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As most actions in Orthodox worship, processions are most often used to commemorate events and also, of course, to display items of religious, and particularly Orthodox, significance. Their most fundamental purpose however is, as everything in Orthodox worship, to aid in the edification and salvation of the worshippers by giving glory to God.
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]
Eastern Orthodox icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist hymn to Mary may be chanted. Marian hymns are Christian songs focused on Mary, mother of Jesus. They are used in devotional and liturgical services, particularly by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. [citation ...
Tchaikovsky's setting of the Divine Liturgy, along with his All-Night Vigil and his nine sacred songs, were of seminal importance in the later interest in Orthodox music. [8] [22] [23] Other composers, encouraged by the freedom created by the new lack of restriction on sacred music, soon followed Tchaikovsky's example. [9]
Joel Blumenthal Wolowelsky (b. 1946) is a Modern Orthodox thinker and author. He was the dean of faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush high school, [ 1 ] where he taught Ethics and mathematics . He has written extensively on topics pertaining to the role of women in Judaism and Jewish medical ethics .
In 2004, John Maddex founded Ancient Faith Radio after a career as the division manager of Moody Institute's 35 radio stations and radio work for Focus on the Family.In 2008, under the leadership of Maddex, AFR combined with Conciliar Press (formed in 1977 as part of what became the Evangelical Orthodox Church) to form Conciliar Media Ministries, which, in 2013, was renamed Ancient Faith ...
The irmoi and katabasia for various occasions are found gathered together in the Irmologion, one of the standard service books of the Orthodox Church. Complete canons ( irmoi with their troparia ) are found in the Menaion , Octoechos and Horologion used throughout the year, and in the seasonal service books the Triodion and the Pentecostarion .
The Matins Gospel is the solemn chanting of a lection from one of the Four Gospels during Matins in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. The reading of the Gospel is the highpoint of the service, and takes place near the end of the festive portion of the service known as the Polyeleos .