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- Traditionally, an Orthodox child does not receive a name at her physical birth. Instead, she receives her name during her spiritual birth (baptism), and she takes as her patron the saint whose name she is given at her baptism. In this case, she will have her “Christian name” all her life. But not everyone is born Eastern Orthodox.
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Similarly, the liturgy consistently addresses the Virgin Mary as Theotokos (the "one who gave birth to God"), and this term, formally admitted as a criterion of orthodoxy at Ephesus, is actually the only "Mariological" (doctrine of Mary) dogma accepted in the Orthodox Church.
Answer. There is no “universal, standard” way by which a name is selected. In some traditions, for example, it is the custom to name a person after the saint commemorated on his or her date of birth. In other cases names are selected based on devotion to a particular saint.
Aug 16, 2022 · In the Eastern Orthodox Church, we refer to the Virgin Mary as “Theotokos”, the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son and Word of God. Many people who call themselves Christian reject this title; however, it is this title that protects the identity of her Son, who is the unique Theanthropos, the God-man. In this post, we explain why we call the ...
Jun 28, 2022 · Unfortunately, many Christians have compromised on the Church’s traditional position on controlling pregnancy and birth. It goes without saying: the Orthodox Church does not approve of the use of contraception or hormonal birth control for anyone not married; unmarried Christians should remain celibate until marriage.
Apr 3, 2016 · The Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic dogma which asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was preserved by God from the transmission of original sin at the time of her own conception.
Mar 27, 2020 · Some would follow the earlier position taken by the Church of Greece in her encyclical of October 14, 1937 [6], which accepted birth control but not contraception, i.e., it accepted abstinence and NFP, but condemned any method of contraception.
Aug 12, 2015 · A concise presentation of some fundamental teachings of faith, worship, norms of living and principles of administration of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
