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2009-11-18T03:22:33Z

Eddieuny:

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==August 17 Menaion==

Should we call our father among the saints Theodoretus the enlightener of the Sami, as opposed to the enlightener of the Lapps. Lapp is considered something of an ethnic slur; much like calling the Inuit by the name Eskimo. On the other hand, should we wait until the Menaion itself is changed to reflect the better name for the people of northern Scandinavia. [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 03:22, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

==Ukrainian version==

Dear Father, I thought to start Ukrainian version. How can I do that? I work with articles related to Orthodoxy on Ukrainian wikipedia.

--[[User:Roman Z|Roman Z]] 21:38, March 12, 2009 (UTC)

==Orthodox Source==
Hi father john, it is with much sadness and hurt that I see you close down Orthodox Source. Mainly because I invested a huge amount of time to put information onto that site that took a lot of my time and I dont have access to any more. I am a bit saddened because you didnt even give me some notice that you were going to close the site down so that I could at least download some of the information onto my personal computer that I can access in the future ... a bit disappointed that this was not considered and an opportunity given to do this. It only proves that the Internet is not a very viable Christian tool. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 05:50, November 27, 2008 (UTC)

== Fact check ==

Dear Father,
I am trying to recall the name of the cemetery chapel at Saint Anna's Skete on the Holy Mountain. I wondered if you or any of your readers/discussants might help me.

Thanks,
Isaak Scott Cairns

:One source tells me it's "Holy Cross" — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 20:54, March 16, 2009 (UTC)

== Hymns of Contrition ==

Father John, I bought a CD last night that in Greek is called "Kataniktika of Great lent". So, I set about doing a google today to find out just what are these hymns (although I understand the words). Many articles come up but they are primarily from the Catholic church and are seven Psalms ... these do not seem to be the format of the kataniktiko service. Can you help me. What are the Kataniktika of Great Lent? I want to post an article onto OrthodoxWiki for others to reference too.!! Thanks in advance. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 22:54, March 16, 2009 (UTC)

:O man, these Greek terms -- best ask a Byzantine-style cantor, I think. Anyone around here? — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::Триоди в Воскресенья - the CD translates the "Kataniktika" as the "Hymns of Contrition". However, if you do a google on that term it comes up with the Catholic version of Hymns of Contrition - which are not the same! Oi! What is wrong with the Greek terms? The church lasted 2,000 years because of the beauty in the Greek language :-) Do you want us to convert everything to Russian so you can understand? LOL ANYWAY! You are a priest - you should know what these are! ROFL [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:07, March 16, 2009 (UTC)

::: The ''Katanyktikoi Hymnoi'' (it helps to use standard Latinization for Greek!) may be called the "Hymns of Contrition" or "Penitential Hymns," and the term refers to a wide set of pieces of hymnography used throughout the period of the Triodion, most especially in the stichera of Lenten Vespers (most often referenced in Sunday night Vespers).

::: They are not the same thing as the "Penitential Psalms." —[[User:ASDamick|Fr. Andrew]] [[User_talk:ASDamick|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|contribs]] ('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''') 23:53, March 16, 2009 (UTC)
:::: Thanks! What I did was cut and paste what you just said and inserted it into an article. Hopefully we can develop it a little ... there is not much available on the Internet for this. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 00:34, March 17, 2009 (UTC)

== ΒΟΗΘΕΙΑ ==

ΧΡΕΙΑΖΟΜΑΙ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ ΠΑΛΙΑ ΑΙΡΕΣΗ, ΛΕΓΕΤΑΙ ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΔΟΚΗΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΔΡΥΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΗΤΑΝ Ο ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΣΟΥ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΣ

:Ελληνικά, παρακαλώ. Δεν μιλούν ελληνικά. Σε ευχαριστώ. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

==User Creation - Proposal==
Greetings Fr. John,
With the amount of Vandalism we have, I propose that anyone requesting a new account first has to submit a request online, with some brief info about temselves, and THEN THE REQUEST WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL by yourself or Fr. Andrew or other Sysops. '''The ability for anyone to automatically create accounts will be disabled''', unless they are sincere and simply request a free account which they can then of course have; I think that the Conservapedia and some other wikis might have this system in place. Anyhow, just an idea I wanted to pass along :)

By the way, regarding the note immediately above this one (in greek), it reads something like this: ''"I require information on an ancient heresy, called "Aftharto-Docetism"?, and its proponent was the Bishop of Halicarnassos Julianos."'' I see that it was an unsigned comment however.

Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:10, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:Hi Angellight, given the number of users we have, this sounds like an awful lot of work. I'd rather just clean up occasionally as needed, but let me keep my eyes open for another solution. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 00:17, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

::other forums require that you Verify your "humanity" by typing into a box the combination of numbers/letters you can see on the screen to verify that you are indeed "real" and not a bot. maybe that is all you need. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 00:51, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

::::Yep, was just posting that I've just installed a captcha test for new user registrations. It won't block disturbed individuals, but should help with the automated creation of accounts from multiple un-blacklisted IPs where email verification can be performed. Amazing we have to deal with that, eh? — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 00:55, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:::::Yeah, you have to wonder why they havent got better things to do than hurl abuse at people who are minding their own business ... I learnt something yesterday. A priest called Fr Demetrius wrote an email about praying for the deceased soul of a "george" who was a pro-abortionist in America. When you read with what tenderness and love Fr Demetrius writes about this "sinner" you realise how much we just pity these people - for they know not what they do. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:04, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:::The only effect really is to drain a little bit of my time away :-(. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::::Hey, I just did an EDIT on an article and it asked me to fill out a box ... is this going to be the standard practise from now on for editing as it will grow tedious I think for regulars? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:37, June 4, 2009 (UTC)
:::Whoops, I'll fix this. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 01:43, June 4, 2009 (UTC)
:::I missed the setting that said "Require captcha when user edits page and adds a link" - let me know if it happens again! — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::::Sure, also while I have you and you are in a good mood :D I would like to ask for a favour (as far as practical) my heart is to complete the most comprehensive Table of Saints (in Chronological order) - as you can witness by this new article. At present, I am systematically and patiently working through the information ON OrthodoxWiki ... how can I identify saints I have missed NOT listed on OrthodoxWiki. Do you have any suggestions? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:53, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:::Wow! Sounds like a big job. I guess you'd have to check the websites of the various Orthodox jurisdictions around the world, or get your hands on a really good synaxarion (I like the one published by at Ormylia) and refer to its index. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 01:56, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

== Glitch ==

See [[Talk:Alban|this]]. —[[User:ASDamick|Fr. Andrew]] [[User_talk:ASDamick|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|contribs]] ('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''') 01:59, July 8, 2009 (UTC)

::Thanks, message left. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 05:38, July 8, 2009 (UTC)

User talk:FrJohn

2009-11-18T03:21:46Z

Eddieuny:

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==August 17 Menaion==

Should we call our father among the saints Theodoretus the enlightener of the Sami, as opposed to the enlightener of the Lapps. Lapp is considered something of an ethnic slur; much like calling the Inuit by the name Eskimo. On the other hand, should we wait until the Menaion itself is changed to reflect the better name for the people of northern Scandinavia. <nowiki>- ~~~~</nowiki>

==Ukrainian version==

Dear Father, I thought to start Ukrainian version. How can I do that? I work with articles related to Orthodoxy on Ukrainian wikipedia.

--[[User:Roman Z|Roman Z]] 21:38, March 12, 2009 (UTC)

==Orthodox Source==
Hi father john, it is with much sadness and hurt that I see you close down Orthodox Source. Mainly because I invested a huge amount of time to put information onto that site that took a lot of my time and I dont have access to any more. I am a bit saddened because you didnt even give me some notice that you were going to close the site down so that I could at least download some of the information onto my personal computer that I can access in the future ... a bit disappointed that this was not considered and an opportunity given to do this. It only proves that the Internet is not a very viable Christian tool. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 05:50, November 27, 2008 (UTC)

== Fact check ==

Dear Father,
I am trying to recall the name of the cemetery chapel at Saint Anna's Skete on the Holy Mountain. I wondered if you or any of your readers/discussants might help me.

Thanks,
Isaak Scott Cairns

:One source tells me it's "Holy Cross" — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 20:54, March 16, 2009 (UTC)

== Hymns of Contrition ==

Father John, I bought a CD last night that in Greek is called "Kataniktika of Great lent". So, I set about doing a google today to find out just what are these hymns (although I understand the words). Many articles come up but they are primarily from the Catholic church and are seven Psalms ... these do not seem to be the format of the kataniktiko service. Can you help me. What are the Kataniktika of Great Lent? I want to post an article onto OrthodoxWiki for others to reference too.!! Thanks in advance. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 22:54, March 16, 2009 (UTC)

:O man, these Greek terms -- best ask a Byzantine-style cantor, I think. Anyone around here? — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::Триоди в Воскресенья - the CD translates the "Kataniktika" as the "Hymns of Contrition". However, if you do a google on that term it comes up with the Catholic version of Hymns of Contrition - which are not the same! Oi! What is wrong with the Greek terms? The church lasted 2,000 years because of the beauty in the Greek language :-) Do you want us to convert everything to Russian so you can understand? LOL ANYWAY! You are a priest - you should know what these are! ROFL [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 23:07, March 16, 2009 (UTC)

::: The ''Katanyktikoi Hymnoi'' (it helps to use standard Latinization for Greek!) may be called the "Hymns of Contrition" or "Penitential Hymns," and the term refers to a wide set of pieces of hymnography used throughout the period of the Triodion, most especially in the stichera of Lenten Vespers (most often referenced in Sunday night Vespers).

::: They are not the same thing as the "Penitential Psalms." —[[User:ASDamick|Fr. Andrew]] [[User_talk:ASDamick|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|contribs]] ('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''') 23:53, March 16, 2009 (UTC)
:::: Thanks! What I did was cut and paste what you just said and inserted it into an article. Hopefully we can develop it a little ... there is not much available on the Internet for this. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 00:34, March 17, 2009 (UTC)

== ΒΟΗΘΕΙΑ ==

ΧΡΕΙΑΖΟΜΑΙ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ ΠΑΛΙΑ ΑΙΡΕΣΗ, ΛΕΓΕΤΑΙ ΑΦΘΑΡΤΟΔΟΚΗΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΔΡΥΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΗΤΑΝ Ο ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΣΟΥ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΣ

:Ελληνικά, παρακαλώ. Δεν μιλούν ελληνικά. Σε ευχαριστώ. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

==User Creation - Proposal==
Greetings Fr. John,
With the amount of Vandalism we have, I propose that anyone requesting a new account first has to submit a request online, with some brief info about temselves, and THEN THE REQUEST WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL by yourself or Fr. Andrew or other Sysops. '''The ability for anyone to automatically create accounts will be disabled''', unless they are sincere and simply request a free account which they can then of course have; I think that the Conservapedia and some other wikis might have this system in place. Anyhow, just an idea I wanted to pass along :)

By the way, regarding the note immediately above this one (in greek), it reads something like this: ''"I require information on an ancient heresy, called "Aftharto-Docetism"?, and its proponent was the Bishop of Halicarnassos Julianos."'' I see that it was an unsigned comment however.

Cheers, [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 00:10, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:Hi Angellight, given the number of users we have, this sounds like an awful lot of work. I'd rather just clean up occasionally as needed, but let me keep my eyes open for another solution. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 00:17, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

::other forums require that you Verify your "humanity" by typing into a box the combination of numbers/letters you can see on the screen to verify that you are indeed "real" and not a bot. maybe that is all you need. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 00:51, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

::::Yep, was just posting that I've just installed a captcha test for new user registrations. It won't block disturbed individuals, but should help with the automated creation of accounts from multiple un-blacklisted IPs where email verification can be performed. Amazing we have to deal with that, eh? — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 00:55, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:::::Yeah, you have to wonder why they havent got better things to do than hurl abuse at people who are minding their own business ... I learnt something yesterday. A priest called Fr Demetrius wrote an email about praying for the deceased soul of a "george" who was a pro-abortionist in America. When you read with what tenderness and love Fr Demetrius writes about this "sinner" you realise how much we just pity these people - for they know not what they do. [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:04, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:::The only effect really is to drain a little bit of my time away :-(. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::::Hey, I just did an EDIT on an article and it asked me to fill out a box ... is this going to be the standard practise from now on for editing as it will grow tedious I think for regulars? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:37, June 4, 2009 (UTC)
:::Whoops, I'll fix this. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 01:43, June 4, 2009 (UTC)
:::I missed the setting that said "Require captcha when user edits page and adds a link" - let me know if it happens again! — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::::Sure, also while I have you and you are in a good mood :D I would like to ask for a favour (as far as practical) my heart is to complete the most comprehensive Table of Saints (in Chronological order) - as you can witness by this new article. At present, I am systematically and patiently working through the information ON OrthodoxWiki ... how can I identify saints I have missed NOT listed on OrthodoxWiki. Do you have any suggestions? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 01:53, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

:::Wow! Sounds like a big job. I guess you'd have to check the websites of the various Orthodox jurisdictions around the world, or get your hands on a really good synaxarion (I like the one published by at Ormylia) and refer to its index. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 01:56, June 4, 2009 (UTC)

== Glitch ==

See [[Talk:Alban|this]]. —[[User:ASDamick|Fr. Andrew]] [[User_talk:ASDamick|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|contribs]] ('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''') 01:59, July 8, 2009 (UTC)

::Thanks, message left. — [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]] ([http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk]) 05:38, July 8, 2009 (UTC)

Talk:August 17

2009-11-18T03:12:53Z

Eddieuny: New page: Should we call our father among the saints Theodoretus the enlightener of the Sami, as opposed to the enlightener of the Lapps. Lapp is considered something of an ethnic slur; much like c...

