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Willibrord

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[[Image:St. Willibrord.jpg|right|thumb|St. Willibrord, Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia (Holland).]]
Our father among the saints '''Clement''', in the world '''Willibrord''' (also ''Willibrod''), c.658-739, was the [[Archbishop]] of Utrecht, [[Enlightener]] of the Netherlands, and [[Apostle]] to the Frisians. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[November 7]], and the [[Translation (relics)|translation]] of his [[relics]] on [[November 10]].

Born in Northumbria, he went to Ireland. From there he went to Friesland in Holland (c. 690) accompanied by eleven other [[monk]]s from England. Six years later he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] with the name of "Clement," and he founded his [[Cathedral]] in Utrecht. His work with the Frisians bore much fruit, as also in Heligoland and Denmark. He founded the [[monastery]] of Echternach in Luxembourg in 698 where his relics remain.

==Source==
*[http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsw.htm Orthodox Europe: Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]

==External links==
*Venerable [[Bede]], [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book5.html ''Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'': Book V: 10, 11]
*[[w:Willibrord|''Willibrord'' at Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/w/willibrodst.html Willibrod, St. (658-739)] (1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge)
*[http://www.willibrord.lu/spip.php?article45 St. Willibrord] ([[Roman Catholic]])
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2urVyyyNcDw Supplicatory Canon to St. Willibrord] (video)

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[[ro:Sfântul Willibrord]]

Akathist

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An '''akathist''' (Greek, ''akathistos'') is a [[hymn]] dedicated to a [[saint]], [[Great Feasts|holy event]], or one of the persons of the [[Holy Trinity]]. The word ''akathist'' itself means "not sitting." The akathist ''par excellence'' is that written in the 6th century to the [[Theotokos]]. In its use as part of the Salutations to the Theotokos service (used in the Byzantine tradition during [[Great Lent]]), it is often known by its Greek or Arabic names, '''''Chairetismoi''''' and '''''Madayeh''''', respectively.

The writing of akathists (occasionally spelled ''acathist'') continues today as part of the general composition of an [[akolouthia]], especially in the Slavic tradition, although not all are widely known nor translated beyond the original language. Isaac E. Lambertsen  has done a large amount of translation work, including many different akathists. Most of the newer akathists are pastiche, that is, a generic form imitating the original 6th century akathist into which a particular saint's name is inserted.

There is more than one [[icon]] "of the Akathist": the [[Chilandari Monastery (Athos)|Hilandar]] icon ([[January 12]]), the [[Dionysiou Monastery (Athos)|Dionysiou]] icon ([[March 27]] and Fifth Saturday of [[Great Lent]]), and the [[Zographou Monastery (Athos)|Zographou]] icon ([[October 10]]).
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==Structure==
The [[Trisagion Prayers]] are often said as a prelude to the akathist hymn. The akathist hymn itself is divided into thirteen parts, each of which has a [[kontakion]] and an [[oikos]]. The kontakion usually ends with the exclamation: "Alleluia!" Within the latter part of the oikos comes an anaphoric entreaty, such as "Come!" or "Rejoice!" The thirteenth kontakion (which does not have a corresponding ikos) is usually followed by the repetition of the first ikos and kontakion. After the thirteen kontakia and ikoi, additional prayers are added, such as a [[troparion]] and another kontakion. In some akathists, [[Psalms]] are also included.

==Akathists==

===Relating to the Trinity===

'''Akathist to'''

*the [[Holy Trinity]]
*[[Jesus|Our Lord, the Most Sweet Jesus]] - [http://www.monachos.net/other/akathist_to_christ.shtml 1], [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistlordjesus_en.htm 2], [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/marc89107/part_CC.html 3], [http://pages.prodigy.net/frjohnwhiteford/akswjs.htm 4], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Suloisimmalle_Herrallemme_Jeesukselle_Kristukselle.htm 5] (Finnish), [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistlordjesus_cnen.htm 6] (Chinese and English), [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistlordjesus_cn.htm 7] (Chinese)
*Jesus Christ for a Loved One who has Fallen Asleep
*the [[Passion|Divine Passion of Christ]] - [http://www.monachos.net/other/akathist_passion.shtml 1] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Kristuksen_Jumalallisille_Karsimyksille.htm 2] (Finnish), [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/passionchrist_en.htm 3], [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/passionchrist_cn.htm 4] (Chinese)
*Jesus, Light to those in Darkness - [http://www.archdiocese.ca/resources/articles/Lawrence.Akathist_To_Jesus.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistlight.html 2]
*the [[Holy Spirit]] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhalle_Hengelle.htm] (Finnish)

===Relating to the Theotokos===

[[Image:Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos icon.jpg|right|frame|Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos]]

When the word ''akathist'' is used alone, it most commonly refers to the original hymn by this name, the 6th century Akathist to the [[Theotokos]], attributed to St. [[Roman the Melodist]] (though this attribution is hotly debated). This hymn is often split into four parts and sung at the "Salutations to the Theotokos" service on the first four Friday evenings in [[Great Lent]]; the entire Akathist is then sung on the fifth Friday evening. Traditionally it is included in the [[Orthros]] of the fifth Saturday of [[Great Lent]]. In [[monastery|monasteries]] of [[Mount Athos|Athonite]] tradition, the whole Akathist is usually inserted nightly at [[Compline]].

The four sections into which the Akathist is divided correspond to the themes of the [[Annunciation]], [[Nativity]], [[Christ]], and the [[Theotokos]] herself.

The hymn itself forms an alphabetical acrostic—that is, each ''oikos'' ("house," possibly from the Syriac terminology) begins with a letter of the Greek alphabet, in order—and it consists of twelve long and twelve short oikoi. Each of the long oikoi include a seven-line stanza followed by six couplets, employing rhyme, assonance, and alliteration, beginning with the word ''Chaire'' (translated as either "Hail!" or "Rejoice!") and ending with the refrain, "Hail, Bride without bridegroom!" In the short oikoi, the seven-line stanza is followed by the refrain, "[[Alleluia]]!"

The Salutations to the Theotokos service, often known by its Greek name, the ''Chairetismoi'' (from the ''Chaire!'' so often used in the hymn), consists of [[Compline]] with the Akathist hymn inserted. It is known in Arabic as the ''Madayeh''.

