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| | Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox |
 | | 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. | | | In Greece the Orthodox church is the established religion. | | | Later doctrinal affirmations by the Orthodox church - for instance, the important 14th-century definitions concerning communion with God - are seen as developments of the same original faith of the early church. |
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http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/orthodox.htm
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| | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| | The icon is of particular importance for the Orthodox Church since it is seen as the dwelling place of God's grace, creating in the faithful a sense of the presence of God. | | | Unlike the Roman Catholic Church, which regards the Holy Spirit as proceeding from the Father and the Son, the Eastern Orthodox Church claims that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son. | | | The Eastern Orthodox Church emerged as a result of disagreements between Greek speaking eastern churches and Latin speaking western churches over doctrine and ecclesiastical authority. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/christ/east/eastorth.html
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| | 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. | | | 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. | | | The Eastern Catholic Churches in union with the West have always been as much the ideal of the Church Universal as the Latin Church. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05230a.htm
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| | Orthodox Eastern Church on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Orthodox acceptance of the seven councils resulted in the exclusion from their communion, on grounds of heresy, of the Nestorian, Jacobite, Coptic, and Armenian churches; it also involves holding a sacramental doctrine of grace ex opere operato (see grace) and of veneration of the Virgin Mary, two points differentiating the Orthodox from Protestants. | | | (Eastern Orthodox Church Easter service)(Living by the Word)(Column) | | | This use of the terms Catholic (obeying the pope) and Orthodox (belonging to one of the Orthodox churches) is not technical, for both groups call themselves both Catholic and Orthodox (see catholic church). |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/O/Orthodox.asp
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| | The Eastern liturgical family of Christianity: the Orthodox Church |
| | Orthodox Church is often referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church. | | | This is not strictly true, because not all Orthodox churches are eastern. | | | For example, religious essays often refer to "orthodox Christian beliefs" to refer to beliefs held in common by a broad range of Christian faith groups in past centuries. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/orthodox.htm
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| | Official creed of the Orthodox church |
| | The Eucharist is the center of worship in the Orthodox Church. | | | For the Orthodox, joint prayer and Communion at the liturgy is an expression of an already existing unity within the bounds of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. | | | Orthodox Christians do not believe the Bible to be a science textbook on creation, as some mistakenly maintain, but rather to be God's revelation of Himself and His salvation. |
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http://www.bible.ca/cr-Orthodox.htm
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| | General Information: Introduction |
| | The Orthodox Church: A brief overview of the Eastern Orthodox Church's history and teaching. | | | It is an exceptionally pleasant catechism of the Orthodox Church and a treasure of Patristic wisdom. | | | Introduction to Orthodoxy, excerpts from The Orthodox Church, by Bishop Kallistos (Ware). |
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http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general
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| | The Orthodox tradition is not entirely apostolic, and consequently the claim to represent the true church of Christ is triumphalistic. | | | The Orthodox, however, argue that this revelation is conveyed to the world not only through Scripture but also through Apostolic Tradition; that is, Christ entrusted the divine revelation to the apostles, and they entrusted it to the church, which became the custodian and the interpreter of revelation. | | | Orthodox scholar Timothy Ware (who at his ordination as an Orthodox priest in 1966 received the name Kallistos Ware), for instance, argues that the church must decide this issue because Scripture is not an authority set up over the church, but lives and is understood within the church. |
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http://www.equip.org/free/DE177.htm
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| | Liturgica.com Liturgics Eastern Orthodox Liturgics |
| | 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. | | | Like the Western Church, the liturgical practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church were founded on the practices of the mother Church in Jerusalem. | | | 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. |
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http://www.liturgica.com/html/litEOLit.jsp?hostname=liturgica
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| | 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. | | | This explains the origin of such unscriptural practices as the mass, purgatory, sacraments, prayers to and for the dead, consecrated buildings, Mary worship, scapulars, and the rosary. |
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http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/eastern.htm
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| | Eastern Orthodox Wedding Guide |
| | Orthodox Church in America-info on the Eastern Orthodox Church in North America | | | The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople-Mother church of autonomous Orthodox churches | | | Orthodox Church-info on the Church's structure, organizations, doctrine, practices and history |
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http://www.askginka.com/religions/eastern_orthodox.htm
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| | Notes on the Orthodox Ecclesiastical Calendar |
| | The date of Fixed celebrations in the Orthodox calendar is made more difficult by the fact that there are currently differing schools of thought on whether to use the Gregorian or the Julian calendar to determine the date of the Feasts that occur on fixed dates. | | | The Orthodox Easter is determined in the Julian Calendar. | | | From AD1054 (when the Orthodox and Catholic Churches split) through AD1582 both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches celebrated Easter on the same date, still using the algorithm from AD325. |
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http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ortheast.html
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| | Orthodox Church : Eastern Orthodoxy |
