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- In some Orthodox Christian countries, like Greece, more attention is paid to celebrating their name day than their own birthday. Saint Jude, also referred to as the Apostle Jude of Jude the Apostle, is one of these saints. Some also refer to him as Thaddaeus or Jude Thaddaeus. His name day is celebrated on June 19th.
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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox ...
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This list of saints from the Old Testament, commemorated on the second Sunday before Nativity, has yet to be incorporated into the main body of this article. 1. Adam and Eve, the first-formed. (Sunday of the Forefathers) 2. Abel. (Sunday of the Forefathers) 3. Seth. (Sunday of the Forefathers) 4. Enosh. (Sunday of the Forefathers) 5. Canaan. (Sunda...
St Jude, also known as Apostle Jude, is celebrated on June 19 in the Orthodox Church. He was one of the Twelve Apostles and brother of James the Just, Brother of the Lord. Both Jude and James were sons of Joseph the Betrothed. Joseph had a previous marriage before he was betrothed to the Virgin Mary.
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. It tells of a Jewish widow, Judith, who uses her beauty and charm to kill an Assyrian general who has besieged her ...
The saints are an important part of the Greek Orthodox church and faith. All baptised Greeks are named after a saint, and so the name day is celebrated rather than the birthday. The Greek saints are divided into six main categories: 1) The Apostles 2) The Prophets 3) The Martyrs 4) The Fathers & Hierarchs 5) The Monastics 6) The Just.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox ...