'''Akathist of the'''
*[[Nativity of the Theotokos|Birth of the Theotokos]]
*[[Presentation of the Theotokos|Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple]]
*[[Annunciation]]
*[[Protection of the Mother of God|Protection (or Covering) of the Theotokos]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistprotection.html 1]
*[[Dormition|Dormition of the Theotokos]]

'''Akathist to the'''
*'''Holy Virgin Theotokos''' (by St. Roman the Melodist)
:English - [http://www.monachos.net/other/akathist_to_theotokos.shtml 1], [http://www.stsymeon.com/akathist.html 2], [http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/liturgical_texts/vaporis_akathist.asp 3], [http://www.bright.net/~palamas/CyberPsaltiri/Triodion/FriSalutations.htm 4], [http://www.stirene.org/library/liturgical_akathist.html 5], [http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Akathist.htm 6], [http://www.pomog.org/akathist.shtml 7], [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/akathis.html 8], [http://www.gocanada.org/liturgicaltexts/akathist.htm 9], [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/m_akathist_e.htm 10], [http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Akathist.htm 11], [http://www.unmercenary.com/pdf/Akathist.PDF 12] (PDF)
:Other - [http://www.pagesorthodoxes.net/mere-de-dieu/md-acathiste.htm 13] (French), [http://vi06n140.members.eunet.at/ugcc/eunet_02/AkathistosDt.pdf 14] (German-PDF), [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/spanish/akathisto_virgen.htm 15] (Spanish) [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Jumalansynnyttajalle.htm 16] (Finnish)
*Burning Bush of the Theotokos - [http://www.ocadow.org/music/akathist_socal_1007.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.ortodox.as.ro/acatiste/ac15.html 2] (Romanian)
*Most Holy Theotokos of the Portal of [[Iviron Monastery (Athos)|Iviron]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/iviron.html 1]
*Theotokos of All Protection - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/protection.html 1]

'''Akathist to the Theotokos,'''
*All-Venerable Abbess to Monasteries of the Entire World
*Daughter of Zion - [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistzion.html 1]
*the Deliverer
*the Door-keeper
*the Enricher of the Harvest
*the Inexhaustible Cup - [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/services/akathist_inexhaustible_cup.htm 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/inexhaustible.html 2], [http://www.antiochian.org/1103412970 3], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akatistos_Jumalan%C3%A4idin_ehtym%C3%A4t%C3%B6n_malja_-ikonille Finnish]
*[[Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow|Joy of All Who Sorrow]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistjoyofall.html 1]
*Nurturer of Children - [http://www.serfes.org/orthodox/NuturerofChildren.htm 1]
*Our Lady of Sitka - [http://dioceseofalaska.org/pdf/Akathist-text.pdf 1] (PDF)
*Port Arthur Mother of God - [http://www.archdiocese.ca/resources/pdf/Akathist-PortArthurMotherOfGod-English.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/98akafist-portarthuricon_ru.htm 2] (Russian)
*Queen of All (Pantanassa, or "Healer of Cancer") - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/pantanassa.html 1], [http://saintjohnwonderworker.org/AKATHIST%20TO%20THE%20MOTHER%20OF%20GOD--Healer%20of%20Cancer02.htm 2]
*Spring of Healing
*Swift to Aid
*Unexpected Joy 

'''Akathist to the Theotokos for''' Reconciliation

'''Akathist to the Theotokos at her'''
*[[Kursk Root Icon|Wonder-working Kursk Root Icon of the Sign]] - [http://eadiocese.org/Orthodoxy/Akathist.kursk.icon.pdf 1], [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistinnok-irkust_ru.htm 2] (Russian)
*Icon [[Assuage My Sorrows]] (or "[[Stay of Our Sorrows]]")
*Weeping Icon of Boian (Bojan)
*Icon of Felixstowe - [http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/akafmog.htm 1]
*[[Theotokos of Tikhvin|Wonder-working Icon of Tikhvin]] - [http://www.oca.org/PDF/Music/Akathists/tikhviniconakathist.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.tbumm.org/Library/AkathistTikhvin.htm 2] (Church Slavonic)
*Wonder-working Icon of Crasna
*Icon of Seven Arrows (Icon of the Prophecy of Simeon)
*Icon "Theotokos of the Sign" at Novgorod
*Feodorovskaya Icon
*Pochaev (Pochayevskaya) Icon
*Kiev Caves Icon
*Kozelshchanskaya Icon
*Smolensk Icon
*Tikhvin Icon
*Vladimir Icon

===Relating to the [[Great Feasts]]===

'''Akathist of the'''

*[[Nativity of the Theotokos|Birth of the Theotokos]]
*[[Elevation of the Holy Cross|Holy Cross]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/marc89107/part_LL.html 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistcross.html 2], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akathist_to_the_Spiritual_Ladder%2C_the_Precious_Cross 3], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akatistos_hengelliselle_portaalle%2C_kalliille_ristille 4] (Finnish)
*[[Presentation of the Theotokos|Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple]]
*[[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] - [http://www.sjkp.org/downloads/AkNativity.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Kristuksen_syntymalle.htm 2] (Finnish)
*[[Annunciation]]
*[[Dormition|Dormition of the Theotokos]]

===Relating to Saints===
Singular - '''Akathist to St.'''

