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  1. This is a series of reflections on the names of Jesus. In theory, this could be a short series with just one offering. After all, Jesus really only had one name, strictly speaking. Jesus answered to ‘Jesus’ -- or at least to the way this name was pronounced by, say, his mother in first century Palestine.

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      Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Together with the belief in the...

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  2. May 20, 2022 · Jesus as a child. One of the first things that strikes people looking at the common icons of Christ when He is held in his mother’s arms is how he looks like a strange mini-adult. In size He is small enough to be held, supported in different postures by His loving mother. His face, however, is not that of a normal child.

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  4. Symbolism. The most distinctive sign or symbol of Eastern Orthodoxy is the icon. Icon is a Greek word meaning image, and in Christianity, icons are sacred images. They can be images of Christ ...

  5. Dec 7, 2017 · In the Orthodox Church the colors are specified in what is called the Typikon, but in the Typikon there are only three colors called for: general, dark and bright. That’s as specific as it gets. General is taken to mean gold. Dark is often thought of a purple (but can be red, burgundy, or even black). Bright is white but historically could ...

  6. A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. [1] Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chaplain symbols .

  7. The purpose of Orthodox Christianity is the salvation of every human person, uniting us to Christ in the Church, transforming us in holiness, and giving us eternal life. This is the Gospel, the good news, that Jesus is the Messiah, that He rose from the dead, and that we can be saved as a result. Historically, the Orthodox Church is the oldest ...

  8. Eastern Orthodoxy. FATHER JOHN A. HARDON, S.J. In modern parlance, the Orthodox are those Christians who separated from Rome in the eleventh century through the great Eastern Schism, and whose distinctive liturgical feature is the Byzantine rite and doctrinal basis the acceptance of the first seven ecumenical councils, up to the second Council ...