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Russian Old-Orthodox Church

Its distinctive feature is that liturgical services are held in both Slavonic and Old Georgian, using pre-18th century Old Georgian liturgical books.


Abda and Abdjesus

Their feast day is commemorated on 16 May according to the Martyrologium Romanum, the Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church, and in the Syrian Church as well.

Battle of Orsha

To commemorate the victory, two Orthodox churches were erected: the Church of the Holy Trinity and the Church of Saint Nicholas, which remain among the most impressive examples of Orthodox Church architecture in Lithuania.

House of Yusupov

After Khan Yusuf died, another period of fighting between his descendants followed until the 17th century, when Abdul Mirza, another descendant, converted from Islam to Orthodox Christianity under the name of Dmitry.

Ivan Orav

In the summertime of 2004 the Estonian State Archives joined the joke by uncovering and publishing a birth register of the Tõhela-Murru Orthodox Church which said that Ivan Orav and his wife Jelisaveta had daughter Lyudmila.

Saint Publius

In the Orthodox Church however his feast day is observed on March 13, and according to an epistle of Saint Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth, he is placed as the successor of Saint Narcissus of Athens, dating his martyrdom to the period of the persecution under Marcus Aurelius (161-180).

Taxation in the Ottoman Empire

Orthodox churches were allowed to raise taxes among their communities; this led to a position where priests would pay very large amounts—to both church superiors and Ottoman officials—to get a senior post, expecting that the cost could be amply recouped from tithes.

Third Temple

Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe that the Eucharist, which they hold to be one in substance with the one self-sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, is a far superior offering when compared with the merely preparatory temple sacrifices, as explained in the Epistle to the Hebrews.


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Al-Mujaydil

In 1882, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the brother of the Russian Tsar, visited the village, and donated money for the construction of a Russian Orthodox Church there in the hope that local Christians would be converted to the Orthodox faith.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw

Field Cathedral of the Polish Army, another cathedral in Warsaw that used to be an Orthodox church

Belene

The Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1860, the Eastern Orthodox Church of St George in 1874 and the Catholic Church of Saint Anthony of Padua was constructed in 1893.

Christos anesti

Paschal troparion, hymn for the celebration of Easter in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Count Nikolay Adlerberg

On his trip to Palestine, Count Adlerberg visited and prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and after this Adlerbergs financed the building of a new Russian Orthodox church dedicated to Saint George (Церковь святого великомученика и победоносца Георгия) in Al Karak.

Danilo II

Saint Danilo II, archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church 1324–1337

Diocese of Cahul and Comrat

The Diocese of Cahul and Comrat was established on July 17, 1998, by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to shepherd the Orthodox Church in southern Moldova.

Diocese of Edineț and Briceni

The Diocese of Edineț and Briceni was established on October 6, 1998, by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church to organize the Orthodox Church in northern Moldova.

Dvorkin

Alexander Leonidovich Dvorkin, a sectologist, linked to Russian Orthodox Church

Estonian Orthodox Church

Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate, a semi-autonomous diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church

Ethiopian Australian

There were two Ethiopian Pentecostal churches in the Melbourne area as of 2001, as well as an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Maribyrnong.

Eugene Rozhitsky

On February 21, 1927 Rozhistsky was appointed rector of the Uniate parish in Kostomlotah, but soon returned to the Orthodox Church and as Orthodox priest ministered in Vilnius in the Izha village (now Vileyka Raion, in the Minsk Region).

Eusebius A. Stephanou

On September 17, 1950 Stephanou was ordained a Deacon at St. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Detroit.

Greeks in Syracuse, New York

The annual Greek Cultural Festival is held at St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church in DeWitt.

Hermias

Saint Hermias of Comana, an early saint and martyr of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Holy Innocents' Orthodox Church

Holy Innocents’ Orthodox Church (Valiya Pally), popularly known as Mezhuveli Valiyapally, is a church in Mezhuveli, Kerala, India.

Irmologion

An important portion of Matins and other services in the Orthodox Church is the Canon, a long liturgical poem divided into nine Odes.

J. Delano Ellis

The Bishops Praaxky held episcopal office in the Slaavic Orthodox Church, and Bishop Gaines's succession derives from Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches, as well as via Ulric Vernon Herford (Mar Jacobus)(consecrated 1902), William Stanley McBean Knight (Mar Paulos)(consecrated 1925), Hugh George de Willmott Newman (Mar Georgius) (consecrated 1931), Charles D. Boltwood (consecrated 1952), and John Marion Stanley (Mar Yokohannan) (consecrated 1959).

Kallooppara St. Marys Orthodox Church

Mary's Orthodox Church is situated at the heart of a small village called Kallooppara, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India.

Koukouli

Koukoulion, a traditional headdress worn by monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Market Square, Turku

They include, for instance, the Hansa and Forum shopping centres, the Wiklund department store, an Orthodox church, a private medical clinic, and several instances of media such as an office of Finland's major newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, locally most significant newspaper Turun Sanomat and YLE.

Matrona

Matryona Nikonova, known as Matrona of Moscow, a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church

Miracle of the Holy Fire

Holy Fire a religious ceremony of the Greek Orthodox church in Jerusalem

Montenegrin Orthodox Church

In that vein they claim that in pre-Yugoslavia times, the independence of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church has been confirmed as late as 1905, by one of the best-known and well-traveled Balkan experts from the early 20th century, Mary Edith Durham.

