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Ancient Greek religion - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Greek religion is theb> polytheistic religion practiced in ancient Greece in form of cult practices, thus theb> practical counterpart of Greek mythology.
It is perhaps misleading to speak of "Greek religion" as a unified system of dogma or ritual; perhaps theb> most conspicuous aspect of theb> religions practised in theb> Greek city states is their overall variety and their localism.
Theb> virtues fostered by Greek religion were chiefly respect for theb> gods, who were majestic (sebastos, σεβαστος) and sublime (semnos, σεμνος) Given theb> variety of rituals and traditions in theb> Greek religious state, theb> believer was obliged to hold theb> faiths of his neighbours in a similar regard to those of his own city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_religion (2159 words)



Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Anointing, or Holy Unction, is one of theb> seven sacraments recognized by theb> Orthodox Church.
Theb> Antiochian Orthodox Church, Theb> Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and theb> Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church of America (formerly connected with theb> Vicar Bishop of theb> (Western) Orthodox Church of France-ECOF), all have Western Rite parishes.
Orthodox doctrine regarding theb> Holy Trinity is summarized in theb> Symbol of Faith (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy (2159 words)



Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Eastern Catholic Churches include theb> Armenian Catholic Church, theb> Chaldean Catholic Church, theb> Eparchy of Krizevci, theb> Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, theb> Maronite Church, theb> Romanian Catholic Church, theb> Ruthenian Catholic Church, theb> Syrian Catholic Church, theb> Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, theb> Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, and theb> Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
This stems from theb> historical identification of Orthodoxy with theb> Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire in theb> east, as opposed to theb> Latin-speaking Roman Catholic Church in theb> west.
An important symbol for Eastern Orthodoxy and its spread north to theb> Slavic peoples was theb> construction in theb> 530s of theb> Church of theb> Holy Wisdom ("Hagia Sophia"), a most impressive church building in Constantinople, under emperor Justinian I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy (2159 words)



Ancient Greek religion - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Greek religion is theb> polytheistic religion practiced in ancient Greece in form of cult practices, thus theb> practical counterpart of Greek mythology.
It is perhaps misleading to speak of "Greek religion" as a unified system of dogma or ritual; perhaps theb> most conspicuous aspect of theb> religions practised in theb> Greek city states is their overall variety and their localism.
Theb> virtues fostered by Greek religion were chiefly respect for theb> gods, who were majestic (sebastos, σεβαστος) and sublime (semnos, σεμνος) Given theb> variety of rituals and traditions in theb> Greek religious state, theb> believer was obliged to hold theb> faiths of his neighbours in a similar regard to those of his own city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_religion (2159 words)



ORTHODOXY AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM

Theb> fundamental witness to theb> Christian Tradition is theb> holy Scriptures; and theb> supreme expositors of theb> Scriptures are theb> divinely inspired Fathers of theb> Church, whether theb> Greek Fathers or Latin Fathers, Syriac Fathers or Slavic Fathers.
Orthodoxy teaches that every bishop, "theb> living icon of Christ," and his flock constitute theb> Church in a certain place; or, as St. Ignatius theb> God-bearer says, theb> Church of Christ is in theb> bishop, his priests and deacons, with theb> people, surrounding theb> Eucharist in theb> true faith.
In Orthodoxy, Holy Matrimony is not a contract; it is theb> mysterious or mystical union of a man and woman - in imitation of Christ and theb> Church - in theb> presence of "theb> whole People of God" through her bishop or his presbyter.

http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/ortho_cath.html (2159 words)



Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Theb> Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as theb> Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of theb> successor Churches to theb> acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir theb> Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988.
This union was not accepted by all theb> members of theb> Greek Church in these lands, and marked theb> beginning of theb> creation of separate Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches on theb> lands of Ukraine and Belarus.
This local church was later persecuted by theb> absorption of theb> Orthodox portion of theb> Ukrainian/Belarusian Churches into theb> Russian Orthodox Church in 1686, and by theb> violent repression and dismantling of theb> Ukrainian Catholic Church in four successive waves (1772, 1795, 1831 and 1865).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church (1535 words)