Should we call our father among the saints Theodoretus the enlightener of the Sami, as opposed to the enlightener of the Lapps. Lapp is considered something of an ethnic slur; much like calling the Inuit by the name Eskimo.

Category talk:Heretics

2006-08-24T23:52:23Z

Eddieuny:

=== Julian the Apostate ===

Is there not a separate category for apostates? [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 18:52, August 24, 2006 (CDT)

Talk:Old Calendarists

2005-07-08T01:18:25Z

Eddieuny:

Is it really right to classify [[ROCOR]] as "Old Calendarist"? Their separation didn't have anything to do with the calendar change, and they're apparently on the verge of reunion with Moscow, anyhow. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 13:00, 28 Feb 2005 (CST)

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== '''Archbishop Gregory (Dormition Skete / Colorado)''' ==

How should his eminence be classified? As a separate jurisdiction? [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 21:18, 7 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Talk:Episcopi vagantes

2005-07-01T04:11:13Z

Eddieuny:

== Sources of consecration ==

In addition to Aftimios Ofiesh, perhaps Joseph Skureth (consecrated by Metropolitan John (Wendland), exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in North America) could be considered another one. Just a thought, perhaps others have a different understanding?

[[user:eddieuny|eddieuny]] 22:53 (UTC), 30 June 2005

: Aftimios was not himself an ''episcopus vagans'' (having been consecrated within the Church by canonical authorities), though some of his "successors" were. I've never heard of Joseph Skureth -- who is he? Metr. John, in the little I've read about him, certainly doesn't seem the sort of guy that would go about consecrating bishops in a rogue fashion. —[[User:ASDamick|{{User:ASDamick/sig}}]] 22:08, 30 Jun 2005 (EDT)

::As they say in American Football, "on further review," it appears that it may have been a different Wendland who consecrated Bishop Joseph Skureth (not that it was Metropolitan John of blessed memory himself who consecrated in a rogue fashion). For this reason (and others) it is good to have these discussion pages. [[user:eddieuny|eddieuny]] 04:10 (UTC), 01 Jul 2005

Talk:Episcopi vagantes

2005-07-01T04:09:58Z

Eddieuny:

== Sources of consecration ==

In addition to Aftimios Ofiesh, perhaps Joseph Skureth (consecrated by Metropolitan John (Wendland), exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in North America) could be considered another one. Just a thought, perhaps others have a different understanding?

[[user:eddieuny|eddieuny]] 22:53 (UTC), 30 June 2005

: Aftimios was not himself an ''episcopus vagans'' (having been consecrated within the Church by canonical authorities), though some of his "successors" were. I've never heard of Joseph Skureth -- who is he? Metr. John, in the little I've read about him, certainly doesn't seem the sort of guy that would go about consecrating bishops in a rogue fashion. —[[User:ASDamick|{{User:ASDamick/sig}}]] 22:08, 30 Jun 2005 (EDT)

::As they say in American Football, "on further review," it appears that it may have been a different Wendland who consecrated Bishop Joseph Skureth (not that it was Metropolitan John of blessed memory himself who consecrated in a rogue fashion). [[user:eddieuny|eddieuny]] 04:09 (UTC), 01 Jul 2005

Talk:Episcopi vagantes

2005-06-30T22:55:24Z

Eddieuny:

Anglican Communion

2005-06-14T01:01:40Z

Eddieuny:

The '''Anglican Communion''' is a confederation of national churches, each considered independent, yet sharing [[full communion]] with one another and the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who is the spiritual (although not administrative) head of the Communion. The Anglican Communion maintains the traditional three-fold hierarchy of clergy: Bishops, Priests and Deacons. In some member churches, women have been admitted to one or more of these orders, whereas some member churches have maintained an all-male clergy. Beyond the three-fold order the administration and leadership of each national church is decided by that particular church. In the Church of England, for example, the Queen appoints Bishops. In the Episcopal Church (USA), on the other hand, bishops are elected by diocese and then confirmed by the triennial General Convention, or standing committees of advice in the majority of the diocese (depending on when a bishop-elect is chosen by a diocese).

Of particular interest to Orthodox inquirers is the current [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Rowan Williams, formerly Archbishop of Wales. Dr. Williams, an academic, has written two books on the spirituality of [[iconography]] (''The Dwelling of the Light: Praying With Icons of Christ'' and ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin'') and did his doctoral thesis on the theology of Orthodox theologian [[Vladimir Lossky]].

Other major thinkers to come out of the Anglican Communion have been reformers John and Charles Wesley, convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] Cardinal John Henry Newman, social activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and authors Dorothy Sayers and [[C. S. Lewis]].

==Anglican Theology==

Within Anglicanism there is a wide variety of theological thought. Some Anglicans would be comfortable under the general heading of "Protestant" whereas others would shun this title in favor of "Anglo-Catholic." In actuality, Anglicanism has had a remarkable ability to hold together people of varying views on many theological issues, some of them quite major. Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]], himself a convert to Orthodoxy from Anglicanism, writes in ''The Orthodox Church'' that "There are individual Anglicans whose faith is virtually indistinguishable from that of an Orthodox; but there are others within the Anglican communion, on the extreme liberal wing, who openly repudiate fundamental elements in the doctrinal and moral teaching of Christianity" (p. 321).

Among the more "orthodox" or conservative Anglican voices have been author and apologist [[C. S. Lewis]] and Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey. On the other hand, Anglicanism has been the home of such extreme liberal theologians as Bishop John Spong, author of ''Why Christianity Must Change or Die''.

All this being noted, however, there are a few things that can be said ''in a general way'' about Anglican beliefs.

First, Anglican doctrine in summed up in "the three historic creeds": The Nicene, The Apostles' ("The Roman Symbol") and the [[Athanasian Creed]] (or "Creed of St. [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] "). On advice from the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission, some national Churches have dropped the [[Filioque]] from the Nicene Creed in their liturgies, while others have not. The Church of England, for instance, maintains it in general, but it can be removed on occasions of ecumenical significance (such was the case at the entrhonement of Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury).

Second, the major doctrinal statement of Anglicanism has historically been the '''39 Articles'''. A product of the English Reformation, the Articles are no longer binding on Anglicans, though many traditionalists hold very firmly to them. These, among other things, affirm a belief in the [[Holy Trinity|Trinity]], the [[Incarnation]] and the [[Resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]. Protestant influence on the articles led to the inclusion of Article VI: "Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man..." This same article, however, contains certain Old Testament books that were rejected by most Protestants at the Reformation, namely the deuterocanonical or "apocryphal" books. Calvinist influences can also be read in the Articles.

Unlike other Protestant bodies, Anglicanism has also maintained belief in the historic seven Sacraments as understood by the Western Church: Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Penance, Holy Orders, Matrimony and Unction. However, the 39 Articles make the distinction between "two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel" (Baptism and Eucharist) and the other five, which it does not consider necessary.

A traditional means of explaining the way that Anglicans do theology has been called the "Three-Legged Stool". In this approach, Scripture, tradition and reason are the three ways in which Anglicans come to an understanding of the Truth. Classically, Anglicans would explain that Scripture is the prime authority, best interpreted in light of Christian tradition, in a reasonable way. However, the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission has stated, "We agree likewise in our view of the fundamental relationship between Scripture and tradition: they are not two sources, but correlative." (article 91)

==History==

Christianity reached England by the middle of the second century. As St. [[Bede]] relates in his ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', in 156 a British King by the name of Lucius wrote to Eleutherus, bishop of Rome, asking to be made a Christian. (Bk 1, Chap 4) With the work of missionaries throughout the first few centuries AD, Christianity spread and took root.

In 596 Pope [[Gregory the Great]] decided to send a mission to the Anglo-Saxons in the British Isles. He chose a to send a group of Benedictine monks, under the leadership of St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]] (not to be confused with [[Augustine of Hippo]]). Augustine and his fellow monks arrived in Kent in 597 and eventually a see city was set up in Canterbury, Augustine being the first Archbishop. It is said that that when they arrived they were "carrying a silver cross and an image of Jesus Christ painted on a board, which thus became, so far as we know, 'Canterbury's first icon.'" (''Lesser Feasts and Fasts'' p. 252)

With Augustine and those who came after him, the British Isles were slowly put under the authority of the Church of Rome. As with the rest of the Western Church, this authority increased over the next 500 years.

In the 16th century, as Western Continental Europe was struggling with the Protestant Reformation, the winds of change would eventually sweep England as well. However, as the Continental Reformation would begin in matters of religion and lead to matters of politics, the English Reformation would begin in matters of politics and end in matters of faith.

{{stub}}

==Member Churches==

The national churches below are all self-governing members of the Anglican Communion. There are Anglicans in other countries, however. In these cases, the parishes are under the jurisdiction of one of the national churches. The "Primates" (head bishops) of each national church meet periodically to discuss matters of faith and discipline. In addition, every 10 years (1988, 1998, etc.) the Anglican bishops from around the world are gathered to Lambeth Palace (home of the Archbishop of Canterbury) for the "Lambeth Conference." The decisions of the Lambeth Conference are seen as advisory, not binding, on the member churches.

''(This list is not exhaustive)''

*The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
*The Anglican Church of Australia
*A Igreja Episcopal do Brasil
*The Church of the Province of Burundi
*The Anglican Church of Canada
*The Episcopal Church of Cuba
*The Church of England
*Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
*The Church of North India
*The Church of South India
*The Church of Ireland
*Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Holy Catholic Church in Japan)
*The Anglican Church of Kenya
*The Anglican Church of Korea
*La Iglesia Anglicana de México
*The Church of the Province of Myanmar
*The Church of the Province of Nigeria
*The Church of Pakistan
*The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
*The Philippine Episcopal Church
*The Lusitanian Church of Portugal
*The Province of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda
*The Scottish Episcopal Church
*The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
*The Church of Sri Lanka
*The Episcopal Church of the Sudan
*The Church of the Province of Tanzania
*The Church of the Province of Uganda
*[[Episcopal Church U.S.A.|The Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]
*The Church in Wales

==Anglican Schisms==

Several times throughout the history of Anglicanism, there have been movements which led to schism. The various resulting bodies have maintained their Anglican heritage to differing degrees. Among these groups are the various Methodist churches, the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Anglican Catholic Church and the Anglican Church in America. Current debates within the Communion regarding the ordination of homosexuals and the church's blessing of same-sex unions threaten further schism.

==Relationship with Orthodox Christians==

===Anglican/Orthodox Organizations===
Largely through the initiative and work of Oxford Movement figure Father John Mason Neale, in 1863 there was formed the '''Anglican and Eastern Churches Association'''. This organization publishes a journal (''Eastern Churches News Letter'')and encourages interaction of Anglican and Orthodox Christians, particularly through encouraging pilgrimages. In 1928 an organization with similar goals, the '''Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius''' was formed and also publishes a journal (''Sobornost''). In the 1960s an international commission of Orthodox and Anglican clergy and theologians entitled the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission was formed and has issued two historic statements which will be addressed below.

===Agreed Statements===
In the 1960s, largely through the ecumenical work of Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey and Patriarch [[Athenagoras (Spyrou) I of Constantinople]], both the Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Churches established commissions to consider Anglican-Orthodox relations. Between 1973 and 1976 an "Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission" met which led to the '''Moscow Agreed Statement''' which dealt with "the Knowledge of God, the Inspiration and Authority of Holy Scripture, Scripture and Tradition, the Authority of the Councils, the ''Filioque'' Clause, the Church as the Eucharistic Community, and the Invocation of the [[Holy Spirit]] in the Eucharist."