Ohrid Archbishopric

Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric, an autonomous archbishopric under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Operation Kilshon

The Yishuv forces quickly managed to capture "Bevingrad" (named after the British Colonial Secretary Ernest Bevin), called Russian Compound because it formerly had been inhibited by the Russian Orthodox Church but had been rented by the British authorities since the early years of the mandate and used as police headquarters, courthouse and prison.

Orthodox Church in America Parishes in Australia

The Orthodox Church in America Parishes in Australia refers to an administrative district of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) located within two states in AustraliaNew South Wales and Queensland.

Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

In attempt to restore its canonical status and gain recognition from the Orthodox churches, the Macedonian Orthodox Church negotiated with the Serbian Orthodox Church, and these negotiations led to an eventual agreement signed in Niš in June 2002, thus known as the Niš Agreement.

Peter E. Gillquist

A desire for Apostolic Succession led most members of the EOC to join the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America in 1987 after first investigating the Episcopal Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Archdiocese, and the Orthodox Church in America (OCA).

Pope John Paul II's relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church

Resistance from the Russian Orthodox Church and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, however, meant the visit never happened.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

On 8 May 2013, Pope Tawadros II, pope and patriarch of the See of St. Mark and leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, met with Pope Francis, bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church, in Vatican City.

Romanian Orthodox Church

In December 2007 Russian Duma United Russia’s MP Konstantin Zatulin accused the Romanian Orthodox Church of “proselytism” against the Russian Orthodox Church in Moldova (and Transnistria) with the aim of annexing these territories into Romania.

Russian icons

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many Russian icons have been repatriated via direct purchase by Russian museums, private Russian collectors, or as was the case of Pope John Paul II giving an 18th-century copy of the famous Our Lady of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church, returned to Russia in good faith.

Russian Orthodox Church in the USA

The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow.

Saint Arsenije I Sremac

His feast day is celebrated according to the Orthodox liturgical calendar on October 28 (for those churches, such as the Serbian Orthodox Church, which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, October 28 falls on November 10 of the modern Gregorian Calendar).

Saint Juvenal

Juvenaly of Alaska (1761-1795), first martyr of the Russian Orthodox church in the Americas

Saint Procopius Church of Tirana

Kristofor Kisi, then primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania entrusted with the project of the new building Skënder Luarasi, a young architect who had graduated from the University of Vienna, and was son of patriot Kristo Luarasi.

Săliştea

In 1701, the Emperor Leopold I decreed Transylvania's Orthodox Church to be one with the Roman Catholic Church.

St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church

It was consecrated in 1992 by H. H. Pope Shenouda III in the town of Risca, South Wales, under the official name of St Mary’s and St Abu Saifain’s Coptic Orthodox Church as a parish of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

St Mary's Orthodox Church, Kallooppara

Mary's Orthodox Church, situated at the heart of a small village called Kallooppara (on the banks of the river Manimalayar), Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India is a prized possession of Malankara Sabha.

St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally

St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally or Chandanapally Valiyapalli is one of the biggest churches in South India, located at a village named Chandanapally, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state of India.

The Miracle of the Holy Fire

Holy Fire, a religious ceremony of the Greek Orthodox church in Jerusalem

Thiruvithamcode

St Mary's Orthodox Church (Thiruvithamcode Arappally) which is believed to be established by St Thomas in the first century AD, along with seven other churches (ezharappallikal) in Kerala;

Thomas Palaiologos

In an effort to reunite the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, Pope Paul II arranged during 1472 a marriage between the Catholic daughter of Thomas, Zoe Palaiologina (renamed Sophia), and Grand Prince Ivan III of Russia, with the hope of making Russia a Roman Catholic country.

Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Sighetu Marmației

Initially, there were six parishes; later, the one at Copăcele reverted to the ordinary structure of the Romanian Orthodox Church, but nine other parishes were added, the total reaching fourteen by 2005.

Veljko Milatović

The same year he became one of the key people within the Commission for Njegoš's Monument, designated to design a Museum for Petar II Petrović-Njegoš which was about to be built in the place of his Chapel raised by Danilo that was to be destroyed, despite his personal promises to the Serbian Orthodox Church's Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral that no such move shall be taken as long as he's alive.

Vissarion Korkoliacos

The Bishop of Fthiotida, Nickolaos, said that the Church should not be in a hurry to announce any kind of sanctity of the monk Vissarion, and that the issue should be discussed at the Iera Sinodhos (Holy Synod) of the Orthodox Church of Greece in Athens.

Walsingham railway station

The station buildings were purchased in 1967 by a group of members of the Russian Orthodox Church and developed into a small monastic community house, including St. Seraphim's Russian Orthodox church.

Wołodkowicz family

Members of the Wołodkowicz family founded several monasteries and churches, such as a monastery and a seven domed church in Grozovo, a monastery in Nowodwortsi, the Carmelite church in Minsk, the cathedral of Chelm, a church in Zary, a church in Radoszkowice and a Russian-orthodox church in Chashniki.