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<div>I am '''Father Matthew Thurman'''. I am a priest of the [http://www.antiochian.org Antiochian Archdiocese] and pastor of [http://saintlukeorthodoxchurch.org St. Luke Antiochian Orthodox Church] in Chagrin Falls, OH.<br />
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<div>I am '''Father Matthew Thurman'''. I am a priest of the [http://www.antiochian.org Antiochian Archdiocese] and pastor of [http://stlukeorthodoxchurch.org St. Luke Antiochian Orthodox Church] in Chagrin Falls, OH.<br />
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<div>I am '''Father Matthew Thurman'''. I am a priest of the [http://www.antiochian.org Antiochian Archdiocese] attached to [http://stlukeorthodox.org St. Luke Antiochian Orthodox Church] in Lafayette, CO.<br />
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<div>I am '''Father Matthew Thurman'''. I am a seminarian from the [http://www.antiochian.org Antiochian Archdiocese] studying at [http://holycross.hchc.edu Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology] in Brookline, MA.<br />
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<div>The '''Western Rite Vicariate''' of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] is a group of Orthodox Christian parishes throughout North America who worship using the [[Western Rite]] tradition. They number roughly 10,000 communicants in about twenty parishes and are under their local [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishops]], retaining Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita]] as their "bishop of reference."<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Before the Vicariate===<br />
The initial parishes received into the Orthodox Church as the Western Rite Vicariate did not consist of a new movement invented by the [[Church of Antioch|Antiochian Patriarchate]] or its [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North American archdiocese]], but rather already had history within Orthodoxy, as Archpriest Paul W.S. Schneirla, Vicar General of the Western Rite, reports:<br />
<br />
:The first major approach was made in the late nineteenth century by a Roman Catholic priest, [[John Joseph Overbeck]], who revised the Roman rite to conform to Orthodox standards, a fairly simple operation at that time. His proposal was accepted by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[Holy Synod]] and he was encouraged and supported by interested missionary-minded Russians, but by the time of his death in the first decade of Twentieth Century, his movement had not succeeded and his converts were absorbed into Byzantine communities.<br />
<br />
:At the turn of the century, the only Orthodox bishop in North America, the later Russian Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] was approached by a group of Episcopalians, who asked to be allowed to continue the use of the American ''Book of Common Prayer'' rather than the Byzantine rite. Bishop Tikhon petitioned the Holy Synod of Moscow and a commission of theologians was directed to provide a detailed examination and revision of the Prayer Book to be approved for the converts (the report was printed in the ''Journal of the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg'', a summary in English was printed in ''The Russian American Messenger'', a critical review by two Anglican scholars appeared as ''Tract XII'' of the Alcuin Club and a fuller version with notes appeared in ''The Orthodox Catholic Review'', a publication of the Antiochian Archdiocese).<br />
<br />
:Metropolitan [[Gerassimos (Messerah) of Beirut]] received a Western Rite movement in England before World War I, and Metropolitan [[Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle|Germanos (Shehadi)]], while resident in the United States, engaged in negotiations to receive a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] movement in Mexico in the 1920s. Neither of these projects resulted in a continuing community. They are noticed here to demonstrate that an Orthodox Western Rite is not a recent project.<br />
<br />
:Our present Western Rite Vicariate began with the return of a few parishes of converts that had dropped out of our diocese in the difficult days after World War I. It was approved by the late Patriarch Alexander and was finally received in the early 1950s. There are presently some twenty centers. There are no invented services: the parishes use either the form approved for Overbeck or for Patriarch Tikhon, now a saint of the Church.[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain]<br />
<br />
Thus, in some sense, the Antiochian Archdiocese "inherited" the parishes which made up the Western Rite Vicariate.<br />
<br />
===Creation of the Vicariate===<br />
On [[May 31]], 1958, Patriarch [[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch]], in consultation with the heads of the other [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches, authorized His Eminence Metropolitan [[Antony (Bashir) of New York]] to establish the Western Rite in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. In August of that year, Metropolitan Antony issued his edict establishing the Western Rite Vicariate in the archdiocese.<br />
<br />
:The late Metropolitan Antony (Bashir) of the Syrian Antiochian Archdiocese, was approached by leaders and individuals of various bodies. He always made it his policy to thoroughly investigate such seekers of unity with the Church, and has had occasion to refuse several. At the same time, however, in desiring to extend and implement Orthodoxy’s mission in America, Metropolitan Antony realized that there were also those outside of communion with the Church who were sincerely seeking the truth, who were desirous of becoming engrafted to the vine of Christ. After considerable meditation of the problem and taking into consideration the action of the Church elsewhere in the world, namely France, he came to the conclusion that the use of a Western rite in America could be of importance in facilitating the return to the Church of separated Western Christians in America. He turned for guidance to the late Patriarch Alexander III of Antioch who, in May, 1958, after consultation with the other Autocephalous Churches, gave an affirmative reply. Forwarding to the Metropolitan an Arabic translation of the famous 1936 Ukase of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Patriarch of Antioch authorized Metropolitan Antony to "take the same action, leaving to your Orthodox zeal and good judgment the right to work out the details in the local situations."[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony]<br />
