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Arsenius III (Carnojevic) of Pec

2007-12-12T16:17:42Z

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His Eminence '''Arsenije III Crnojević''' (also ''Arsenius''; Serbian: '''Аесеније III Црнојевић''') was the [[Patriarch]] of Peć (1672-1691). He was one of the most significant figures of Serbian national and Church history. He was also the first [[autonomous]] [[metropolitan]] of the Serbian people in Austria-Hungary (1690-1706).

== Early life ==
He was born in [[w:Cetinje|Cetinje]] (in modern-day Montenegro) in about 1633. He was a member of a minor branch of the famous Crnojevići noble family. In the past his surname has been written and pronounced ''Čarnojević'', from Russian use.

Arsenije came to [[w:Peć|Peć]] as a boy and later was [[tonsure]]d and [[ordination|ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] and then a [[priest]]. In his early years he was elected [[archimandrite]] of Peć [[Monastery]] in 1665. When Patriarch [[Maximus I of Pec|Maksim]] suffered a stroke, Arsenije was elected as [[Metropolitan]] of Hvosno and as the coadjutor of the patriarch. He was [[Consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] by the metropolitans of a patriarchal [[synod]] on the [[Feast]] of the [[Ascension]], 1669. In the same year, he visited Dečani Monastery in the patriarch's name. When it was clear that patriarch's condition would not improve, Arsenije was elected patriarch in 1672, probably between [[Easter]] and Ascension.

== Patriarch ==
The next year, the new patriarch visited the Serbs in the coast lands who were under the control of Venice. He met the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] archbishop of Bar, Andrija Zmajević, who was Serb, and also member of Crnojevici family, in order to contact European powers for the protection of Christians under Turkish rule. He also visited his flock in Bosnia in 1674 and in Braničevo and Srem in 1676. The following year he went to Žiča Monastery, then to Braničevo; he also visited Smederevo in 1680. All these visits were in order to give spiritual support to the Serbian people. In 1682 Arsenije decided to make a [[pilgrim]]age to Jerusalem. Before leaving, he visited Metropolitan Teofan of Skoplje and Bishop Ananija of Karatovo.

When he arrived in Jerusalem, Arsenije was the guest of the famous [[Patriarch of Jerusalem]], [[Dositheos II of Jerusalem|Dositheos Notarios]] (1669-1707). While he was in the Holy Land, Arsenije kept a journal.

After arriving home, he found his people in the middle of the [[w:Great Turkish War|Great Turkish War]]. The Turks arrested him, and he had to pay 10000 talirs (6000 pounds of sterling) for his freedom. He was soon forced to leave Peć because the Turks tried to kill him. He returned after the Austrians captured Peć. Under great pressure from the Austrians, he was forced to call all Serbs to join the Austrian army. About 20,000 Serbs joined the Austrian army, but the Serbs and Austrians were defeated near Skoplje in the winter of 1689. The patriarch, along with 90,000 people, started retreating.

Arsenije called an assembly of both Church and [[laity|lay]] leaders in Belgrade in July 1690. In this assembly Serbian noblemen, officers, popular leaders, metropolitans, bishops, archimandrites, [[igumen]]s, and [[protopresbyter]]s all participated. They decided to continue in the war as Austrian allies, but they demanded freedom of religion and freedom from serfdom. The Serbs sent an envoy led by Bishop Isaija of Jenopolje, who was fluent in German. Emperor [[w:Leopold_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor|Leopold I]] proclaimed an edict on [[August 21]] in which he gave the Serbian people and their Church special privileges. After this, Serbs populated southern Hungary, today Vojvodina in Serbia, and the military frontier in Croatia as Austrian soldiers.

Serbs also participated in the decisive battle of Senta, in which the Turks were defeated. After this, a peace treaty was signed, and the Austrians recaptured Hungary and Transylvania.

== In Austria ==
From the beginning, Patr. Arsenije had many problems under Austrian rule. Hungarian nobility, Catholic [[clergy]], and German officers were all hostile toward the Serbs, but the wise patriarch saved his people from Catholic [[proselytism]]. He managed to negotiate with bishops who had signed the Union. After this, those bishops re-embraced Orthodoxy. Yet he failed in trying to re-establish an Orthodox bishopric in Transylvania (the Metropolitan of Transylvania signed the Union in 1699). He established relations with Russian court. He also started to negotiate with the Turks in order to return to Peć. His greatest enemy was Cardinal Leopold Kolonić, state chancellor of Hungary. Arsenije established five new [[diocese]]s in Hungary and Croatia, and with these and three previously established ones, he established the Metropolitanate of Karlovci as an autonomous unit of the Peć Patriarchate.

Patriarch Arsenije died in Vienna on [[October 27]] and was burried in Krušedol Monastery in grave of Saint Maxim of Srem and Belgrade. He advised his bishops to re-establish relations with the Patriarch of Peć. Soon the Metropolitanate of Karlovci was formed as autonomous unit of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

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Montenegrin Orthodox Church

2007-10-13T10:47:38Z

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The '''Montenegrin Orthodox Church''' (MOC; in Montenegrin / Serbian:
'''Crnogorska Pravoslavna Crkva''') is a [[jurisdiction]] in Montenegro which declares itself to be [[autocephaly|autocephalous]]. It separated from the [[Church of Serbia]]. Its self-proclaimed autocephaly is not officially recognized by other Orthodox churches.
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== History ==
The Montenegrin Orthodox Church is registered as a non-governmental organization at the Montenegrin Ministry of the Interior in 1997. It claims to be the sole legitimate Eastern Orthodox Church in Montenegro, but it is unrecognized internationally by canonical Orthodox churches.

MOC supporters also present an excerpt from the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica as one of the proofs of legitimacy: "The Montenegrin Church is an autocephalous branch of the Eastern Orthodox communion. In 1894 it formally vindicated its independence against the claims of the Russian synod". However the remainder of the article refer to Montenegro as a Serb state, which contradicts to the Church's basic beliefs. The Catalogue of Ecumenical Patriarchate (April 1855) , Athens Sintagma, letter of Ecumenica Patriarch Grigorius to St. Petar I Petrovic Njegos (dated 29th January 1798) , and against the claims of other documents. Claims are (in supporters of MOC) that MOC was independent and autocephalous until Serbian and Yugoslav king Alexander I of Yugoslavia put MOC, by the decree of 17th (30th) June 1920, under Serbian Orthodox Church 's rule [12] [13]. However, although initially voicing his opposition, the dethroned King Nicholas I Petrovic-Njegos in late 1920 also recognized the uniting of the Church with the SOC, for the benefit of "all the Serbian people".

It must be noted that the current Montenegrin Orthodox Church is nothing in character or aims similar to the old Church of Montenegro, wich was part of Church of Serbia. While the latter based itself upon successorship to the abolished Serbian Orthodox Church by Ottoman decree in 1766, with its Metropolitans asserting the title "Exarch of the Serb Throne" which they hold up to today, who were also great proponents of the reunification of the SOC which has finally occurred in 1920 as well as the national liberation and unification of Serbs based on medieval Serbian heritage, the MOC presents itself as a church of just Montenegro, is a supporter of the Montenegrin nation and a proponent for a separate Montenegrin language, trying to gather not only Orthodox, but all of Montenegro's faithful as well.

Metropolitan Antonije (Abramović) (initially vehemently supported by the biggest pro-independence party in Montenegro at the time - Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG)[15]) was the first leader of the church in 1993. He was later replaced by Metropolitan Mihailo (Dedeić), anathemized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and banished from the Orthodoxy. .

== Organization ==
On [[January 11]], 2007, MOC reconstituted its [[Holy Synod]] and proclaimed its first decree in which it reconfirms its autocephalous status. The Holy Synod is constituted by archpriests of MOC, led by [[Metropolitan]] Mihailo, who was [[excommunicate]]d by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]].

The Holy Synod divided Montenegro in five [[eparch]]ies:
*Eparchy of Cetinje
*Eparchy of Duklja
*Eparchy of Primorje
*Eparchy of Ostrog
*Eparchy of Berane

== Source ==
*[[w:Montenegrin Orthodox Church|''Montenegrin Orthodox Church'' at Wikipedia]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.moc-cpc.org/ Montenegrin Orthodox Church], official site
*[http://www.montenegro.org/religion.html "Montenegrin Church and Religion in Montenegro"]
*[http://www.njegos.org/past/metrohist.htm "Brief History of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral"]

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Montenegrin Orthodox Church

2007-10-13T10:45:36Z

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The '''Montenegrin Orthodox Church''' (MOC; in Montenegrin / Serbian:
'''Crnogorska Pravoslavna Crkva''') is a [[jurisdiction]] in Montenegro which declares itself to be [[autocephaly|autocephalous]]. It separated from the [[Church of Serbia]]. Its self-proclaimed autocephaly is not officially recognized by other Orthodox churches.
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== History ==
The Montenegrin Orthodox Church is registered as a non-governmental organization at the Montenegrin Ministry of the Interior in 1997. It claims to be the sole legitimate Eastern Orthodox Church in Montenegro, but it is unrecognized internationally by canonical Orthodox churches.

MOC supporters also present an excerpt from the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica as one of the proofs of legitimacy: "The Montenegrin Church is an autocephalous branch of the Eastern Orthodox communion. In 1894 it formally vindicated its independence against the claims of the Russian synod". However the remainder of the article refer to Montenegro as a Serb state, which contradicts to the Church's basic beliefs. The Catalogue of Ecumenical Patriarchate (April 1855) , Athens Sintagma, letter of Ecumenica Patriarch Grigorius to St. Petar I Petrovic Njegos (dated 29th January 1798) , and against the claims of other documents. Claims are (in supporters of MOC) that MOC was independent and autocephalous until Serbian and Yugoslav king Alexander I of Yugoslavia put MOC, by the decree of 17th (30th) June 1920, under Serbian Orthodox Church 's rule [12] [13]. However, although initially voicing his opposition, the dethroned King Nicholas I Petrovic-Njegos in late 1920 also recognized the uniting of the Church with the SOC, for the benefit of "all the Serbian people".

It must be noted that the current Montenegrin Orthodox Church is nothing in character or aims similar to the old Church of Montenegro, wich was part of Church of Serbia. While the latter based itself upon successorship to the abolished Serbian Orthodox Church by Ottoman decree in 1766, with its Metropolitans asserting the title "Exarch of the Serb Throne" which they hold up to today, who were also great proponents of the reunification of the SOC which has finally occurred in 1920 as well as the national liberation and unification of Serbs based on medieval Serbian heritage, the MOC presents itself as a church of just Montenegro, is a supporter of the Montenegrin nation and a proponent for a separate Montenegrin language, trying to gather not only Orthodox, but all of Montenegro's faithful as well.

