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The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
Eastern Orthodox Christians believe that Christ Jesus was both God and Man absolutely and completely, having two natures indivisibly: eternally begotten of the Father in his divinity, he was born in his humanity of a woman, Mary, by her consent, through descent of the Holy Spirit. He lived on earth, in time and history, as a man.
Every Eastern Orthodox Christian sees his or her year punctuated by the liturgical calendar of the church on which they depend. Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and rejects the Filioque clause ("and the Son ") added to the Nicene Creed by the Latin Church , on the grounds that no council was called for the ...
The OC wall calendar is the title of a wall calendar and videos first published in 2012, featuring nude and semi-nude photographs of individuals dressed as members of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Produced by residents of Eastern Orthodox-majority Eastern European countries, the primary goal was to create the first organized global effort ...
Fr. Alexander was arrested in the night of November 8/21 during a Divine service and was shot soon thereafter on November 12/25. According to one eyewitness, Fr. Alexander died with a prayer on his lips. His body was found five days later, lightly covered with snow, with his arms crossed over his chest."
Eastern Orthodox calendar. Eastern Orthodox calendar may refer to: Eastern Orthodox liturgical year. Julian calendar (sometimes referred to as the "Old Calendar") Revised Julian calendar, a quasi-Gregorian 1923 scheme (sometimes referred to as the "New Calendar") Category: Disambiguation pages.
4. To consider the remains of the venerable martyr Rafaela to be the holy relics. 5. To commemorate of the venerable martyr Rafaela of Chyhyryn on August 11/24. 6. To raise thanksgiving prayers to the Lord, wonderful in His saints, who revealed a new woman of prayer for our Holy Church and our people."
The Greek Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar that most other Christian believers (and secular civilizations) use. Greek Easter is also dictated by the Hebrew ...