The Orthodox Church of Finland is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
Protection of the Holy Virgin Memorial Church is a Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Designed by Ottawa architect George M. Moiseyev, who was also project architect for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the church is located at 99 Stonehurst Avenue in the Mechanicsville area of Ottawa. It is part of the Montreal and Canada Diocese of ROCOR.
July 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 23
August 5 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 7
Victor Sokolov was a Russian-American former dissident Soviet journalist and an Eastern Orthodox priest.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Ireland is the presence of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Republic of Ireland. Within Ireland, there are several formally organized parishes belonging to various autocephalous churches, primarily the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Romanian Orthodox Church.
The Parishes in Australia refer to a former administrative district of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) that existed within two states in Australia – New South Wales and Queensland.
A Paraklesis or Supplicatory Canon in the Byzantine Rite, is a service of supplication for the welfare of the living. It is addressed to a specific Saint or to the Most Holy Theotokos whose intercessions are sought through the chanting of the supplicatory canon together with psalms, hymns, and litanies.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Hawaii began with early Russian missions of the 19th century and continues with multiple Eastern Orthodox churches in the Hawaiian islands.
James Kemp was the second bishop of the Diocese of Maryland, USA from 1816 to 1827.
The "Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary", also known as "St. Mary", is a Macedonian Orthodox Church located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. It is one of the oldest Macedonian Orthodox communities in the United States and in the American-Canadian Diocese.
Fr. Theodore Jurewicz is a Polish-American Orthodox old-rite priest and artist specializing in painting Byzantine icons and frescoes. Father Jurewicz is also an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and serves the parish of the Nativity of the Lord in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Presbyter is, in the Bible, a synonym for bishop (episkopos), referring to a leader in local Church congregations. In modern Eastern Orthodox usage, it is distinct from bishop and synonymous with priest. Its literal meaning in Greek (presbyteros) is "elder."
Metropolitan Hilarion is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First-Hierarch of the ROCOR since 18 May 2008; he is the first First-Hierarch of the ROCOR to be approved by the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate.
March 20 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – March 22
Joseph Richey was an Anglo-Irish priest of Episcopal Church in the United States. He was known for his work among the African-American community of Baltimore and for his high church Anglicanism. His feast day, September 23, is included in the Lesser Feasts and Fasts of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
The Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church was originally established February 14, 1914, in Gary, Indiana, US, and is now located in Merrillville, Indiana, after the consecration of the new church building in 1991. It is the church-school congregation in which Saint Varnava, the first American-born Serbian to be proclaimed an Orthodox saint, was baptized, served as altar boy, and was first recognized as a youthful prodigy in reciting Serbian folklore and old ballads.
The Hermitage Of The Holy Protection is a male skete under Eastern American and New York Diocese of Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey. Rector Very Reverend Abbot Tikhon (Gayfudinov). www.holyskete.com
Bishop Luke is an American church leader. He serves as bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, current abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery, rector, associate professor of patrology of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, New York, and auxiliary bishop of Syracuse, New York.
