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3 days ago · Официальный сайт Русской Православной Церкви / Патриархия.ru. 25 июня в Даниловом монастыре в Москве Святейший Патриарх Кирилл возглавил чин наречения архимандрита Саввы (Лесных), насельника Свято-Троицкой Сергиевой ...
2 days ago · Eastern Orthodoxy - Church Structure, Canon Law, Sacraments: The basic structure for the Orthodox church is defined by the New Testament writings; the canons (regulations and decrees) of the first seven ecumenical councils; the canons of several local or provincial councils, whose authority was recognized by the whole church; the so-called Apostolic Canons (actually some regulations of the ...
2 days ago · In Japan an Orthodox church was established by St. Nikolay Kasatkin. The distinctively Japanese character of this church enabled it to survive the political trials of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), the Russian Revolution, and World War II. The church of Japan received full autonomy from the Russian church in 1970.
2 days ago · Eastern Orthodoxy - Balkans, Eastern Europe, Faith: In bringing about the fall of the Turkish, Austrian, and Russian empires, World War I provoked significant changes in the structures of the Eastern Orthodox Church. On the western borders of what was then the Soviet Union, in the newly born republics of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the Orthodox minorities established themselves as ...
2 days ago · The Armenian Apostolic Church ( Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, romanized : Hay Aṙak'elakan Yekeghetsi) [note 1] is the national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian institutions. [6]
4 days ago · The executive body of the Serbian Orthodox Church is the Holy Synod. It has five members: four bishops and the patriarch. The Holy Synod takes care of the everyday operation of the church, holding meetings on regular basis. Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbian autochthonous region of Western Balkans Territorial organisation
2 days ago · Around 6 p.m. local time, multiple gunmen unleashed a barrage of automatic weapons on a synagogue and a Russian Orthodox church in Derbent, according to Russian officials.
