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Sainthood in the Orthodox Church does not necessarily reflect a moral model, but communion with God: there are many examples of people who lived in great sin and became saints by humility and repentance, such as Saints Mary of Egypt, Moses the Ethiopian, and Dismas, the repentant thief who was crucified with Jesus Christ. Therefore, a more ...
Intercessor: a saint who prays, or intercedes, on behalf of the living and the dead. [22] All saints bear this title, although they are rarely ever formally titled as such (e.g. St. Seraphim of Sarov) Martyr: literally meaning "witness" in Greek; [23] one who has died for the faith [6] (e.g. St. Sebastian) [24]
In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, usually only men can enter the altar portion behind the iconostasis. However, one will see women serving behind the iconostasis at female monasteries. The word iconostasis comes from the Greek εἰκονοστάσι(-ον) (eikonostási(-on)), still in common use in Greece and Cyprus), which means ' icon stand '.
Pages in category "Greek saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Orthodox of lower ranks (lay people, altar servers and deacons) when meeting Orthodox priests (or higher ranks) receive a blessing by folding their hands (right over left) palm upwards while he of the priestly office makes the sign of the cross in the air with his hand over the folded hands of the lay person and then places that hand on the ...
Category: Greek saints. 33 languages. ... Greek saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church (1 C, 60 P) R. Saints from Roman Greece (4 C, 19 P) S. Saints of medieval Greece ...
Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square St. Andrew of Patras Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Patras, Greece The Postmodern Church of the Holy Spirit in Bialystok is the largest Orthodox house of worship in all of Poland. In the Russian language (similar to other East Slavic languages) a general-purpose word for "church" is tserkov ...
More properly, however, these doors should be called the "Beautiful Gate", [3] and in Greek this is the only term used, although the official English sites of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Orthodox Church in America and the Antiochian Orthodox Church all use the term "Royal Doors". In Russia, they are sometimes called the "Red Gates", red ...