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Apr 8, 2022 · Known as Pascha, the Greek word for “passover,” Easter in the Orthodox Church celebrates “the eternal Passover from death to life from earth heaven.”. Great Lent, the church’s strictest ...
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The United States, often recognized as a melting pot of cultures, religions, and ethnicities, boasts a diverse spiritual landscape. Within this spectrum, the narrative of Orthodox Christianity stands out, tracing a journey of faith, immigration, and the shared quest for spiritual identity on American soil.
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Aug 12, 2000 · 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.
Aug 29, 2011 · How has the North American context and experience influenced the lives, faith commitments and practices of the Orthodox churches? What is the mixture and balance of beliefs and practices in being Orthodox in this country?
The Orthodox Church in America does not include all Orthodox groups in the United States and Canada. Among others are the Greek archdiocese, subject to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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Rites and Ceremonies. Eastern Orthodoxy recognizes the same seven sacraments as the Roman Catholic tradition. They are baptism, chrismation (called confirmation in the western rites), Eucharist,...
Mar 2, 2021 · Orthodox Easter. In 2021, Orthodox Easter falls on Sunday, May 2, 2021. The date of Orthodox Easter changes every year. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on a different day than Western churches, however, sometimes the dates coincide.
