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Apr 16, 2024 · There are several Orthodox churches in America, each tracing their roots to different national traditions. Some of the largest include the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Orthodox Church in America (originally Russian Orthodox), the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and the Serbian Orthodox Church in North ...
- Religious Calendar: History and Development
- Holy Days in The Orthodox Church
- Holy Days Dedicated to Christ and The Virgin Mary
- Fast Days and Fast Periods
- Orthodox Easter
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Within the Orthodox Church feast days and fast days are reckoned according to two distinct calendars, the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar. The first is attributed to the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, whose name it bears. It was later corrected in the sixteenth century by Pope Gregory XIII due to the ever-increasing discrepancy between cal...
The ecclesiastical year, which according to Byzantine practice begins on the first of September, is divided between movable and immovable or fixed holy days. The movable holy days are determined by the date of Easter - the most important of all feast days -, which is in a class by itself. The determination of the date of Easter was definitively reg...
The "twelve great feasts," as they occur in chronological order after September 1, are as follows: 1. The Nativity of the Virgin Mary (September 8) 2. The Elevation of the Life-giving Cross (September 14) 3. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple (November 21) 4. Christmas (December 25) 5. Epiphany (January 6) 6. The Presentation of Chri...
Four main fast periods are included in the ecclesiastical year. They are: 1. The Great Fast (Lent)--beginning on a Monday 7 weeks before Easter. 2. Fast of the Apostles--varying in length from 1 to 6 weeks; it begins on a Monday, 8 days after Pentecost, and ends on June 28--the eve of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. 3. Fast of the Repose of the...
The determination of the date of Easter is governed by a computation based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. According to the ruling of the First Ecumenical Synod in 325, Easter Sunday should fall on the Sunday which follows the first full moon after the vernal equinox. If the full moon happens to fall on a Sunday, Easter is observed...
J. Dowden, The Church Year and Calendar. Cambridge,1910.D. R. Fotheringham, The Date of Easter and Other Christian Festivals. London,1928.K. T. Ware, The Orthodox Church. Penguin Books, 1982, pp. 304-310.Sep 21, 2022 · Source: Orthodox Reality. The report, The “New Traditional” in a Most Traditional Church: How the Pandemic Has Reshaped American Orthodox Christian Churches. What Do Lay People Think about It?, is available now. More than 2,000 ordinary parishioners from all parts of the USA participated in this study, and shared their thoughts about ...
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Mar 26, 2021 · It also describes significant changes in American Orthodox Christianity since the previous Census in 2010: membership decline in most Eastern Orthodox Churches, impressive growth of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, new parishes founded after 2010, and much more. The report can be downloaded here:
May 20, 2023 · Abstract. Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent. However, within the study of American religion, as well as most of the social sciences and humanities (not including ...
Mar 2, 2021 · Orthodox Easter Observances. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the spiritual preparations for Easter begin with Great Lent, 40 days of self-examination and fasting (including Sundays), which starts on Clean Monday and culminates on Lazarus Saturday. Clean Monday falls seven weeks before Easter Sunday. The term "Clean Monday" refers to cleansing ...
Aug 29, 2011 · The Orthodox churches have been by now fully integrated into the American religious landscape and they are facing exactly the same challenges that other communities of faith in a religious and culturally pluralistic context.