<br />
The first Vicar General of the Western Rite Vicariate was Fr. [[Alexander Turner]], who had served as bishop to those parishes before reception into the Antiochian Archdiocese.<br />
<br />
===The Vicariate today===<br />
Since its founding in 1958, the Western Rite Vicariate has nearly doubled in size and now consists of a rapidly growing dimension of the Church's Mission in America [http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/aboutorthodox.cfm], including about 20 parishes. Because of his association with the founding of the [[Western Rite]] in America, the Vicariate holds St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] as its [[patron saint]].<br />
<br />
==Commission==<br />
The Western Rite Commission of the Antiochian Archdiocese consists of:<br />
<br />
*+Most Reverend Bishop Basil, Archepiscopal Vicar<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Paul W. S. Schneirla, Vicar-General<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Edward W. Hughes<br />
*The Rev. Fr. George Morelli<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/Western-Rite/ Western Rite Vicariate] (Archdiocese site)<br />
<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony On the Western Rite Edict of Metropolitan Anthony (Bashir)], by Fr. David Abramstov (also includes an excerpt from the report of Metropolitan Antony to the 1958 Archdiocesan Convention)<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain The Twain Meet], by Fr. Paul W.S. Schneirla<br />
<br />
===Parishes===<br />
*[http://whittier.stmichael.org/ St. Michael Church], Whitter, CA<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/stmark St. Mark Church], Denver, CO<br />
*[http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/ St. Columba Church], Lafayette, CO<br />
*[http://www.stgregoryoc.org/ St. Gregory the Great Church], Falls Church, VA<br />
*[http://www.stmichaeloc.org/ St. Michael the Archangel Mission], Wichita, KS<br />
*[http://www.stvincentchurch.org/ St. Vincent of Lerins Church], Omaha, NE<br />
*[http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/ St. Peter Church], Ft. Worth, TX<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/OurLadyOfWalsingham Our Lady of Walsingham Church], Mesquite, TX<br />
*[http://www.holyapostleschurch.org/ Holy Apostles Orthodox Chapel], Tyler, TX<br />
*[http://www.st-benedict.org/ St. Benedict of Nursia Church], Wichita Falls, TX<br />
*[http://www.spokaneorthodox.com/ St. Nicholas Church], Spokane, WA<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.ca/ Our Lady of Walsingham Oratory], Toronto, ON - Canada<br />
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<div>The '''Western Rite Vicariate''' of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] is a group of Orthodox Christian parishes throughout North America who worship using the [[Western Rite]] tradition. They number roughly 10,000 communicants in about twenty parishes and are under their local [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishops]], retaining Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita]] as their "bishop of reference."<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Before the Vicariate===<br />
The initial parishes received into the Orthodox Church as the Western Rite Vicariate did not consist of a new movement invented by the [[Church of Antioch|Antiochian Patriarchate]] or its [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North American archdiocese]], but rather already had history within Orthodoxy, as Archpriest Paul W.S. Schneirla, Vicar General of the Western Rite, reports:<br />
<br />
:The first major approach was made in the late nineteenth century by a Roman Catholic priest, [[John Joseph Overbeck]], who revised the Roman rite to conform to Orthodox standards, a fairly simple operation at that time. His proposal was accepted by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[Holy Synod]] and he was encouraged and supported by interested missionary-minded Russians, but by the time of his death in the first decade of Twentieth Century, his movement had not succeeded and his converts were absorbed into Byzantine communities.<br />
<br />
:At the turn of the century, the only Orthodox bishop in North America, the later Russian Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] was approached by a group of Episcopalians, who asked to be allowed to continue the use of the American ''Book of Common Prayer'' rather than the Byzantine rite. Bishop Tikhon petitioned the Holy Synod of Moscow and a commission of theologians was directed to provide a detailed examination and revision of the Prayer Book to be approved for the converts (the report was printed in the ''Journal of the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg'', a summary in English was printed in ''The Russian American Messenger'', a critical review by two Anglican scholars appeared as ''Tract XII'' of the Alcuin Club and a fuller version with notes appeared in ''The Orthodox Catholic Review'', a publication of the Antiochian Archdiocese).<br />
<br />
:Metropolitan [[Gerassimos (Messerah) of Beirut]] received a Western Rite movement in England before World War I, and Metropolitan [[Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle|Germanos (Shehadi)]], while resident in the United States, engaged in negotiations to receive a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] movement in Mexico in the 1920s. Neither of these projects resulted in a continuing community. They are noticed here to demonstrate that an Orthodox Western Rite is not a recent project.<br />
<br />
:Our present Western Rite Vicariate began with the return of a few parishes of converts that had dropped out of our diocese in the difficult days after World War I. It was approved by the late Patriarch Alexander and was finally received in the early 1950s. There are presently some twenty centers. There are no invented services: the parishes use either the form approved for Overbeck or for Patriarch Tikhon, now a saint of the Church.[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain]<br />
<br />
Thus, in some sense, the Antiochian Archdiocese "inherited" the parishes which made up the Western Rite Vicariate.<br />
<br />
===Creation of the Vicariate===<br />