In 1984 the Commission again produced a joint docrinal work entitled the '''Dublin Agreed Statement'''. This one dealt with the Mystery of the Church, the Holy Trinity and worship and tradition.

It is the goal of the Commission to put together another report in 2006, which will include the all of the interim agreements that have been reached since 1989.

At the time of the first agreed statement, the hope of the Commission had been for the eventual reunion of the Anglican and Orthodox Churches. However, in between the two, a major development in Anglicanism changed the direction of the Commission. In 1978 both the [[Episcopal Church U.S.A.]] and the Lambeth Conference put forth positions accepting the ordination of women. This drastically changed the understanding of the Commission. Following the Lambeth Conference in 1978, it had now come to be seen, in the words of co-chairman Archbishop Athanagoras, "simply as an academic and informative exercise, and no longer as an ecclesial endeavour aiming at the union of the two churches."

As there is much theological variation within Anglicanism, Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] has explained rightly when he writes, "The Orthodox Church, however deep its longing for reunion, cannot enter into closer relations with the Anglican communion until Anglicans themeselves are clearer about their own beliefs" (Ware, p. 321).

==Current Issues Within Anglicanism==

{{stub}}

==Anglican-Orthodox Resources==

The following resources may be of interest to the Orthodox Christian who wants to know more about Anglicanism, or the Anglican who wants to know more about Orthodoxy.

* ''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: The Dublin Agreed Statement 1984'' (ISBN 0881410470)
* Billerbeck, Franklin. ''Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage'' (ISBN 0962271357)
* Pinnington, Judith. ''Anglicans and Orthodox: Unity and Subversion (1559-1725)''. Forward by Rowan Williams. (ISBN 0852445776)
* ''St. Andrew Service Book''. Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, 1996. (This is the service book for the [[Western Rite]] Vicarate, which includes the [[Liturgy of St. Tikhon]] and Matins and Vespers, which are based upon the old Anglican liturgies)
* Williams, Rowan. ''The Dwelling of the Light: Praying With Icons of Christ'' (ISBN 0802827780)
* Williams, Rowan. ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin'' (ISBN 1580511244)

==Sources==

*''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: The Dublin Agreed Statement 1984''. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1985.
*Bede. ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People.'' New York: Penguin, 1990.
*Bernadin, J.B. ''An Introduction to the Episcopal Church'' (Rev. Ed.). Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 1983.
*''The Book of Common Prayer''. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1979.
*''Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2003''. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1993.
*Ware, Timothy. ''The Orthodox Church'' (New Edition). New York: Penguin, 1997.

==External Links==

* [http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ The Anglican Communion Secretariat]
* [http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ The Episcopal Church USA]
* [http://www.anglicansonline.org/ Anglicans Online]
* [http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/ Official Website of the Archbishop of Canterbury]
* [http://www.sobornost.org/ The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]
* [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/orthodoxy/index.html Project Canterbury: Writings on Anglicanism & Orthodoxy]
* [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/nonjurors/langford1.html The Non-Jurors and the Eastern Orthodoxy] by the Rev. H. W. Langford
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/inq_anglican.aspx The Orthodox Christian Information Center: Page for Anglican Inquirers into Orthodoxy]
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/hawaweeny.aspx Pastoral Direction and Instruction on Orthodox/Episcopal Relations and Ministrations in America (1912)] by St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]]

[[Category:Non-Orthodox]]

Talk:Anglican Communion

2005-06-14T00:57:57Z

Eddieuny:

== Election of Bishops in the Episcopal Church (USA) ==

See pages 32 - 34 of the PDF at the following URL:

http://www.churchpublishing.org/general_convention/pdf_const_2003/Title_III_Ministry.pdf

Ed Unneland [[user|Eddieuny]] 00:56 (UTC) 14 June 2005

Talk:Anglican Communion

2005-06-14T00:57:46Z

Eddieuny:

Talk:Anglican Communion

2005-06-14T00:57:20Z

Eddieuny:

Talk:Anglican Communion

2005-06-14T00:56:58Z

Eddieuny:

Anglican Communion

2005-06-14T00:53:14Z

Eddieuny: Bishops in the ECUSA are confirmed either in General Convention, or by the standing committee of a majority of the dioceses.

The '''Anglican Communion''' is a confederation of national churches, each considered independent, yet sharing [[full communion]] with one another and the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who is the spiritual (although not administrative) head of the Communion. The Anglican Communion maintains the traditional three-fold hierarchy of clergy: Bishops, Priests and Deacons. In some member churches, women have been admitted to one or more of these orders, whereas some member churches have maintained an all-male clergy. Beyond the three-fold order the administration and leadership of each national church is decided by that particular church. In the Church of England, for example, the Queen appoints Bishops. In the Episcopal Church (USA), on the other hand, bishops are elected by diocese and then confirmed by the triennial General Convention, or standing committees of advice in the majority of the diocese (depending on when a bishop-elect is chosen by a diocese).

Of particular interest to Orthodox inquirers is the current [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Rowan Williams, formerly Archbishop of Wales. Dr. Williams, an academic, has written two books on the spirituality of [[iconography]] (''The Dwelling of the Light: Praying With Icons of Christ'' and ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin'') and did his doctoral thesis on the theology of Orthodox theologian [[Vladimir Lossky]].

Other major thinkers to come out of the Anglican Communion have been reformers John and Charles Wesley, convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] Cardinal John Henry Newman, social activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and authors Dorothy Sayers and [[C. S. Lewis]].

==Anglican Theology==

Within Anglicanism there is a wide variety of theological thought. Some Anglicans would be comfortable under the general heading of "Protestant" whereas others would shun this title in favor of "Anglo-Catholic." In actuality, Anglicanism has had a remarkable ability to hold together people of varying views on many theological issues, some of them quite major. Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]], himself a convert to Orthodoxy from Anglicanism, writes in ''The Orthodox Church'' that "There are individual Anglicans whose faith is virtually indistinguishable from that of an Orthodox; but there are others within the Anglican communion, on the extreme liberal wing, who openly repudiate fundamental elements in the doctrinal and moral teaching of Christianity" (p. 321).

Among the more "orthodox" or conservative Anglican voices have been author and apologist [[C. S. Lewis]] and Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey. On the other hand, Anglicanism has been the home of such extreme liberal theologians as Bishop John Spong, author of ''Why Christianity Must Change or Die''.

All this being noted, however, there are a few things that can be said ''in a general way'' about Anglican beliefs.

First, Anglican doctrine in summed up in "the three historic creeds": The Nicene, The Apostles' ("The Roman Symbol") and the [[Athanasian Creed]] (or "Creed of St. [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]] "). On advice from the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission, some national Churches have dropped the [[Filioque]] from the Nicene Creed in their liturgies, while others have not. The Church of England, for instance, maintains it in general, but it can be removed on occasions of ecumenical significance (such was the case at the entrhonement of Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury).

Second, the major doctrinal statement of Anglicanism has historically been the '''39 Articles'''. A product of the English Reformation, the Articles are no longer binding on Anglicans, though many traditionalists hold very firmly to them. These, among other things, affirm a belief in the [[Holy Trinity|Trinity]], the [[Incarnation]] and the [[Resurrection]] of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]. Protestan influence on the articles led to the inclusion of Article VI: "Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man..." This same article, however, contains certain Old Testament books that were rejected by most Protestants at the Reformation, namely the deuterocanonical or "apocryphal" books. Calvinist influences can also be read in the Articles.

Unlike other Protestant bodies, Anglicanism has also maintained belief in the historic seven Sacraments as understood by the Western Church: Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Penance, Holy Orders, Matrimony and Unction. However, the 39 Articles make the distinction between "two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel" (Baptism and Eucharist) and the other five, which it does not consider necessary.

A traditional means of explaining the way that Anglicans do theology has been called the "Three-Legged Stool". In this approach, Scripture, tradition and reason are the three ways in which Anglicans come to an understanding of the Truth. Classically, Anglicans would explain that Scripture is the prime authority, best interpreted in light of Christian tradition, in a reasonable way. However, the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission has stated, "We agree likewise in our view of the fundamental relationship between Scripture and tradition: they are not two sources, but correlative." (article 91)

==History==

Christianity reached England by the middle of the second century. As St. [[Bede]] relates in his ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', in 156 a British King by the name of Lucius wrote to Eleutherus, bishop of Rome, asking to be made a Christian. (Bk 1, Chap 4) With the work of missionaries throughout the first few centuries AD, Christianity spread and took root.

In 596 Pope [[Gregory the Great]] decided to send a mission to the Anglo-Saxons in the British Isles. He chose a to send a group of Benedictine monks, under the leadership of St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]] (not to be confused with [[Augustine of Hippo]]). Augustine and his fellow monks arrived in Kent in 597 and eventually a see city was set up in Canterbury, Augustine being the first Archbishop. It is said that that when they arrived they were "carrying a silver cross and an image of Jesus Christ painted on a board, which thus became, so far as we know, 'Canterbury's first icon.'" (''Lesser Feasts and Fasts'' p. 252)

With Augustine and those who came after him, the British Isles were slowly put under the authority of the Church of Rome. As with the rest of the Western Church, this authority increased over the next 500 years.

In the 16th century, as Western Continental Europe was struggling with the Protestant Reformation, the winds of change would eventually sweep England as well. However, as the Continental Reformation would begin in matters of religion and lead to matters of politics, the English Reformation would begin in matters of politics and end in matters of faith.

{{stub}}

==Member Churches==

The national churches below are all self-governing members of the Anglican Communion. There are Anglicans in other countries, however. In these cases, the parishes are under the jurisdiction of one of the national churches. The "Primates" (head bishops) of each national church meet periodically to discuss matters of faith and discipline. In addition, every 10 years (1988, 1998, etc.) the Anglican bishops from around the world are gathered to Lambeth Palace (home of the Archbishop of Canterbury) for the "Lambeth Conference." The decisions of the Lambeth Conference are seen as advisory, not binding, on the member churches.

''(This list is not exhaustive)''

*The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
*The Anglican Church of Australia
*A Igreja Episcopal do Brasil
*The Church of the Province of Burundi
*The Anglican Church of Canada
*The Episcopal Church of Cuba
*The Church of England
*Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
*The Church of North India
*The Church of South India
*The Church of Ireland
*Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Holy Catholic Church in Japan)
*The Anglican Church of Kenya
*The Anglican Church of Korea
*La Iglesia Anglicana de México
*The Church of the Province of Myanmar
*The Church of the Province of Nigeria
*The Church of Pakistan
*The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
*The Philippine Episcopal Church
*The Lusitanian Church of Portugal
*The Province of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda
*The Scottish Episcopal Church
*The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
*The Church of Sri Lanka
*The Episcopal Church of the Sudan
*The Church of the Province of Tanzania
*The Church of the Province of Uganda
*[[Episcopal Church U.S.A.|The Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]
*The Church in Wales

==Anglican Schisms==

Several times throughout the history of Anglicanism, there have been movements which led to schism. The various resulting bodies have maintained their Anglican heritage to differing degrees. Among these groups are the various Methodist churches, the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Anglican Catholic Church and the Anglican Church in America. Current debates within the Communion regarding the ordination of homosexuals and the church's blessing of same-sex unions threaten further schism.

==Relationship with Orthodox Christians==

===Anglican/Orthodox Organizations===
Largely through the initiative and work of Oxford Movement figure Father John Mason Neale, in 1863 there was formed the '''Anglican and Eastern Churches Association'''. This organization publishes a journal (''Eastern Churches News Letter'')and encourages interaction of Anglican and Orthodox Christians, particularly through encouraging pilgrimages. In 1928 an organization with similar goals, the '''Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius''' was formed and also publishes a journal (''Sobornost''). In the 1960s an international commission of Orthodox and Anglican clergy and theologians entitled the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission was formed and has issued two historic statements which will be addressed below.

===Agreed Statements===
In the 1960s, largely through the ecumenical work of Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey and Patriarch [[Athenagoras (Spyrou) I of Constantinople]], both the Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Churches established commissions to consider Anglican-Orthodox relations. Between 1973 and 1976 an "Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission" met which led to the '''Moscow Agreed Statement''' which dealt with "the Knowledge of God, the Inspiration and Authority of Holy Scripture, Scripture and Tradition, the Authority of the Councils, the ''Filioque'' Clause, the Church as the Eucharistic Community, and the Invocation of the [[Holy Spirit]] in the Eucharist."