Metropolitan Antonije (Abramović) (initially vehemently supported by the biggest pro-independence party in Montenegro at the time - Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG)[15]) was the first leader of the church in 1993. He was later replaced by Metropolitan Dedeić.

== Organization ==
On [[January 11]], 2007, MOC reconstituted its [[Holy Synod]] and proclaimed its first decree in which it reconfirms its autocephalous status. The Holy Synod is constituted by archpriests of MOC, led by [[Metropolitan]] Mihailo, who was [[excommunicate]]d by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]].

The Holy Synod divided Montenegro in five [[eparch]]ies:
*Eparchy of Cetinje
*Eparchy of Duklja
*Eparchy of Primorje
*Eparchy of Ostrog
*Eparchy of Berane

== Source ==
*[[w:Montenegrin Orthodox Church|''Montenegrin Orthodox Church'' at Wikipedia]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.moc-cpc.org/ Montenegrin Orthodox Church], official site
*[http://www.montenegro.org/religion.html "Montenegrin Church and Religion in Montenegro"]
*[http://www.njegos.org/past/metrohist.htm "Brief History of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral"]

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Montenegrin Orthodox Church

2007-10-13T10:43:44Z

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The '''Montenegrin Orthodox Church''' (MOC; in Montenegrin / Serbian:
'''Crnogorska Pravoslavna Crkva''') is a [[jurisdiction]] in Montenegro which declares itself to be [[autocephaly|autocephalous]]. It separated from the [[Church of Serbia]]. Its self-proclaimed autocephaly is not officially recognized by other Orthodox churches.
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== History ==
The Montenegrin Orthodox Church is registered as a non-governmental organization at the Montenegrin Ministry of the Interior in 1997. It claims to be the sole legitimate Eastern Orthodox Church in Montenegro, but it is unrecognized internationally by canonical Orthodox churches.

MOC supporters also present an excerpt from the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica as one of the proofs of legitimacy: "The Montenegrin Church is an autocephalous branch of the Eastern Orthodox communion. In 1894 it formally vindicated its independence against the claims of the Russian synod". However the remainder of the article refer to Montenegro as a Serb state, which contradicts to the Church's basic beliefs. The Catalogue of Ecumenical Patriarchate (April 1855) , Athens Sintagma, letter of Ecumenica Patriarch Grigorius to St. Petar I Petrovic Njegos (dated 29th January 1798) , and against the claims of other documents. Claims are (in supporters of MOC) that MOC was independent and autocephalous until Serbian and Yugoslav king Alexander I of Yugoslavia put MOC, by the decree of 17th (30th) June 1920, under Serbian Orthodox Church 's rule [12] [13]. However, although initially voicing his opposition, the dethroned King Nicholas I Petrovic-Njegos in late 1920 also recognized the uniting of the Church with the SOC, for the benefit of "all the Serbian people".

It must be noted that the current Montenegrin Orthodox Church is nothing in character or aims similar to the old Church of Montenegro, WHO WAS PART OF cHURCH OF SERBIA. While the latter based itself upon successorship to the abolished Serbian Orthodox Church by Ottoman decree in 1766, with its Metropolitans asserting the title "Exarch of the Serb Throne" which they hold up to today, who were also great proponents of the reunification of the SOC which has finally occurred in 1920 as well as the national liberation and unification of Serbs based on medieval Serbian heritage, the MOC presents itself as a church of just Montenegro, is a supporter of the Montenegrin nation and a proponent for a separate Montenegrin language, trying to gather not only Orthodox, but all of Montenegro's faithful as well.

Metropolitan Antonije (Abramović) (initially vehemently supported by the biggest pro-independence party in Montenegro at the time - Liberal Alliance of Montenegro (LSCG)[15]) was the first leader of the church in 1993. He was later replaced by Metropolitan Dedeić.

== Organization ==
On [[January 11]], 2007, MOC reconstituted its [[Holy Synod]] and proclaimed its first decree in which it reconfirms its autocephalous status. The Holy Synod is constituted by archpriests of MOC, led by [[Metropolitan]] Mihailo, who was [[excommunicate]]d by the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]].

The Holy Synod divided Montenegro in five [[eparch]]ies:
*Eparchy of Cetinje
*Eparchy of Duklja
*Eparchy of Primorje
*Eparchy of Ostrog
*Eparchy of Berane

== Source ==
*[[w:Montenegrin Orthodox Church|''Montenegrin Orthodox Church'' at Wikipedia]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.moc-cpc.org/ Montenegrin Orthodox Church], official site
*[http://www.montenegro.org/religion.html "Montenegrin Church and Religion in Montenegro"]
*[http://www.njegos.org/past/metrohist.htm "Brief History of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral"]

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Montenegrin Orthodox Church

2007-10-10T10:38:01Z

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The '''Montenegrin Orthodox Church''' (in Montenegrin / Serbian:
'''Crnogorska Pravoslavna Crkva''') is a [[jurisdiction]] in Montenegro which declares itself to be [[autocephaly|autocephalous]]. It separated from the [[Church of Serbia]]. Its self-proclaimed autocephaly is not officially recognized by other Orthodox churches.

== History ==

== Organization ==

On January 11, 2007, MOC reconstituted its [[Holy Synod]] and proclaimed its first decree in which it reconfirms its autocephalous status. The Holy Synod is constituted by archpriests of MOC, led by Metropolitan Mihailo, who was exomunicated by Ecumenical Patriarch.

The Holy Synod divided Montenegro in five eparchies :

* Eparchy of Cetinje
* Eparchy of Duklja
* Eparchy of Primorje
* Eparchy of Ostrog
* Eparchy of Berane

== Source ==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montenegrin_Orthodox_Church Wikipedia:Montenegrin Orthodox Church]

== External link ==

*[http://www.moc-cpc.org/ Montenegrin Orthodox Church], official site

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Montenegrin Orthodox Church

2007-10-10T10:35:33Z

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The '''Montenegrin Orthodox Church''' (in Montenegrin / Serbian:
'''Crnogorska Pravoslavna Crkva''') is a [[jurisdiction]] in Montenegro which declares itself to be [[autocephaly|autocephalous]]. It separated from the [[Church of Serbia]]. Its self-proclaimed autocephaly is not officially recognized by other Orthodox churches.

== History ==

== Organization ==

On January 11, 2007, MOC reconstituted its [[Holy Synod]] and proclaimed its first decree in which it reconfirms its autocephalous status. The Holy Synod is constituted by archpriests of MOC, led by Metropolitan Mihailo, who was exomunicated by Ecumenical Patriarch.

The Holy Synod divided Montenegro in five eparchies :

* Eparchy of Cetinje
* Eparchy of Duklja
* Eparchy of Primorje
* Eparchy of Ostrog
* Eparchy of Berane

== Relations with the Serbian Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral ==

== Source ==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montenegrin_Orthodox_Church Wikipedia:Montenegrin Orthodox Church]

== External link ==

*[http://www.moc-cpc.org/ Montenegrin Orthodox Church], official site

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John Paul II

2007-09-14T08:59:44Z

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[[Image:John_Paul_II.jpg|thumb|Pope John Paul II]]

'''John Paul II''' (Latin: ''Ioannes Paulus PP. II'', Italian: ''Giovanni Paolo II'', Polish: ''Jan Paweł II'') born '''Karol Józef Wojtyła''' ([[May 18]], 1920, Wadowice, [[Poland]] – [[April 2]], 2005, [[w:Vatikan City|Vatican City]]) reigned as [[Pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] and Sovereign of the [[w:State of Vatikan City|State of the Vatican City]] from [[October 16]], 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the (Low) German Adrian VI in the 1520s.

The official title of John Paul II, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church was: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of [[Jesus Christ]], Successor of Saint Peter, Head of the College of Bishops, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West (this title was recently removed from the papal list of titles by the reigning pope, [[Benedict XVI]]), Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the City State of the Vatican, Servant of the Servants of God Pope John Paul II.

His early reign was marked by his opposition to [[communism]], and he is often credited as one of the forces which contributed to its collapse in Eastern Europe.<ref>"[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/world.reax/index.html World mourns Pope John Paul II]," ''CNN'', (accessed [[April 13]] 2006).</ref> In the later part of his pontificate, he was notable for speaking against [[war]], [[fascism]], [[dictatorship]], [[materialism]], [[abortion]], [[birth control|contraception]], [[relativism]], unrestrained [[capitalism]], and what he deemed the "[[culture of death]]".

John Paul II was Pope during a period in which [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]'s influence declined in developed countries but expanded in the Third World. During his reign, the pope traveled extensively, visiting over 100 countries, more than any of his predecessors. He remains one of the most-traveled world leaders in history. He was fluent in numerous languages: his native Polish and also Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, Croatian, Portuguese, Russian and Latin.<ref>http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/philosophy/denominations/catholic/history/johnpaul2.htm Pope John Paul II, ''The Robinson Library'']</ref> As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he [[canonization|canonized]] a great number of people.

In 1992, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. On [[April 2]] 2005 at 9:37 p.m. local time, Pope John Paul II died in the Papal Apartments while a vast crowd kept vigil in [[Saint Peter's Square]] below. Millions of people flocked to Rome to pay their respects to the body and for his funeral. The last years of his reign had been marked by his fight against the various diseases ailing him, provoking some concerns as to leadership should he become severely incapacitated/vegetative, and speculation as to whether he should abdicate. On [[May 9]] 2005, Pope Benedict XVI, John Paul II's successor, waived the five year waiting period for a cause for [[beatification]] to be opened.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/csaints/documents/rc_con_csaints_doc_20050509_rescritto-gpii_en.html RESPONSE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSE FOR BEATIFICATION AND CANONIZATION OF THE SERVANT OF GOD JOHN PAUL II]</ref>

==Relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church==

===Relations with Romania===
In May 1999, John Paul II visited Romania on the invitation of his Beatitude [[Teoctist (Arapasu) of Romania|Teoctist]], the [[Patriarch]] of the [[Church of Romania|Romanian Orthodox Church]]. This was the first time a Pope had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the [[Great Schism]]. On his arrival, the Pope was greeted by Patriarch Teoctist and Romanian President Emil Constantinescu. The Patriarch stated, "The second millennium of Christian history began with a painful wounding of the unity of the Church; the end of this millennium has seen a real commitment to restoring Christian unity." {{Fact|date=June 2007}}

On [[May 9]], the Pope and the Patriarch each attended a worship service conducted by the other (an Orthodox [[Divine Liturgy|Liturgy]] and a Catholic [[Mass]], respectively). A crowd of hundreds of thousands of people turned up to attend the worship services, which were held in the open air. The Pope told the crowd, "I am here among you pushed only by the desire of authentic unity. Not long ago it was unthinkable that the bishop of Rome could visit his brothers and sisters in the faith who live in Romania. Today, after a long winter of suffering and persecution, we can finally exchange the kiss of peace and together praise the Lord." A large part of Romania's Orthodox population has shown itself warm to the idea of Christian reunification. {{Fact|date=June 2007}}

===Relations with Greece===
Two years later, in 2001, John Paul II became the first Pope to visit Greece in almost 1300 years, since the visit of Pope Constantine I (r. 708-715) in 710. The visit was controversial, and the Pontiff was met with protests and snubbed by Eastern Orthodox leaders, none of whom met his arrival.