On [[May 31]], 1958, Patriarch [[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch]], in consultation with the heads of the other [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches, authorized His Eminence Metropolitan [[Antony (Bashir) of New York]] to establish the Western Rite in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. In August of that year, Metropolitan Antony issued his edict establishing the Western Rite Vicariate in the archdiocese.<br />
<br />
:The late Metropolitan Antony (Bashir) of the Syrian Antiochian Archdiocese, was approached by leaders and individuals of various bodies. He always made it his policy to thoroughly investigate such seekers of unity with the Church, and has had occasion to refuse several. At the same time, however, in desiring to extend and implement Orthodoxy’s mission in America, Metropolitan Antony realized that there were also those outside of communion with the Church who were sincerely seeking the truth, who were desirous of becoming engrafted to the vine of Christ. After considerable meditation of the problem and taking into consideration the action of the Church elsewhere in the world, namely France, he came to the conclusion that the use of a Western rite in America could be of importance in facilitating the return to the Church of separated Western Christians in America. He turned for guidance to the late Patriarch Alexander III of Antioch who, in May, 1958, after consultation with the other Autocephalous Churches, gave an affirmative reply. Forwarding to the Metropolitan an Arabic translation of the famous 1936 Ukase of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Patriarch of Antioch authorized Metropolitan Antony to "take the same action, leaving to your Orthodox zeal and good judgment the right to work out the details in the local situations."[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony]<br />
<br />
The first Vicar General of the Western Rite Vicariate was Fr. [[Alexander Turner]], who had served as bishop to those parishes before reception into the Antiochian Archdiocese.<br />
<br />
===The Vicariate today===<br />
Since its founding in 1958, the Western Rite Vicariate has nearly doubled in size and now consists of a rapidly growing dimension of the Church's Mission in America [http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/aboutorthodox.cfm], including about 20 parishes. Because of his association with the founding of the [[Western Rite]] in America, the Vicariate holds St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] as its [[patron saint]].<br />
<br />
==Commission==<br />
The Western Rite Commission of the Antiochian Archdiocese consists of:<br />
<br />
*+Most Reverend Bishop Basil, Archepiscopal Vicar<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Paul W. S. Schneirla, Vicar-General<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Edward W. Hughes<br />
*The Rev. Fr. George Morelli<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/Western-Rite/ Western Rite Vicariate] (Archdiocese site)<br />
<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony On the Western Rite Edict of Metropolitan Anthony (Bashir)], by Fr. David Abramstov (also includes an excerpt from the report of Metropolitan Antony to the 1958 Archdiocesan Convention)<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain The Twain Meet], by Fr. Paul W.S. Schneirla<br />
<br />
===Parishes===<br />
*[http://whittier.stmichael.org/ St. Michael Church], Whitter, CA<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/stmark St. Mark Church], Denver, CO<br />
*[http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/ St. Columba Church], Lafayette, CO<br />
*[http://www.stgregoryoc.org/ St. Gregory the Great Church], Falls Church, VA<br />
*[http://www.stmichaeloc.org/ St. Michael the Archangel Mission], Wichita, KS<br />
*[http://www.stvincentchurch.org/ St. Vincent of Lerins Church], Omaha, NE<br />
*[http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/ St. Peter Church], Ft. Worth, TX<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/OurLadyOfWalsingham Our Lady of Walsingham Church], Mesquite, TX<br />
*[http://www.holyapostleschurch.org/ Holy Apostles Orthodox Chapel], Tyler, TX<br />
*[http://www.st-benedict.org/ St. Benedict of Nursia Church], Wichita Falls, TX<br />
*[http://www.spokaneorthodox.com/ St. Nicholas Church], Spokane, WA<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions]]<br />
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<div>The '''Western Rite Vicariate''' of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] is a group of Orthodox Christian parishes throughout North America who worship using the [[Western Rite]] tradition. They number roughly 10,000 communicants in about twenty parishes and are under their local [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishops]], retaining Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita]] as their "bishop of reference."<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Before the Vicariate===<br />
The initial parishes received into the Orthodox Church as the Western Rite Vicariate did not consist of a new movement invented by the [[Church of Antioch|Antiochian Patriarchate]] or its [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North American archdiocese]], but rather already had history within Orthodoxy, as Archpriest Paul W.S. Schneirla, Vicar General of the Western Rite, reports:<br />
<br />
:The first major approach was made in the late nineteenth century by a Roman Catholic priest, [[John Joseph Overbeck]], who revised the Roman rite to conform to Orthodox standards, a fairly simple operation at that time. His proposal was accepted by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[Holy Synod]] and he was encouraged and supported by interested missionary-minded Russians, but by the time of his death in the first decade of Twentieth Century, his movement had not succeeded and his converts were absorbed into Byzantine communities.<br />
<br />
:At the turn of the century, the only Orthodox bishop in North America, the later Russian Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] was approached by a group of Episcopalians, who asked to be allowed to continue the use of the American ''Book of Common Prayer'' rather than the Byzantine rite. Bishop Tikhon petitioned the Holy Synod of Moscow and a commission of theologians was directed to provide a detailed examination and revision of the Prayer Book to be approved for the converts (the report was printed in the ''Journal of the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg'', a summary in English was printed in ''The Russian American Messenger'', a critical review by two Anglican scholars appeared as ''Tract XII'' of the Alcuin Club and a fuller version with notes appeared in ''The Orthodox Catholic Review'', a publication of the Antiochian Archdiocese).<br />