In 1984 the Commission again produced a joint docrinal work entitled the '''Dublin Agreed Statement'''. This one dealt with the Mystery of the Church, the Holy Trinity and worship and tradition.

It is the goal of the Commission to put together another report in 2006, which will include the all of the interim agreements that have been reached since 1989.

At the time of the first agreed statement, the hope of the Commission had been for the eventual reunion of the Anglican and Orthodox Churches. However, in between the two, a major development in Anglicanism changed the direction of the Commission. In 1978 both the [[Episcopal Church U.S.A.]] and the Lambeth Conference put forth positions accepting the ordination of women. This drastically changed the understanding of the Commission. Following the Lambeth Conference in 1978, it had now come to be seen, in the words of co-chairman Archbishop Athanagoras, "simply as an academic and informative exercise, and no longer as an ecclesial endeavour aiming at the union of the two churches."

As there is much theological variation within Anglicanism, Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] has explained rightly when he writes, "The Orthodox Church, however deep its longing for reunion, cannot enter into closer relations with the Anglican communion until Anglicans themeselves are clearer about their own beliefs" (Ware, p. 321).

==Current Issues Within Anglicanism==

{{stub}}

==Anglican-Orthodox Resources==

The following resources may be of interest to the Orthodox Christian who wants to know more about Anglicanism, or the Anglican who wants to know more about Orthodoxy.

* ''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: The Dublin Agreed Statement 1984'' (ISBN 0881410470)
* Billerbeck, Franklin. ''Anglican-Orthodox Pilgrimage'' (ISBN 0962271357)
* Pinnington, Judith. ''Anglicans and Orthodox: Unity and Subversion (1559-1725)''. Forward by Rowan Williams. (ISBN 0852445776)
* ''St. Andrew Service Book''. Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, 1996. (This is the service book for the [[Western Rite]] Vicarate, which includes the [[Liturgy of St. Tikhon]] and Matins and Vespers, which are based upon the old Anglican liturgies)
* Williams, Rowan. ''The Dwelling of the Light: Praying With Icons of Christ'' (ISBN 0802827780)
* Williams, Rowan. ''Ponder These Things: Praying With Icons of the Virgin'' (ISBN 1580511244)

==Sources==

*''Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue: The Dublin Agreed Statement 1984''. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1985.
*Bede. ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People.'' New York: Penguin, 1990.
*Bernadin, J.B. ''An Introduction to the Episcopal Church'' (Rev. Ed.). Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 1983.
*''The Book of Common Prayer''. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1979.
*''Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2003''. New York: Church Hymnal Corporation, 1993.
*Ware, Timothy. ''The Orthodox Church'' (New Edition). New York: Penguin, 1997.

==External Links==

* [http://www.anglicancommunion.org/ The Anglican Communion Secretariat]
* [http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ The Episcopal Church USA]
* [http://www.anglicansonline.org/ Anglicans Online]
* [http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/ Official Website of the Archbishop of Canterbury]
* [http://www.sobornost.org/ The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius]
* [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/orthodoxy/index.html Project Canterbury: Writings on Anglicanism & Orthodoxy]
* [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/nonjurors/langford1.html The Non-Jurors and the Eastern Orthodoxy] by the Rev. H. W. Langford
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/inq_anglican.aspx The Orthodox Christian Information Center: Page for Anglican Inquirers into Orthodoxy]
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/hawaweeny.aspx Pastoral Direction and Instruction on Orthodox/Episcopal Relations and Ministrations in America (1912)] by St. [[Raphael of Brooklyn]]

[[Category:Non-Orthodox]]

User talk:ASDamick

2005-06-03T20:36:40Z

Eddieuny:

How did you do the sidebar edit? I've been looking through the docs at meta.mediawiki and can't find anything on this (except hacking the php files). Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

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Hey, thanks. That does help anyway -- I'd forgotten about that page ;-). [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

===Good morning Andrew===
Thanks for cleaning up my spelling and some of the entries from last night. One question though - I noticed you made the Categories aplhabetical. My idea was to put the larger category "Ethics" first with the subcat "bioethics" second. Is this bad practice on Wikipedia? It makes more sense to me.

Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 10:14, 29 Jan 2005 (CST)

== New Look ==

I like the new look on the main page. Very slick!

I wonder if there's any possible way to include another page without using templates. I don't think so, but that would work... I'll have to investigate this later. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 09:18, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Calendar Update Project ==

Rdr. Andrew -- which menaion is the authoritative one for OrthodoxWiki? [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]]

== Menaion Follow up ==

Thanks! Glad to be here. :) [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 11:09, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Question on Images ==

I haven't tried yet, but I want to add some images. Do these have to be uploaded from a file on my computer, or can they be imported (provided they're in public domain) from another website? - [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

:Okay, now I'm even more confused than I was before. What if it's, say, a photo that was sent out as part of a news release? (I am thinking particularly of a photograph of the Archbishop of Canterbury with the Ecumenical Patriarch that was sent out by the Anglican Communion News Service.)

::The best thing would be to write to ACN and ask permission for posting their photo with credit given, and include our URL. Generally speaking, it's considered rude to "hotlink" to photos on other sites since it eats up other folks precious bandwidth. Practically, this wouldn't really be a problem on a low-traffic site like this one, but nevertheless it's not best practice. (I can also make the pages load more slowly). [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 11:36, 7 Feb 2005 (CST)

== OCA Site ==

Should Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist) be added to the list of retired OCA bishops in the OCA entry? I ask because he is in the OCA and is a retired bishop, although he was bishop in Japan. - [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

== Good morning dear Reader! ==

Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be out of town for the next four days so you won't be hearing much from me. I'll check in as soon as I get back! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

==Lenten Triodion==
Thanks for noticing my errors! I'm still rather new to all of this, and it can be difficult to find information at all, let alone accurate. Please change the descriptions. Otherwise, my husband--who works at the Department of Religious Education on campus--will look into their new publication ''The Triodion'' tomorrow afternoon and get back to me. Also, do you have any advice on getting him to sign up for an account? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 18:20, 22 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Triodion Follow up ==
By the way, ''The Lenten Triodion'' translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria is not a complete translation of the Triodion. It includes only the core services -- some Saturdays, all Sundays, and Holy Week. There is a supplemental text that looks like it was published on a mimeograph machine (texts also translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria) containing all the services for every day of the pre-Lent, Lent, and Holy Week periods that are not included in the work cited above. It is available but hard to find. [http://www.iconbook.org/Resources%20LentPascha%20Books.html This source] says they have it (follow the link and search on ''triodion'').

== Triodion Supplement ==
You are right: it is vital stuff. Last year I made it a point to read at least the canons for every day of Lent. It lends a beautiful continuity to the fast.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 09:23, 23 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Church Calendar Project==
On [[January 19]] and [[January 30]] (at least), there are not only Feasts, but '''Events'''. How should this work in with the templates? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 15:42, 25 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Categories ==
[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] and [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] -- can we add a category of "Monastics" to the "People" heading on the main page? I've added a (brief) article on [[Matthew Blastares|Hieromonk Matthew (Blastares)]] and created a category of "Monastics" for him (I hope that is okay). He has not been glorified. I imagine there may be other monastics, not glorified, that might warrant an article or two. --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 14:16, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

Thank you for correcting another of my many mistakes and teaching me along the way. Would you mind adding a description to the Church Fathers Category page? I noticed that you added descriptions to some of the other categories (Hymnographers, Modern Writers, Asceticism) and I have found that quite helpful. Also, how do you link to these categories without making the page you're using a member? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 13:35, 27 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Titles==
It would be nice to have each title or commemoration redirect to the Saint commemoration page so that each could be explained by someone with that expertise. I haven't the slightest idea '''why''' some saints merit the titles of "Equal of the Apostles" or "righteous" or "God-bearing" or "venerable," and I am hoping someone will (ahem) explain them to me. The first time I saw "God-bearing" I thought it was a typo for "God-fearing." I see OrthodoxWiki as a long-term, long-standing project which could benefit from extensive cross-referencing. So in this regard, and as there is nothing (yet) against it in the Style Manual, I stand behind my links. Additionally, I would like some clarification in how the names in the Church Calendar entries should be listed: the "Saint commemoration" page way, or simply names, or based on a particular synaxarion? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:17, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Disambiguation pages==
Reader Andrew, what do you think the best way is to start implementing these? I keep stumping myself on what and how to name pages; with so many saints, maybe there should be a "Basil" page, for instance, and all the Basil saints link back to that--would that linking be automatic? Is this at all a good idea or did the research for all the Fools-for-Christ, emphasis on the first part, get to me? --Tired [[User:Magda|magda]] 21:40, 28 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Alphabeticization ==

Thanks for the cleanup. I was ordering according to the Greek alphabet. ;-0 --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 08:54, 1 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Category Deletion ==

Rdr. A: When I created the category ''Distance Education Programs'' I tried to find ''Distance Education'' in order to delete it, but it didn't show up in the Categories listing. Was I looking in the wrong place, or am I just blind? --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 12:39, 1 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Church of Romania article ==

Rdr. Andrew,

Sorry about not logging in earlier - I'd forgotten my password. I've sorted that out now, though. I've had a look through the Church of Romania article and made a few minor corrections and small additions. It looks pretty reasonable to me now, so I think you can use it as a featured article without worry. I've also addded a couple of brief articles on Romanian saints which I've linked to that article. I hope to improve them significantly over time, but I can't manage it at the moment as I'm fairly busy. I also hope to add articles on Putna, Voronet and Sucevita monasteries soon as well as one on St. John the New of Suceava. Thanks for the advice about the tildes, too. [[User:James|James]]

== Book Sources ==

Is there a way to link to the Book Sources page directly (i.e. other than inserting an ISBN). On the Domestic Church article, under the sub-heading of "Education in the Domestic Church" I would like to link there instead of the marketplace. -- [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

== Redirects ==

Thanks for picking up the arch-, proto-, hiero-deacon redirects. I meant to do that when I deleted the internal links.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 12:28, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Yellow Subs ==

HA! The beauty of editing in a MS Word doc (with its auto correct feature) and cutting and pasting. Thanks for the catch.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 21:06, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Templates ==

Hello! I'm wondering if there's a list of templates anywhere on the board - maybe you know about something I don't? I've gotten rather lost in figuring out which template to use when. If there is no special page, would you mind putting a list together at some point? (I think you have the most exact knowledge of this.) We've already got a link to [[OrthodoxWiki:Templates]] from the Community portal. Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
::Thanks! Check out the new stats at [[OrthodoxWiki:Buzz]] when you get a chance. More referrers coming soon... [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Opinion Pieces ==
Hi dear Reader,

I remember reading somewhere in a talk page recently that you were thinking of posting some opinion pieces. I'm not sure where it was or if I responded, but since I'm thinking about it now I wanted to say please do feel free to post these kinds of things on your personal page. You can even create a whole subsite like this, moving down the directory tree like this: [[User:ASDamick/personal essays]] or even just [[/essays]] (from your user page). Please feel free to make ample use of this if you'd like. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 23:42, 6 Apr 2005 (EDT)

== Archbishop Iakovos ==

HC/HC named their [http://holycross.hchc.edu/pages/library/ library] after him, but I'm not sure where that should go in the article. Additionally, there are many useful pictures and history from that link. Here is a [http://www.life.com/Life/covers/1965/cv032665.html cover from Life magazine] which is mentioned in the article, and a [http://library.hchc.edu/ portrait] from the library. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 10:45, 12 Apr 2005 (EDT)

== I sent you an e-mail... ==

...at the address on your St John Chrysostom site. I was wondering if you got it. My email is Photios@bellsouth.net

: Yes, I got it and am replying. I'm in my final week of class here at seminary and have had many projects to work on. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 06:19, 20 Apr 2005 (CDT)

== Re: Ahem ==

:::-)>+ I wouldn't reckon it a total waste of time - like child's place, of course it serves some function. You're honing your wiki skills for greater things! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Images from OCA ==

I emailed the OCA and received permission to use them. I can forward you the emails from Fr. John Matusiak granting the use of them.

== OCA Images ==

I in no way received permission to use '''all''' images. I specifically asked to use the icons of Sts. Joseph the Betrothed and James the Just. I'm sure that such permission ''may'' be given, but it was not given to me.