*[[Alexander of Svir]] (Syväri) - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhittaja_Aleksanteri_Syvarilaiselle_2.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Alexander Nevsky]]
*Alexis, Man of God
*[[Alexis (Kabaliuk) of Carpathia]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/servalex.htm 1]
*[[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]] - [http://stephenhowanetz.tripod.com/PDF%20FILES/Miscellaneous%20Mixed%20PDF/Akathist%20to%20St%20Alexis%20of%20Wilkes%20Barre.pdf 1] (PDF)
*Anthony Dymsky - [http://www.tbumm.org/Library/AkathistDymsky.htm 1] (Church Slavonic)
*[[Anthony the Great]]
*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/henkilot/pyhat/karjalan_valistajat/arsenius_of_konevits.htm Arsenius of Konevits] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Arseni_Konevitsalaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Brendan the Navigator]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akafrbrendan.htm 1] (French)
*[[Chad of Lichfield]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akatchad.htm 1]
*[[Columba of Iona]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akafrcolomba.htm 1] (French)
*[[Cuthbert of Lindisfarne]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akacuthbert.htm 1]
*[[David|David the Prophet, King of Israel]] - [http://akafist.narod.ru/D/David.htm 1]
*[[Demetrios of Thessaloniki|Demetrios the Great Martyr]]
*Dimitri Basarabov
*[[Elijah|Elijah the Prophet]]
*[[Elizabeth the New Martyr]] (Grand Duchess) - [http://www.serfes.org/royal/akathisttoelizabeth.htm 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/elizabeth.html 2], [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/princess_elizabeth_en.htm 3], [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/princess_elizabeth_ru.htm 4] (Russian)
*[[George the Trophy-bearer|George the Trophy-bearer and Great Martyr]]
*[[Gregory Palamas]]
*[[Guthlac of Crowland]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/akaguth.htm 1]
*[[Herman of Alaska]] - [http://dioceseofalaska.org/pdf/liturgical/StHermanAkathist-FullPage.pdf 1] (PDF)
*Ignaty Brianchovich - [http://www.podvorje.orthodoxy.ru/English/Service/StIgnAkf.htm 1]
*[[Innocent of Alaska]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/innocent.html 1], [http://www.oca.org/PDF/Music/Akathists/stinnocentakathist.pdf 2] (PDF)
*[[Jacob Netsvetov|Jacob of Alaska]] - [http://www.oca.org/PDF/Music/July/stjacobakathist.pdf 1] (PDF)
*[[John Chrysostom]] - [http://chrysostom1600.org/sjc1600/akathist/ 1], [http://www.antiochian.org/system/files/Akathist+to+St+John+Chrysostom.pdf 2] (PDF), [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akatistos_pyh%C3%A4lle_Johannes_Krysostomokselle%2C_Konstantinopolin_arkkipiispalle Finnish]
*[[John the Forerunner]]
*[[John the Theologian]]
*[[John of Kronstadt]] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Johannes_Kronstadtilaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]] - [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathiststjohn_en.htm 1], [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/st_john_service.htm#akathist 2]
*[[John the New of Suceava]]
*[[Joseph the Betrothed]] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_joosef_kihlaajalle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*Juliana of Lazarevo - [http://stjulianalazarevo.org/akathist_hymn.html 1]
*[[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea]][http://www.kerpc.ru/sacred/luka/molitv 1]
*[[Mary Magdalene]]
*[[Maximus Sandovich]], Protomartyr of the Lemko people 
*[[Menas the Wonder-worker]]
*[[Nektarios of Pentapolis]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistnectarios.html 1], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_nektariokselle.htm 2] -(Finnish)
*[[Nicholas of Myra]] - [http://www.sainthermanchurch.org/Images_files/Akathist%20to%20our%20Father%20Among%20the%20Saints.doc 1] (DOC), [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhalle_Nikolaokselle.htm 2] (Finnish)
*[[Nicholas of Japan]]
*[[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II, Tsar and Emperor of All Russia, the Passion-bearer]] - [http://www.serfes.org/royal/akathist.htm 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/nicholas.html 2]
*Nilus, Wonder-worker of Sora - [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistnilus.html 1] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_nil_sorskille.htm 2] (Finnish)
*[[Panteleimon]] - [http://stbarnabasonline.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=32 1] (PDF)
*[[Paraskevi]]
*[http://jonathanscorner.com/philaret/ Philaret the Merciful]
*Philothea
*[[Raphael of Brooklyn]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/straphaelcanonized/hymns/BRAkathist.htm 1], [http://www.networks-now.net/litresswraoc/SVCRaphaelAkathist.htm 2]
*[[Romanos the Melodist]] - [http://www.frederica.com/writings/the-akathist-annunciation-hymn-of-st-romanos.html 1]
*[[Seraphim of Sarov]] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhittajaisa_Serafim_Sarovilaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Apostle Simon|Simon the Zealot, Apostle and Evangelist]]
*[[Spyridon of Trimythous]]
*[[Tikhon of Moscow]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/tikhon.html 1]
*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/henkilot/pyhat/karjalan_valistajat/tryphon_of_pechenga.htm Trifon (Tryphon) of Pechenga (Petsamo)] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Trifon_Petsamolaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Xenia of St. Petersburg]] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Autuaalle_Ksenia_Pietarilaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)

Plural - '''Akathist to'''

*All Saints [http://www.parohia-precupetii-vechi.ro/acatist.htm 1] (Romanian)
*the Chinese martyr saints who died in the Boxer (Yihetuan Movement) Rebellion - [http://www.asna.ca/resources/akathist-chinese-martyrs-1900.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistmartyrs_en.htm 2]
*to all the Saints that shone forth in the lands of the West - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/pdf/aka.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/pdf/akatist.pdf 2] (PDF-Romanian)
*Ss. [[Joachim and Anna]] [http://www.churchofourlady.org/Documents/Akathist%20-%20Joachim%20and%20Anna%20(English).pdf] (includes music)
*Ss. [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] - [http://www.peterandpaul.net/akathist-saints-peter-paul]
*Ss. [http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/henkilot/pyhat/karjalan_valistajat/sergius_and_herman_of_valaam.htm Sergei and Herman] of Valaam - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhittajaisillemme_Sergeille_ja_Hermanille.htm 1] (Finnish)

Local/Diocesan Saints

*Akathist to [[Seraphim Rose]] - [http://users.sisqtel.net/williams/akathist-frseraphim.html 1]
*Akathist to [[Paisios (Eznepidis)|Paisius the Athonite]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akapaisius.htm 1]

===Relating to Angels===

'''Akathist to the'''

*Holy Archangel Michael - [http://cs-people.bu.edu/butta1/akathistarchangelmichael.htm 1] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_arkkienkeli_Mikaelille.htm 2] - (Finnish)
*Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel
*Guardian Angel

===Other Akathists===
*Akathist for [[Eucharist|Holy Communion]] - [http://www.stvladimirs.ca/library/akathist-holy-communion.html 1], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_ehtoolliselle_valmistauduttaessa.htm 2] (Finnish)
*Akathist to the Tomb and the Resurrection of the Lord - [http://gnisios.narod.ru/aktomb.html 1], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_elamaa_kantavalle_haudalle.htm 2] (Finnish), [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathisttomb.html 3]
*Akathist to the Resurrection of Christ [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_kuolleista_nousseelle_Kristukselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*Akathist "Glory to God for All Things" or "of Thanksgiving" - [http://www.saintjonah.org/services/thanksgiving.htm 1], [http://www.orthodox.net/akathists/akathist-thanksgiving.html 2], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akathist_of_thanksgiving.htm 3], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_luomakunnalle_3.htm 4] (Finnish)
:The Akathist is often attributed to [[Priest]] Gregory Petrov who died in a Soviet prison camp in 1940, but also to [[Metropolitan]] Tryphon (Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov) +1934. The title is from the words of St. [[John Chrysostom]] as he was dying in exile. It is a song of praise from amidst the most terrible sufferings.
*Akathist in Praise of God's Creation (by Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov)) - [http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8228.asp 1]
*Akathist for the Repose of the Departed - [http://users.sisqtel.net/williams/akathist-repose.html 1], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_kuolonuneen_nukkuneiden_puolesta.htm 2] (Finnish)