<br />
:Metropolitan [[Gerassimos (Messerah) of Beirut]] received a Western Rite movement in England before World War I, and Metropolitan [[Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle|Germanos (Shehadi)]], while resident in the United States, engaged in negotiations to receive a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] movement in Mexico in the 1920s. Neither of these projects resulted in a continuing community. They are noticed here to demonstrate that an Orthodox Western Rite is not a recent project.<br />
<br />
:Our present Western Rite Vicariate began with the return of a few parishes of converts that had dropped out of our diocese in the difficult days after World War I. It was approved by the late Patriarch Alexander and was finally received in the early 1950s. There are presently some twenty centers. There are no invented services: the parishes use either the form approved for Overbeck or for Patriarch Tikhon, now a saint of the Church.[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain]<br />
<br />
Thus, in some sense, the Antiochian Archdiocese "inherited" the parishes which made up the Western Rite Vicariate.<br />
<br />
===Creation of the Vicariate===<br />
On [[May 31]], 1958, Patriarch [[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch]], in consultation with the heads of the other [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches, authorized His Eminence Metropolitan [[Antony (Bashir) of New York]] to establish the Western Rite in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. In August of that year, Metropolitan Antony issued his edict establishing the Western Rite Vicariate in the archdiocese.<br />
<br />
:The late Metropolitan Antony (Bashir) of the Syrian Antiochian Archdiocese, was approached by leaders and individuals of various bodies. He always made it his policy to thoroughly investigate such seekers of unity with the Church, and has had occasion to refuse several. At the same time, however, in desiring to extend and implement Orthodoxy’s mission in America, Metropolitan Antony realized that there were also those outside of communion with the Church who were sincerely seeking the truth, who were desirous of becoming engrafted to the vine of Christ. After considerable meditation of the problem and taking into consideration the action of the Church elsewhere in the world, namely France, he came to the conclusion that the use of a Western rite in America could be of importance in facilitating the return to the Church of separated Western Christians in America. He turned for guidance to the late Patriarch Alexander III of Antioch who, in May, 1958, after consultation with the other Autocephalous Churches, gave an affirmative reply. Forwarding to the Metropolitan an Arabic translation of the famous 1936 Ukase of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Patriarch of Antioch authorized Metropolitan Antony to "take the same action, leaving to your Orthodox zeal and good judgment the right to work out the details in the local situations."[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony]<br />
<br />
The first Vicar General of the Western Rite Vicariate was Fr. [[Alexander Turner]], who had served as bishop to those parishes before reception into the Antiochian Archdiocese.<br />
<br />
===The Vicariate today===<br />
Since its founding in 1958, the Western Rite Vicariate has nearly doubled in size and now consists of a rapidly growing dimension of the Church's Mission in America [http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/aboutorthodox.cfm], including about 20 parishes. Because of his association with the founding of the [[Western Rite]] in America, the Vicariate holds St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] as its [[patron saint]].<br />
<br />
==Commission==<br />
The Western Rite Commission of the Antiochian Archdiocese consists of:<br />
<br />
*+Most Reverend Bishop Basil, Archepiscopal Vicar<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Paul W. S. Schneirla, Vicar-General<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Edward W. Hughes<br />
*The Rev. Fr. George Morelli<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/Western-Rite/ Western Rite Vicariate] (Archdiocese site)<br />
<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony On the Western Rite Edict of Metropolitan Anthony (Bashir)], by Fr. David Abramstov (also includes an excerpt from the report of Metropolitan Antony to the 1958 Archdiocesan Convention)<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain The Twain Meet], by Fr. Paul W.S. Schneirla<br />
<br />
===Parishes===<br />
*[http://whittier.stmichael.org/ St. Michael Church], Whitter, CA<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/stmark St. Mark Church], Denver, CO<br />
*[http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/ St. Columba Church], Lafayette, CO<br />
*[http://www.stgregoryoc.org/ St. Gregory the Great Church], Falls Church, VA<br />
*[http://www.stmichaeloc.org/ St. Michael the Archangel Mission], Wichita, KS<br />
*[http://www.stvincentchurch.org/ St. Vincent of Lerins Church], Omaha, NE<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxmission-ny.org/ All Saints Orthodox Mission], Bullville, NY<br />
*[http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/ St. Peter Church], Ft. Worth, TX<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/OurLadyOfWalsingham Our Lady of Walsingham Church], Mesquite, TX<br />
*[http://www.holyapostleschurch.org/ Holy Apostles Orthodox Chapel], Tyler, TX<br />
*[http://www.st-benedict.org/ St. Benedict of Nursia Church], Wichita Falls, TX<br />
*[http://www.spokaneorthodox.com/ St. Nicholas Church], Spokane, WA<br />
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[[Category:Jurisdictions]]<br />
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<div>The '''Western Rite Vicariate''' of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] is a group of Orthodox Christian parishes throughout North America who worship using the [[Western Rite]] tradition. They number roughly 10,000 communicants in about twenty parishes and are under their local [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishops]], retaining Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita]] as their "bishop of reference."<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Before the Vicariate===<br />