In Athens, the Pope met with [[Archbishop]] [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos]], the head of the [[Church of Greece|Greek Orthodox Church in Greece]]. After a private 30-minute meeting, the two spoke publicly. Christodoulos read a list of "13 offences" of the Roman Catholic Church against the Orthodox Church since the Great Schism, including the pillaging of Constantinople by crusaders in 1204. He also bemoaned the lack of any apology from the Roman Catholic Church, saying that "until now, there has not been heard a single request for pardon" for the "maniacal crusaders of the 13th century."

The Pope responded by saying, "For the occasions past and present, when sons and daughters of the Catholic Church have sinned by action or omission against their Orthodox brothers and sisters, may the Lord grant us forgiveness," to which Christodoulos immediately applauded. John Paul also said that the sacking of Constantinople was a source of "deep regret" for Catholics.

Later, John Paul and Christodoulos met on a spot where [[Saint]] [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] had once preached to Athenian Christians. They issued a "common declaration," saying, "We shall do everything in our power, so that the Christian roots of Europe and its Christian soul may be preserved ... [w]e condemn all recourse to violence, proselytism and fanaticism, in the name of religion." The two leaders then said the [[Lord's Prayer]] together, breaking an Orthodox taboo against praying with Catholics.

However, during the visit the Pope avoided any mention of Cyprus, still a source of tension between the two faiths.

===Relations with other Orthodox countries===
John Paul II visited other heavily Orthodox areas such as [[Church of Ukraine|Ukraine]], despite lack of welcome at times, and he said that an end to the Schism was one of his fondest wishes.

With regard to the relations with the Serbian Orthodox Church, Pope John Paul II could not escape the controversy of the involvement of Croatian Catholic clergy with the Ustasa regime of World War II. He beatified WWII-time archibishop of Zagreb, Alojzije Stepinac, in 1998, the Croatian war-time archbishop of Zagreb, convicted for colaboration with Croatian Ustašas fascist regime in 1946. This move was seen negatively by Serbian Church and Serbian people. On June 22, 2003, he visited Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a main city of Serbian Orthodox population in Bosnia. He held a Mass at the Petrićevac monastery. It's friars participated in killing Serbs during the World War II (most notorius of them was Fra [[w:Miroslav Majstorović|Miroslav Filipović Majstorović]]). Orthodox Bishop of Banja Luka Jefrem refused to attended the Mass because Pope did not express his regreat. They met later that day."

The Pope had also been saying during the entire pontificate that one of his greatest dreams was to visit Russia, which never actually happened. He had made several attempts to solve the problems which arose during centuries between the Roman Catholic Church and [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], like giving back the Kazan [[Icon]] of the [[Mother of God]] in August 2004. However, officials of the [[Church of Russia]] were not that enthusiastic, giving statements like: "The question of the visit of the Pope in Russia is not connected by the journalists with the problems between the Churches, which are now unreal to solve, but with giving back one of many sacred things, which were illegally stolen from Russia." (Fr. Vsevolod Chaplin). There were also statements saying that the icon which was returned was one of four copies made of the original icon, which is still in an unknown location.

==Orthodox Perspectives on his life and work==
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/04/17/news/edhopko.html Holding on to all that humanity can mean] - Thomas Hopko, ''International Herald Tribune'' Monday, April 18, 2005 ([http://orthodoxytoday.org/articles5/HopkoPope.shtml ''Alternate link''])
* [http://orthodoxytoday.org/articles5/PelikanPope.shtml The Great Unifier: Pope John Paul II] - Jaroslav Pelikan, ''NY Times'' ([http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/opinion/04pelikan.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd ''Original link''])
* [http://orthodoxytoday.org/articles5/HilarionPope.shtml Russian Orthodox Official Hopeful for a Prompt Beatification: A Great Pope, Bishop Hilarion Says of John Paul II] - ''Zenit News'', April 5, 2005
* [http://orthodoxytoday.org/articles5/JohnsonPope.shtml Memories of the Pope] - Jeffery A. Johnson (''A parishioner of St. Thomas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Sioux City, Iowa'')

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Talk:Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev

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John Chrysostom

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Our father among the saints '''John Chrysostom''' (347-407), [[Archbishop]] of Constantinople, was a notable Christian [[bishop]] and preacher from the fourth and fifth centuries in Syria and Constantinople. He is famous for eloquence in public speaking and his denunciation of abuse of authority in the Church and in the [[Roman Empire]] of the time. He had notable [[asceticism|ascetic]] sensibilities. After his death he was named '''Chrysostom''', which comes from the Greek Χρυσόστομος, "golden-mouthed." The [[Orthodox Church]] honors him as a [[saint]] ([[feast day]], [[November 13]]) and counts him among the [[Three Holy Hierarchs]] (feast day, [[January 30]]), together with Saints [[Basil the Great]] and [[Gregory the Theologian]]. He is also recognized by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], which considers him a saint and Doctor of the Church, and the [[Church of England]], both of whom commemorate him on [[September 13]]. His [[relics]] were stolen from Constantinople by Crusaders in 1204 (commemorated on [[January 27]]) and brought to Rome, but were returned on [[November 27]], 2004, by [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]].

He is sometimes referred to as "[[John of Antioch]]," but that name more properly refers to the bishop of Antioch in A.D. 429-441, who led a group of moderate Eastern bishops in the [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]] controversy.

== Life ==
He was born in Antioch of noble parents: his father was a high-ranking military officer. His father died soon after his birth and so he was brought up by his mother Anthusa. He was [[baptism|baptized]] in 370 and [[tonsure]]d a [[reader]] (one of the [[minor orders]] of the Church). He began his education under a [[paganism|pagan]] teacher named Libanius, but went on to study [[theology]] under [[Diodore of Tarsus]] (one of the leaders of the later [[Antiochian School]]) while practising extreme asceticism. He was not satisfied, however, and became a [[hermit]] (circa 375) and remained so until poor health forced a return to Antioch.

He was then [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 381 by St. [[Meletius of Antioch]], and was ordained a [[presbyter]] in 386 by Bishop [[Flavian I of Antioch]]. It seems this was the happiest period of his life. Over about twelve years, he gained much popularity for the eloquence of his public speaking. Notable are his insightful expositions of [[Bible]] passages and moral teaching. The most valuable of his works are his ''Homilies'' on various books of the Bible. He particularly emphasized [[almsgiving]]. He was also most concerned with the spiritual and temporal needs of the poor. He spoke out against abuse of wealth and personal property. In many respects, the following he amassed was no surprise. His straightforward understanding of the Scriptures (in contrast to the Alexandrian tendency towards allegorical interpretation) meant that the themes of his talks were eminently social, explaining the Christian's conduct in life.

[[Image:John Chrysostom.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Modern Greek icon]]
One incident that happened during his service in Antioch perhaps illustrates the influence of his [[sermon]]s best. Around the time he arrived in Antioch, the bishop had to intervene with the Emperor St. [[Theodosius I]] on behalf of citizens who had gone on a riotous rampage in which statues of the Emperor and his family were mutilated. During the weeks of [[Great Lent|Lent]] in 397, John preached 21 sermons in which he entreated the people to see the error of their ways. These apparently had a lasting impression on the people: many pagans reportedly converted to Christianity as a result of them. In the event, Theodosius' vengeance was not as severe as it might have been, merely changing the legal standing of the city.

In 398 he was called (somewhat against his will) to be the [[bishop]] of Constantinople. He deplored the fact that Imperial court protocol would now assign to him access to privileges greater than the highest state officials. During his time as bishop he adamantly refused to host lavish entertainments. This meant he was popular with the common people, but unpopular with the wealthy and the [[clergy]]. In a sermon soon after his arrival he said, "people praise the predecessor to disparage the successor." His reforms of the clergy were also unpopular with these groups. He told visiting regional preachers to return to the churches they were meant to be serving—without any pay out.

His time there was to be far less at ease than in Antioch. [[Theophilus of Alexandria|Theophilus]], the Pope of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], wanted to bring Constantinople under his sway and opposed John's appointment to Constantinople. Being an opponent of [[Origen]]'s teachings, he accused John of being too partial to the teachings of that master. Theophilus had disciplined four Egyptian [[monk]]s (known as "the Tall Brothers") over their support of Origen's teachings. They fled to and were welcomed by John. He made another enemy in Aelia Eudoxia, the wife of the eastern Emperor Arcadius, who assumed (perhaps with justification) that his denunciations of extravagance in feminine dress were aimed at herself.

[[Image:oqropiri.jpg|right|thumb|Coffin of St. John Chrysostom in Komani, Georgia]]
St. John was fearless when denouncing offences in high places. An alliance was soon formed against him by Eudoxia, Theophilus and other enemies of his. They held a [[synod]] in 403 to charge John, in which the accusation of Origenism was used against him. It resulted in his deposition and banishment. He was called back by Arcadius almost immediately, however, for the people of the city were very angry about his departure. There was also a "quaking" in the Imperial bedroom (thought to be either an actual earthquake or perhaps as a stillbirth or miscarriage for the empress) which was seen as a sign of [[God]]'s anger. Peace was shortlived. A silver statue of Eudoxia was erected near the [[cathedral]] of [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Hagia Sophia]]. John denounced the dedication ceremonies. He spoke against her in harsh terms: "Again [[Herodias]] rages; again she is confounded; again she demands the head of John on a charger" (an allusion to the events surrounding the death of [[John the Forerunner]]). Once again he was banished, this time to Caucasus in Georgia.

The pope in Rome ([[Innocent I of Rome|Innocent I]] at this time) protested at this banishment, but to no avail. John wrote letters which still held great influence in Constantinople. As a result of this, he was further exiled to Pityus (on the eastern edge of the Black Sea). However, he never reached this destination, as he died during the journey. His final words were "Glory be to God for all things!"

