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Marriage in the Eastern Orthodox Church is a holy mystery (sacrament) in the Eastern Orthodox Church in which a priest officiates a marriage between a man and a woman. In the Byzantine Rite liturgy for Matrimony, the couple is crowned .
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 8 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 ...
Orthodox Jews, who are known to be extremely conservative, had female and male guests separated by a gauze curtain and the bride wore a full-face veil. Click through the slideshow above to take a ...
The Mystery of Crowning is a ritual component of the sacrament of marriage in Eastern Christianity. Variations of the crowning ceremony exist in multiple liturgical rites, including the Byzantine, Coptic, West Syriac, and East Syriac Rites of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches.
Eastern Orthodox buildings and structures by continent (3 C) Eastern Orthodox monasteries (9 C, 5 P) Buildings and structures of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (2 C, 1 P)
Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. Eastern Orthodox leadership, despite lacking a single doctrinal authority like a pope ...
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