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| | Orthodox Eastern Church. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | The Orthodox patriarchates of Alexandria and Antioch are minority churches (for the corresponding separated churches, see Copts; Jacobite Church), as is the patriarchate of Jerusalem. | | | The number of Orthodox churches recognizing one another as such is indefinite because of the fluid state of the relations of Orthodox bishops in countries to which communicants have emigrated. | | | 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. |
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| | The Orthodox C h u r c h |
| | The Church of Constantinople was founded by St. Andrew, the Church of Alexandria by St. Mark, the Church of Antioch by St. Paul, the Church of Jerusalem by Sts. | | | Orthodox Spirituality by a monk of the Eastern Church. | | | The Eucharist is the center of worship in the Orthodox Church. |
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| | Orthodox Church in Africa |
| | 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. | | | The largest of the Orthodox Churches is the Russian Orthodox Church under the Patriarchate of Moscow. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orthodox Church |
| | These sixteen Churches are: (1) The four Eastern patriarchates &; Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem — and the Church of Cyprus, independent since the Council of Ephesus. | | | 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. | | | They are the six national 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. |
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| | Archdiocese of the Eastern USA |
| | Traditional Hymns of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch for Christmas | | | This Church enjoys the greatest prestige in the history of Christendom since it is the first Church which was established in Jerusalem out of the Apostles, Preachers and other converted Jews, and was grafted in Antioch by those | | | Aphraim's Syriac Orthodox Church is the first in the area. |
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| | Orthodox Eastern Church. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The Orthodox patriarchates of Alexandria and Antioch are minority churches (for the corresponding separated churches, see Copts; Jacobite Church), as is the patriarchate of Jerusalem. | | | The number of Orthodox churches recognizing one another as such is indefinite because of the fluid state of the relations of Orthodox bishops in countries to which communicants have emigrated. | | | 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. |
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| | Syriac Orthodox Church - A Brief Overview |
| | The Chief Bishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch. | | | The supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. | | | Concerning the Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church believes the Church is the body of true believers in Christ, and that the Head of the Church is Our Lord God Jesus Christ. |
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| | Autocephalous Orthodox Churches centered at Constantinople |
| | Patriarch of Antioch: The Orthodox Church of Antioch | | | Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East; The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch | | | Patriarch of Eritrea: Patriarch Yacob I; Eritrean Orthodox Church |
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| | USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation Holds Annual Meeting |
| | The Oriental Orthodox Churches represented are the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church. | | | This was followed by two presentations on inculturation: Chorbishop John Faris shared his paper on the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States, entitled Eastern Catholics in a Western World; and Subdeacon Edip Aydin of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch read his paper, The Syriac Community in North America. | | | These papers inspired a lively discussion on the means by which small Christian churches are able to preserve their identities in the midst of much larger communities of different traditions, and the many common challenges that those churches face, whether Oriental Orthodox or Catholic. |
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| | University of Athens - Department of Theology |
| | Thus, the Orthodox Church is a family of self-governing Churches, which are held together by their unity in faith, their communion in the sacramental life and their spiritual relationship with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. | | | According to Orthodox Ecclesiology all Orthodox Churches, although having internal autonomy, are united in their fidelity to the apostolic faith as expressed in the doctrinal and canonical decisions of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and in the teaching of the Fathers of the Church. | | | In 1885 the Rumanian Orthodox Church was proclaimed autocephalous, by the Ecumenical Patriarch Joacheim IV, and a Holy Synod constituted. |
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| | Serbian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска православнацрква; Serbian Latin: Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ, SPC, SOC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia. | | | Sava persuaded the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to establish the Church in Serbia as an autocephalous body, with Sava himself as its archbishop, consecrated in 1219. | | | A parish is the smallest Church unit - a communion of Orthodox faithful congregating at the Holy Eucharist with the parish priest at their head. |
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| | Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, or sometimes called Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, an Orthodox church in Malankara (Kerala) is a branch and an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas as its supreme head. | | | The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of India, His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch. | | | In contrast, another faction of Malankara Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is the Indian Orthodox Church, an autocephalous church. |
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| | News Letter - 2000 Vol. VIII - Syrian Christian Orthodox Church - Jose Geroge |
| | The Syrian Orthodox Church is believed to have originated as a result of the missionary activities of St. Peter, the Apostle of Antioch, capital of Syria in 37 A.D., who established the Antiochion tradition also known as the Syrian orthodox tradition. | | | The headquarters of Syrian orthodox churches or the Jacobites churches is in Damascus, capital of Syria. | | | The study of the Syrian Orthodox Church is basically a documentation on the Jacobite Syrian churches. |
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| | Info and facts on 'Cypriot Orthodox Church' |
| | The catholic church tried on occasion to force the orthodox bishops to make concessions on the differences in doctrine and practices between the two churches, sometimes with threats and sometimes using violence and torture, as in the case of the 13 monks in Kantara. | | | Attempts were made subsequently by the patriarchs of Antioch to claim authority over the Cypriot Church, the last as recently as 1600, but in vain. | | | John Hackett published "A history of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus" in 1901. |
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| | Orthodox Eastern Church on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The Orthodox patriarchates of Alexandria and Antioch are minority churches (for the corresponding separated churches, see Copts ; Jacobite Church), as is the patriarchate of Jerusalem. | | | 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. | | | The number of Orthodox churches recognizing one another as such is indefinite because of the fluid state of the relations of Orthodox bishops in countries to which communicants have emigrated. |
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| | Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, or sometimes called Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, an Orthodox church in Malankara (Kerala) is a branch and an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas as its supreme head. | | | The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of India, His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch. | | | In contrast, another faction of Malankara Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is the Indian Orthodox Church, an autocephalous church. |
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| | History of the Syriac Orthodox Church |
| | 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 seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch moved to different monasteries including Qartmin, Qenneshrin (Chalkis, near Aleppo), Malatya, and Amid (Diyarbakir), and finally settled in 1293 in Dayro d-Mor Hananyo (also known as Kurkmo Dayro in Syriac and Deir Zafaran in Arabic) in Mardin. |
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| | The Christian Communities of Israel |
| | The Syrian Orthodox Church is a successor to the ancient Church of Antioch, and one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East. | | | The Non-Chalcedonian churches are churches of the East - Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian and Syrian - that rejected the teaching of the Council of Chalcedon (451) on the double (divine and human) nature of Christ. | | | The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate considers itself to be the Mother Church of Jerusalem, to whose bishop patriarchal dignity was granted by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church |
| | Both it and the chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox Church claim to be the sole legitimate church of Antioch and successor of the Apostle St. Peter. | | | The head of this Syrian Orthodox Church is the Patriarch H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, who resides in Damascus, the capital of the Arameans. | | | The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head. |
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| | Jacobite Orthodox Church : Jacobite (Orthodox) |
| | The Jacobite Orthodox or Syrian Orthodox church is an autocephalous Christian church of Syria, Iraq, and India, recognizing the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch[?] of Antioch as its spiritual head. | | | The church broke from the Orthodox Church of Antioch[?] in the sixth century, after the Council of Chalcedon condemed Monophysite teachings. | | | It is regarded by Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox as heretical, but is in communion with the Coptic Church and other Oriental Orthodox churches. |
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