Greek mythology - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Greek mythology consists of a large collection of narratives that explain theb> origins of theb> world and detail theb> lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines.
Like their neighbors, theb> Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses who were associated with specific aspects of life.
A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of theb> Muses." Alternatively theb> epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of theb> god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during theb> classical epoch of Greece.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology (3491 words)



CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Greek Church

Theb> superior hierarchy of a Greek Church at theb> period we are treating of, viz., from theb> fourth to theb> tenth century, was composed of a patriarch, a catholicos, theb> greater metropolitans, theb> autocephalous metropolitans, theb> archbishops and theb> bishops.
Thus theb> Ruthenian Church of Galicia, theb> Rumanian Church of Austria-Hungary, theb> Bulgarian Church of Turkish Bulgaria, theb> Melchite Church of Syria, theb> Georgian Church, theb> Italo-Greek Church, and theb> Church of theb> Greeks in Turkey or in theb> Hellenic Kingdom -- all of them Catholic -- are often called theb> United Greek Churches.
A sub-type of theb> Syriac rite is represented by theb> liturgies used in theb> Syriac Churches of Mesopotamia and Persia; theb> liturgy of Sts.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06752a.htm (17485 words)



Encyclopedia: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Theb> Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as theb> Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of theb> successor Churches to theb> acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir theb> Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988.
Theb> Catholicity of theb> Ukrainian Church was confirmed by theb> resistance of theb> hierarchs of Rus' minora, or Rus' proper (today's Ukraine) to theb> requests of theb> Greek Church at Constantinople to break communion with Rome after theb> Great Schism of 1054.
Currently, theb> Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is theb> dominant faith in several western oblasts of Ukraine, and although spread throughout theb> country, is a small minority elsewhere.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Ukrainian-Greek-Catholic-Church (5400 words)



Greek mythology - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Like their neighbors, theb> Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses who were associated with specific aspects of life.
A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of theb> Muses." Alternatively theb> epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of theb> god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during theb> classical epoch of Greece.
Theb> main sources for Greek myth are Homer, Hesiod, theb> Greek dramatists, Pindar, Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollodorus, and theb> Latins Ovid, Hyginus and Nonnus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology (2968 words)



Greek Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Greek Orthodox churches in theb> Americas and Australia are subject to theb> Constantinopolitan hierarchy.
These should not be confused with theb> Slavic-rite Orthodox Church in America, which is one of theb> 15 autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, having been granted autocephaly in 1970 by theb> Patriarch of Moscow.
These churches are members of theb> Eastern Orthodox Communion and therefore in full communion with each other.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church (245 words)



Greek mythology - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Like their neighbors, theb> Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses who were associated with specific aspects of life.
A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of theb> Muses." Alternatively theb> epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of theb> god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during theb> classical epoch of Greece.
Theb> main sources for Greek myth are Homer, Hesiod, theb> Greek dramatists, Pindar, Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollodorus, and theb> Latins Ovid, Hyginus and Nonnus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology (2968 words)



Greek Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Greek Orthodox Church can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within theb> larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches:
Greek Orthodox churches in theb> Americas and Australia are subject to theb> Constantinopolitan hierarchy.
These should not be confused with theb> Slavic-rite Orthodox Church in America, which is one of theb> 15 autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, having been granted autocephaly in 190 by theb> Patriarch of Moscow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church (2968 words)



Greek mythology A-M - All About Turkey

In Greek mythology Astraea was theb> daughter of Zeus and Themis, theb> goddess of justice.
In Greek mythology, Achilles was theb> son of Peleus, king of theb> Myrmidons in Thessaly, and of theb> sea nymph Thetis, who rendered him invulnerable, except for theb> heel by which she held him, by dipping him in theb> river Styx.
In Greek mythology, Eteocles was a son of theb> incestuous union of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Polynices.