==External links==
===About===
*[http://www.orthodox.net/ustav/akathist-rubrics.html Akathist Rubrics]
*[http://www.orthodox.net/ustav/order-for-reading-canons.html The order for reading canons and akathists when alone]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/order.htm How to Read Canons and Akathists when praying alone]
*[http://www.dormitionorthodoxchurch.org/heavenlyladder1_4.pdf The Akathist Hymn] by Fr. Luke Hartung
*[http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Akathist.htm Akathist with a brief outline]
*[http://www.unmercenary.com/pdf/Akathist.PDF Akathist] PDF, with western notation
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=17 5th Saturday of Great Lent of the Akathist to the Theotokos] ([[OCA]])
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100161 Icon of the Mother of God of the Akathist], January 12 (OCA)
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100918 Icon of the Mother of God "of the Akathist"], March 27 (OCA)
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102935 Icon of the Mother of God "of the Akathist" of the Zographou Monastery], October 10 (OCA)

===Collections===
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/akathists.htm Akathists and Canons, online]
*[http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathists.html Akathists]

===Other languages===
*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/kirkkomusiikki/akatistos.htm Akathists in Finnish]
*[http://www.ortodox.as.ro/acatiste/index.html Akathists in Romanian]
*[http://akafist.narod.ru/ Akathists in Russian]

===Other traditions===
*[http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/2005/akathist.htm Akathists For All Occasions: Praying from East to West] by Alexander Roman (Greek Catholic)
*[http://hometown.aol.com/dangellbrown/akathistjoseph.html Akathist to St. Joseph the Betrothed] (Byzantine Catholic)

===Multimedia===
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/multimedia/audio.asp?videoTitle=The%20Akathist%20Hymn&location=/en/services/akathist/eikona/akathist_MSTR.mov Akathist Hymn] (MOV; sound file) chanted by [[Eikona]]
*[http://www.goarch.org/chapel/chant/akathist/index_html Learn to Chant: The Service of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.orthodoxmusic.ru/alb71.e.AKATHIST_TO_THE_DERZHAVNAYA_ICON.html?request_id=53 Akathist to the Derzhavnaya Icon of the Mother of God] CD for sale with sample mp3 tracks

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List of Patriarchs

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The following is a list of the names and titles of the current presiding [[patriarch]]s, [[metropolitan]]s, and [[archbishop]]s ([[primate]]s) of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches, not all of whose statuses are universally recognized:

==Autocephalous Churches==
*His All-Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] and All Africa
*His Beatitude [[John X (Yazigi) of Antioch|John X]], Patriarch of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]] and All the East
*His Beatitude [[Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem|Theophilus III]], Patriarch of the Holy City of [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem and All Palestine]]
*His Beatitude [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill]], Patriarch of [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All Russia]],
*His Holiness [[Ilia II (Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Georgia|Ilia II]], Catholicos-Patriarch of [[Church of Georgia|All Georgia]], Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi
*His Holiness [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Irinej (Gavrilovic)]], Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Patriarch of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]
*His Beatitude, [[Daniel (Ciobotea) of Romania|Daniel]], Patriarch of [[Church of Romania|All Romania]], Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Archbishop of Bucharest
*His Holiness [[Neophyte (Dimitrov) of Bulgaria|Neophyte]], Patriarch of [[Church of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], Metropolitan of Sofia
*His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos II (Demetriou) of New Justiniana|Chrysostomos II]], Archbishop of New Justiniana and [[Church of Cyprus|All Cyprus]]
*His Beatitude [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II]], Archbishop of Athens and [[Church of Greece|All Greece]]
*His Beatitude [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios]], Archbishop of Tirana and [[Church of Albania|All Albania]]
*His Beatitude [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], Metropolitan of Warsaw and [[Church of Poland|All Poland]]
*[[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Czech Lands and Slovakia]] - currently vacant, Archbishop Simeon (Jakovljević) locum tenens.
*His Beatitude [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of [[Orthodox Church in America|All America and Canada]]

==Autonomous Churches==
*His Beatitude Damianos, Archbishop of [[Church of Sinai|Sinai]] and Raithu
*His Beatitude [[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]], Archbishop of Karelia and [[Church of Finland|All Finland]]
*His Eminence [[Stephanos (Charalambides) of Tallinn|Stephanos]], Metropolitan of Tallinn and [[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|All Estonia]]
*His Beatitude [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel]], Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of [[Church of Japan|All Japan]]
*His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr]], Metropolitan of Kiev and [[Church of Ukraine|All Ukraine]]

==See also==
*[[List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Antioch]]
*[[List of primates of Russia]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Serbia]]
*[[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
*[[List of Coptic Popes]]

==Source==
*List taken from [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/ Orthodox Research Institute]

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Ladder of Divine Ascent icon

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[[Image:Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent.jpg|right|frame|Icon of the [[Ladder of Divine Ascent]] ]]
The '''Icon of the Ladder of Divine Ascent''' is connected with the well-known spiritual classic book entitled ''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'' by [[Saint]] [[John Climacus]], of the seventh century. His memory is celebrated on [[March 30]] and on the [[Sunday of St. John Climacus|Fourth Sunday]] of the [[Great Lent]], and the [[icon]] is usually [[veneration|venerated]] in churches on the same days.

==Design==
In the icon, a ladder stands on the earth and reaches to [[Heaven]]. [[Monk]]s are seen trying to climb the ladder, and winged [[demons]] are seen pulling them off. Over the top of the ladder is [[Christ]], emerging from Heaven.

At the right side of the scene is shown a [[monastery]] building. Standing outside its door is St. John Climacus. His right hand points at the ladder and watching monks stand behind him. In his left hand he holds a scroll on which is written: "Ascend, ascend, Brethren."

In the top left corner, opposite the monastery, are [[angels]] shown clothed in light-colored garments and having large, strong wings.

==Theology ==
[[Image:John Climacus.jpg|left|75px|St. John Climacus]]
St. John describes thirty stages of spiritual development in his book. He likens the stages to thirty steps upward on a ladder. The steps lead to [[theosis]], the ultimate goal of the spiritual striver. The icon was inspired by this book.

Just as St. John's book, the icon stands as a witness to the violent effort needed for entrance into God's Kingdom. The spiritual struggle of Christian life is a real one, "not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of the present darkness the hosts of wickedness in heavenly places" ([[Ephesians]] 6:12).

