches, and by the end of the fourth century there were five such leading churches - Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.
Another contribution of the Church of Alexandria to the Church as a whole is monasticism.
www.geocities.com /Athens/7734/church.htm   (1658 words)

  
 Orthodox church, patriarchates, icons
The Orthodox said that the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father"; the Catholics said the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father and from the Son" (Filioque)...
Instead of the "Pope", the "successor of Peter", the Eastern Church holds that God's truth is disclosed through "the conscience of the Church", meaning "the consensus of Christians in general"...
The Orthodox do not have a central authority, no one even claims to be the successor of "Peter", with the immense authority given to him, and only to him and his successors!, by Jesus in Matt.16, Jn.21, Acts.1-9...
religion-cults.com /Christianity/Orthodox/Branch-C-Orthodox.htm   (2985 words)

  
 Oriental Orthodox - Theopedia
The separation resulted in part from the Oriental Orthodox churches' refusal to accept the Christological dogmas of the Council of Chalcedon, which held that Jesus has two natures — one divine and one human, although these ware inseparable and only act as one hypostasis.
The Oriental Orthodox churches are therefore often called Monophysite churches, although they reject this label, which is associated with Eutychian Monophysitism, preferring the term "non-Chalcedonian" or "Miaphysite" churches.
The Assyrian Church of the East is sometimes considered an Oriental Orthodox Church, although they left the Catholic and Apostolic Church in reaction against the Council of Ephesus 20 years earlier and revere Saints anathematized by the previously mentioned Churches.
www.theopedia.com /Oriental_Orthodox   (552 words)

  
 Orthodox church, patriarchates, icons
The Orthodox said that the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father"; the Catholics said the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father and from the Son" (Filioque)...
Instead of the "Pope", the "successor of Peter", the Eastern Church holds that God's truth is disclosed through "the conscience of the Church", meaning "the consensus of Christians in general"...
The Orthodox do not have a central authority, no one even claims to be the successor of "Peter", with the immense authority given to him, and only to him and his successors!, by Jesus in Matt.16, Jn.21, Acts.1-9...
www.religion-cults.com /Christianity/Orthodox/Branch-C-Orthodox.htm   (2985 words)

  
 Ethiopian Christianity: A History of the Christian Church in Ethiopia
These churches, carved out of the living rock, deserve to be one of the wonders of the world and are a remarkable monument to the skill and craftsmanship of the 13th century Ethiopians.
The Church also suffered from the lack of leadership and ordiantions for much of the nineteenth century, since the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, himself in deep difficulties, did not provide the Ethiopian church with its abuna, and when he did the abuna found himself powerless in the face of the distintegration of the Ethiopian state.
Internally, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church won the right to appoint their own Abuna, rather than have the Abuna always be an Egyptian Copt appointed by the Patriarch of Alexandria.
www.bethel.edu /~letnie/AfricanChristianity/EthiopiaHomepage.html   (1535 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Church of Alexandria in Egypt is one of the original four Apostolic churches of Christianity, with Rome, Antioch and Jerusalem (Constantinople was added later as the fifth).
In other words, all the Christian churches in Africa are considered daughter churches of the Church of Alexandria.
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, an Oriental Orthodox church
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria   (139 words)

  
 Orthodox Canada, Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Where monks once lived separately in their cells, occasionally meeting only in church for important services, Pochaev became a cenobitic community under Iov’s initiative, where strict discipline and daily routine were introduced, so that every monk was obliged to do a certain amount of work for the upkeep of the cloister.
An Orthodox printing press had already been flourishing at Pochaev by the time Venerable Iov arrived, but it was under his tenure that the publication of books, pamphlets and leaflets increased and took on special importance for several reasons.
As it became one of the last vestiges of Orthodox publishing, particularly in the Slavono-Russian language, it was perhaps the Venerable Iov’s own writing, especially his apologies for Orthodoxy that were among the most important documents to be produced at that time.
www.orthodoxcanada.net /article.php?id=3   (1002 words)

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