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User talk:Joffridus

2005-03-23T18:35:14Z

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Welcome Geoffrey, good to have you onboard! [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]]

== Images ==

I don't think images can be imported directly from the web (if they can, I haven't figured it out yet). The only way I've discovered so far is for the image to be on the local machine I'm using. What I usually do when I want an image from the web which is licensed for our use is to download it to the desktop and then upload it to OrthodoxWiki from there.

BTW, images don't have to be public domain for our use. There are other licenses which are acceptable, as well. See: [[Help:Image licenses]]. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 10:03, 7 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Bp. Seraphim ==

I'm not really sure. He isn't included in the [http://www.oca.org/pages/ocaadmin/episcopacy/index.html official list on the OCA website]. We could almost certainly include him as a retired bishop in the [[Church of Japan]] article. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 08:47, 8 Feb 2005 (CST)

::Hi Joffridus, let's follow the usage of OCA.org. As far as I remember, he is indeed a retired Bishop from the Church of Japan., and not counted as part of the OCA, even though he has filled in for OCA bishops from time to time. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

:::Gotcha. That works.

== Chrismation ==
Happy to be of service! :) [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 11:03, 23 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Book sources link ==

I'm not sure how to do what you want to do, but we could make an article in [[:Category:Marketplace]] for booksellers. *shrug* --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 12:11, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)
::That might be the best way to go. I'll see about that. Thanks. -- [[User:Joffridus|Geoff]]

User talk:Dcndavid

2005-02-23T16:22:22Z

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Thank you for your contributions and welcome to OrthodoxWiki! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

Many thanks, Father. I'm glad to be here. I'm a friend of Rdr. Andrew's. --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 10:07, 2 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Menaion ==

I think we're working toward a "combined menaion" of sorts. Include as many saints as possible for each day, but note where there are differences, e.g., for [[February 27]], you would list: Raphael of Brooklyn ([[OCA]] commemoration). --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 10:34, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

P.S. I'm quite happy to see your appearance here, BTW. :)

==Lenten Triodion==
Thank you for your help in rectifying my mistakes. Regarding the [[fasting]] page: for the "Fast-free weeks" section, is it still appropriate to call the week following the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee ''the first week of the Lenten Triodion'' since that is the first week of using that book? After some inquiries on campus this evening, I was told that usually ''Lenten Triodion'' refers to a) the book by that title, b) the period of time for which the book is used, or c) (in few circumstances) the three weeks before Lent starts for lack of a better name. Is there another name for these three weeks, or is it merely the ''start'' of the Lenten Triodion (definition b)? Thank you for your help. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 22:18, 22 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Triodion supplement ==

Yeah, we were just talking about the supplemental book in one of our class yesterday (IIRC). I want to get it one of these days. Vital stuff. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 04:57, 23 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Chrismation ==

Deacon David - thanks for the modification/clarification on the Chrismation article. -- [[User:Joffridus|Geoff]] 11:21, 23 Feb 2005

Church of Armenia

2005-02-16T18:19:16Z

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The '''Church of Armenia''', sometimes called the '''Armenian Apostolic Church''' or the '''Armenian Orthodox Church''' is an ancient church, originally part of the ancient, undivided Church. It separated from the Orthodox Church in AD 506, after the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]]. It is one of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] Churches.

[[liturgy|Liturgically]], the Church has much in common with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. For example, their bishops wear vestments almost identical to those of Western bishops. The Armenian Apostolic Church should not, however, be confused with the [[Armenian Catholic Church]], which is church in [[Uniate|union]] with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. They also typically do not use a full [[iconostasis]], but rather a curtain.

==History==

===Christianity in Armenia===

Tradition tells us that the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew first brought Christianity to the land of the Armenians in the first century. However, it would not be for about 200 more years that Armenia would become the first country to adopt [[Christianity]] as a state religion, in AD 301, when [[Saint Gregory the Illuminator]], a missionary from Caesarea, converted the king of Armenia, Trdat IV, to Christianity. In time, St. Gregory was sent back to Caesarea to be elevated to the [[bishops|episcopate]] and returned to Armenia as the first '''Catholicos''' (or "universal" bishop of an area). Gregory’s son, Aristakes, attended the First [[Ecumenical Council]] at [[First Ecumenical Council|Nicea]] in AD 325.

In addition to the obvious spiritual benefits which resulted from the "baptism" of Armenia, this conversion aided in unifying various ethnic groups into a cohesive Armenian identity. The Armenian Church was instrumental in the early missions to neighboring Georgia and Albania.

===The Council of Chalcedon===

Together with the other churches that have come to be called [[Oriental Orthodox]] Churches, the Church of Armenia, [[Schism|split]] with Orthodoxy in the [[5th Century]], rejecting the [[Dogma|dogmas]] of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] regarding [[Christ|Christ’s]] dual-nature. They are sometimes called [[Monophysite|Monophysites]], however this is a term that they reject, preferring to be called "Non-Chalcedonian," since they ''do'' claim that Christ did indeed have two natures.

===The Armenian Genocide===

==Leadership==

The hierarch of the Armenian Church is the '''Catholicos of Armenia'''. The current Catholicos is Garegin II, who resides in the city of Echmiadzin, west of Yerevan. However, a minority of the church has recognized instead the Catholicos of Cilicia, who resides in Antilyas in Lebanon, as a result of a dispute that emerged while Armenia was under Communist rule.

==Armenian Christianity Outside of Armenia==

Today there are large Armenian Orthodox congreations in many middle-eastern countries outside Armenia. Of particular importance is the Armenian Apostolic Church of Iran, where Armenians are the largest Christian ethnic minority. The Armenian Church also is one of the churches (together with the [[Orthodox Church]], the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptics]], [[Church of Ethiopia|Ethiopians]] and [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syrians]]) which cooperates in the use and administration of the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)]].

In America, the Armenian Church maintains St. Vartan Cathedral in New York City, and St. Nersess Seminary in New Rochelle, NY. The latter cooperates very closely with [[St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, NY)]].

==Sources==
* Portions of this article have been taken, with modifications, from [http://www.wikipedia.com/Armenian_Apostolic_Church Wikipedia.com]
* [http://www.armenianchurch.org The Armenian Apostolic Church in America]

==External Links==

* [http://www.armenianchurch.org The Armenian Apostolic Church in America]
* [http://www.stnersess.edu St. Nersess Armenian Seminary]

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