====Ladder====
The Ladder of St. John Climacus was inspired by the Ladder which the [[righteous]] [[Jacob]] saw in a dream. Jacob saw a ladder which rose from earth to Heaven, on which some angels were ascending and others were descending. His vision is described in the book of [[Genesis]]: "Jacob dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to Heaven, and the Angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And the Lord leaned upon it and said: I am the God of [[Abraham]] your father, and the God of [[Isaac]]; be not afraid.... And behold, I am with you, and will keep thee in all places wither thou goes" (Genesis 28:12-13, 15).

The ladder in this icon is sometimes depicted in such a way to express the idea that more effort is required for rising to the highest levels of spiritual development.

====Christ from Heaven====
With His right hand Christ blesses the monk who has climbed to the top of the ladder. The scroll in His left hand is symbolic of His Gospel.

Reaching this heaven is a heaven of the mind within the heart. Its effect is to sanctify the mind and to detach it from material things, and it does so in such a way, that after entering this heavenly harbor, a man, for most of his earthly life, is enraptured, like someone already in heaven, and he is lifted up to the contemplation of God.

====Climbing monks====
Below the victorious monk, there are other monks at various stages of ascent. Some stand on the ladder firmly, and are about to rise to the next rung. Others, however, are barely retaining their hold, as they are drawn by demons.

One of the monks has fallen off the ladder and is being swallowed by a dragon with wide open jaws.

====Demons====
The demons are flying at the ladder. The demons are depicted in order to remind the observer that they exist. Such evil spiritual beings, act upon us through mental suggestion and assaults. Their tails symbolize their fallen state, their animalistic state.

The demons also symbolize various [[sin]]s. Saint John's book minutely analyzes the nature of the passions of [[pride]], gluttony, lust, anger, despondency, malice, and so on.

====Dragon====
The dragon is used as a symbol of [[Hell]].

====Angels====
Angels are viewed as real beings.

The angels also symbolize positive qualities, [[virtues]], the opposites of the "passions," humility, temperance, chastity, gentleness, hope, love, etc.

==External links==
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/ladder.aspx ''The Ladder of Divine Ascent''] from ''Orthodox Tradition'', Vol. XII, No. 4, pp. 60-63.
*[http://lent.goarch.org/saint_john_climacus/learn/ The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Feast of our Righteous Father John (Climacus) of Sinai, Author of The Ladder of Divine Ascent] ([[GOARCH]])

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Prayer book

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A '''prayer book''' in the [[Orthodox Church]] is a book of [[prayer]]s, usually designed for private devotional use by [[laity]].

== History ==
Before the advent of printing, prayer books were written by hand and were often richly decorated with initials and miniature illustrations telling stories in the lives of [[Christ]] or the [[saint]]s, or stories from the [[Bible]]. Because of the cost involved, such prayer books were usually only used by [[clergy]], [[monk|monastics]], or the wealthy.

With the advent of printing, prayer books became accessible to the average laymen and have been an important aspect of Orthodox [[piety]] ever since.

== Prayer books currently available in English ==
*The ''Prayer Book'' of [http://www.jordanville.org/ Holy Trinity Monastery], Jordanville, NY: generally considered the standard Russian-style prayer book in English, it uses the ''Psalter According to the Seventy'' produced by [[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Transfiguration Monastery]] and King James Version "Victorian English" for all prayers. Contents include full Morning and Evening Prayers, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, excerpts from Matins and Vespers, multiple troparia and kontakia, akathists and supplicatory canons to Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos, canons of the Guardian Angel and of Repentance, communion prayers, instructional materials and more. There is also a reprint of the original 1960 Jordanville ''Prayer Book'', translated by the late Archimandrite [[Lazarus (Moore)]], available. ISBN 088465074X ISBN 978-0884-65074-4

*''A Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians'' (published by [http://www.thehtm.org/ Holy Transfiguration Monastery], Brookline, MA): comparable to the Jordanville ''Prayer Book'', but follows Greek usage as found in common ''Proseuchetarion''; contains Morning Prayers and Prayers at Mealtime, the services of Small Compline, Vespers, Matins, and the Divine Liturgy, together with the principle hymns of the feasts of the year, and the complete Service of Pascha. Also included are the Akathists to our Sweet Lord Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos, a supplicatory canon to our Lord Jesus Christ, both the Small and Great Supplicatory Canons to the Most Holy Theotokos, a supplicatory canon to the Guardian Angel, and the Communion Prayers. ISBN 0943405017 ISBN 978-0943405018

*''An Orthodox Prayer Book'', Second Edition, by Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash), published by Nigel Lynn Publishing on behalf of the [http://www.thyateira.org.uk Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain;]bilingual Greek/modern English edition following the settings of Greek morning prayers, evening prayers and small [[Compline]] as found in the ''Synekdemos''. This translation is harmonious with the Oxford University Press edition of the ''Divine Liturgy'' (published with the blessing of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]) and with the wide range of liturgical material published on Fr Ephrem's [http://anastasis.org.uk web-site]. Copies are available at the office of the Archdiocese of Thyateira.

*''The Old Orthodox Prayer Book'', or as it is commonly referred to, "The [[Old Believers|Old Believer]] Prayer Book": This prayer book has a lot of useful instructional material, and a lot of services that are set up such that they can be done as reader services (such as a [[Moleben]]). It also has the [[Church Slavonic|Slavonic]] text and the English text on facing pages. The disadvantage to it is the Slavonic text is not the standard text used by the Church (being the Old Rite) and so it differs in wording and often in structure. Nevertheless, it is quite useful. This prayer book was produced for use by the Old Rite community in Erie, Pennsylvania (ROCOR).

*[[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's]] ''Orthodox Prayer book'' (Slavonic/English Edition): This prayer book, sometimes called the "SVIT prayer book" after its original publisher, is a bilingual edition comparable to the Jordanville ''Prayer Book'', except it uses an obsolete English translation from the first edition produced in 1959.

*[http://www.antiochian.org/orthodox-prayers ''The Pocket Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians''], published by the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Archdiocese]], is a popular, but more abbreviated version of the Prayer Book, though it contains some prayers not typically included in other prayer books.

*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/liturgical_texts/daily_prayers.asp ''Daily Prayer for Orthodox Christians''], by Fr. N. Michael Vaporis, originally published in 1986 and recently reprinted by Holy Cross Orthodox Press (a publishing arm of the [http://www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]), is a bilingual Greek/modern English prayer book containing selections from ''The Synekdemos'', including Morning and Evening Prayers, Small Compline, the Service of Preparation for Holy Communion and Thanksgiving Following Holy Communion. Found online [http://www.gulforthodoxchurch.org/E/services/Daily%20Prayers%20for%20Orthodox%20Christians.pdf here].