| | For the Orthodox, icons have always been a part of church tradition so this tradition is considered on par with Scripture. | | | Like Eastern Orthodoxy, we also hold in common the view that the rejection of the Trinity constitutes heresy. | | | The Protestant view which raises Scripture above tradition as final authority in matters of doctrine is considered by Orthodox as the sin of the Reformation. |
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http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/EasternOrthodoxy.html
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| | Orthodox Monasteries/Monasticism |
| | Athos is the center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. | | | Photos of monks and monasteries of Eastern Orthodox and Coptic churches. | | | The monastery was consecrated in 1988 by His Eminence, Metropolitan Dionysios of New Zealand, Exarch of Korea, and operates under the spiritual leadership of His Grace Bishop Sotirios (Trambas) of Zelon who has lived in Korea since 1975.The present Sisterhood began its residence in 1992. |
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http://aggreen.net/monasteries/monastic.html
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| | Eastern Orthodox Forum |
| | A Pan Orthodox group of orthodox laity dedicated to the unity of the Orthodox church in America. | | | This forum is to discuss theology and doctrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church | | | This forum is for those who wish to discuss the evangelization of the Orthodox Church throughout the world. |
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http://www.orthodoxforum.com
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| | Greek Orthodox Spirituality |
| | Holy Scripture In the Eastern Orthodox Church (20 Aug 200) | | | New Martyrs Of 20th Century Of The Serbian Orthodox Church In The 1990's (25 Mar 2002) | | | The Seven-Day Commemoration In The Orthodox Church (14 Aug 2002) |
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http://www.fr-d-serfes.org/orthodox
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| | Ex Oriente lux |
| | 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). | | | The Orthodox monastic tradition is slowly reviving among Ruthenian Catholics. | | | Also mentioned at one of the councils, Chalcedon, but not as a dogma with an anathema attached for rejecting it, is the belief that she is ever-virgin (that she gave birth to Christ but never had sex and never had any other children). |
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http://home.att.net/~sergei592/East.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orthodox Church |
| | 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 Photius (ninth cent.) and Cerularius (eleventh cent.), are not in communion with the Catholic Church. | | | The epithet Orthodox (orthodoxos), meaning "right believer", is, naturally, claimed by people of every religion. | | | These sixteen Churches are: (1) The four Eastern patriarchates &; Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem &; and the Church of Cyprus, independent since the Council of Ephesus. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11329a.htm
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| | American Orthodox Patriarchate |
| | The material on the domains are copyrighted 1999-2004 The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America. | | | You might also note that many in the independent movement who claim to be orthodox are not. | | | Please do not be fooled by the claims of many in what is called the "independent movement" that they are this Church but have changed our name or that the 1927 Charter was issued to them or to everyone. |
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| | Our Faith |
| | The Origins and Authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church | | | The Greek (Eastern) Orthodox Church and The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America | | | The Boundaries of the Church: An Orthodox Debate |
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http://www.goarch.org/access/orthodoxy
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| | Hall of Church History—The Eastern Orthodox |
| | The faithful also practice a mystical spiritual discipline known as hesychasm, in which tranquility and spiritual light are sought by quietism and strict control of the body, measuring the phrasing of one's silent praying by the rythm of one's breathing, in order to unite soul and body in prayer. | | | Today's Orthodox Churches are situated predominantly in Eastern Europe, but Orthodoxy is a fast-growing movement even in the West. | | | Worship in Eastern Orthodoxy is heavily sacerdotal and mystical. |
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http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/orthodox.htm
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| | Orthodox Reading |
| | Differences between the Orthodox Church and Roman Catholicism By Fr. | | | The Jewish Question In The Russian Orthodox Church On Anti-Semitism in Russia (in 4 parts). | | | Texts written by Orthodox Christians and relating to our faith are included here. |
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http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/reading.html
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| | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| | Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition of the Orthodox Christian Church | | | < NB "The purpose of this website is to enable the visitor to re-discover and experience the beauty and deeper meaning of (Orthodox) Byzantine Icons, the visual and spiritual treasures of the Eastern Orthodox Church. | | | "The Orthodox Christian Education Commission is an agency of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in America. |
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http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/orthodox.htm
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| | Christian Orthodox Publications, Booklets, articles, Bishop Alexander Mileant |
| | The Pannikhida Services were conducted at Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church in Oxnard, CA on September 13 and 15, the Liturgy and Funeral services on September 16, and internment at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY on September 19. | | | to the Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church and its parishioners for taking care of all the organizational details associated with the conducting of the Pannikhida and Funeral services for His Grace. | | | During the 40 day period following the repose of Vladika Alexander, Pannikhida Services for His Grace are being held every Sunday after Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Eastern Orthodox Church. |
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http://www.fatheralexander.org
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| | Orthodox Unity - Supporting the Joint Commission |
| | Orthodox Unity is an organisation of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christians which seeks to make available positive information about the dialogue between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches. | | | This now has an official status and a Joint Commission of bishops and theologians has been studying the issues which have caused the separation of our Churches. | | | the whole issue of Orthodox Unity with other interested christians. |
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http://www.orthodoxunity.org