The initial parishes received into the Orthodox Church as the Western Rite Vicariate did not consist of a new movement invented by the [[Church of Antioch|Antiochian Patriarchate]] or its [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North American archdiocese]], but rather already had history within Orthodoxy, as Archpriest Paul W.S. Schneirla, Vicar General of the Western Rite, reports:<br />
<br />
:The first major approach was made in the late nineteenth century by a Roman Catholic priest, [[John Joseph Overbeck]], who revised the Roman rite to conform to Orthodox standards, a fairly simple operation at that time. His proposal was accepted by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[Holy Synod]] and he was encouraged and supported by interested missionary-minded Russians, but by the time of his death in the first decade of Twentieth Century, his movement had not succeeded and his converts were absorbed into Byzantine communities.<br />
<br />
:At the turn of the century, the only Orthodox bishop in North America, the later Russian Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] was approached by a group of Episcopalians, who asked to be allowed to continue the use of the American ''Book of Common Prayer'' rather than the Byzantine rite. Bishop Tikhon petitioned the Holy Synod of Moscow and a commission of theologians was directed to provide a detailed examination and revision of the Prayer Book to be approved for the converts (the report was printed in the ''Journal of the Theological Academy of St. Petersburg'', a summary in English was printed in ''The Russian American Messenger'', a critical review by two Anglican scholars appeared as ''Tract XII'' of the Alcuin Club and a fuller version with notes appeared in ''The Orthodox Catholic Review'', a publication of the Antiochian Archdiocese).<br />
<br />
:Metropolitan [[Gerassimos (Messerah) of Beirut]] received a Western Rite movement in England before World War I, and Metropolitan [[Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle|Germanos (Shehadi)]], while resident in the United States, engaged in negotiations to receive a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] movement in Mexico in the 1920s. Neither of these projects resulted in a continuing community. They are noticed here to demonstrate that an Orthodox Western Rite is not a recent project.<br />
<br />
:Our present Western Rite Vicariate began with the return of a few parishes of converts that had dropped out of our diocese in the difficult days after World War I. It was approved by the late Patriarch Alexander and was finally received in the early 1950s. There are presently some twenty centers. There are no invented services: the parishes use either the form approved for Overbeck or for Patriarch Tikhon, now a saint of the Church.[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain]<br />
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Thus, in some sense, the Antiochian Archdiocese "inherited" the parishes which made up the Western Rite Vicariate.<br />
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===Creation of the Vicariate===<br />
On [[May 31]], 1958, Patriarch [[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch]], in consultation with the heads of the other [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches, authorized His Eminence Metropolitan [[Antony (Bashir) of New York]] to establish the Western Rite in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. In August of that year, Metropolitan Antony issued his edict establishing the Western Rite Vicariate in the archdiocese.<br />
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:The late Metropolitan Antony (Bashir) of the Syrian Antiochian Archdiocese, was approached by leaders and individuals of various bodies. He always made it his policy to thoroughly investigate such seekers of unity with the Church, and has had occasion to refuse several. At the same time, however, in desiring to extend and implement Orthodoxy’s mission in America, Metropolitan Antony realized that there were also those outside of communion with the Church who were sincerely seeking the truth, who were desirous of becoming engrafted to the vine of Christ. After considerable meditation of the problem and taking into consideration the action of the Church elsewhere in the world, namely France, he came to the conclusion that the use of a Western rite in America could be of importance in facilitating the return to the Church of separated Western Christians in America. He turned for guidance to the late Patriarch Alexander III of Antioch who, in May, 1958, after consultation with the other Autocephalous Churches, gave an affirmative reply. Forwarding to the Metropolitan an Arabic translation of the famous 1936 Ukase of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Patriarch of Antioch authorized Metropolitan Antony to "take the same action, leaving to your Orthodox zeal and good judgment the right to work out the details in the local situations."[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony]<br />
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The first Vicar General of the Western Rite Vicariate was Fr. [[Alexander Turner]], who had served as bishop to those parishes before reception into the Antiochian Archdiocese.<br />
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===The Vicariate today===<br />
Since its founding in 1958, the Western Rite Vicariate has nearly doubled in size and now consists of a rapidly growing dimension of the Church's Mission in America [http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/aboutorthodox.cfm], including about 20 parishes. Because of his association with the founding of the [[Western Rite]] in America, the Vicariate holds St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] as its [[patron saint]].<br />
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==Commission==<br />
The Western Rite Commission of the Antiochian Archdiocese consists of:<br />
+Most Reverend Bishop Basil, Archepiscopal Vicar<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Paul W. S. Schneirla, Vicar-General<br />
*The Very Rev. Fr. Edward W. Hughes<br />
*The Rev. Fr. George Morelli<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/Western-Rite/ Western Rite Vicariate] (Archdiocese site)<br />