*''A Prayer Book: An Anthology of Orthodox Prayers'', by Fr. Peter A. Chamberas, is a bilingual Greek and modern English prayer book published by [http://www.alexanderpress.com Alexander Press] containing Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Midnight prayers, plus 50 pages of prayers for various needs.

*''My Prayer Book'', published in 2003 by the Attendants of Hieromonk Spyridon of [http://orthodoxwiki.org/New_Skete_(Athos) New Skete], Mount Athos, Greece, is a modern English translation of common Greek Orthodox prayers found in many ''Proseuchetarion''. The text is available online [http://www.phys.uoa.gr/~nektar/orthodoxy/prayers/prayer_book_english.htm here].

*''Orthodox Prayer Book'', published by [http://www.oca.org/DIRlisting.asp?SID=9&KEY=oca-we-boupvm Holy Protection Monastery] in Lake George, Colorado, is a modern English prayer book containing the common morning and evening prayers used in the Russian tradition, plus prayers for loved ones and various needs, Canons to Our Guardian Angel and for Repentance, Paraklesis to the Theotokos, and prayers before and after Holy Communion.

*''Orthodox Christian Prayerbook'', published by the [http://www.ocpm-scoba.org/ Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry], is an adaptation of the Book of Hours, or ''Horologion'', for use by the laity. It contains Vespers, Small Compline, the Midnight Office, Daily Matins and First Hour, Third Hour, Sixth Hour and Typica, and the Ninth Hour arranged for use without clergy. The translation used is a modern English revision of the texts used by the [http://www.antiochian.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America].

*''Orthodox Prayers for Everyday'' is another adaptation of the Hours for use by the laity throughout the day. Complied and translated by Maureen Girard and published by [http://www.reginaorthodoxpress.com/index.html Regina Orthodox Press], it also contains the Paschal Hours, Morning Prayers, Prayers Before Sleep, and Prayers Before Holy Communion. The translation used is a unique mix of old and modern English.

*''A Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayers'', published by [http://www.svspress.com/ St. Vladmir's Seminary Press], is for use by the laity. It contains Morning and Evening Prayers, Prayers for Different Occasions, Anthems and Hymns of the Greater Feasts and Saints' Days, the Slavonic and Greek Order of Confession, Prayers Before and After Holy Communion, and a Church calendar.

*''Come To Me'', published by Christ the Saviour Seminary Press in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is a publication of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]]. It contains Morning and Evening Prayers, Prayers for Different Occasions, the diocesan text of the Divine Liturgy, the full text of Troparion/Kontakion and Prokeimenon of each Sunday, Special Hymns, the Order for Confession, and Prayers Before and After Holy Communion. The book also contains a number of instructional and catechetical articles on Confession and Communion, Reading the Bible, living an Orthodox life, as well as meditations on Holy Communion.

*''Prayer Book in Accordance with the Tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church'', published by [http://www.allsaintsofalaska.ca/index.php/the-orthodox-prayer-book All Saints of Alaska Orthodox Church], an OCA parish in Victoria, British Columbia, contains modified morning and evening prayers derived from the Russian tradition, along with various troparia and kontakia, preparation prayers for Holy Communion and Confession, akathists to Our Lord and the Theotokos, occassional prayers, and third/sixth hours and typika service for when one is absent from the Divine Liturgy. It also contains almost a hundred pages of quotes from the Holy Fathers on prayer. The translation is a mix of old and contemporary English.

*''Orthodox Daily Prayers'', second edition, by [http://stspress.com/ St. Tikhon's Seminary Press] is a revised version of their original prayer book published in 1982. It contains Morning Prayers and Prayers Before Sleep, prayers during the day, commemoration of the living and the dead, small compline, canons to our Guardian Angel, the Theotokos, of repentance, and of preparation for Holy Communion, as well as prayers before and after Communion. All arrangements follow the traditional Russian usage, and the translation used is the "Revised Liturgical English" used in most recent liturgical publications of St. Tikhon's Press. In 2012, a hardcover reprint of the original 1982 edition of Orthodox Daily Prayers was released by STS.

* The ''Prayer Book'', third edition, of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]] is a bilingual Ukrainian/modern English prayerbook comparable in scope to Holy Trinity Monastery's edition; contains morning, daytime and evening prayers, prayers and preparations for Confession and Holy Communion, the services of Great Vespers and Matins, the Divine Liturgy with prayers following communion, hymns from the Great Feasts, plus supplementary material for litia, molebens, and more. Hardbound with three sewn-in ribbons, it is available at [http://www.uocofusa.org/store.html St. Andrew Bookstore], South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

* ''Divine Liturgy - Prayers - Catechism'', third edition, published by the St. Sava Seminary Fund, is a bilingual Serbian / old English prayer book published with the blessing of Bishop [[Longin (Krco) of America and Canada]] of the New Gracanica Metropolitanate. With over 690 pages, this hardcover publication with marker ribbon contains the text of the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom with extensive commentary, festal troparia, kontakia and antiphons, short morning and evening prayers, prayers for various needs, lengthy catechetical material, and more.

* [http://orthodoxgoods.com/hoursofprayer.html ''The Hours of Prayer - A Book of Devotion''], prepared by Priestmonk Leonty and the Orthodox Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]], is a modern English translation of the hours for private use by the laity. Along with the midnight office, matins, vespers, compline, 1st / 3rd / 9th hours and the Paschal hours, included are troparia and kontakia of Sundays, weekdays, feasts, Triodian and Pentecostarion, as well as the Typica service, morning and evening prayers, akathists to Our Savior and the Mother of God, and prayers before and after communion.

*''Orthodox Prayerbook: A Collection of Prayers in the OCA Tradition'', second revised edition, prepared and published by [http://www.saintherman.net/ St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church] in Langley, British Columbia, is a modern English prayer book containing Russian-style morning and evening prayers, weekly and festal troparia and kontakia, a supplicatory service to the Theotokos, prayers before and after communion, five akathist hymns and more. The first edition is available online [http://www.ecuad.ca/sites/www.ecuad.ca/files/users/1754/work/50363/prayer-book-2010.pdf here].

*''A Manual of the Hours of the Orthodox Church'', by Archimandrite Cherubim of the Monastery of the Paraclete in Attica, Greece, is an abbreviated form of the hours (vespers, compline, midnight service, matins, 1st/3rd /6th/9th hours) for convenient daily use by the laity. This spiralbound pocket prayer book was translated into modern English by [http://holymyrrhbearers.com/ Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery] in Otego, New York, a convent of the [http://holymyrrhbearers.com/ Orthodox Church in America].