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| | Apologia |
| | Orthodox and Catholics - an excerpt from Louis Bouyer's The Church of God | | | Catholics who want a good overview of all the Oriental and Eastern Churches, both Orthodox and Catholic, should read this book. | | | Cyril and Methodius and their mission) by Pope John Paul II A Concilio Constantinopolitano I - Apostolic Letter for the 1600th Anniversary of the First Council of Constantinople by Pope John Paul II The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church - by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/8410
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| | Eastern Orthodox Christian Business Blog |
| | May God grant us the same mercy and grace that he granted St. Abrahamy, to be Eastern Orthodox Christian Businessmen and women who not only conduct our trade, but also proclaim the message of Christ to all whom we come in contact with. | | | As Eastern Orthodox Christian Businessowners, we too, in everything we do, must glorify God. | | | St. Abrahamy ultimately becomes an Eastern Orthodox Christian and renounces his prior Moslem faith. |
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http://eocbb.blogspot.com
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| | Eastern Orthodoxy Index Page |
| | The Eastern Church Defends Petrine Primacy and the Papacy! | | | The Idea of Doctrinal Development in Eastern Orthodox Theology (from From Newman to Congar; by Aidan Nichols) | | | Response to an Orthodox Critic Concerning My Supposed Ignorance of Orthodoxy and Illegitimate Apologetic Methodology (Dave Armstrong vs. Perry Robinson) |
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http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ23.HTM
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| | Archdiocese of the Eastern USA |
| | Traditional Hymns of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch for Christmas | | | The current Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, the Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church is | | | Historians declare that the survival of this Church was nothing short of a miracle. |
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http://www.syrianorthodoxchurch.org
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| | Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
| | Employment for Orthodox Christians in an Orthodox Environment. | | | Listen, Learn, and Share - Learn more about the major feasts of the church, listen to hymns of the feast, and share these with your family and friends through Iconograms. | | | Regulations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
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| | Mysticism in the Eastern Orthodox Church |
| | A topically-organized set of links to information about beliefs and practices in Orthodox tradition. | | | Pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history. | | | This web page presents an alphabetical list of Orthodox patristic texts, liturgical documents, and saints' lives of all eras that are available without charge on the internet. |
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http://aggreen.net/mysticism/mysticism.html
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| | St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Dallas Texas |
| | Most of us are converts to the Holy Catholic, Apostolic Eastern Orthodox Christian Church and, as we have found the "Pearl of great price", we also wish to share with you here (in English and ever growing amounts of Russian) concerning our beliefs, dogmas, doctrines and way of life. | | | Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, St John Damascene | | | About St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Dallas TX About us at a glance |
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http://www.orthodox.net
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| | EOCS - Eastern Orthodox Comittee on Scouting |
| | [EOCS] was created in 1960 by the Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, whose purpose is to conduct the mission of our Lord and His Church via the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts USA programs on a national level. | | | EOCS To Honor Former Archbishop Iakovos at this year's Religious Retreat. |
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| | Eastern Orthodox Icons Downloadable For Free |
| | Managed by an Orthodox Priest, this is a site where you can download and keep Eastern Orthodox Religious Icons! | | | In Orthodoxy, Icons are called "Windows to Heaven" because they offer us a glimpse of that which awaits us in eternity with Christ. | | | To go on to "Page Two" for more Icons, click on the link at the bottom of the page. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/icons
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| | Great Lent (Eastern Orthodox) |
| | The beginning date, Clean Monday, is set at seven weeks before Pascha, or Easter, in the Orthodox church. | | | Orthodox Christians also make a sacrifice during this period such as giving up a favorite food or other pleasure. | | | Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox holiday which always begins on a Monday between February 15 and March 21. |
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http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/lent_eo.html
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| | St Ireney's Orthodox Monastery |
| | A Religious Community in Canada of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church | | | NB: Please note that within Canada, our monastery is incorporated as “The Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church in Canada and the Americas” – we are a federal not-for-profit corporation, and are recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency as a registered charity. | | | To inquire about the status of any of our clergy, or our ministries, please |
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http://www.easternorthodoxcatholic.org
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| | Orthodox Research Institute |
| | If there is any way we can help you learn more about the Orthodox Faith, please feel free to contact us. | | | Our goal is to provide resources to Orthodox Christians and those interested in Orthodoxy. | | | For additional information about the Orthodox Research Institute: info@orthodoxresearchinstitute.org |
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http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org
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| | Orthodox Church in America |
| | 10/05 - Bishop Tikhon to be installed as Orthodox Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania | | | 10/07 - Wonderworking Sitka Icon visits NE Ohio Orthodox parishes | | | 10/03 - October 2005 Program Schedule for "Come Receive the Light" Orthodox Radio Network |
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http://www.oca.org
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| | Eastern Orthodox Editors (XEDIT/KEDIT/THE, etc) |
| | Eastern Orthodox family represented by such editors as Xedit, Kedit, THE. | | | The introductory paper Orthodox Editors introduced some ideas on which this page was build. | | | Collection is probably easily portable to other members of the orthodox editor family. |
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http://www.softpanorama.org/Editors/eoe.shtml
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