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Orthodox worship, in keeping with the earliest traditions of Christian worship, involves eating as part of services probably more than any other denomination. Besides the bread and wine in the Eucharist, bread, wine, wheat, fruits and other foods are eaten at a number of special services. The kinds of foods used vary widely from culture to culture.
The Holy Spirit gleamed in the court of Shem, of Samuel, and of King Solomon. [14] It "glimmered" in Tamar (Genesis 38:18), in the sons of Jacob (Genesis 42:11), and in Moses (Exodus 2:12), i.e., it settled upon these individuals. [15] Like everything that comes from heaven, the Holy Spirit is described as being composed of light and fire.
In the past 100 years, Orthodox Jewish education for women has expanded. [72] This is most visible in the development of the Bais Yaakov system. Orthodox women have been working to expand women's learning and scholarship, promoting women's ritual inclusion in worship and promoting women's communal and religious leadership. [73]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 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 ...
The Eastern Orthodox Christian life is a spiritual pilgrimage in which each person, through the imitation of Christ and hesychasm, [14] cultivates the practice of unceasing prayer. Each life occurs within the life of the church as a member of the body of Christ. [15]
The main passages in this debate include 1 Cor. 11:2–16, 1 Cor. 14:34–35 and 1 Tim. 2:11–14, 1 Tim. 3:1–7, and Tit. 1:5–9 Increasingly however, supporters of women in ministry argue that the Biblical passages used to argue against women's ordination might be read differently when more understanding of the unique historical context of ...
An Orthodox Christian is expected to pray constantly. According to Bishop Kallistos Ware, "[I]n Orthodox spirituality, [there is] no separation between liturgy and private devotion." [4] Thus the house, just like the Temple (church building), is considered to be a consecrated place, and the center of worship in the house is the icon corner.
Changes that occurred to synagogue architecture included, the construction of the weibershule – separate rooms in which women conducted their own prayers, also ezrat nashim – separate women's section in the synagogue, in which women prayer leaders mediated between the main services and the women's prayers, in a manner again very much ...