*''A Manual of Occasional Prayers'', prepared and published by [http://holymyrrhbearers.com/ Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery] in Otego, New York, is a pocket prayer book containing modern English translations of morning and evening prayers (following the Russian tradition), prayers for the living and departed, prayers for the sick, the suffering, those traveling, prayers of thanksgiving and many more occasional prayers for special needs.

* ''An Orthodox Prayer Book'', edited by Fr. Michael Monos and published by [http://www.newromepress.com/ Newrome Press], is based on the ''Prayer Book'' published by New Skete on Mount Athos (see above), with emendations and additions, as well as the ''Prayer Book'' of Archimandrite Ephrem Lash (also see above). Available in both hard and softcover editions, the modern English text includes Morning Prayers, the Service of Vespers, Small Compline, the Salutations to the Theotokos, Small Paraklesis, Prayers Before Meals, the Paschal Hours, the Lesser Hours, the Midnight Office, the Service of Preparation for Holy Communion, the Prayers of Thanksgiving After Holy Communion, the Prayer of the Heart, Occasional Prayers, the Fasting Periods of the Church and a Paschalion through 2026.

== Sources ==

*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/prayerbks.aspx A Listing of Suggested Prayer Books. Orthodoxinfo.com]

== External links==
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/library.htm Practical Tips on how to Build a Liturgical Library]
*[http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm The Old (Fr. Lazarus Moore) Jordanville Prayer Book, Online]
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_prayer.aspx Prayer, Orthodoxinfo.com]
*[http://www.phys.uoa.gr/~nektar/orthodoxy/prayers/prayer_book_english.htm Prayer Book] by the Cell Attendants of Priestmonk Spyridon of New Skete, Mount Athos
*[http://www.gulforthodoxchurch.org/E/services/Daily%20Prayers%20for%20Orthodox%20Christians.pdf Daily Prayers for Orthodox Christians] by Fr. N. Michael Vaporis
*[http://www.synodinresistance.org/Publications_el/4b6002Proseyxhtari.pdf Small Prayer Book] (Greek)
*[http://www.aleksandrslibrary.com/uploads/8/0/0/6/800691/my_orthodox_prayer_book.pdf My Orthodox Prayer Book], prepared by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa
*[http://www.orthodoxprayer.org/Articles_files/Sveshnikov-Morning%20&%20Eve%20prayer.pdf Morning and Evening Prayer Rules in the Russian Orthodox Tradition], by Fr. Sergei Sveshnikov
*[http://www.ecuad.ca/sites/www.ecuad.ca/files/users/1754/work/50363/prayer-book-2010.pdf Orthodox Prayerbook: A Collection of Prayers in the OCA Tradition] (first edition), compiled by St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church, Langley, B.C., Canada
*[http://www.gometropolis.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Prayer-Book.pdf Greek / English Prayer Book] of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto, Canada (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
*[http://www.denver.goarch.org/metropolis/clergy_laity_assembly/materials/Daily%20Prayers_Color.pdf Daily Prayers] of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver, CO (Ecumenical Patriarchate)

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User:Frankdancer

2013-02-07T04:22:50Z

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3rd Year Student in St. Stephens Orthodox Course

Forgiveness Sunday

2013-02-05T07:36:03Z

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[[Image:Expulsion from Eden.JPG|frame|right|Expulsion from Eden]]
'''Forgiveness Sunday''', also called '''[[Cheesefare Week|Cheesefare]] Sunday''', is the final day of [[Lenten Triodion|pre-Lent]]. It is the [[Sunday]] after [[Meatfare Sunday]] and the Sunday before the [[Sunday of Orthodoxy]].

==Significance of the day==

On this last Sunday before [[Great Lent]], the last day that traditionally Orthodox Christians eat dairy products until [[Easter]], the Church remembers the expulsion of [[Adam and Eve]] from Paradise. [[God]] commanded them to [[fast]] from the fruit of a tree (Gen. 2:16), but they did not obey. In this way Adam and Eve and their descendants became heirs of death and corruption.

On Forgiveness Sunday many attend [[Vespers#Special_Forms|Forgiveness Vespers]] on the eve of Great Lent. They hear on the Lord's teaching about fasting and forgiveness and enter the season of the fast forgiving one another so that God will forgive them. ''If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses'' ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 6:14).

The [[Gospel]] reading of the day also gives advice on fasting. ''Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.'' (Matthew 6:16-18).

==The Rite of Forgiveness==
After the dismissal at Vespers, the priest stands beside the [[analogion]], or before the [[ambon]], and the faithful come up one by one and [[venerate]] the [[icon]], after which each makes a [[prostration]] before the priest, saying, "Forgive me, a sinner." The priest also makes a prostration before each, saying, "God forgives. Forgive me." The person responds, "God forgives," and receives a blessing from the priest. Meanwhile the choir sings quietly the [[irmos|irmoi]] of the Paschal Canon, or else the Paschal Stichera. After receiving the priest's blessing, the faithful also ask forgiveness of each other.

==Hymns==
[[Kontakion]] (Tone 6)
:Master, Teacher of wisdom,
:Bestower of virtue,
:You teach the thoughtless and protect the poor:
:Strengthen and enlighten my heart.
:Word of the Father,
:Let me not restrain my mouth from crying to you:
:Have mercy on me, a transgressor,
:O merciful Lord!

==See also==
*[[Cheesefare Week]]
*[[Lenten Triodion]]

==External links==
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=7 Sunday of Cheesefare Expulsion of Adam from Paradise] from [[OCA]] website
* [http://www.orthodox.net/questions/forgiveness_sunday_1.html Questions on Forgiveness Sunday] from the parish website of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church of Dallas, Texas ([[ROCOR]])
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/forgivenesssunday.html Forgiveness Sunday] by [[Protopresbyter]] [[Alexander Schmemann]]
* [http://lent.goarch.org/forgiveness/learn/ Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare Sunday)] from [[GOARCH]] website
* [http://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints_view?contentid=1002&PCode=CHEESES&D=S&date=3/17/2013 Forgiveness Sunday] from GOARCH website
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/forgivenessvespers_horologion.doc Forgiveness Vespers Horologion Text (DOC)]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/rub/forgivenessvespers.htm Variable Portions of Forgiveness Vespers for the current year] (Old Calendar)

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[[Category:Liturgics]]

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[[mk:Сиропусна недела]]
[[ro:Duminica Izgonirii lui Adam din Rai]]

Nativity icon

2012-12-21T19:38:22Z

Magda: added external links

[[Image:Nativity htm.jpg|frame|right|[[Nativity]] of Christ Icon]]
The traditional '''[[icon]]''' style of the '''[[Nativity|Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ]]''' is from the 15th century and attributed to Saint [[Andrei Rublev]].{{fact}} It depicts the Creator of the universe entering history as a newborn babe. The icon of the Nativity also shows the effect of this event on the natural life of the world.