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/sozlukmit1.htm (7737 words)



Greek Catholic Church - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Theb> Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite church sui juris in theb> Catholic Communion.
Theb> current head of theb> Greek Catholic Church is Most Rev. Anarghyros Printesis, Archbishop of Athens.
It encompasses most of Greece but is not to be confused with theb> rest of theb> Eastern Rite churches in theb> communion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church (98 words)



Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox

Theb> Orthodox Tradition is theb> theological tradition, generally associated with theb> national churches of theb> eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with theb> Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of theb> integrity of theb> doctrines taught by theb> fathers of theb> seven ecumenical councils of theb> fourth through eighth centuries.
In Greece theb> Orthodox church is theb> established religion.
Later doctrinal affirmations by theb> Orthodox church - for instance, theb> important 14th-century definitions concerning communion with God - are seen as developments of theb> same original faith of theb> early church.

http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/orthodox.htm (98 words)



GREEK RELIGION - LoveToKnow Article on GREEK RELIGION

Hence it is that Greek religion appears to teem with incongruities, theb> highest forms of religious life being often confronted with theb> most primitive.
Yet as Greek religion was always in theb> service of theb> state, and theb> priest a state-official, society was theb> reverse of theocratic.
And theb> anthropomorphic impulse, theb> strongest trend in theb> Greek religious imagination, which filled theb> later world with fictitious personages, generating transparent shams such as an Ampidromus for theb> ritual of theb> Ampidromia, Amphiction for theb> Amphictiones, a hero Kfpajsos for theb> gild of potters, is already at its height in theb> Homeric poems.

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GR/GREEK_RELIGION.htm (5544 words)



Eastern Orthodoxy

Theb> Greek tradition ceased to predominate in theb> 5th century, when theb> majority of Christians in Egypt and Syria, who until then had accepted Greek intellectual leadership, broke with theb> rest of theb> church over theb> decrees of theb> ecumenical councils of Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451).
Eastern Orthodoxy is embodied in a family of autonomous churches that recognize theb> titular headship of theb> patriarch of Constantinople (theb> ecumenical patriarch) and are in communion with each other.
Eastern Orthodoxy follows theb> faith and practices that were defined by theb> first seven ecumenical councils.

http://www.kat.gr/kat/history/Rel/Chr/EasternOrthodoxy.htm (5544 words)



Greek mythology - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Like their neighbors, theb> Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses who were associated with specific aspects of life.
A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of theb> Muses." Alternatively theb> epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of theb> god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during theb> classical epoch of Greece.
Theb> main sources for Greek myth are Homer, Hesiod, theb> Greek dramatists, Pindar, Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollodorus, and theb> Latins Ovid, Hyginus and Nonnus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology (2968 words)



GreekChurch

Theb> doctrines of theb> Greek church are more or less to be found in her liturgies and confessions.
Theb> patriarch of Constantinople is theb> head of theb> Greek Church proper.
Greek Church - For 8 centuries Latin and Greek and Roman churches were united in one great body.

http://www.religion-portal.com/ReligionFinder/religions/GreekChurch.htm (281 words)



Orthodoxy and nationalism

It is not theb> purpose of theb> Church to preserve Greek culture; it is rather theb> purpose of Greek culture to preserve theb> Orthodox faith.
Theb> Greek language has a special place in theb> Orthodox Church, because theb> Bible was written in Greek (theb> "authorised version" of theb> Old Testament in theb> Orthodox Church is theb> Septuagint), and theb> Greek version remains theb> standard.
It is also therefore used in theb> sense of theb> "Greek Orthodox Church", which is not theb> same as theb> "Orthodox Church of Greece", but refers rather to theb> much wider entity that derived from theb> "Greek East".

http://www.orthodoxy.faithweb.com/orthnat.htm (281 words)



Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox

From this fact derives Orthodoxy's self - conscious identity as theb> church of theb> seven councils and its sense of mission in preserving theb> faith of theb> ancient fathers of theb> church.
Orthodoxy's use of leavened bread in theb> Eucharist, instead of theb> unleavened wafers of theb> West, was mostly a liturgical matter, although it was given theological meaning by theb> explanation that theb> leaven signified evangelical joy in contrast to theb> "Mosaic" regime of Catholic practice.
Theb> Orthodox Tradition is theb> theological tradition, generally associated with theb> national churches of theb> eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with theb> Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of theb> integrity of theb> doctrines taught by theb> fathers of theb> seven ecumenical councils of theb> fourth through eighth centuries.

http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/orthodox.htm (281 words)



Category:Eastern Orthodoxy [Definition]