== His importance ==
During a time when city clergy were subject to much criticism for their high lifestyle, John was determined to reform his clergy at Constantinople. These efforts were met with resistance and limited success. He was particularly noted as an excellent preacher. As a theologian, he has been and continues to be very important in Eastern Christianity, but has been less important to Western Christianity. He generally rejected the contemporary trend for emphasis on allegory, instead speaking plainly and applying Bible passages and lessons to everyday life. In some ways, he represents a sort of synthesis between the [[hermeneutics|hermeneutic]] methods of the more allegorical [[Alexandrian School]] and the more literal Antiochian School.

His banishments demonstrated that secular powers had strong influence in the eastern Church at this period in history. They also demonstrated the rivalry between Constantinople and Alexandria, both of which wanted to be recognized as the preeminent eastern see. This mutual hostility would eventually lead to much suffering for the Church and the Eastern Empire. Meanwhile in the West, Rome's primacy had been unquestioned from the fourth century onwards. An interesting point to note in the wider development of the [[papacy]] is the fact that Innocent's protests availed nothing, demonstrating the lack of influence the bishops of Rome held in the East at this time.

==Quotes==
"In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it. Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all."

"For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have autority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice."

"When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with his mark. It should be the same for you who are about to shoot the head of the wicked devil. Let us be concerned first for the good order of sensations and then for the good posture of inner thoughts."

"Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God's mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved."

"Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the purpose of all the activity of the world? Answer, I challenge you! It is vanity of vanity: all is vanity."

=== The ''Homilies against the Judaizers'' ===
Chrysostom wrote of the [[Judaism|Jews]] and of Judaizers in eight homilies ''Adversus Judaeos'' (against the Judaizers) [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chrysostom-jews6.html]. These quotes are translations posted by Paul Halsall from the original Greek: other researchers give slightly different translations. At the time he delivered these sermons, Chrysostom was a tonsured reader and had not yet been ordained a priest or bishop.

* "The festivals of the pitiful and miserable Jews are soon to march upon us one after the other and in quick succession: the feast of Trumpets, the feast of Tabernacles, the [[fast]]s. There are many in our ranks who say they think as we do. Yet some of these are going to watch the festivals and others will join the Jews in keeping their feasts and observing their fasts. I wish to drive this perverse custom from the Church right now." (Homily I, I, 5)
* "Shall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade? The whole day long will not be enough to give you an account of these things. But do their festivals have something solemn and great about them? They have shown that these, too, are impure." (Homily I, VII, 1)
* "But before I draw up my battle line against the Jews, I will be glad to talk to those who are members of our own body, those who seem to belong to our ranks although they observe the Jewish rites and make every effort to defend them. Because they do this, as I see it, they deserve a stronger condemnation than any Jew." (Homily IV, II, 4)
* "Are you Jews still disputing the question? Do you not see that you are condemned by the testimony of what [[Christ]] and the [[prophet]]s predicted and which the facts have proved? But why should this surprise me? That is the kind of people you are. From the beginning you have been shameless and obstinate, ready to fight at all times against obvious facts." (Homily V, XII, 1)

Many researchers believe that the purpose of these attacks was to prevent Christians from joining with Jewish customs, and thus prevent the erosion of Chrysostom's flock. Others characterize Chrysostom and other Church fathers as anti-Semitic.

See also: [http://www.chrysostom.org/jews.html Was Saint John Chrysostom Anti-Semitic?]

== Work on liturgy ==
[[Image:John Chrysostom enthroned.jpg|right|thumb|250px|St. John enthroned]]
Two of his writings deserve special mention. He harmonized the liturgical life of the Church by revising the [[prayer]]s and [[rubrics]] of the [[Divine Liturgy]], or celebration of the Holy [[Eucharist]]. To this day, the [[Orthodox Church]] typically celebrates the Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom, together with [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] churches that are in the Eastern or Byzantine rites (i.e., [[Uniate]]s). These same churches also read his [[Paschal Homily]] at every [[Pascha]], the greatest feast of the [[Church]] year.

== Modern influence ==
Whatever the original intent of Chrysostom, his writings have been circulated by many groups in an attempt to foster [[anti-Semitism]] or opposition to Christianity. One of the groups to use him thus were the Nazis during World War II. They used St. John's writings to try to convince Christians in Germany and Austria that the Jews deserved to be exterminated.

Additionally, Orthodox Christians throughout the world participate in St. John's [[Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom|Divine Liturgy]] nearly every week and hear his famous Paschal Homily at every Pascha.

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 8)

:Grace shining forth from your lips like a beacon has enlightened the universe.
:It has shown to the world the riches of riches poverty;
:it has revealed to us the heights of humility.
:Teaching us by your words, O Father John Chrysostom,
:intercede before the Word, Christ our God, to save our souls!

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 6)

:Having received divine grace from heaven,
:with your mouth you teach all men to worship the Triune God.
:All-blest and venerable John Chrysostom,
:we worthily praise you, for you are our teacher, revealing things divine!
==Source==
*[[w:John Chrysostom|''John Chrysostom'' at Wikipedia]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.chrysostom.org/ The Saint John Chrysostom Webpage]
*[http://www.ccel.org/c/chrysostom/ Works about and by John Chrysostom] from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=290 John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=405 Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople] (GOARCH)
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103292 St. John Chrysostom the Archbishop of Constantinople] ([[OCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102611 Repose of St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople] (OCA)
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100327 Translation of the relics of St John Chrysostom the Archbishop of Constantinople] (OCA)
*[http://www.antiochian.org/dynamis/1100322000.html November 13, 2004 : The Martyrdom of Saint John Chrysostom] ([[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian]])
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/j/saintsj.htm#pha17 A few beautiful icons of St. John Chrysostom]

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Jacob of Serugh

2007-06-27T16:56:52Z

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'''Jacob of Serugh''' (Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܣܪܘܓܝܐ, Yaʿqûḇ Srûḡāyâ; 451 - November 521), one of the best Syriac authors, named by one of his biographers "the flute of the Holy Spirit and the harp of the believing [[church]]," was born at Kurtam, a village on the Euphrates to the west of Harran, and was probably educated at Edessa.

At an early age he attracted the attention of his countrymen by his piety and his literary gifts, and entered on the composition of the long series of metrical homilies on religious themes which formed the great work of his life. Having been [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[priest]]hood, he became periodeutes or episcopal visitor of IJaura, in Sërugh, not far from his birthplace. His tenure in this office extended over a time of great trouble to the Christian population of Mesopotamia, due to the fierce war carried on by Kavadh II of Persia within the Roman borders. When on [[January 10]], 503 Amid was captured by the Persians after a three months' siege and all its citizens put to the sword or carried off as captives. A panic seized the whole district, and the Christian inhabitants of many neighbouring cities planned to leave their homes and flee to the west of the Euphrates. They were recalled to a more courageous frame of mind by the letters of Jacob In 519. At the age of 68, Jacob was consecrated [[bishop]] of Batnan, another town in the district of Serugh, but he only lived until November 521.

From the various extant accounts of Jacob's life and from the number of his known works, we gather that his literary activity was unceasing. According to Barhebraeus (Chron. Eccles. i. 191) he employed 70 amanuenses and wrote in all 760 metrical homilies, besides expositions, letters and hymns of different sorts. Of his merits as a writer and poet we are now well able to judge from P. Bedjan's edition of selected metrical homilies (Paris 1905-1908), containing 146 pieces. They are written throughout in dodecasyllabic metre, and those published deal mainly with biblical themes, though there are also poems on such subjects as the deaths of Christian [[martyr]]s, the fall of the idols and the First Council of Nicaea.

Of Jacob's prose works, which are not nearly so numerous, the most interesting are his letters, which throw light upon some of the events of his time and reveal his attachment to the Miaphysite doctrine which was then struggling for supremacy in the Syrian churches, and particularly at Edessa, over the opposite teaching of [[Nestorius]].

==References==
* This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. See also: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043186
* http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacob_of_Serugh&oldid=46566561

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== سلام ==
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== Zeitun ==

Welcome back, Arbible. My wife and I have been writing on Zeitun and other apparitions of the Holy Virgin today. These make for interesting reading! I haven't given them much consideration previously. {{User:FrJohn/sig}}

:Thank you, Father. May the prayers and intercession of the Blessed Holy Virgin Mary be with us all. --Arbible

== Recent quotation additions ==

A couple of notes regarding the recent additions you've made of quotations to various articles:
*If it's a quote from the person that is the article's subject, you don't need to attribute it. It's assumed from context. If it's a quote ''about'' that person, then of course attribution is appropriate.
*Including citations (the source of the quote) would be very useful, so that readers can look up the context of the quotation.

Thanks for your contributions! {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 09:40, January 5, 2006 (CST)

==Quotes==
Thank you for the offer :) . My task was to categorise [[Uncategorized Quotes]] (which is mostly complete, but the article could do with alphabetisation); however, I would personally like to see a couple of distinctive quotes on articles of people who were influential through their writings (eg St [[John Chrysostom]] or Fr [[Seraphim Rose]])... that being said, I probably don't have time to do that myself, but I'd enjoy it nonetheless. --{{User:Pistevo/sig}} 08:05, May 13, 2006 (CDT)
==Clement==
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be hurtful my comment. I guess some of the Protestant Biblical "scholarly" evaluations in the article just seemed a bit too heterodox for me. So Clement's not in the Coptic Synaxarion? I couldn't find him online at any Chalcedonian sites, either. Which leads me to wonder: who exactly celebrates him as a saint? Any ideas? [[User:Gabriela|Gabriela]] 17:26, July 17, 2006 (CDT)

:Thanks for your reply and excellent edits to the article. (That's what a wiki is meant to be-- collaborative editing and article evolution (hopefully to the better) through [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Darwikinism Darwikinism].) Clement of Alexandria doesn't have his own biographical/saint/feast day entry in our [http://www.copticcentre.com/synaxarium.pdf Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium]. The Coptic Synaxarium mentions him ('''not''' as a saint) under the following two entries:

:''The Seventeenth Day of the Blessed Month of Baramoudah - The Martyrdom of St. James the Apostle Brother of St. John the Apostle:''

:"'''Clement of Alexandria''', from the fathers of the second century, said: "The soldier that seized the Saint, when he saw his courage, he realized that there must be a better life and asked the Saint for his forgiveness. Then the soldier confessed Christianity and received the crown of martyrdom (Acts 12:1,2) along with the Apostle in the year 44 A.D."