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===Articles===<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/anthony On the Western Rite Edict of Metropolitan Anthony (Bashir)], by Fr. David Abramstov (also includes an excerpt from the report of Metropolitan Antony to the 1958 Archdiocesan Convention)<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/twain The Twain Meet], by Fr. Paul W.S. Schneirla<br />
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===Parishes===<br />
*[http://whittier.stmichael.org/ St. Michael Church], Whitter, CA<br />
*[http://www.westernorthodox.com/stmark St. Mark Church], Denver, CO<br />
*[http://www.stcolumbachurch.org/ St. Columba Church], Lafayette, CO<br />
*[http://www.stgregoryoc.org/ St. Gregory the Great Church], Falls Church, VA<br />
*[http://www.stmichaeloc.org/ St. Michael the Archangel Mission], Wichita, KS<br />
*[http://www.stvincentchurch.org/ St. Vincent of Lerins Church], Omaha, NE<br />
*[http://www.orthodoxmission-ny.org/ All Saints Orthodox Mission], Bullville, NY<br />
*[http://www.saintpeterorthodox.org/ St. Peter Church], Ft. Worth, TX<br />
*[http://www.antiochian.org/OurLadyOfWalsingham Our Lady of Walsingham Church], Mesquite, TX<br />
*[http://www.holyapostleschurch.org/ Holy Apostles Orthodox Chapel], Tyler, TX<br />
*[http://www.st-benedict.org/ St. Benedict of Nursia Church], Wichita Falls, TX<br />
*[http://www.spokaneorthodox.com/ St. Nicholas Church], Spokane, WA<br />
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<div>==Orthodox Museums==<br />
*[http://www.antiochianvillage.org/center/?view=learningcenter&subview=museum Antiochian Heritage Museum (Ligonier, Pennsylvania)]<br />
:"The Antiochian Heritage Museum (AHM) permanent collection is designed to take visitors on an enlightenment journey through the Middle Eastern ancestry of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, which is rooted in Paul’s missionary journeys from Antioch, Syria to European sites." <br />
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*[http://www.ort.fi/kirkkomuseo/okm_GBR/index_fin.htm The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland (Kuopio, Finland)]<br />
:"The Orthodox Church Museum acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence and cultural heritage of the history of the Finnish Orthodox Church. The museum is supervised by the administration of the [[Church of Finland|Orthodox Church in Finland]]."<br />
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*Andrei Rublev Museum (Moscow, Russia)<br />
:"The collection of the museum was arranged from the acquisitions of the expeditions to different regions of Central and Northern Russia. Among the icons found during the expeditions there are some works of outstanding quality, which immediately became the objects of numerous studies and publications. The group of artists who specialized on copying the old frescoes made an important contribution to the museum collection. Thanks to donations and presents, nowadays the museum possesses the large collection of the 14th 19th centuries icons from Moscow, Tver and Northern schools, as well as fragments of monumental painting, early Russian wooden sculptures and copies of old frescoes." -[http://www.moscow-hotels.com/eng/guide/museums/musrublev.html ''The Central Museum of Early Russian Art named after Andrei Rublev'']<br />
:*[http://www.artmag.com/museums/a_russie/arumoro1.html About the Andrei Rubliov Museum]<br />
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==Orthodox Exhibits==<br />
===Current===<br />
*[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/russian/ In the Beginning Was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures]<br />
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===Previous===<br />
*[http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/arts/art_gallery/current/russian/ The Holy Art of Imperial Russia] at the Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College (Moraga, California); November 6 - December 12, 2004<br />
*[http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Byzantium/byzantium_splash.htm Byzantium: Faith and Power 1261-1557] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York); March 23 - July 4, 2004<br />
*[http://www.hellenicmuseum.org/exhibits/dachau.html Dachau: April 29, 1945 – An Orthodox Christian Memorial] at the Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center (Chicago, Illinois); Press Release: February 5, 2004<br />
*[http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html The Glory of Byzantium] at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York); March 11 - July 6, 1997<br />
*[http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/musarchives/archhist1990-1994.html Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia] at the Art Institute of Chicago; July 3 - September 15, 1993<br />
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*Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea<br />
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*Righteous Euthymius the Great<br />
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*[[Anthony the Great]]<br />
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*Theodosius the Emperor<br />
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*Anthony the Great<br />
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*Theodosius the Emperor<br />
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*Our Father Among the Saints [[Athanasius of Alexandria]]<br />
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*Anthony the Great<br />
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*Theodosius the Emper<br />
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*Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains<br />
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*Righteous Hierodeacon Makarios of Kalogeras <br />
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*Romilo the Monk of Mount Athos<br />
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*Paul of Thebes<br />
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*John the Cave Dweller<br />
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*Leavetaking of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*The Holy Fathers slain at Sinai and Raitho<br />
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*Agnes the Virgin-martyr <br />
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*Savas I, Archbishop of Serbia <br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*Hermylos & Stratonikos the Martyrs at Belgrade<br />
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*Maximos the Righteous of Kapsokalyvia, Mount Athos<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*Tatiana the Martyr of Rome<br />