Panentheism Panentheism (Greek words: pan=all and Theos=God) is theb> view that God is immanent within all creation and that theb> universe is part of God or that God is theb> animating force behind theb> universe.
Sakkos Theb> Sakkos (Greek: σάκκος) is a vestment worn by an Orthodox bishop instead of theb> priest's phelonion.
Archimandrite Archimandrite (Greek: — archimandrites) is a title in theb> Greek Orthodox Church for a superior abbot who has theb> supervision of several abbots and monasteries appointed by a bishop.

http://www.wikimirror.com/Category:Eastern_Orthodoxy (281 words)



Greek mythology - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Like their neighbors, theb> Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses who were associated with specific aspects of life.
A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of theb> Muses." Alternatively theb> epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of theb> god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during theb> classical epoch of Greece.
Greek mythology consists of an extensive collection of narratives detailing theb> lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, which were first envisioned and disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology (3276 words)



Greek mythology - Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, theb> gods in theb> Greek pantheon are given human form, but are first and foremost personifications of theb> forces of theb> universe.
Greek mythology is theb> set of legends (see mythology) which come from theb> religion of ancient Hellenic (Greek) civilization (see Hellenic civilization).
Men and women were much greater in those days, of course, though theb> Greeks did not see any wide gulf between their history and their mythology (see, for example, Theb> Iliad and Theb> Odyssey).

http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology (290 words)



Encyclopedia4U - Catholicism - Encyclopedia Article

Catholicism, from theb> Greek katholikos ( καθολικος), meaning "general" or "universal", is a religious name applied to two strands of Christianity.
Eastern rite Catholicism uses various languages, depending on theb> particular rite involved: Greek, Slavonic, Arabic, Romanian or Georgian in theb> Byzantine rite; Syriac in theb> Antiochene and Chaldean rites; Armenian in theb> Armenian rite; and Coptic or Ge'ez in theb> Alexandrian rite.
Structurally Roman Catholicism is one of theb> world's most centralised religious faiths.

http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/c/catholicism.html (290 words)



Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Macedonia and Thrace) are direct subjects of theb> Patriarch but are administrated, on his behalf, by theb> Greek Orthodox Church.
Also, all Greek Orthodox churches outside Greece are part of theb> Church of Constantinople.
Most obvious of these is theb> Greek Orthodox Church, centered in theory in Istanbul to this day, and so it is not surprising that theb> Church would use theb> flag.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gr-ortho.html (290 words)



Orthodox Links

Patristics - Patristics (from theb> Greek and Latin word pater=father) is theb> study of theb> writings and sayings of theb> Fathers of theb> Church.
Orthodox Spirituality - Spirituality is theb> act of living one's life in theb> Life of theb> Holy Spirit.
Orthodox Theology - Theb> word "Theology" is, in a sense,problematic for theb> Orthodox in as much as its commonly accepted meaning -- "Science of God" -- is, in at least one, sense an oxymoron.

http://www.sspeterpaul.org/links.html (290 words)



THEb> WORD AND ROLE OF ORTHODOXY

Not only theb> Greek people, but through them, all theb> Romans will hear theb> word of theb> Apostle of theb> Nations, and will be led to theb> faith of true God.
Today at theb> start of theb> third millennium, those Greeks and that Word in theb> form of Orthodoxy are called to confirm their presence within a United Europe attesting that Orthodoxy has both a role and a word in our common European being.
Orthodoxy is called upon also to recognize in theb> West, in theb> most practical way possible, theb> ethos of theb> Orthodox, in a time where everything can be sold and bought, and where opportunists dominate and suffocate theb> truth.

http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnArchbishop/EnSpeeches/role_of_orthodoxy.html (290 words)



Introduction to Orthodoxy

Theb> "Treasures of Orthodoxy" was originally a series of pamphlets written for theb> non-Orthodox, especially those who are considering becoming members of theb> Orthodox Church and who wish to deepen their appreciation of theb> Orthodox faith, worship, and traditions.
TREASURES OF ORTHODOXY is a series of pamphlets written for theb> non-Orthodox, especially those who are considering becoming members of theb> Orthodox Church and who wish to deepen their appreciation of her faith, worship and traditions.
It is not unusual for titles such as Greek, Russian and Antiochian to be used in describing Orthodox Churches.

http://www.brown.edu/Students/ocf/introduction.html (290 words)

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