== Help ==

St Lukes Priory is my login name. I am Antiochean WR Orthodox. I discovered and signed on the site today. I would like to edite/update material related to the Antiochean Western Rite Vicariate under such headings as Vestments-Western, Service books etc etc. These would obviously be more than minor edits and I am not sure on what to do after making changes. Do I need permission etc etc. Please advise me via email Thanks Dale Crakes

== Another Images Question ==

Rdr. Andrew, I've noticed a difference in the way orthodoxwiki and wikipedia handle images, and I was hoping to (help) figure out how to get the frame-and-caption to work on an image when it is smaller or thumbnailed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Layout_and_resizing Here] is the wikipedia page illustrating that it does work there (specifically the last paragraph of that section). Perhaps you have an idea of how to persuade the orthodoxwiki site to cooperate? (Or maybe this is simply an issue unique to me, though it occurs both at work and at home.) I was trying to get it to work for the [[Isidore of Chios]] page, although it would be nice to have it working for the daily commemorations on the front page, too. Humbly yours, [[User:Magda|magda]] 10:11, 14 May 2005 (CDT)

Well, I sort of compromised on the Isidore of Chios page. I'd like to be able to both specify a size and have the caption. Where the size is specified, even though there's a caption in the image square brackets, the caption does not appear. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 22:40, 14 May 2005 (CDT)

I didn't realize "thumb" and the pixel specification were to be used in conjunction in order to make the caption appear. Thanks for your help in understanding that! On the [[OrthodoxWiki:Help_wanted|Help wanted]] page, for the Church calendar, the image tag includes "100px," but neither "frame" nor "thumb." When creating the daily templates, trying to get the caption to appear using those two attributes, the size and alignment of the image make unintended changes. For example: for the [[Template:May_14]] page, adding "thumb" before "100px" adds the caption and the picture appears at the correct size, but the text is no longer in line with the picture; adding "frame" does not let the size of the image to be controlled; adding both "thumb" and "frame" gives the same result as simply adding "frame." Is there a particular order to be used, or another specification to make so that the caption will show up without effecting other changes? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:30, 15 May 2005 (CDT)

== Featured ==

Just a reminder that the [[Ephrem the Syrian]] article only had about three days as the featured article before [[Pascha]]. I don't know whether it would be better to add this to the queue again, or just leave it. I did not add this article to the "Recently Featured" paragraph at the bottom of the [[Template:Featured|page]], and left it as the "Current article" on the related [[Template_talk:Featured|talk page]]. (I added the "current article" section because I thought that if the current featured article already had a link on the talk page, it would be easier to update the talk page.) I also did not add the "Featured Articles" category to the [[Pascha]] page.

I like the idea of having Resurrection-related articles for the next features. Did you have anything in particular in mind? The [[Pentecost]] article looks like it could use some work, too. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 11:46, 25 May 2005 (CDT)

::I think it'd be just fine to give St. Ephrem a little more time in the sun. Some of the recent work (see below) would be good to feature as well. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Recent Articles ==

Wow, nice work on the recent articles! The boxes are really cool. I've never seem things laid out that clearly. May God grant that your work helps in some small way to bring healing and understanding! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== ROCOR / OCA ==

Wasn't the OCA parish in Sea Cliff the subject of controversy between the OCA and ROCOR? -- [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 03:17, 3 June 2005 (UTC)

::Perhaps a discreet email to Fr. Kishkovsky? -- [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 20:35, 3 June 2005 (UTC)

User talk:ASDamick

2005-06-03T20:36:00Z

Eddieuny:

How did you do the sidebar edit? I've been looking through the docs at meta.mediawiki and can't find anything on this (except hacking the php files). Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

---------
Hey, thanks. That does help anyway -- I'd forgotten about that page ;-). [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

===Good morning Andrew===
Thanks for cleaning up my spelling and some of the entries from last night. One question though - I noticed you made the Categories aplhabetical. My idea was to put the larger category "Ethics" first with the subcat "bioethics" second. Is this bad practice on Wikipedia? It makes more sense to me.

Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 10:14, 29 Jan 2005 (CST)

== New Look ==

I like the new look on the main page. Very slick!

I wonder if there's any possible way to include another page without using templates. I don't think so, but that would work... I'll have to investigate this later. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 09:18, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Calendar Update Project ==

Rdr. Andrew -- which menaion is the authoritative one for OrthodoxWiki? [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]]

== Menaion Follow up ==

Thanks! Glad to be here. :) [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 11:09, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Question on Images ==

I haven't tried yet, but I want to add some images. Do these have to be uploaded from a file on my computer, or can they be imported (provided they're in public domain) from another website? - [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

:Okay, now I'm even more confused than I was before. What if it's, say, a photo that was sent out as part of a news release? (I am thinking particularly of a photograph of the Archbishop of Canterbury with the Ecumenical Patriarch that was sent out by the Anglican Communion News Service.)

::The best thing would be to write to ACN and ask permission for posting their photo with credit given, and include our URL. Generally speaking, it's considered rude to "hotlink" to photos on other sites since it eats up other folks precious bandwidth. Practically, this wouldn't really be a problem on a low-traffic site like this one, but nevertheless it's not best practice. (I can also make the pages load more slowly). [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 11:36, 7 Feb 2005 (CST)

== OCA Site ==

Should Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist) be added to the list of retired OCA bishops in the OCA entry? I ask because he is in the OCA and is a retired bishop, although he was bishop in Japan. - [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

== Good morning dear Reader! ==

Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be out of town for the next four days so you won't be hearing much from me. I'll check in as soon as I get back! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

==Lenten Triodion==
Thanks for noticing my errors! I'm still rather new to all of this, and it can be difficult to find information at all, let alone accurate. Please change the descriptions. Otherwise, my husband--who works at the Department of Religious Education on campus--will look into their new publication ''The Triodion'' tomorrow afternoon and get back to me. Also, do you have any advice on getting him to sign up for an account? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 18:20, 22 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Triodion Follow up ==
By the way, ''The Lenten Triodion'' translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria is not a complete translation of the Triodion. It includes only the core services -- some Saturdays, all Sundays, and Holy Week. There is a supplemental text that looks like it was published on a mimeograph machine (texts also translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria) containing all the services for every day of the pre-Lent, Lent, and Holy Week periods that are not included in the work cited above. It is available but hard to find. [http://www.iconbook.org/Resources%20LentPascha%20Books.html This source] says they have it (follow the link and search on ''triodion'').

== Triodion Supplement ==
You are right: it is vital stuff. Last year I made it a point to read at least the canons for every day of Lent. It lends a beautiful continuity to the fast.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 09:23, 23 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Church Calendar Project==
On [[January 19]] and [[January 30]] (at least), there are not only Feasts, but '''Events'''. How should this work in with the templates? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 15:42, 25 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Categories ==
[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] and [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] -- can we add a category of "Monastics" to the "People" heading on the main page? I've added a (brief) article on [[Matthew Blastares|Hieromonk Matthew (Blastares)]] and created a category of "Monastics" for him (I hope that is okay). He has not been glorified. I imagine there may be other monastics, not glorified, that might warrant an article or two. --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 14:16, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

Thank you for correcting another of my many mistakes and teaching me along the way. Would you mind adding a description to the Church Fathers Category page? I noticed that you added descriptions to some of the other categories (Hymnographers, Modern Writers, Asceticism) and I have found that quite helpful. Also, how do you link to these categories without making the page you're using a member? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 13:35, 27 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Titles==
It would be nice to have each title or commemoration redirect to the Saint commemoration page so that each could be explained by someone with that expertise. I haven't the slightest idea '''why''' some saints merit the titles of "Equal of the Apostles" or "righteous" or "God-bearing" or "venerable," and I am hoping someone will (ahem) explain them to me. The first time I saw "God-bearing" I thought it was a typo for "God-fearing." I see OrthodoxWiki as a long-term, long-standing project which could benefit from extensive cross-referencing. So in this regard, and as there is nothing (yet) against it in the Style Manual, I stand behind my links. Additionally, I would like some clarification in how the names in the Church Calendar entries should be listed: the "Saint commemoration" page way, or simply names, or based on a particular synaxarion? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:17, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Disambiguation pages==
Reader Andrew, what do you think the best way is to start implementing these? I keep stumping myself on what and how to name pages; with so many saints, maybe there should be a "Basil" page, for instance, and all the Basil saints link back to that--would that linking be automatic? Is this at all a good idea or did the research for all the Fools-for-Christ, emphasis on the first part, get to me? --Tired [[User:Magda|magda]] 21:40, 28 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Alphabeticization ==

Thanks for the cleanup. I was ordering according to the Greek alphabet. ;-0 --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 08:54, 1 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Category Deletion ==

Rdr. A: When I created the category ''Distance Education Programs'' I tried to find ''Distance Education'' in order to delete it, but it didn't show up in the Categories listing. Was I looking in the wrong place, or am I just blind? --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 12:39, 1 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Church of Romania article ==

Rdr. Andrew,

Sorry about not logging in earlier - I'd forgotten my password. I've sorted that out now, though. I've had a look through the Church of Romania article and made a few minor corrections and small additions. It looks pretty reasonable to me now, so I think you can use it as a featured article without worry. I've also addded a couple of brief articles on Romanian saints which I've linked to that article. I hope to improve them significantly over time, but I can't manage it at the moment as I'm fairly busy. I also hope to add articles on Putna, Voronet and Sucevita monasteries soon as well as one on St. John the New of Suceava. Thanks for the advice about the tildes, too. [[User:James|James]]

== Book Sources ==

Is there a way to link to the Book Sources page directly (i.e. other than inserting an ISBN). On the Domestic Church article, under the sub-heading of "Education in the Domestic Church" I would like to link there instead of the marketplace. -- [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

== Redirects ==

Thanks for picking up the arch-, proto-, hiero-deacon redirects. I meant to do that when I deleted the internal links.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 12:28, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Yellow Subs ==

HA! The beauty of editing in a MS Word doc (with its auto correct feature) and cutting and pasting. Thanks for the catch.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 21:06, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Templates ==

Hello! I'm wondering if there's a list of templates anywhere on the board - maybe you know about something I don't? I've gotten rather lost in figuring out which template to use when. If there is no special page, would you mind putting a list together at some point? (I think you have the most exact knowledge of this.) We've already got a link to [[OrthodoxWiki:Templates]] from the Community portal. Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
::Thanks! Check out the new stats at [[OrthodoxWiki:Buzz]] when you get a chance. More referrers coming soon... [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Opinion Pieces ==
Hi dear Reader,

I remember reading somewhere in a talk page recently that you were thinking of posting some opinion pieces. I'm not sure where it was or if I responded, but since I'm thinking about it now I wanted to say please do feel free to post these kinds of things on your personal page. You can even create a whole subsite like this, moving down the directory tree like this: [[User:ASDamick/personal essays]] or even just [[/essays]] (from your user page). Please feel free to make ample use of this if you'd like. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 23:42, 6 Apr 2005 (EDT)

== Archbishop Iakovos ==

HC/HC named their [http://holycross.hchc.edu/pages/library/ library] after him, but I'm not sure where that should go in the article. Additionally, there are many useful pictures and history from that link. Here is a [http://www.life.com/Life/covers/1965/cv032665.html cover from Life magazine] which is mentioned in the article, and a [http://library.hchc.edu/ portrait] from the library. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 10:45, 12 Apr 2005 (EDT)

== I sent you an e-mail... ==

...at the address on your St John Chrysostom site. I was wondering if you got it. My email is Photios@bellsouth.net

: Yes, I got it and am replying. I'm in my final week of class here at seminary and have had many projects to work on. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 06:19, 20 Apr 2005 (CDT)

== Re: Ahem ==

:::-)>+ I wouldn't reckon it a total waste of time - like child's place, of course it serves some function. You're honing your wiki skills for greater things! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Images from OCA ==

I emailed the OCA and received permission to use them. I can forward you the emails from Fr. John Matusiak granting the use of them.

== OCA Images ==

I in no way received permission to use '''all''' images. I specifically asked to use the icons of Sts. Joseph the Betrothed and James the Just. I'm sure that such permission ''may'' be given, but it was not given to me.

