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A memorial service (Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, "memorial"; [1] Slavonic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, "vigil"; [2] [3] Romanian: parastas and Serbian парастос, parastos, from Greek παράστασις, parástasis) [4] is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic ...
Koliva. Koliva, also spelled, depending on the language, kollyva, kollyba, kolyvo, or colivă, [a] is a dish based on boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, koliva is blessed during funerals, as well as during the memorial service (mnemosyno) that is ...
Eastern Orthodox Christianityin North America. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOArch; Greek: Ελληνική Ορθόδοξη Αρχιεπισκοπή Αμερικής), headquartered in New York City, is an eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its current primate is Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. [1][4]
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
e. The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [2]: 68 [9][10] In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese: 476,878 107,289 22.5% 14 20 525 908 American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese: 10,457 4,936 47.2% 1 0 79 132 Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA: 22,362 6,857 30.7% 2 0 101 221 Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America: 700 185 26.4% 1 0 2 350 Vicariate for the Palestinian/Jordanian Communities: 6,775 815 12% 0 9 753
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, University City, MO, NRHP-listed. St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Southbridge, MA, NRHP-listed. St. Euphrosynia Belarusian Orthodox Church, New Jersey. Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City.
Archimandrite Polycarp. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. [4] Holy Trinity Monastery Greek Orthodox Monastery, Smith Creek, Michigan. Hieromonk Joseph. Spiritual Father: Elder Ephraim of Arizona. Panagia Pammakaristou Greek Orthodox Monastery, Lawsonville, North Carolina. Hieromonk Nektarios.