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*Martyr Mertios<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*Righteous Theodosios the Cenobiarch<br />
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*Vitalis of Gaza<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*[[Gregory of Nyssa]]<br />
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*Dometian, Bishop of Melitene<br />
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*Theosebia the Deaconess, sister of [[Basil the Great]] & [[Gregory of Nyssa]]<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*Polyeuctos the Martyr of Meletine in Armenia<br />
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*Eustratios the Wonderworker <br />
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*Peter, Bishop of Sebaste, brother of [[Basil the Great]] and [[Gregory of Nyssa]] <br />
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<div>Father '''Georges Florovsky''' (1893 - 1979) was a prominent 20th century Orthodox Christian [[priest]], [[theologian]], and writer.<br />
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==Life==<br />
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== Works ==<br />
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*''Collected Works. Volume 1: Bible, Church, Tradition'' (1972)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 2: Christianity and Culture'' (1974)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 3: Creation and Redemption'' (1976)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 4: Aspects of Church History'' (1975)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 5: Ways of Russian Theology, Part I'' (1979)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 6: Ways of Russian Theology, Part II'' (1987)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 7: Eastern Fathers of the Fourth Century'' (1987)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 8: Byzantine Fathers of the Fifth Century'' (1987)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 9: Byzantine Fathers of the Sixth to Eight Centuries'' (1987)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 10: Byzantine Ascetic and Spiritual Fathers'' (1987)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 11: Theology and Literature'' (1989)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 12: Philosophy'' (1989)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 13: Ecumenism I: A Doctrinal Approach'' (1989)<br />
*''Collected Works. Volume 14: Ecumenism II: An Historical Approach'' (1989)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/bms/13001/bms13001florovsky.html Harvard Divinty School Faculty Writings File: Georges Florovsky]<br />
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*[http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/florovsky.html Princeton University Library: George Florovsky Papers]<br />
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<div>The '''sticharion''' is a liturgical [[vestment]] that is a long, narrow robe with loose sleeves, fastened at the neck, and often open down the sides but held shut with buttons. There is usually a cross embroidered or appliquéd to the center of the back, between the shoulder blades.<br />
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The sticharion is often made from brocade and worn as an outer vestment by [[acolyte]]s, [[subdeacon]]s, and [[deacons]]. It is also worn as the undermost vestment by [[bishop]]s and [[priest]]s; in this case, it is usually made from a simpler, usually white, fabric.<br />
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<div>The '''phelonion''' (plural, ''phelonia'') is a liturgical [[vestment]] worn by a [[priest]] over his other vestments. It was originally a sort of poncho, with a round hole in the middle for the head, and falling to the feet. In its present form, the front is largely cut away (from about the waist down) to facilitate the priest's movements. The use of the phelonion is not limited to the [[Divine Liturgy]] but is specified for any major liturgical function.<br />
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There are two main styles of phelonion. Byzantine or Greek phelonia are tailored to fit over the shoulders, while Russian phelonia have a high, stiffened collar that covers the back of the head. There is also a shortened phelonion that is worn by a [[reader]] at his [[tonsure|tonsuring]]. <br />
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A [[bishop]] who wishes to serve a Divine Liturgy as a priest (''i.e.'', without the special rites and prayers of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy) will sometimes vest in a phelonion instead of his [[sakkos]], but with the [[omophorion|small omophorion]] around his neck.<br />
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<div>The '''Orarion''' is the distinguishing vestment of the [[deacon]]. It is a narrow stole, usually four to five inches wide and about ten feet long, made of brocade with seven crosses embroidered or appliquéd along its length. The deacon wears the orarion over his left shoulder with the front portion draped over his left forearm. He will often take this section in his right hand when leading [[litany|litanies]] or drawing attention to a particular liturgical action.<br />
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When preparing for [[Eucharist|Communion]], the deacon will tie the orarion around his waist, bringing the ends up over his shoulders (forming a cross in back) and then down in front, tucking them under the section around the waist.<br />
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The [[subdeacon]] also wears the orarion, but always wrapped around his body in the manner described above.<br />
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<div>In the Orthodox liturgical tradition, the '''omophorion''' is one of the [[bishop]]'s [[vestment]]s and the symbol of his spiritual and ecclesiastical authority. Originally of wool, it is a band of brocade decorated with crosses and is worn about the neck and around the shoulders. By symbolizing the lost sheep that is found and carried on the Good Shepherd's shoulders, it signifies the bishop's pastoral role as the [[icon]] of [[Christ]].<br />
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When the [[rubric]]s call for the omophorion to be removed and replaced frequently, the standard ''great omophorion'' is replaced for the sake of convenience with the ''small omophorion'', a shorter band worn after the manner of an [[epitrachelion]]. In some places, when several bishops [[concelebrate]], it is now the custom for the chief celebrant to use the great omophorion when called for, and the other bishops to wear the small omophorion throughout.<br />
