Search results for "Greek Orthodox Church" - New World Encyclopedia
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- An Autocephalous Church (literally, "self-headed") refers ... Patriarch of Moscow in 1970. (The Greek Orthodox Church in North America ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- or communion. In particular, the Eastern Orthodox Church is more closely linked ... four families of churches: the Assyrian Church of the East, the Eastern ...12 KB (1,717 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- Russian monks and mystics in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is generally ... began a life that was very devout to the Orthodox Church at a young age. According ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, and Greek), was affixed to the cross ... the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin" (King James ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was Greek by birth, he is said to have ... is listed under January 2. The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates it on ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
- Today, he is renowned as a Doctor of the Church, often known as the Doctor ... Rite Churches, the title “Doctor of the Church” is awarded to only a handful ...10 KB (1,476 words) - 08:10, 3 August 2022
- bishop of Alexandria, known in Oriental Orthodox tradition as Pope St. Dioscorus ... a reconciliation between Oriental Orthodox and Chalcedonian Christians ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 09:38, 24 November 2022
- are books considered by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy to ... confusion between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox deuterocanon and the texts ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- Alpha and Omega (Greek: Αλφα and Ω) is an appellation of God ... In the early church, the Alpha-and-Omega symbol became Christ's ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- and the Angelus prayers. In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches ... " This was a normal greeting in the Greek language in which Luke's ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- Lérins. It was used in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the Anglican ... Creed is rarely used even in the Western Church and the attribution to Athanasius ...10 KB (1,699 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- lives of thousands of men and women in the Western Church. John Cassian is venerated as a saint in both the Roman Catholic Church ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- spiritual influences in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is one of three ... he left, won him a lasting place in the Orthodox tradition. ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- bush. The monastery is run by the Greek Orthodox Church and it is classified ... under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- Hesychasm (from Greek: ἡσυχασμός hesychasmos, meaning "stillness ... became an official doctrine of the Greek Orthodox Church in 1351 C.E.. ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- the core differences between Catholic and Orthodox traditions. The Latin term ... a lasting break between the Catholic and Orthodox faiths. ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- and references in the writings of the Church Fathers. Its date and authorship ... early as the first century CE. The early church historian Hegesippus (died ...11 KB (1,737 words) - 14:45, 30 December 2022
- corresponded to the developed Eastern Orthodox view rather than the western ... the Old Testament appear to derive from its Greek translation, the Septuagint ...10 KB (1,588 words) - 12:08, 24 January 2023
- into Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) branches, which then became ... Christodoulos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, visited Pope Benedict ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- a conference of the bishops of the whole Church convened to discuss and settle ... mean all places that are inhabited by the Church, therefore "world-wide ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
