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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...
Olga (Church Slavonic: Ольга; [3] [a] Old Norse: Helga; [4] c. 890–925 – 11 July 969) [5] was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа.
The Pan-Orthodox Council, Kolymvari, Crete, Greece, June 2016 The Pan-Orthodox Council, officially referred to as the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδος τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας; [1] also sometimes called the Council of Crete), was a synod of set representative bishops of the universally recognised ...
Eastern Orthodox theology is the theology particular to the Eastern Orthodox Church.It is characterized by monotheistic Trinitarianism, belief in the Incarnation of the divine Logos or only-begotten Son of God, cataphatic theology with apophatic theology, a hermeneutic defined by a Sacred Tradition, a catholic ecclesiology, a theology of the person, and a principally recapitulative and ...
[32] [33] Peter moved his residence to Moscow in 1325 and became a strong ally of the prince of Moscow. [34] During Peter's tenure in Moscow, the foundation for the Dormition Cathedral was laid and Peter was buried there. [35] By choosing to reside and be buried in Moscow, Peter had designated Moscow as the future center of the Russian Orthodox ...
Princess of Hesse, Venerable New Martyr [249] Emmelia of Caesarea: 375 30 May / 1 January Mother of Saints Basil of Caesarea, Macrina the Younger, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, and Naucratius, a.k.a. Emilia and Emily [250] Emerentiana: c. 305: 23 January Martyr [54] Enoch: 1487 AM: 30 July / Sunday of the Holy Forefathers: Patriarch ...
1518 Church of Saints Peter and Paul of the Greeks in Naples, Italy is founded to serve the needs of Greek Orthodox faithful who became refugees after the Fall of Constantinople. [33] [34] [note 11] St. Maximos the Greek, monk, publicist, writer, scholar, humanist and translator active in Russia.
After reading of the foregoing epistle (Pope Leo's), the most reverend bishops cried out: "This is the faith of the fathers, this is the faith of the Apostles. So we all believe, thus the orthodox believe. Anathema to him who does not thus believe. Peter has spoken thus through Leo. So taught the Apostles.