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Aug 26, 2020 · The Orthodox Church elevates woman as a person by giving her a vital role in the development of young people and their presence in society. Contrary to timeless perceptions and realities, which want women to be marginalized, the Church suspends any discrimination between the sexes by considering men and women as equal members of a Body, endowed ...
We impose on women a role which must never be overemphasized or placed above the higher spiritual calling of man and women. Moreover, in a certain sense we fail to understand that the worldly role of women in the Orthodox Church, as evidenced by the Byzantine empresses who stand as saints in the Holy Church, is not dogmatized and fixed.
The book shows that communism repressed public forms of Orthodox Christianity but indirectly enabled Orthodox women’s (private) Christianity to flourish. As male priests lost their power and positions, women gained power as informal religious leaders, teachers, and ritualists.
- Objective
- Opening Prayer
- Preparing For This Session
- Scripture
- State
- Activity
- Read: Galatians 3:26-29
- Read: 1 Peter 2:9
- Read: 1 Corinthians 12:12-20
- Discussion
To impart to the participants the role of women (and men) in the Orthodox Church. To teach them that their participation in the "royal priesthood” is not based on gender as each of us are called to a life of service for Christ.
Almighty God, our help and refuge, the fountain of wisdom and tower of strength, You who know that I can do nothing without Your guidance and help, assist me, I pray; and direct me to divine wisdom and power, that I may accomplish this task, and whatever I may undertake to do, faithfully and diligently, according to Your will, so that it may be pro...
Review the bible verses that will be used during this session. Make sure you have a good understanding of them so that you can guide the discussions. Don’t forget to make enough copies of the quiz for each person in your group.
Ephesians 5:22-33 (Marriage Epistle) Galatians 3:26-29 (In Christ, there is neither… male or female) Matthew 28:1-10 (Women meet Christ after the Resurrection) 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 (Member of the Body of Christ) 1 Peter 2:9 (Royal Priesthood)
Do not read but paraphrase in your own words We are the body of Christ, the Church. Each one of us is a part of the body, dependent on another part of the body. Therefore everyone has a role to play and every role is important, whether you be the skin, the brain, or just one microscopic cell. In our American Society, we often place value on differe...
Have participants fill out the following true or false quiz. Depending on the number of participants you have, they may work independently or in groups of two’s or three’s. For this activity, it would be best if males and females worked separately. When you are finished, discuss the answers with the participants.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promis...
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free – and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many. If the food should s...
Accept all answers and reflect back Describe some of the roles and responsibilities of the priest in your parish? (write these down on one side of a large board and label it Clergy) For Example: 1. Administering the Sacraments 2. Celebrating the Divine Services 3. Ministering to those in need…the sick, poor, needy 4. Preaching and Teaching the Word...
The Uncleanliness of Women. The Orthodox Church does not teach that women are “unclean” and “ritually impure” during menstrual periods and for forty days after giving birth. Nevertheless, it tolerates practices (based on Leviticus 12 and 15) which define females as “unclean” and “ritually impure during” these times.
Jul 27, 2015 · In addressing the issue of the role of women in the Church, we have to distinguish between Holy Tradition and customs that are influenced by culture and do not spring from the true spirit of Christianity.
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Orthodox Christianity and Gender The Orthodox Christian tradition has all too often been sidelined in conversations around contemporary religion. Despite being distinct from Protestantism and Ca-tholicism in both theology and practice, it remains an underused setting for aca-demic inquiry into current lived religious practice.