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Clergy and ecclesiastical institutions subject to a bishop's authority are often said to be "under his omophorion".<br />
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<div>The '''epitrachelion''' (from the Greek, "around the neck") is the stole worn by [[priest]]s and [[bishops]] as the symbol of their priesthood. This liturgical [[vestment]] is worn around the neck with the two adjacent sides sewn or buttoned together, leaving enough space through which to place the head. It is usually made of brocade with seven embroidered or appliquéd crosses, one at the back of the neck and three down each side. <br />
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The priest wears the epitrachelion whenever he is serving as a priest. For some services, ''e.g.'' [[Vespers]] or [[Orthros]], he wears the epitrachelion by itself. When he is fully vested for the [[Divine Liturgy]], he wears the epitrachelion over the [[sticharion]] and under the [[zone]] and the [[phelonion]].<br />
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If a priest is simply attending a service, he wears no vestments, but will put on his epitrachelion (and often his [[epimanikia]]) before receiving the [[Eucharist]].<br />
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<div>'''Epimanikia''' (singular ''epimanikion'') are liturgical [[vestment]]s. They are fabric cuffs, usually [[brocade]], that lace onto the wrists of a [[bishop]], [[priest]], or [[deacon]] to contain the sleeves of the [[sticharion]]. There is usually a cross embroidered or appliquéd to the center.<br />
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Since the deacon wears a more elaborate sticharion as an outer garment, he wears the epimanikia underneath its sleeves. <br />
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<div>'''Dikiri''' and '''trikiri''' are liturgical candlesticks, often quite ornate, used by a [[bishop]].<br />
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Both dikiri and trikiri have a flat base, so that they may be stood upright. Above this base is a vertical shaft terminating in candleholders. The dikiri holds two candles, representing the dual nature of [[Jesus Christ]] (i.e. fully God and fully man), and the trikiri holds three, representing the Three Persons of the [[Holy Trinity]].<br />
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During a hierarchical [[Divine Liturgy]], the dikiri and trikiri are kept respectively on the northeast and southeast corners of the [[Altar]] or on stands placed next to these corners. When they are needed by the bishop, they are carried to him by [[subdeacon]]s, who may also carry them during the [[incense|censing]] by the [[deacon]] or during the [[Divine Liturgy|Great Entrance]].<br />
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<div>The '''antimension''' (Greek for "instead of the table") is one of the furnishings of the [[altar]]. It is a rectangular piece of cloth, of linen or silk, with representations of the entombment of Christ, the four Evangelists, and scriptural passages related to the [[Eucharist]]. It often has a very small [[relic]] sewn into it. It is unfolded on the altar before the [[Anaphora]], and the Eucharist is consecrated on it. The antimension must be consecrated and signed by the [[bishop]], indicating his permission for the Eucharist to be celebrated in his absence. It is, in effect, the priest's permission to officiate.<br />
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The antimension is a substitute altar. A priest may celebrate the Eucharist on the antimension even if there is no properly consecrated altar. In emergencies, war and persecution, the antimension serves a very important pastoral need. The [[eileton]] is now often used to wrap the antimension when it is not in use.<br />
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*[[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]])<br />
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*[[Theophan the Recluse]]<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, & Forerunner<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Chris<br />
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*Afterfeast of the [[Theophany]] of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ<br />
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*George the Chozebite<br />
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*Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople<br />
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*Atticus and Cyrus, Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople <br />
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*Emilianos the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzikos <br />
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*Gregory of the Kiev Caves<br />
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*Our Father Among the Saints [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]]<br />
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*Our Father Among the Saints [[Tikhon of Moscow]] and Enlightener of North America<br />
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*Our Father Among the Saints [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]], Enlightener of Northumbria<br />
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*The Holy Right-Believing King [[Oswald of Northumbria]]<br />
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*Venerable [[Bede]]<br />
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*[[Brigid of Kildaire]]<br />
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*[[Patrick of Ireland]]<br />
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<div>Father '''Georges Florovsky''' (1893 - 1979) was a prominent 20th century Orthodox Christian [[priest]], [[theologian]], and writer.<br />
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*[http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/bms/13001/bms13001florovsky.html Harvard Divinty School Faculty Writings File: Georges Florovsky]<br />
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*[http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/florovsky.html Princeton University Library: George Florovsky Papers]<br />
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