== Help ==

St Lukes Priory is my login name. I am Antiochean WR Orthodox. I discovered and signed on the site today. I would like to edite/update material related to the Antiochean Western Rite Vicariate under such headings as Vestments-Western, Service books etc etc. These would obviously be more than minor edits and I am not sure on what to do after making changes. Do I need permission etc etc. Please advise me via email Thanks Dale Crakes

== Another Images Question ==

Rdr. Andrew, I've noticed a difference in the way orthodoxwiki and wikipedia handle images, and I was hoping to (help) figure out how to get the frame-and-caption to work on an image when it is smaller or thumbnailed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Layout_and_resizing Here] is the wikipedia page illustrating that it does work there (specifically the last paragraph of that section). Perhaps you have an idea of how to persuade the orthodoxwiki site to cooperate? (Or maybe this is simply an issue unique to me, though it occurs both at work and at home.) I was trying to get it to work for the [[Isidore of Chios]] page, although it would be nice to have it working for the daily commemorations on the front page, too. Humbly yours, [[User:Magda|magda]] 10:11, 14 May 2005 (CDT)

Well, I sort of compromised on the Isidore of Chios page. I'd like to be able to both specify a size and have the caption. Where the size is specified, even though there's a caption in the image square brackets, the caption does not appear. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 22:40, 14 May 2005 (CDT)

I didn't realize "thumb" and the pixel specification were to be used in conjunction in order to make the caption appear. Thanks for your help in understanding that! On the [[OrthodoxWiki:Help_wanted|Help wanted]] page, for the Church calendar, the image tag includes "100px," but neither "frame" nor "thumb." When creating the daily templates, trying to get the caption to appear using those two attributes, the size and alignment of the image make unintended changes. For example: for the [[Template:May_14]] page, adding "thumb" before "100px" adds the caption and the picture appears at the correct size, but the text is no longer in line with the picture; adding "frame" does not let the size of the image to be controlled; adding both "thumb" and "frame" gives the same result as simply adding "frame." Is there a particular order to be used, or another specification to make so that the caption will show up without effecting other changes? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:30, 15 May 2005 (CDT)

== Featured ==

Just a reminder that the [[Ephrem the Syrian]] article only had about three days as the featured article before [[Pascha]]. I don't know whether it would be better to add this to the queue again, or just leave it. I did not add this article to the "Recently Featured" paragraph at the bottom of the [[Template:Featured|page]], and left it as the "Current article" on the related [[Template_talk:Featured|talk page]]. (I added the "current article" section because I thought that if the current featured article already had a link on the talk page, it would be easier to update the talk page.) I also did not add the "Featured Articles" category to the [[Pascha]] page.

I like the idea of having Resurrection-related articles for the next features. Did you have anything in particular in mind? The [[Pentecost]] article looks like it could use some work, too. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 11:46, 25 May 2005 (CDT)

::I think it'd be just fine to give St. Ephrem a little more time in the sun. Some of the recent work (see below) would be good to feature as well. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Recent Articles ==

Wow, nice work on the recent articles! The boxes are really cool. I've never seem things laid out that clearly. May God grant that your work helps in some small way to bring healing and understanding! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== ROCOR / OCA ===

Wasn't the OCA parish in Sea Cliff the subject of controversy between the OCA and ROCOR? -- [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 03:17, 3 June 2005 (UTC)

::Perhaps a discreet email to Fr. Kishkovsky? -- [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 20:35, 3 June 2005 (UTC)

User talk:ASDamick

2005-06-03T03:17:26Z

Eddieuny:

How did you do the sidebar edit? I've been looking through the docs at meta.mediawiki and can't find anything on this (except hacking the php files). Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

---------
Hey, thanks. That does help anyway -- I'd forgotten about that page ;-). [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

===Good morning Andrew===
Thanks for cleaning up my spelling and some of the entries from last night. One question though - I noticed you made the Categories aplhabetical. My idea was to put the larger category "Ethics" first with the subcat "bioethics" second. Is this bad practice on Wikipedia? It makes more sense to me.

Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 10:14, 29 Jan 2005 (CST)

== New Look ==

I like the new look on the main page. Very slick!

I wonder if there's any possible way to include another page without using templates. I don't think so, but that would work... I'll have to investigate this later. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 09:18, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Calendar Update Project ==

Rdr. Andrew -- which menaion is the authoritative one for OrthodoxWiki? [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]]

== Menaion Follow up ==

Thanks! Glad to be here. :) [[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 11:09, 3 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Question on Images ==

I haven't tried yet, but I want to add some images. Do these have to be uploaded from a file on my computer, or can they be imported (provided they're in public domain) from another website? - [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

:Okay, now I'm even more confused than I was before. What if it's, say, a photo that was sent out as part of a news release? (I am thinking particularly of a photograph of the Archbishop of Canterbury with the Ecumenical Patriarch that was sent out by the Anglican Communion News Service.)

::The best thing would be to write to ACN and ask permission for posting their photo with credit given, and include our URL. Generally speaking, it's considered rude to "hotlink" to photos on other sites since it eats up other folks precious bandwidth. Practically, this wouldn't really be a problem on a low-traffic site like this one, but nevertheless it's not best practice. (I can also make the pages load more slowly). [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 11:36, 7 Feb 2005 (CST)

== OCA Site ==

Should Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist) be added to the list of retired OCA bishops in the OCA entry? I ask because he is in the OCA and is a retired bishop, although he was bishop in Japan. - [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

== Good morning dear Reader! ==

Just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be out of town for the next four days so you won't be hearing much from me. I'll check in as soon as I get back! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

==Lenten Triodion==
Thanks for noticing my errors! I'm still rather new to all of this, and it can be difficult to find information at all, let alone accurate. Please change the descriptions. Otherwise, my husband--who works at the Department of Religious Education on campus--will look into their new publication ''The Triodion'' tomorrow afternoon and get back to me. Also, do you have any advice on getting him to sign up for an account? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 18:20, 22 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Triodion Follow up ==
By the way, ''The Lenten Triodion'' translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria is not a complete translation of the Triodion. It includes only the core services -- some Saturdays, all Sundays, and Holy Week. There is a supplemental text that looks like it was published on a mimeograph machine (texts also translated by Bishop Kallistos and Mother Maria) containing all the services for every day of the pre-Lent, Lent, and Holy Week periods that are not included in the work cited above. It is available but hard to find. [http://www.iconbook.org/Resources%20LentPascha%20Books.html This source] says they have it (follow the link and search on ''triodion'').

== Triodion Supplement ==
You are right: it is vital stuff. Last year I made it a point to read at least the canons for every day of Lent. It lends a beautiful continuity to the fast.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 09:23, 23 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Church Calendar Project==
On [[January 19]] and [[January 30]] (at least), there are not only Feasts, but '''Events'''. How should this work in with the templates? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 15:42, 25 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Categories ==
[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] and [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] -- can we add a category of "Monastics" to the "People" heading on the main page? I've added a (brief) article on [[Matthew Blastares|Hieromonk Matthew (Blastares)]] and created a category of "Monastics" for him (I hope that is okay). He has not been glorified. I imagine there may be other monastics, not glorified, that might warrant an article or two. --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 14:16, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

Thank you for correcting another of my many mistakes and teaching me along the way. Would you mind adding a description to the Church Fathers Category page? I noticed that you added descriptions to some of the other categories (Hymnographers, Modern Writers, Asceticism) and I have found that quite helpful. Also, how do you link to these categories without making the page you're using a member? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 13:35, 27 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Titles==
It would be nice to have each title or commemoration redirect to the Saint commemoration page so that each could be explained by someone with that expertise. I haven't the slightest idea '''why''' some saints merit the titles of "Equal of the Apostles" or "righteous" or "God-bearing" or "venerable," and I am hoping someone will (ahem) explain them to me. The first time I saw "God-bearing" I thought it was a typo for "God-fearing." I see OrthodoxWiki as a long-term, long-standing project which could benefit from extensive cross-referencing. So in this regard, and as there is nothing (yet) against it in the Style Manual, I stand behind my links. Additionally, I would like some clarification in how the names in the Church Calendar entries should be listed: the "Saint commemoration" page way, or simply names, or based on a particular synaxarion? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:17, 26 Feb 2005 (CST)

==Disambiguation pages==
Reader Andrew, what do you think the best way is to start implementing these? I keep stumping myself on what and how to name pages; with so many saints, maybe there should be a "Basil" page, for instance, and all the Basil saints link back to that--would that linking be automatic? Is this at all a good idea or did the research for all the Fools-for-Christ, emphasis on the first part, get to me? --Tired [[User:Magda|magda]] 21:40, 28 Feb 2005 (CST)

== Alphabeticization ==

Thanks for the cleanup. I was ordering according to the Greek alphabet. ;-0 --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 08:54, 1 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Category Deletion ==

Rdr. A: When I created the category ''Distance Education Programs'' I tried to find ''Distance Education'' in order to delete it, but it didn't show up in the Categories listing. Was I looking in the wrong place, or am I just blind? --[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 12:39, 1 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Church of Romania article ==

Rdr. Andrew,

Sorry about not logging in earlier - I'd forgotten my password. I've sorted that out now, though. I've had a look through the Church of Romania article and made a few minor corrections and small additions. It looks pretty reasonable to me now, so I think you can use it as a featured article without worry. I've also addded a couple of brief articles on Romanian saints which I've linked to that article. I hope to improve them significantly over time, but I can't manage it at the moment as I'm fairly busy. I also hope to add articles on Putna, Voronet and Sucevita monasteries soon as well as one on St. John the New of Suceava. Thanks for the advice about the tildes, too. [[User:James|James]]

== Book Sources ==

Is there a way to link to the Book Sources page directly (i.e. other than inserting an ISBN). On the Domestic Church article, under the sub-heading of "Education in the Domestic Church" I would like to link there instead of the marketplace. -- [[User:Joffridus|Joffridus]]

== Redirects ==

Thanks for picking up the arch-, proto-, hiero-deacon redirects. I meant to do that when I deleted the internal links.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 12:28, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Yellow Subs ==

HA! The beauty of editing in a MS Word doc (with its auto correct feature) and cutting and pasting. Thanks for the catch.[[User:Dcndavid|DcnDavid]] 21:06, 23 Mar 2005 (CST)

== Templates ==

Hello! I'm wondering if there's a list of templates anywhere on the board - maybe you know about something I don't? I've gotten rather lost in figuring out which template to use when. If there is no special page, would you mind putting a list together at some point? (I think you have the most exact knowledge of this.) We've already got a link to [[OrthodoxWiki:Templates]] from the Community portal. Thanks! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]
::Thanks! Check out the new stats at [[OrthodoxWiki:Buzz]] when you get a chance. More referrers coming soon... [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Opinion Pieces ==
Hi dear Reader,

I remember reading somewhere in a talk page recently that you were thinking of posting some opinion pieces. I'm not sure where it was or if I responded, but since I'm thinking about it now I wanted to say please do feel free to post these kinds of things on your personal page. You can even create a whole subsite like this, moving down the directory tree like this: [[User:ASDamick/personal essays]] or even just [[/essays]] (from your user page). Please feel free to make ample use of this if you'd like. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 23:42, 6 Apr 2005 (EDT)

== Archbishop Iakovos ==

HC/HC named their [http://holycross.hchc.edu/pages/library/ library] after him, but I'm not sure where that should go in the article. Additionally, there are many useful pictures and history from that link. Here is a [http://www.life.com/Life/covers/1965/cv032665.html cover from Life magazine] which is mentioned in the article, and a [http://library.hchc.edu/ portrait] from the library. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 10:45, 12 Apr 2005 (EDT)

== I sent you an e-mail... ==

...at the address on your St John Chrysostom site. I was wondering if you got it. My email is Photios@bellsouth.net

: Yes, I got it and am replying. I'm in my final week of class here at seminary and have had many projects to work on. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 06:19, 20 Apr 2005 (CDT)

== Re: Ahem ==

:::-)>+ I wouldn't reckon it a total waste of time - like child's place, of course it serves some function. You're honing your wiki skills for greater things! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Images from OCA ==

I emailed the OCA and received permission to use them. I can forward you the emails from Fr. John Matusiak granting the use of them.

== OCA Images ==

I in no way received permission to use '''all''' images. I specifically asked to use the icons of Sts. Joseph the Betrothed and James the Just. I'm sure that such permission ''may'' be given, but it was not given to me.

