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Death of Theodora, spiritual student of Basil the Younger, and visions of spiritual trials. Aerial toll houses (also called "telonia", from the Greek: τελωνεία / telonia, customs) are a belief held by some in the Eastern Orthodox Church which states that "following a person's death the soul leaves the body, and is escorted to God by angels.
This is a list of Greek Orthodox churches in the United States that are notable, either as buildings or as church congregations. Some are buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places [ 1 ] or state- or local historic register for their architecture or other reasons.
Holy Orthodox Church in North America. Holy Nativity Convent, Brookline, Massachusetts. Abbess Mother Seraphima; Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene, Warrenton, Virginia. Abbess Mother Eirene; Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. Saint Syncletike Monastery, Farmingdale, New York. Metropolitan Demetrios.
The Gate Church of the Trinity was built in 1106-1108, as part of the Pechersk Lavra fortification, atop the main entrance to the monastery.The church was founded by the grandson of the Prince of Chernigov, Sviatoslav II, who renounced his princely status and became a Pechersk monk on November 17, 1106 under the name of Mykola Sviatosha. [1]
Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures. These styles share a cluster of fundamental similarities, having been influenced by the common legacy of Byzantine architecture from the Eastern Roman Empire .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 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 ...
This transfer coincided with a great movement of Eastern Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox Church in the eastern United States. This movement, which increased the numbers of Eastern Orthodox Christians in America, resulted from a conflict between John Ireland , the politically powerful Roman Catholic Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota ; and ...
The royal doors, holy doors, or beautiful gates are the central doors of the iconostasis in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The sanctuary (sometimes called the Altar , which contains the Holy Table ) is separated from the nave by a wooden screen called the iconostasis .