:''The Fifteenth Day Of The Blessed Month Of Baounah - The Turning Over of the Relics of the Great St. Mark the Apostle by the hand of Pope Paul the Sixth, Pope of Rome:''

:"Pope of Rome, replied in an official speech in French, that he read while sitting on the throne. In it he exalted the history of the Alexandrian church, and its long struggle in the field of dogma. He also praised its heros, and its learned people such as Athanasius the apostolic, Kyrillos (Cyril) the Pillar of Faith, Pantaenus and '''Clement'''."

:Clement of Alexandria is not on the present Roman Catholic calendar either (but used to be). [http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/298.html This Anglican site] says that he is on the Eastern (Orthodox) calendar (?) and on many modern revisions of the Anglican calendar.

:God Bless+

== Sysop? ==

Dear Arbible,

You've been around OrthodoxWiki for a long time now, and I'm grateful for your work and commitment to this site. I'd like you to become our official "Oriental Orthodox Sysop," helping us to oversee (and mediate if necessary) articles related to the non-Chalcedonian churches and suggesting ways we could build more in this direction. I'm not sure what this would mean, but maybe you could help us figure it out!

I don't expect any more of a time commitment that you've already demonstrated. Along with the Sysop role, you'd be included on the sysop email list, and have some additional powers for managin articles.

Let me know, either here or on my talk page, or directly by email if you're willing to take on this job. Thanks! {{User:FrJohn/sig}}

:Dear Father,

:Thanks very much. This would be a great blessing to me. I would be very happy and also privileged to be able to learn more from you all and help as much as I can.

:Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 16:53, August 10, 2006 (CDT)

:;Wonderful! In progress... Thanks, [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]]

== [[Stephanos of Khinolakkos]] ==

Arbible, have you obtained permission to use this content? [http://www.goarch.org/legal/copyright.asp Here's] the goarch copyright notice. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 21:23, August 18, 2006 (CDT)

== welcome message ==

Hello, when you welcome someone, use subst: for the <nowiki>{{welcome}}</nowiki> template. I mean, instead of placing <nowiki>{{welcome}}</nowiki> in the user talk page, place <nowiki>{{subst:welcome}}</nowiki>. This will make it more personal, and the new user, when hit "Edit this page" to reply to the message, will see a text, not an ugly template. Regards, [[User:Gregg|Gregg]] 15:53, August 26, 2006 (CDT)

:Thanks very much for the excellent tip. Will do. Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 01:04, August 27, 2006 (CDT)

== Booklets ==

Thanks for the booklets, Arbible! I got home on Friday, and they were waiting for me in the mail. I look forward to reading them. — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

:Glad they reached you. Thank you very much, Father. Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 18:37, September 5, 2006 (CDT)

== New Additions ==
Thanks for the quick reply. The article is my article and contribution to en.wikipedia.org. But I like your project and I think there should be an Orthodox wiki as well. I intend to add more monasteries from Romania. But that depends on the time I have. I also corrected the problem with the pictures and I have made them free for non-comercial use.

== Arabic ==

How would you say OrthodoxWiki in Arabic? Thanks! — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::This would be:

::ارثوذكس ويكي

::(pronounced (transliterated in English): Orthozox wiki)

::Yours, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 08:02, November 2, 2006 (PST)

:Thanks - changed the sitename setting on the Arabic version. — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])
:P.S. I've updated your sysop rights over there. Let me know if anything needs to be tweaked - I know, e.g. some of the special pages aren't translated. I guess that's not a super-high priority though. Maybe better just to get something on the main page, and transfer over the legal stuff. Feel free to take charge over there as much as you have time for. Thanks! — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit&section=new talk])

::Thank you very much, Father. I will do my best. Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 10:07, November 2, 2006 (PST)

==Coptic articles==
Hi I am interested in articles about the[[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] and I have been asked by [[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> on 15:45, March 29, 2007 (PDT) to organise with you as you are one of the administrators

I have started and edited a lot of the atricles regarding this chuch on english and arabic wikipedia and I am hoping I will be able to transfer a lot of these atricles if not all to othodoxwiki if possible
Looking forward to hear from you--[[User:Ghaly|Ghaly]] 16:06, March 29, 2007 (PDT)

would you agree with me that both sides call themselves orthodox the differentiation is by saying Oriental or Eastern.--[[User:Ghaly|Ghaly]] 06:49, April 13, 2007 (PDT)

== Thank you! ==

I had to let you know that I am glad that you're here to help maintain articles regarding things Coptic. You do a good job of keeping things balanced and within the parameters of OrthodoxWiki's self-identity. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 06:32, April 13, 2007 (PDT)

== His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and what you claim against him... ==

My Dear Brother,

How are you? I hope you are doing well.

I am very upset because what is written about His Holiness is absolutely 100% false and you won't allow me to correct it. I know for a fact that everything written is not true. How can you allow such things to be written? I don't understand where you get such ideas. His Holiness is a strong defender of Orthodoxy and he does not believe in any of what you have kept here on this page. Please show me what are your sources and I will prove to you this is false information. His Holiness is coming to visit in 1 month and I plan on presenting him with a copy of what is written so he can clarify it and if he has time, I will ask him to discuss it with us and I will ask to record the conversation.

I really hope you understand why I am upset about this situation. I hope to hear from you soon. Please keep me in your prayers.

: Above comments by [[User:Orthodoxy4everr]]

: There are even more points, including Pope Shenouda's 'denial that the Holy Spirit can dwell in the faithful', and Pope Shenouda's famous 'three bodies of Christ' theory adapted from Protestant writings (in their interpretation of what we receive in the Eucharist). All these issues are fully documented and referenced from Pope Shenouda's published writings/books and audio/video lectures. I invite you to read more about the Orthodox doctrine of theosis, the Barlaamite Controversy (14th century), as well as Pope Shenouda's writings against Pope Kyrillos VI in El-Keraza magazine during the sixties of the past century. --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 00:59, April 27, 2007 (PDT)

== His Eminence Metropolitan Bishoy... ==

My Dear Brother

I realized that you also protected his page when all you are doing is hurting him, not protecting him. Everything he said was taken out of context. Please realize that it is the enemies of the Church who do such things in order to create problems. Please allow me to edit this page as well. I can't stand to see this lies written about His Holiness and Metropolitan Bishoy. They are 2 of the greatest Theologians of our time and great defenders of Orthodoxy and they are being persected a lot as Saint Athanasius the Great was.

I hope once again that you understand me. Please keep me in your prayers.

: Above comments by [[User:Orthodoxy4everr]]

: I am afraid what you are saying is not true! Please listen to http://zeitun-eg.org/members_contrib/anbabishoy06622.mp3

: Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 00:37, April 27, 2007 (PDT)

'''Try learning Arabic first, then listen to the recording. It has nothing to do with baptism!''' --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 02:43, May 4, 2007 (PDT)

== Please forgive me for the rude tone I was speaking to you in. ==

Dear Arbible,

I am sorry for how I was speaking to you, please forgive me. I am very upset about this situation because you are calling His Holiness Pope Shenouda a heretic. I can't just sit quiet while you write all these things which are lies. I have written a lot in response to what you claim, but rather than respond, you simply deleted it and I don't understand why? Please respond and I hope to hear from you soon.

Once again, I ask for your forgiveness for speaking in a manner that was rude.

Please keep me in your prayers.

: Above comments by [[User:Orthodoxy4everr]]

: Dear Orthodoxy4everr,

: Thanks for your messages. The published writings and recordings of both HH Pope Shenouda and HE Anba Bishoy speak very clearly for themselves, but they are in '''Arabic''' (please see my short comment in bold above). The persecution of the blessed departed Fr Matta El-Meskeen and his monks (which continues to this very day) is also very well known, and their writings also speak for themselves. We are not here to hide selected parts of, doctor, or embellish the truth. This is not a public relations department; this is a (scholarly) encyclopedic work that seeks to be objective and factual.

: The Pope and the clergy have the highest respect, but these are events and facts that occurred whether some people like it or not.

: Yours in Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 04:02, May 4, 2007 (PDT)

== About saint Marina ==

I am not sure , but i beilive that Saint Marina was from modern-day Albania.

:This is not my article, but the source quoted is the Coptic Synaxarium so I added an {{ Oriental }} tag + moved St. Marina > Marina (according to OW naming conventions). Please feel free to edit as necessary. If you are going to use other non-Oriental sources, perhaps we should also remove the {{ Oriental tag}}. In Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 10:22, June 26, 2007 (PDT)
: I must check, ther is Saint Marina from Albania and her feast day is [[July 17]]. You could see in Prologue from Ohrid.

--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 10:41, June 26, 2007 (PDT). God bless you.

User talk:Arbible

2007-06-26T17:18:20Z

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Marina of Antioch

2007-06-26T17:16:15Z

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'''Saint Marina''' is a virgin-martyr saint in the Church.

== Life ==

Marina lived, in what is now modern-day Pisidia, Turkey, in the early fourth century. Her father was a pagan priest, and her mother died in childbirth. The unwanted Marina was then left in the care of a nursemaid, who was then discharged of her duties and sent to work as a shepherdess. In her teen years, Marina made a vow of perpetual chastity to God.
One day, while Marina was tending sheep, a Roman prefect attempted to seduce her. When she refused his advances, she was denounced as a Christian. When she refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods, she was subjected to various tortures, including being beaten with clubs and her skin raked with iron combs. One rather interesting torment included being plunged into a cauldron of boiling water, out of which she came unharmed, singing God's praises. Popular legend also states that in her prison cell, Satan tried to tempt, and even physically assault, her several times. She was eventually beheaded at the age of sixteen, around the year AD 304. Her feast is celebrated in the Church on 17 July.

== References ==

[http://www.stmarina.org/stmarina.htm]
A Coptic Orthodox biography of the Virgin-Martyr.

[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Martyrs]]

User talk:Petenaum

2007-06-25T19:38:59Z

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{{Welcome}}

--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 12:38, June 25, 2007 (PDT)

User talk:Artnichols

2007-06-25T19:38:26Z

Ddpbf: New

{{welcome}}

--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 12:38, June 25, 2007 (PDT)

User talk:Virgil

2007-06-23T15:10:18Z

Ddpbf: New

{{Welcome}}

--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 08:10, June 23, 2007 (PDT)

User talk:Zacchaeus

2007-06-23T12:14:04Z

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{{Welcome}}

--[[User:Ddpbf|Ddpbf]] 05:14, June 23, 2007 (PDT)

Jesus Christ

2007-06-22T19:43:07Z

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[[Image:Pantokrator of Sinai.jpg|right|frame|[[Icon]] of our Lord Jesus Christ at [[St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai)]]]]
Our Lord, God and Savior '''Jesus Christ''' is the [[Incarnation|incarnate]] Second Person of the [[Holy Trinity]], fully God and fully man, born in time of the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]] and begotten from before all time of [[God]] the Father.