== Help ==

St Lukes Priory is my login name. I am Antiochean WR Orthodox. I discovered and signed on the site today. I would like to edite/update material related to the Antiochean Western Rite Vicariate under such headings as Vestments-Western, Service books etc etc. These would obviously be more than minor edits and I am not sure on what to do after making changes. Do I need permission etc etc. Please advise me via email Thanks Dale Crakes

== Another Images Question ==

Rdr. Andrew, I've noticed a difference in the way orthodoxwiki and wikipedia handle images, and I was hoping to (help) figure out how to get the frame-and-caption to work on an image when it is smaller or thumbnailed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Images_and_other_uploaded_files#Layout_and_resizing Here] is the wikipedia page illustrating that it does work there (specifically the last paragraph of that section). Perhaps you have an idea of how to persuade the orthodoxwiki site to cooperate? (Or maybe this is simply an issue unique to me, though it occurs both at work and at home.) I was trying to get it to work for the [[Isidore of Chios]] page, although it would be nice to have it working for the daily commemorations on the front page, too. Humbly yours, [[User:Magda|magda]] 10:11, 14 May 2005 (CDT)

Well, I sort of compromised on the Isidore of Chios page. I'd like to be able to both specify a size and have the caption. Where the size is specified, even though there's a caption in the image square brackets, the caption does not appear. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 22:40, 14 May 2005 (CDT)

I didn't realize "thumb" and the pixel specification were to be used in conjunction in order to make the caption appear. Thanks for your help in understanding that! On the [[OrthodoxWiki:Help_wanted|Help wanted]] page, for the Church calendar, the image tag includes "100px," but neither "frame" nor "thumb." When creating the daily templates, trying to get the caption to appear using those two attributes, the size and alignment of the image make unintended changes. For example: for the [[Template:May_14]] page, adding "thumb" before "100px" adds the caption and the picture appears at the correct size, but the text is no longer in line with the picture; adding "frame" does not let the size of the image to be controlled; adding both "thumb" and "frame" gives the same result as simply adding "frame." Is there a particular order to be used, or another specification to make so that the caption will show up without effecting other changes? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 20:30, 15 May 2005 (CDT)

== Featured ==

Just a reminder that the [[Ephrem the Syrian]] article only had about three days as the featured article before [[Pascha]]. I don't know whether it would be better to add this to the queue again, or just leave it. I did not add this article to the "Recently Featured" paragraph at the bottom of the [[Template:Featured|page]], and left it as the "Current article" on the related [[Template_talk:Featured|talk page]]. (I added the "current article" section because I thought that if the current featured article already had a link on the talk page, it would be easier to update the talk page.) I also did not add the "Featured Articles" category to the [[Pascha]] page.

I like the idea of having Resurrection-related articles for the next features. Did you have anything in particular in mind? The [[Pentecost]] article looks like it could use some work, too. --[[User:Magda|magda]] 11:46, 25 May 2005 (CDT)

::I think it'd be just fine to give St. Ephrem a little more time in the sun. Some of the recent work (see below) would be good to feature as well. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== Recent Articles ==

Wow, nice work on the recent articles! The boxes are really cool. I've never seem things laid out that clearly. May God grant that your work helps in some small way to bring healing and understanding! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== ROCOR / OCA ===

Wasn't the OCA parish in Sea Cliff the subject of controversy between the OCA and ROCOR? -- [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 03:17, 3 June 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Orthodox Church in America

2005-05-30T03:50:54Z

Eddieuny:

I think it's a little late for a name change, but we'll see what Syosset does! [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

: Yeah, exactly. I figured it was worth a mention since one of the OCA's bishops was saying this, but I've not yet seen anything from Syosset about this. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 21:19, 20 Apr 2005 (CDT)

== Diocesan changes ==

Reflected the merger of Washington with New York and New Jersey and the retirement of Archbishop Peter. Perhaps someone better at Wiki programming can review to make certain I didn't make any mistakes? The source is as follows, read down after the selection of Archimandrite Alejo as bisop-elect of the Mexican Exarchate:

http://www.oca.org/news.asp?ID=769&SID=19

[[User:Eddieuny|Ed Unneland]] 17:54, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

== Eastern Pennsylania ==
Here's the source for the news of the election of Bishop Tikhon (Mollard):

http://www.oca.org/news.asp?ID=794&SID=19

[[User:Eddieuny|Ed Unneland]] 03:50 , 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Orthodox Church in America

2005-05-30T03:48:27Z

Eddieuny: Bishop Tikhon (Mollard) elected as ruling bishop of Eastern Pennsylvania

[[Image:OCA logo.jpg|right|The Orthodox Church in America]]
The '''Orthodox Church in America''' (OCA) is an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] church with parishes mainly in the United States and Canada (though it has some parishes in Australia and elsewhere). The OCA was formerly known as the '''Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America''', or more informally, the '''Metropolia'''.

The current [[primate]] of the OCA is His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America and Canada.

{{church|
name= Orthodox Church in America|
founder= Ss. [[Herman of Alaska]], [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]|
independence=1924 |
recognition= 1970 by [[Church of Russia]] |
primate=[[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Metropolitan Herman]]|
hq=Syosset, New York|
territory=United States and Canada|
possessions= Mexico, South America, Australia|
language=English, [[Church Slavonic]], Spanish|
music=[[Russian Chant]], [[Byzantine Chant]] (in some ethnic dioceses)|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=30,000 to 1,000,000|
website=[http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America]
}}
== History ==
The OCA began with the missionary work of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. In 1917, the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] brought communication between the churches in North America and Russia to an almost complete halt. In the early 1920s, Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication and travel could be resumed. (He died in 1925, and was glorified as a [[saint]] by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in 1989.) At that time, parishes which had been part of a single North American [[diocese]] organized separate dioceses and placed themselves under various other mother churches, giving rise to the current situation of multiple overlapping jurisdictions in North America.

In the early 1960s, the Metropolia (as it was then known) resumed communication with the Patriarch of Moscow, and in 1970 full communion was restored. At that time, the Patriarch of Moscow officially granted the OCA [[autocephaly]], or self-governing administrative status. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by all other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, including the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Churches that do recognize its autocephaly include the [[Church of Russia]], the [[Church of Bulgaria]], the [[Church of Poland]], the [[Church of Georgia]], and the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]].

== The OCA Today ==
In the United States, there are 11 dioceses and 623 parishes, missions, and institutions (456 of which are parishes). The ethnic dioceses extend into Canada, which also has one non-ethnic archdiocese. Altogether there are 91 Canadian parishes. The OCA has a Mexican Exarchate with nine parishes and missions, and there are five parishes in South America. In addition, there are three parishes in Australia under the OCA’s canonical protection, two in Sydney and another near Brisbane.

There are three ethnic dioceses in the OCA: the Albanian (13 parishes), Bulgarian (16 parishes) and Romanian (59 parishes). These dioceses' geographic territory overlaps with the other dioceses of the OCA and they have under their care parishes with those ethnic associations. These dioceses are the result of smaller ethnic [[jurisdiction]]s joining the OCA at some point in its history.

The OCA also has 19 monastic communities, six of which fall under the direct jurisdiction of the Metropolitan (i.e., are [[stavropigial]]). The largest of these monasteries are [[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)]] and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]].

There are three [[seminary|seminaries]] operated by the OCA: [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1937), [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1938), and [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1973). All three educate seminarians from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions, including those outside North America.

The OCA is a member of the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]] (SCOBA).

===Growth and membership figures===
Altogether, estimates of OCA faithful number from about 28,000[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentations/2004-0831-JI-ParishMin-Conference.html] to 115,000[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] to 1 million[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-orthodox-america.htm] to 2 million[http://www.aidsfaith.com/articles/denom.asp], depending on the report cited and method used for counting. The number of new parishes founded from 1990 to 2000 increased the overall parish number by about 12%, and new membership has been fairly equally divided between new immigrants, children of existing members, and converts to the faith. Overall, according to one report the trend during that decade held the population of OCA faithful in neither increase nor decline, but remaining steady.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] According to another, however, that same decade saw a 13% decline.[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentations/2004-0831-JI-ParishMin-Conference.html]

One of the ongoing difficulties that the OCA faces today is a financial and structural one—the institutions, episcopacy and structures of the OCA largely reflect probably very inflated population estimates based on obsolete figures. Additionally, the annual dues per church member is much higher than other Orthodox [[jurisdiction]]s in America[http://saintjohnwonderworker.org/Church%20Pledge%202003-2004a.doc][http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/misc/diocesandelegate/43rddiocesanreport.cfm], which can often make realistic estimates difficult, as parishes may not wish to report their full membership in order to avoid the high dues. There is also a perceived "precipitous decline" in OCA reported membership [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:4zasL8ogDdcJ:www.oca.org/pages/ocaadmin/documents/All-American-Council/12-Pittsburgh-1999/Church-Wide-Initiative-Proposals/Church-Growth-and-Evangelism.html], and while some interpret this as simply an ongoing transition in terms of the difference between reported figures and actual figures[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=44&SID=3], the church's primate has referred to the situation as a "membership crisis."[http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/misc/diocesandelegate/43rddiocesanreport.cfm] A general shortage in clergy is also being cited in some reports.[http://www.ocadow.org/resources/vision/summer98.pdf]

According to Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff, who is on the administrative committee of the OCA's Department of Evangelization and the board of directors of the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], the OCA's American contintental membership (i.e., not including Alaska, Canada, or the ethnic dioceses) "has been declining between 6 and 9% for nearly 20 years. The OCA’s Census population in 1994 was 29,775; in 2004 it stood at 27,169."[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentations/2004-0831-JI-ParishMin-Conference.html] Despite these sobering figures, however, the OCA's dioceses of the West and South have both reported steady growth.

==Name==
According to Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco]], the name of this jurisdiction is ''The Orthodox Church in America'', and its acronym should be ''TOCA''.[https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A2=ind0504c&L=orthodox&F=&S=&P=4840] There has not yet been any official announcement from the central administration of the church, however, and the former uses (''Orthodox Church in America'' and ''OCA'') remain the most common both within and outside the jurisdiction.

According to the 1970 ''Tomos of Autocephaly'' granted by the [[Church of Russia]], the official name of this church body is ''The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America''.[http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12]

==Episcopacy==
===Diocesan bishops===
* Most Blessed [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of New England
* Most Reverend [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the Bulgarian Diocese
* Most Reverend [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]], Archbishop of Dallas and the South, Exarch of Mexico
* Most Reverend [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel (Popp)]], Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate
* Most Reverend [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)]], Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest
* Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Fitzgerald)]], Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West
* Right Reverend [[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa|Seraphim (Storheim)]], Bishop of Ottawa and Canada
* Right Reverend [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nikolai (Soraich)]], Bishop of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska
* Right Reverend [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Nikon (Liolin)]], Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese, administrator of the Diocese of New England
* Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Mollard) of South Canaan|Tikhon (Mollard)]], Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania

===Auxiliary bishops===
* Right Reverend [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Irineu (Duvlea)]], Bishop of Dearborn Heights and auxiliary to Archbishop [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit]]
* Right Reverend [[Benjamin (Peterson) of Berkeley|Benjamin (Peterson)]], Bishop of Berkeley and auxiliary to Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco]]

===Retired bishops===
* Most Blessed [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
* Most Reverend [[Peter (L'Huiller) of New York|Peter (L'Huiller)]], Archbishop of New York and New Jersey
* Most Reverend [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka|Gregory (Afonsky)]], Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska
* Right Reverend [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston|Mark (Forsberg)]], Bishop of Boston
* Most Reverend [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa|Lazar (Puhalo)]], Archbishop of Ottawa
* Right Reverend [[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver|Varlaam (Novakshonoff)]], Bishop of Vancouver

==See also==
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.oca.org/ Official Website of the OCA]
* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-orthodox-america.htm Eastern Christian Churches: OCA] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar

[[Category:Jurisdictions]]

Talk:Olaf of Norway

2005-05-12T01:42:05Z

Eddieuny:

Not to raise something minor to the level of dogma, but my understanding is that Olaf, in Norwegian, is spelled Olav. Just a thought ... [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 01:41 UTC 12 May 2005

OrthodoxWiki talk:News

2005-05-05T22:12:11Z

Eddieuny:

That's great that you got permission for the icons!

[[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]]

:Yeah, I'm pretty happy about it, too. I've also written to Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Boston, but I haven't heard from them yet. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]]

-----
The BBC website at http://news.bbc.co.uk is reporting that Patriarch Eirenaios has been deposed in a letter signed by thirteen bishops. This apparently has to do with selling some property in the Old City of Jerusalem to a Jewish organization. Perhaps mention could be made on the news page and on the page for the [[Church of Jerusalem]]. Tks, Ed [[User:Eddieuny|Eddieuny]] 22:10 UTC 5 May 2005

Talk:Church of Japan

2005-05-02T21:27:59Z

Eddieuny:

There is no diocese of Ramen --- given that this is a noodle, I thought this name for the diocese was unlikely. The english version of the website says there are three dioceses in Tokyo, Kyoto and Sendai. Also, Sendai is the seat of the diocese of Eastern Japan. Following is the source:

http://www2.gol.com/users/ocj/TheOrthodoxChurchinJapan.htm

[[user eddieuny|Ed Unneland]] 21:27 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Church of Japan

2005-05-02T21:24:16Z

Eddieuny:

{{church|
name= Orthodox Church in Japan|
founder= St. [[Nicholas of Japan]]|
independence= 1970 |
recognition= 1970 by [[Church of Russia|Russia]] |
primate=[[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Archbishop Daniel]]|
hq=Tokyo, Japan|
territory=Japan|
possessions= ?|
language=Japanese|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=30,000[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-japan.htm]|
website=[http://www2.gol.com/users/ocj/ Church of Japan]
}}
The '''Church of Japan''' (日本ハリストス正教会) is an [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church, whose [[primate]] is confirmed by the [[Church of Russia]].