His English name ''Jesus'' is from the Greek Ιησου&sigmaf; which is from the Hebrew ''Yeshua'', which means "[[Yahweh]] saves." His title ''Christ'' is from the Greek Χριστο&sigmaf;, which is a translation of the Hebrew ''Mashiach'' ("Messiah"), which means "anointed one."



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==The Messiah==
Jesus Christ is the '''Messiah''' prophesied by the Jewish [[prophet]]s of the [[Old Testament]] [[Holy Scripture|Scriptures]]. The [[Gospel of Matthew]] in particular focuses on the Jesus' fulfilment of prophecy, mainly because it was written for a Jewish audience.

==Immanuel / Emmanuel==
'''Immanuel''' (Hebrew '''עמנו�?ל''' or '''עמנו �?ל''') as found in the Hebrew Text of the [[Book of Isaiah]] of the [[Old Testament]] consists of two Hebrew words: �?ל (''El'', meaning ''God'') and עמנו (''Imanu'', meaning ''with us'') and therefore has the meaning "'''God with us'''." It also appears as Εμμανουηλ (''Emmanuel'') in Isaiah 7:14 of the Greek [[Septuagint]], and is most notably found in [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 1:23 where this descriptive name is applied to Our Lord and Savior since He is "God with us."

:"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name ''Emmanuel'', which being interpreted is, ''God with us''. (Matt. 1:23; KJV)

:"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a [[Theotokos|virgin]] shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name ''Immanuel''. (Isa. 7:14; KJV)

==See also==
*[[Christology]]
*[[Holy Trinity]]
*[[Triadology]]
*[[Typology]]

==Icons==
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/icxc/christ.htm Many Icons of Jesus Christ]

[[Category:Church History]]
[[Category:Scripture]]
[[Category:Theology]]

[[ro:Iisus Hristos]]

Nikolai Velimirovic

2007-06-22T17:41:01Z

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[[Image:StNikolaiVelimirovich.jpg|thumb|right|St. Nikolai Velimirovich (1880-1956)]]
{{orthodoxyinamerica}}
Our father among the saints, [[Bishop]] '''Nikolaj Velimirović''' (Николај Велимировић, [[January 5]], 1880 - [[March 18]], 1956, also rendered ''Nicholas'') was bishop of Žiča in Serbia and the author of several Orthodox books. His most widely-known work is the ''[[Prologue from Ohrid]]''. His first name is pronounced and sometimes written ''Nikolai''.

==Life==
Nikolaj Velimirović was born in the small village of Lelich in Western Serbia. He attended the Seminary of St. Sava in Belgrade and graduated in 1905. He obtained doctorates from the University of Berne (1908), while the thesis was published in German in 1910, whereas the doctor's degree in philosophy was prepared at Oxford and defended in Geneva (''Filosofija Berklija'' - ''Berkeley's Philosophy'', in French) in 1909. At the end of 1909 he entered a monastic order. In 1919, then [[Archimandrite]] Nikolai was consecrated Bishop of Žiča in the [[Church of Serbia]].

In April 1915 (during WWI) he was delegated to England and America by the Serbian Church, where he held numerous lectures, fighting for the unison of the Serbs and South Slavic peoples. At the beginning of 1919 he returned to Serbia, and in 1920 was posted to the Ohrid archbishopric in Macedonia, where in 1935, in Bitola he reconstructed the cemetery of the killed German soldiers.

During the Second World War in 1941 Bp. Nikolai was arrested by the Nazis in the [[Monastery]] of Žiča (which was soon afterwards robbed and ruined), after which he was confined in the Monastery of Ljubostinja (where, on the occasion of mass deaths by firing squad, he reacted saying: "Is this the German culture, to shoot hundred innocent Serbs, for one dead German soldier! The Turks have always proved to be more just..."). Later, this "new [[John Chrysostom|Chrysostom]]" was transferred to the Monastery of Vojlovica (near Pančevo) in which he was confined together with the Serbian patriarch, [[Gabriel (Dozic) of Serbia|Gavrilo (Dožić)]] until the end of 1944.

On [[December 14]], 1944 he was sent to Dachau, together with Serbian [[Patriarch]] Gavrilo, where some sources, especially the standard Church references, record that he suffered both imprisonment and torture.[http://www.serfes.org/lives/holyhierarchsaintnicholai.htm]

After the War he left Communist Yugoslavia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1946 where he taught at several Orthodox Christian [[seminary|seminaries]] such as [[St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary (Libertyville, Illinois)|St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary]] in Libertyville, Illinois and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] and Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania (where he was [[rector]] and also where he died) and [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] now in Crestwood, New York. He died on [[March 18]], 1956.

==Alleged Anti-Semitism==
Although recently [[Glorification|glorified]] as a saint by the [[Church of Serbia]], his writings remain highly controversial. Nikolaj Velimirovic was allegedly anti-semitic and he is supposed to have approved of the holocaust. (See Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic: ''Addresses to the Serbian People—Through the Prison Window''. Himmelsthur, Germany: Serbian Orthodox Eparchy for Western Europe, 1985, pp. 161-162).

Others regard his address from Dachau as having been under duress[http://www.balkan-archive.org.yu/kosta/pisma/l-serbs.are.new.jews.html][http://www.balkan-archive.org.yu/kosta/pisma/l-a.little.more.truth.html] and point to the lack of other anti-semitic statements in the rest of his large corpus of writings. He is recorded variously to have said that the Jews "crucified [[Christ]]," but such a statement is historically no different from that in the [[Bible]] or what Christians have been saying for centuries, which is more an allegation of historical fact rather than the racism which is the heart of anti-semitism.

==[[Glorification]]==
On [[May 19]], 2003, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with one heart and one voice, unanimously decided to enter Bishop Nicholai (Velimirovic) of Ohrid and Ziča into the calendar of saints of our Holy Orthodox Church.

St. Nikolai Velimirovich is often referred to as Serbia's New Chrysostom. St. [[John Maximovitch]], who had been a young instructor at a seminary in Bishop Nikolai's diocese of Ohrid, called him "a great saint and Chrysostom of our day [whose] significance for Orthodoxy in our time can be compared only with that of Metropolitan Anthony [Khrapovitsky]. ... They were both universal teachers of the Orthodox Church."

{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=Sava (Barać)|
title=Bishop of Žiča|
years=1919-1920|
after=Jefrem (Bojović)}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Bishop of Ohrid|
years=1920-1929|
after=[[Platon of Banja Luka|St. Platon]]}}
{{succession|
before=Jefrem (Bojović)|
title=Bishop of Žiča|
years=1937-1956|
after=[[German of Serbia|German]]}}

{{end box}}

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 8)

:O golden-tongued preacher proclaiming the risen Christ,
:Everlasting guide of the cross-bearing Serbian people,
:Resounding harp of the Holy Spirit, and dear to monastics who rejoice in you,
:Pride and boast of the priesthood, teacher of repentance, master for all nations,
:Guide of those in the army of Christ as they pray to God,
:Holy Nicholas teacher in America and pride of the Serbian people,
:With all the saints, implore the only Lover of mankind
:To grant us peace and joy in his heavenly kingdom!

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 3)

:Born at Lelich in Serbia,
:You served as archpastor at the church of Saint Nahum in Ochrid.
:Taking your place on the throne of Saint Sabbas at Zhicha,
:You taught God's people and enlightened them with the Gospel.
:You brought people to repentance and the love of Christ,
:And for Christ you endured suffering at Dachau.
:Therefore we glorify you, a new Nicholas well–pleasing to God.

==Works==
===Books===
*''Beyond Sin and Death'' (1914)
*''The Spiritual Rebirth of Europe'' (1917)
*''Orations on the Universal Man'' (1920)
*''Thoughts on Good and Evil'' (1923)
*''Homilias, volumes I and II'' (1925)
*''[[Prologue from Ohrid]]'' (1926)
*''The Faith of Educated People'' (1928)
*''The War and the Bible'' (1931)
*''The Symbols and Signs'' (1932)
*''"Immanuel"'' (1937)
*''The Religion of Njegos''
*''Speeches under the Mount''
*''The Faith of the Saints'' (1949) (an Orthodox [[Catechism]] in English)
*''Cassiana - the Science on Love'' (1952)
*''The Only Love of Mankind'' (1958)
*''The First Gods Law and the Pyramid of Paradise'' (1959)
*''The Life of St. Sava''. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1989. ISBN 0881410659

===Articles===
*"[[Why are Vigil Lamps lit before Icons?]]"
* [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/VelimirovichBlessEnemies.shtml Quotation: Bless My Enemies O Lord -- by Bp. Nikolai Velimirovich]

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Velimirovic Wikipedia on Nikolai Velimirovic]
*[http://manybooks.net/authors/velimirovicn.html Works online] (''The New Ideal in Education'' and ''The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916)'')
*[http://www.roca.org/oa/158/158f.htm A detailed biography]
*[http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/Holy_Fathers/St._Nikolai_Velimirovich/index.shtml#_ftn3 The New Chrysostom, Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha]
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/stnikolai.aspx Life of St. Nikolai Velimirovich, The New Chrysostom, Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha -- OrthodoxInfo.com])
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Nikolai_Velimirovic Works by Nikolai Velimirovic] from Project Gutenberg
*[http://www.rferl.org/reports/eepreport/2004/02/4-180204.asp East European Perspectives, Article by J. Byford]
* Life of Bishop Nicholai (Velimirovich) in ''Portraits of American Saints'', Compiled and Edited by George A. Gray and Jan V. Bear, Diocese Council and Department of Missions Diocese of the West Orthodox Church in America, 650 Micheltorena Street, Los Angles, California, 1994, pp. 74-77 (Quoted at [http://www.serfes.org/lives/holyhierarchsaintnicholai.htm Serfes.org])

[[Category:American Saints]]
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Modern Writers]]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Serbian Saints]]

[[ro:Nicolae (Velimirovici)]]

Nikolai Velimirovic

2007-06-22T17:39:19Z

Ddpbf: /* Life */

[[Image:StNikolaiVelimirovich.jpg|thumb|right|St. Nikolai Velimirovich (1880-1956)]]
{{orthodoxyinamerica}}
Our father among the saints, [[Bishop]] '''Nikolaj Velimirović''' (Николај Велимировић, [[January 5]], 1880 - [[March 18]], 1956, also rendered ''Nicholas'') was bishop of Žiča in Serbia and the author of several Orthodox books. His most widely-known work is the ''[[Prologue from Ohrid]]''. His first name is pronounced and sometimes written ''Nikolai''.