==History==
St. [[Nicholas of Japan]] (baptized as Ivan Dimitrievich Kasatkin) brought Orthodoxy to Japan in the 19th Century. In 1861 he was sent by the [[Church of Russia]] to Hakodate, Hokkaido as a priest to a chapel of the Russian consulate. Though the contemporary Shogun's government prohibited the Japanese conversion to Christianity, soon some neighbors who frequently visited the chapel converted—Nicholas's first three converts in Japan. While they were his first converts in Japan, they were not the first Japanese to do so—some Japanese who had settled in Russia had converted to Orthodoxy.

Apart from brief trips, Nicholas stayed in Japan, even during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), and spread Orthodoxy nationwide, being appointed as the first bishop of Church of Japan. Nicholas founded the Cathedral of Tokyo in Kanda district and spent the majority of the last half of his life there, hence [[Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral]] was nicknamed ''Nikolai-do'' by Kanda citizens.

The early mission to establish the Japanese Orthodox Church depended on the Russian Orthodox Church, especially in financial matters. The war between Russia and Japan created a politically difficult situation for the church. After the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], the Japanese government had new suspicions about the Japanese Orthodox Church, in particular, that it was used as a cover for communist Russian espionage. The second bishop of Japan, Metropolitan [[Sergii (Tikhomirov) of Japan|Sergii (Tikhomirov)]], suffered severely from such governmental suspicion, and he was forced to resign his episcopacy. The Russian Church similarly suffered from Stalinist policy and had no ability to help the young church in Japan.

During the Fifteen Years War (1930-1945), which from 1939 to 1945 was part of World War II, Christianity in Japan suffered under severe conditions, the Orthodox Church especially. After the Japanese surrender, the Allied occupation had a generous attitude to Christianity, given its predominantly American composition. As the majority of the Slavic- and Greek-Americans would attend local Orthodox parishes, Orthodoxy in Japan took a step forward. During the war, the Japanese Orthodox Church had almost no foreign contact. After the war, instead of the Russian Church, the precursors of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] helped establish the Japanese Orthodox Church, and several youth who studied at the OCA's [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in New York are now the leaders of Japanese Orthodox Church.

Later, as the situation of the Russian Orthodox Church improved, the Japanese Orthodox Church came under their leadership again. In 1970 [[Nicholas of Japan|Nikolai Kasatkin]] was glorified by the Patriarch of Moscow and is recognized as St. Nikolai, Apostle to Japan. His commemoration day is [[February 16]]. In 2000 the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Bishop [[Andronic (Nikolsky) of Kyoto|Andronic (Nikolsky)]] as a [[saint]] and [[martyr]]. He was appointed the first bishop of Kyoto and later martyred as the archbishop of Permi during the [[Bolshevik Revolution|Russian Revolution]].

==Hierarchy==
* [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel (Nushiro)]], Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan
* [[Nicholas (Saiama) of Kyoto|Nicholas (Saiama)]], Bishop of Kyoto and Western Japan
* [[Seraphim (Tsudzie) of Sendai|Seraphim (Tsudzie)]], Bishop of Sendai and Eastern Japan

==External link==
*[http://www2.gol.com/users/ocj/ Japanese Orthodox Church] Official Site (Japanese/English)
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Talk:Orthodox Church in America

2005-05-02T17:54:18Z

Eddieuny:

User talk:Eddieuny

2005-05-02T17:50:48Z

Eddieuny:

{{Welcome}}
--[[User:Magda|magda]] 08:09, 2 May 2005 (CDT)

== OCA ==

Do you have a source for the merger of Washington with New York and New Jersey and the retirement of Archbishop Peter? These changes don't appear to be reflected on the [http://www.oca.org/HSepiscopacy.asp?SID=7 official page] yet - or maybe I just missed them? Also, there is a linked mention of Metropolitan Herman at the beginning of the article which was not changed. Perhaps his article, instead of being titled ''Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York'' should be ''Herman (Swaiko) of All America and Canada''? --[[User:Magda|magda]] 08:24, 2 May 2005 (CDT)

Hi Magda ... the source is as follows, read down after the selection of Archimandrite Alejo as bisop-elect of the Mexican Exarchate:

http://www.oca.org/news.asp?ID=769&SID=19

As to other changes, that's the beauty of wiki ... they can be done by others who are more proficient.

[[User:Eddieuny|Ed Unneland]] 17:47, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Orthodox Church in America

2005-05-02T03:52:49Z

Eddieuny: Diocesan changes

Orthodox Church in America

2005-05-02T03:10:39Z

Eddieuny: Reflected retirement of Archbishop Peter and merger of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey with the Archdiocese of Washington, effective 30 April.

[[Image:OCA logo.jpg|right|The Orthodox Church in America]]
The '''Orthodox Church in America''' (OCA) is an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] church with parishes mainly in the United States and Canada (though it has some parishes in Australia and elsewhere). The OCA was formerly known as the '''Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America''', or more informally, the '''Metropolia'''.

The current [[primate]] of the OCA is His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America and Canada.

{{church|
name= Orthodox Church in America|
founder= Ss. [[Herman of Alaska]], [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]|
independence=1924 |
recognition= 1970 by [[Church of Russia]] |
primate=[[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Metropolitan Herman]]|
hq=Syosset, New York|
territory=United States and Canada|
possessions= Mexico, South America, Australia|
language=English, [[Church Slavonic]], Spanish|
music=[[Russian Chant]], [[Byzantine Chant]] (in some ethnic dioceses)|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=30,000 to 1,000,000|
website=[http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America]
}}
== History ==
The OCA began with the missionary work of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. In 1917, the [[Bolshevik Revolution]] brought communication between the churches in North America and Russia to an almost complete halt. In the early 1920s, Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication and travel could be resumed. (He died in 1925, and was glorified as a [[saint]] by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in 1989.) At that time, parishes which had been part of a single North American [[diocese]] organized separate dioceses and placed themselves under various other mother churches, giving rise to the current situation of multiple overlapping jurisdictions in North America.

In the early 1960s, the Metropolia (as it was then known) resumed communication with the Patriarch of Moscow, and in 1970 full communion was restored. At that time, the Patriarch of Moscow officially granted the OCA [[autocephaly]], or self-governing administrative status. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by all other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, including the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Churches that do recognize its autocephaly include the [[Church of Russia]], the [[Church of Bulgaria]], the [[Church of Poland]], the [[Church of Georgia]], and the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]].

== The OCA Today ==
In the United States, there are 11 dioceses and 623 parishes, missions, and institutions (456 of which are parishes). The ethnic dioceses extend into Canada, which also has one non-ethnic archdiocese. Altogether there are 91 Canadian parishes. The OCA has a Mexican Exarchate with nine parishes and missions, and there are five parishes in South America. In addition, there are three parishes in Australia under the OCA’s canonical protection, two in Sydney and another near Brisbane.

There are three ethnic dioceses in the OCA: the Albanian (13 parishes), Bulgarian (16 parishes) and Romanian (59 parishes). These dioceses' geographic territory overlaps with the other dioceses of the OCA and they have under their care parishes with those ethnic associations. These dioceses are the result of smaller ethnic [[jurisdiction]]s joining the OCA at some point in its history.

The OCA also has 19 monastic communities, six of which fall under the direct jurisdiction of the Metropolitan (i.e., are [[stavropigial]]). The largest of these monasteries are [[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)]] and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]].

There are three [[seminary|seminaries]] operated by the OCA: [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1937), [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1938), and [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1973). All three educate seminarians from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions, including those outside North America.

The OCA is a member of the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]] (SCOBA).

===Growth and membership figures===
Altogether, estimates of OCA faithful number from about 28,000[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentations/2004-0831-JI-ParishMin-Conference.html] to 115,000[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] to 1 million[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-orthodox-america.htm] to 2 million[http://www.aidsfaith.com/articles/denom.asp], depending on the report cited and method used for counting. The number of new parishes founded from 1990 to 2000 increased the overall parish number by about 12%, and new membership has been fairly equally divided between new immigrants, children of existing members, and converts to the faith. Overall, according to one report the trend during that decade held the population of OCA faithful in neither increase nor decline, but remaining steady.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] According to another, however, that same decade saw a 13% decline.[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentations/2004-0831-JI-ParishMin-Conference.html]

One of the ongoing difficulties that the OCA faces today is a financial and structural one—the institutions, episcopacy and structures of the OCA largely reflect probably very inflated population estimates based on obsolete figures. Additionally, the annual dues per church member is much higher than other Orthodox [[jurisdiction]]s in America[http://saintjohnwonderworker.org/Church%20Pledge%202003-2004a.doc][http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/misc/diocesandelegate/43rddiocesanreport.cfm], which can often make realistic estimates difficult, as parishes may not wish to report their full membership in order to avoid the high dues. There is also a perceived "precipitous decline" in OCA reported membership [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:4zasL8ogDdcJ:www.oca.org/pages/ocaadmin/documents/All-American-Council/12-Pittsburgh-1999/Church-Wide-Initiative-Proposals/Church-Growth-and-Evangelism.html], and while some interpret this as simply an ongoing transition in terms of the difference between reported figures and actual figures[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=44&SID=3], the church's primate has referred to the situation as a "membership crisis."[http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/misc/diocesandelegate/43rddiocesanreport.cfm] A general shortage in clergy is also being cited in some reports.[http://www.ocadow.org/resources/vision/summer98.pdf]

According to Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff, who is on the administrative committee of the OCA's Department of Evangelization and the board of directors of the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], the OCA's American contintental membership (i.e., not including Alaska, Canada, or the ethnic dioceses) "has been declining between 6 and 9% for nearly 20 years. The OCA’s Census population in 1994 was 29,775; in 2004 it stood at 27,169."[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentations/2004-0831-JI-ParishMin-Conference.html] Despite these sobering figures, however, the OCA's dioceses of the West and South have both reported steady growth.

==Name==
According to Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco]], the name of this jurisdiction is ''The Orthodox Church in America'', and its acronym should be ''TOCA''.[https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A2=ind0504c&L=orthodox&F=&S=&P=4840] There has not yet been any official announcement from the central administration of the church, however, and the former uses (''Orthodox Church in America'' and ''OCA'') remain the most common both within and outside the jurisdiction.

According to the 1970 ''Tomos of Autocephaly'' granted by the [[Church of Russia]], the official name of this church body is ''The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America''.[http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12]

==Episcopacy==
===Diocesan bishops===
* Most Blessed [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of New England and the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
* Most Reverend [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the Bulgarian Diocese
* Most Reverend [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]], Archbishop of Dallas and the South, Exarch of Mexico
* Most Reverend [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel (Popp)]], Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate
* Most Reverend [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)]], Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest
* Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Fitzgerald)]], Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West
* Right Reverend [[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa|Seraphim (Storheim)]], Bishop of Ottawa and Canada
* Right Reverend [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nikolai (Soraich)]], Bishop of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska
* Right Reverend [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Nikon (Liolin)]], Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese, administrator of the Diocese of New England

===Auxiliary bishops===
* Right Reverend [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Irineu (Duvlea)]], Bishop of Dearborn Heights and auxiliary to Archbishop [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit]]
* Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Mollard) of South Canaan|Tikhon (Mollard)]], Bishop of South Canaan, auxiliary to Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington]], administrator of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
* Right Reverend [[Benjamin (Peterson) of Berkeley|Benjamin (Peterson)]], Bishop of Berkeley and auxiliary to Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco]]

===Retired bishops===
* Most Blessed [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
* Most Reverend [[Peter (L'Huiller) of New York|Peter (L'Huiller)]], Archbishop of New York and New Jersey
* Most Reverend [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka|Gregory (Afonsky)]], Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska
* Right Reverend [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston|Mark (Forsberg)]], Bishop of Boston
* Most Reverend [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa|Lazar (Puhalo)]], Archbishop of Ottawa
* Right Reverend [[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver|Varlaam (Novakshonoff)]], Bishop of Vancouver

== External links ==
* [http://www.oca.org/ Official Website of the OCA]
* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-orthodox-america.htm Eastern Christian Churches: OCA] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar

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