==Life==
Nikolaj Velimirović was born in the small village of Lelich in Western Serbia. He attended the Seminary of St. Sava in Belgrade and graduated in 1905. He obtained doctorates from the University of Berne (1908), while the thesis was published in German in 1910, whereas the doctor's degree in philosophy was prepared at Oxford and defended in Geneva (''Filosofija Berklija'' - ''Berkeley's Philosophy'', in French) in 1909. At the end of 1909 he entered a monastic order. In 1919, then [[Archimandrite]] Nikolai was consecrated Bishop of Žiča in the [[Church of Serbia]].

In April 1915 (during WWI) he was delegated to England and America by the Serbian Church, where he held numerous lectures, fighting for the unison of the Serbs and South Slavic peoples. At the beginning of 1919 he returned to Serbia, and in 1920 was posted to the Ohrid archbishopric in Macedonia, where in 1935, in Bitola he reconstructed the cemetery of the killed German soldiers.

During the Second World War in 1941 Bp. Nikolai was arrested by the Nazis in the [[Monastery]] of Žiča (which was soon afterwards robbed and ruined), after which he was confined in the Monastery of Ljubostinja (where, on the occasion of mass deaths by firing squad, he reacted saying: "Is this the German culture, to shoot hundred innocent Serbs, for one dead German soldier! The Turks have always proved to be more just..."). Later, this "new [[John Chrysostom|Chrysostom]]" was transferred to the Monastery of Vojlovica (near Pančevo) in which he was confined together with the Serbian patriarch, [[Gavrilo (Dozic) of Serbia|Gavrilo (Dožić)]] until the end of 1944.

On [[December 14]], 1944 he was sent to Dachau, together with Serbian [[Patriarch]] Gavrilo, where some sources, especially the standard Church references, record that he suffered both imprisonment and torture.[http://www.serfes.org/lives/holyhierarchsaintnicholai.htm]

After the War he left Communist Yugoslavia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1946 where he taught at several Orthodox Christian [[seminary|seminaries]] such as [[St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary (Libertyville, Illinois)|St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary]] in Libertyville, Illinois and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] and Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania (where he was [[rector]] and also where he died) and [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] now in Crestwood, New York. He died on [[March 18]], 1956.

==Alleged Anti-Semitism==
Although recently [[Glorification|glorified]] as a saint by the [[Church of Serbia]], his writings remain highly controversial. Nikolaj Velimirovic was allegedly anti-semitic and he is supposed to have approved of the holocaust. (See Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic: ''Addresses to the Serbian People—Through the Prison Window''. Himmelsthur, Germany: Serbian Orthodox Eparchy for Western Europe, 1985, pp. 161-162).

Others regard his address from Dachau as having been under duress[http://www.balkan-archive.org.yu/kosta/pisma/l-serbs.are.new.jews.html][http://www.balkan-archive.org.yu/kosta/pisma/l-a.little.more.truth.html] and point to the lack of other anti-semitic statements in the rest of his large corpus of writings. He is recorded variously to have said that the Jews "crucified [[Christ]]," but such a statement is historically no different from that in the [[Bible]] or what Christians have been saying for centuries, which is more an allegation of historical fact rather than the racism which is the heart of anti-semitism.

==[[Glorification]]==
On [[May 19]], 2003, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with one heart and one voice, unanimously decided to enter Bishop Nicholai (Velimirovic) of Ohrid and Ziča into the calendar of saints of our Holy Orthodox Church.

St. Nikolai Velimirovich is often referred to as Serbia's New Chrysostom. St. [[John Maximovitch]], who had been a young instructor at a seminary in Bishop Nikolai's diocese of Ohrid, called him "a great saint and Chrysostom of our day [whose] significance for Orthodoxy in our time can be compared only with that of Metropolitan Anthony [Khrapovitsky]. ... They were both universal teachers of the Orthodox Church."

{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=Sava (Barać)|
title=Bishop of Žiča|
years=1919-1920|
after=Jefrem (Bojović)}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Bishop of Ohrid|
years=1920-1929|
after=[[Platon of Banja Luka|St. Platon]]}}
{{succession|
before=Jefrem (Bojović)|
title=Bishop of Žiča|
years=1937-1956|
after=[[German of Serbia|German]]}}

{{end box}}

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 8)

:O golden-tongued preacher proclaiming the risen Christ,
:Everlasting guide of the cross-bearing Serbian people,
:Resounding harp of the Holy Spirit, and dear to monastics who rejoice in you,
:Pride and boast of the priesthood, teacher of repentance, master for all nations,
:Guide of those in the army of Christ as they pray to God,
:Holy Nicholas teacher in America and pride of the Serbian people,
:With all the saints, implore the only Lover of mankind
:To grant us peace and joy in his heavenly kingdom!

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 3)

:Born at Lelich in Serbia,
:You served as archpastor at the church of Saint Nahum in Ochrid.
:Taking your place on the throne of Saint Sabbas at Zhicha,
:You taught God's people and enlightened them with the Gospel.
:You brought people to repentance and the love of Christ,
:And for Christ you endured suffering at Dachau.
:Therefore we glorify you, a new Nicholas well–pleasing to God.

==Works==
===Books===
*''Beyond Sin and Death'' (1914)
*''The Spiritual Rebirth of Europe'' (1917)
*''Orations on the Universal Man'' (1920)
*''Thoughts on Good and Evil'' (1923)
*''Homilias, volumes I and II'' (1925)
*''[[Prologue from Ohrid]]'' (1926)
*''The Faith of Educated People'' (1928)
*''The War and the Bible'' (1931)
*''The Symbols and Signs'' (1932)
*''"Immanuel"'' (1937)
*''The Religion of Njegos''
*''Speeches under the Mount''
*''The Faith of the Saints'' (1949) (an Orthodox [[Catechism]] in English)
*''Cassiana - the Science on Love'' (1952)
*''The Only Love of Mankind'' (1958)
*''The First Gods Law and the Pyramid of Paradise'' (1959)
*''The Life of St. Sava''. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1989. ISBN 0881410659

===Articles===
*"[[Why are Vigil Lamps lit before Icons?]]"
* [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/VelimirovichBlessEnemies.shtml Quotation: Bless My Enemies O Lord -- by Bp. Nikolai Velimirovich]

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Velimirovic Wikipedia on Nikolai Velimirovic]
*[http://manybooks.net/authors/velimirovicn.html Works online] (''The New Ideal in Education'' and ''The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916)'')
*[http://www.roca.org/oa/158/158f.htm A detailed biography]
*[http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/Holy_Fathers/St._Nikolai_Velimirovich/index.shtml#_ftn3 The New Chrysostom, Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha]
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/stnikolai.aspx Life of St. Nikolai Velimirovich, The New Chrysostom, Bishop of Ochrid and Zhicha -- OrthodoxInfo.com])
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Nikolai_Velimirovic Works by Nikolai Velimirovic] from Project Gutenberg
*[http://www.rferl.org/reports/eepreport/2004/02/4-180204.asp East European Perspectives, Article by J. Byford]
* Life of Bishop Nicholai (Velimirovich) in ''Portraits of American Saints'', Compiled and Edited by George A. Gray and Jan V. Bear, Diocese Council and Department of Missions Diocese of the West Orthodox Church in America, 650 Micheltorena Street, Los Angles, California, 1994, pp. 74-77 (Quoted at [http://www.serfes.org/lives/holyhierarchsaintnicholai.htm Serfes.org])

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'''List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]''' __NOTOC__

The [[synaxis]] of the Serbian hierarchs is celebrated on [[August 30]].

==Archbishops and Patriarchs of Žica and Pec==

===Archbishop of Žica, 1219-1233===
*St. [[Sava of Serbia|Sava I]] 1219-1233

===Archbishops of Pec, 1233-1337===
*St. [[Arsenius I (Sremac) of Pec|Arsenije I Sremac]] 1233-1263
*St. [[Sava II of Pec]] 1263-1271
*Danilo I (Daniel I) 1271-1272
*St. [[Joannicius I of Pec|Joanikije I]] 1272-1276
**''vacant''
*St. [[Eustatius I of Pec|Jevstatije I]] 1279-1286
*St. Jakov 1286-1292 (James)
*St. Jevstatije II (Eustatius II), 1292-1309
*St. [[Sava III of Pec|Sava III]] 1309-1316
*St. [[Nikodemus I of Pec|Nikodim I]] 1316-1324
*St. [[Daniel II of Pec|Danilo II]] 1324-1337
*St. [[Joanicius II of Pec|Joanikije II]] 1337-1346 ''raised Patriarch 1346''

===Patriarchs of Peć, 1346-1766===
*1 St. [[Joanicius II of Pec|Joanikije II]] 1346-1354
*2 St. [[Sava IV of Pec|Sava IV]] 1354-1375
*3 St. [[Ephraem of Pec|Jefrem]] (''1st time'') 1375-1380
*4 St. [[Spyridon of Pec|Spiridon]] 1380-1389
*(3) St. Jefrem (''2nd time'') 1389-1390
*5 Danilo III (Daniel III) 1390-1396
*6 Sava V 1396-1407
*7 Danilo IV (Daniel IV) 1407
*8 Saint Kirilo I (Cyril I) 1407-1418
*9 Saint Nikon 1418-1435
*10 Teofan (Theophanes) 1435-1446
*11 Nikodim II (Nikodemus II) 1446-1453
*12 Arsenije II (Arsenius II) 1453-1459
**''vacant''
*(13) Jovan (John ) 1508 (''Disputed'')
**''vacant''
*(14) Marko (Marc) 1524 ''locum tenens''
**''vacant''
*(15) [[Paul I of Pec|Pavle of Smederevo]] 1527-1535 ''disputed''
**''vacant''
*(16) Nikanor 1550-1557 ''disputed''
*13(17) St [[Makarije (Sokolovic) of Pec|Makarije Sokolović]] (Macarius) 1557-1570/71
*14(18) Antonije Sokolović (Antony) 1570/71-1575
*15(19) Gerasim Sokolović 1575-1585
*16(20) Savatije Sokolović (Savatius) 1585-1586
*17(21) Jerotej Sokolović (Hieroteos) 1586-1591
*18(22) Filip Sokolović (Philip) 1591-1592
*19(23) St.Jovan Kantul (John II) 1592-1613
*20(24) [[Paisius I of Pec|Pajsije I of Janjevo]] 1613-1647
*21(25) St. [[Gabriel I of Pec|Gavrilo I]] 1648-1655
*22(26) St. [[Maximus I of Pec|Maksim I of Skoplje]] 1655-1672
*23(27) [[Arsenius III (Carnojevic) of Pec|Arsenije III Crnojevic]] 1672-1690; later Metropolitan of Karlovci
*24(28)[[Kalinik I of Pec|Kalinik I]] (Callinicus I) 1693-1710
*25(29) Atanasije I (Athanasius I) 1711-1712
*26(30) Mojsije Rajović (Moses) 1712-1725
*27(31) [[Arsenius IV (Jovanovic-Sakabenta) of Pec|Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta]] 1725-1737; later Metropolitan of Karlovci
*28(32) [[Joanicius III of Constantinople|Joanikije III Karadža]] (Joannicius III) 1737-1746
*29(33) Atanasije II Gavrilović (Athanasius II) 1746-1752
*30(34) Gavrilo II Mihić Mihajlović (Gabriel II) 1752
*31(35) Gavrilo III Nikolin (Gabriel III) 1752-1758
*32(36) Vikentije I Stefanović (Vicentius I) 1758
*33(37) Pajsije II (Paisius II) 1758
*34(38) Gavrilo IV (Gabriel IV) 1758-1759
*35(39) Kirilo II (Cyril II) 1759-1763
*36(40) Vasilije Jovanović Brkic (Basil) 1763-1765
*37(41) Kalinik II (Callinicus II) 1765-1766

==Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci==

===Metropolitans of Krušedol, 1691-1716===
*[[Arsenius III (Carnojevic) of Pec|Arsenije III Crnojević]] 1691-1706; former Patriarch in Pec (1672-1691)
*Isaija (Đaković) (1708)
*Sofronije (Podgoričanin)(1710-1711)

===Metropolitans of Karlovci, 1708-1842===
*Vikentije (Popović Hadžilavić) (1713-1725) ''transfered see from Krušedol Monastery in Sremski Karlovci'' 1718
*Mojsije (Petrović) ''Metropolitan of Belgrade'' (1713-1730) and ''Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci'' (1726-1730)
*Vikentije (Jovanović) ''Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci'' (1731-1737)
*[[Arsenius IV (Jovanovic-Sakabenta) of Pec|Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta]] 1737-1748; former Patriarch in Peć (1725-1737)
*Pavle Nenadović (Paul) 1749-1768
**Danilo (''[[locum tenens]]'') 1768-1769
*Jovan Đorđević (John) 1768-1773
**Mojsije (''locum tenens'') 1773-1774
*Vikentije (Vicentius) 1774-1780
*Mojsije Putnik (Moses) 1780-1790
**Petar (''locum tenens'') 1790
*Stefan Stratimirović (Stephen ) 1790-1836
*Stefan Stanković (Stephen ) 1836-1841
**Georgije (''locum tenens'') 1841-1842
*Josif Rajačić (Joseph) 1842-1848 ''raised to Patriarch 1848''

===Patriarchs of Karlovci, 1848-1920===
*1 Josif Rajačić (Joseph) 1848-1861
*2 Samuilo Maširević (Samuel) 1863-1870
**Arsenije Stojkovic (''1st time'') (''locum tenens'') 1870-1872
**Nikanor Grujic (''locum tenens'') 1872-1874
**Arsenije Stojković (''2nd time'') (''locum tenens'') 1874
*3 Prokopije Ivačković (Procorpius) 1874-1879
*4 German Anđelić (Germanius) 1879-1888
*5 Georgije Branković (George) 1888-1907
*6 Lukijan Bogdanovic (Lucian) (1908-1913
**Miron Nikolic (''1st time'') (''locum tenens'') 1913
**Mihailo Grujic (''locum tenens'') 1913-1914
** Miron Nikolic (''locum tenens'' ''2nd time'') 1914-1919
** Georgije Letić (''locum tenens'') 1919-1920

==Metropolitans of Belgrade and Patriarchs of Serbia==

==Metropolitans of Belgrade, 1766-1905==
*Jeremija (Jeremiah) 1766-1784
*Dionisije I (Dionysius I) 1785-1791
*Metodije (Methodius) 1791-1801
*Leontije (Leontius) 1801-1813
**Hadži Milentije (''locum tenens'') 1810
*Dionisije II (Dionysius II) 1813-1815
**Melentije (''locum tenens'') 1815-1816
*[[Agathangelus I of Constantinople|Agatangel]] 1816-1825
*Kiril (Cyril) 1825-1827
*Anthimos (Antim) 1827-1830

===Autonomous Metropolitans of Belgrade and Principality of Serbia 1830-1879===

*Melentije Pavlović (Melentios) 1830-1833
*Petar Jovanović (Peter) 1833-1859

===Autocephalous Metropolitans of Belgrade and Kingdom of Serbia 1879-1905===

*Mihailo Jovanović (Michael) (''1st time'') 1859-1881
**Mojsije Veresić (''locum tenens'') 1881-1883
*Teodosije Mraović (Theodosius) 1883-1889
*Mihailo Jovanović (Michael) (''2nd time'') 1889-1898
*Inokentije Pavlović (Innocentius) 1898-1905
*[[Dimitrije (Pavlovic) of Serbia|Dimitrije Pavlović]] (Demetrius) 1905-1920 ''elected Patriarch of Serbia''

==Patriarchs of Serbia, 1905-present==
*38 [[Dimitrije (Pavlovic) of Serbia|Dimitrije Pavlović]] (Demetrius) 1920-1930
*39 [[Varnava (Rosic) of Serbia|Varnava Rosić]] (Barnabas) 1930-1937
**Dositej (''locum tenens'') 1937-1938)
*40 [[Gavrilo V (Dozic-Medenica) of Serbia|Gavrilo Dožić]] (Gabriel) 1938-1950
**Josif (''locum tenens'') 1941-1945
**Arsenije (''locum tenens'') 1950
*41 [[Vikentije II of Serbia|Vikentije Prodanov]] (Vicentius) 1950-1958
**Hrizostom (''locum tenens'') 1958
*42 [[German of Serbia|German Đorić]] (Germanius) 1958-1990
**Jovan (''locum tenens'') 1990
*43 [[Pavle (Stojcevic) of Serbia|Pavle Stojčević]] (Paul) 1990-present

== Patriarchal Succession ==

Patriarchs of Karlovci were not entred in Patriarchal dyptich. Also there is no entries between Arsenije II and St. Makarije. Confusion was made when Patriarch German was enlisted as 53rd archbishop of Peć. So some forign scholars were counting a lot of peoples of some actualy newer were patriarchs. (Marko, Jovan). Patriarch Pavle is 43rd Serbian Patriarch and 54th Primate of [[Church of Serbia]]. Patriarch Gavrilo Dožić was not entered as Gavrilo V, neither Patriarch Vikentije (Prodanov) as Vikentije II.

== See also ==

*[[List of Patriarchs]]

==External links==
*[http://www.kosovo.com/socheng2.html "Serbian Church In History"] by Very Reverend Dr. Radomir Popovic, including a list of Serbian Archbishops and Patriarchs at the end
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/serbia.htm Hierarchical Succession of the Patriarchal See of Serbia] from the Orthodox Research Institute
*[[w:Patriarch of Serbia|''Patriarch of Serbia'' at Wikipedia]]

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| style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6ef7a7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''[[w:en:English language|en]]'''
| style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User en-N|native]]''' speaker of '''[[:Category:User en|English]]'''.
|}
</div><includeonly>[[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User en-N|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude>
<br style="clear:both" />
==Usage==
This template will automatically add your page to the following categories:
*[[:Category:User en]]
*[[:Category:User en-N]]
[[Category:Language user templates|En, User]]
</noinclude>

Template:User ru-1

2007-06-22T15:22:20Z

Ddpbf:

<div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF"
| style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Russian language|ru]]-1'''
| style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Этот участник владеет '''[[:Category:User ru|русским языком]]''' на '''[[:Category:User ru-1|начальном уровне]]'''. <includeonly>[[Category:User ru|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User ru-1|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
|}</div><noinclude>
[[Category:Language user templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:User ru-2

2007-06-22T15:21:40Z

Ddpbf:

<div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF"
| style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Russian language|ru]]-2'''
| style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Этот участник '''[[:Category:User ru-2|неплохо]]''' знает '''[[:Category:User ru|русский язык]]'''. <includeonly>[[Category:User ru|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User ru-2|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
|} </div><noinclude>
[[Category:Language user templates]]
</noinclude>

Template:User sr-4

2007-06-22T15:20:05Z

Ddpbf:

<div style="float:left;border:solid #CCCC00 1px;margin:1px">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99"
| style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Serbian language|sr]]-4'''
| style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Овај корисник '''[[:Category:User sr-4|течно]]''' говори '''[[:Category:User sr|српски]]''' језик. <includeonly>[[Category:User sr|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:User sr-4|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
|}</div><noinclude>
[[Category:Language user templates|sr-4]]</noinclude>

Template:User sr

2007-06-22T15:18:29Z

Ddpbf:

<div style="float:left;border:solid #6EF7A7 1px;margin:1px">
<table cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#C5FCDC"><tr>
<td style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6EF7A7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt">'''[[w:Serbian language|sr]]'''</td>
<td style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em">Овом кориснику '''[[:Category:User sr|српски]]''' језик је '''[[:Category:User sr-N|матерњи]]'''.
</tr></table><includeonly>
[[Category:User sr|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:User sr-N|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
</div><noinclude>
[[Category:Language user templates|sr]]</noinclude>

User:Ddpbf

2007-06-22T14:52:15Z

Ddpbf: added language box

{| align="left"
{|-
|-
| {{userbox admin}}
|-
| {{user sr}}
|-
| {{user seminarian}}
|-
| {{user en-1}}
|-
| {{user ru-2}}
|}
My name is Dalibor Djuric.I was born April 13, 1984, in Banja Luka, in Serbian Orthodox Family. My Family lives in vilage Dabovci. Curently I am a student of the 4th course of Orthodox Theological Faculty of Belgrade University. I hope that I will soon graduate and will be ordained. My interests are Church History. (I hope i will obtain Master degree in Church History and Patrology.
I am new at Orthodoxwiki and my English is far away from good so please forgive me for mistakes.
Remember me in your prayers.

'''User:Ddpbf''' is in charge of the Serbian OrthodoxWiki project: http://sr.orthodoxwiki.org.

[[Category:User Pages|{{PAGENAME}}]]