==Design==
The background is an inhospitable world, the world since the expulsion from [[Paradise]]. In the center of the icon are [[Theotokos|Mary]], the central and disproportionately large figure, resting in a cave, and [[Jesus]] as a baby in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes. Around the icon is much that deals with the [[Incarnation]] of Christ, explained below.

==Theology==
The icon has much symbolism. The helpless figure in swaddling clothes represents the complete submission of Christ to the physical conditions governing the human race.

The earth provides Him with a cave. The animals watch Him in silent wonder and humanity offer him one of its own, the Virgin Mother. The manger is like a casket and His swaddling clothes are very much like the grave clothes.

===Star===
The sky salutes Him with a star, the light of wisdom. This is a sign that Christ came for everyone: "For by it, those who worshiped the stars, were taught by a star to adore Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, the Orient on high" (from the [[troparion]] of Christmas). Some icons have three rays from the star, representing the Holy [[Trinity]].

The [[Magi]] and the shepherds bring their gifts, also a sign that Christ came for everyone.

The women on the bottom right are midwives. This indicates that Jesus was born in the normal way and would have needed washing, as a regular human baby would.

===[[Old Testament]] prophecy===
Below the center are a tree, an ox, and an ass. The tree is the "Jesse Tree" from [[prophecy]], which says that a shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse (the father of King [[David]]): "A shoot shall sprout from the stump (tree) of Jesse and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him" ([[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 11:1-2). The ox and the ass are also from an Old Testament prophecy: "The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib" (Isaiah 1:3). Sometimes they are shown near the Christ child, providing warmth from their breath.

===Joseph===
The [[Righteous]] [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] is depicted away from Jesus and the Theotokos, off to the bottom left. This is because he was not involved in the [[miracle]] of the Incarnation of the Son of God, but he was the protector of Mary and Jesus. The old man speaking to him represents the devil bringing new doubts to Joseph. The devil suggests that if the infant were truly divine He would not have been born in the human way. (This argument, assuming different forms, keeps on reappearing through the whole history of the Church. It is the basis of many [[heresy|heresies]].) In the person of Joseph, the icon discloses not only his personal drama, but the drama of all mankind, the difficulty of accepting that which is beyond reason, the Incarnation of God.

===Mary===
Mary in the center, from her reclining position, looks at Joseph as if trying to overcome his doubts and temptations. She is not the most important figure in the icon, but the most dominant. Sometime she is depicted kneeling, still concerned.

===Angels===
The [[angels]] are glorifying God, tending to the action, and ministering: announcing the [[Gospel|Good News]] to the shepherds, or singing. To the right, a young shepherd sits, wearing a wreath and playing his flute, showing the joy of the Good News.

==External links==
*[http://goarch.org/special/advent/listen_learn_share/nativity/index_html Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Icon of the Nativity] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.antiochian.org/icons-explained-nativity The Nativity Icon Explained] ([[AOCA]])
*[http://iconreader.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/the-nativity-icon/ The Nativity Icon]

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[[fr:Icône de la Nativité]]

List of Patriarchs

2012-12-17T15:47:57Z

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The following is a list of the names and titles of the current presiding [[patriarch]]s, [[metropolitan]]s, and [[archbishop]]s ([[primate]]s) of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches:

==Autocephalous Churches==
*His All-Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] and All Africa
*His Beatitude [[John X (Yazigi) of Antioch|John X]], Patriarch of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]] and All the East
*His Beatitude [[Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem|Theophilus III]], Patriarch of the Holy City of [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem and All Palestine]]
*His Beatitude [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill]], Patriarch of [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All Russia]],
*His Holiness [[Ilia II (Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Georgia|Ilia II]], Catholicos-Patriarch of [[Church of Georgia|All Georgia]], Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi
*His Holiness [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Irinej (Gavrilovic)]], Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Patriarch of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]
*His Beatitude, [[Daniel (Ciobotea) of Romania|Daniel]], Patriarch of [[Church of Romania|All Romania]], Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Archbishop of Bucharest

*His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos II (Demetriou) of New Justiniana|Chrysostomos II]], Archbishop of New Justiniana and [[Church of Cyprus|All Cyprus]]
*His Beatitude [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II]], Archbishop of Athens and [[Church of Greece|All Greece]]
*His Beatitude [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios]], Archbishop of Tirana and [[Church of Albania|All Albania]]
*His Beatitude [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], Metropolitan of Warsaw and [[Church of Poland|All Poland]]
*His Beatitude [[Christopher (Pulets) of Prague|Christopher]], Archbishop of Prague, Metropolitan of the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Czech Lands and Slovakia]]
*His Beatitude [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of [[Orthodox Church in America|All America and Canada]]

==Autonomous Churches==
*His Beatitude Damianos, Archbishop of [[Church of Sinai|Sinai]] and Raithu
*His Beatitude [[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]], Archbishop of Karelia and [[Church of Finland|All Finland]]
*His Eminence [[Stephanos (Charalambides) of Tallinn|Stephanos]], Metropolitan of Tallinn and [[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|All Estonia]]
*His Beatitude [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel]], Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of [[Church of Japan|All Japan]]
*His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr]], Metropolitan of Kiev and [[Church of Ukraine|All Ukraine]]

==See also==
*[[List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Antioch]]
*[[List of primates of Russia]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Serbia]]
*[[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
*[[List of Coptic Popes]]

==Source==
*List taken from [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/ Orthodox Research Institute]

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List of Patriarchs of Antioch

2012-12-17T15:45:31Z

Magda: /* List of Primates of Antioch */ Many years

The '''Patriarch of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]]''' is one of the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[patriarch]]s, sometimes called the ''Greek Patriarch of Antioch'' to distinguish from the primate of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syriac Orthodox Church]].

==List of Primates of Antioch==
#St. [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] the [[Apostle]] (c.45-c.53)
#St. [[Euodios of Antioch|Euodios]] (c.53-c.68)
#St. [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius I]] (c.68-100) 
#[[Eros I of Antioch|Eros I]] (100-c.127)
#[[Cornelius of Antioch|Cornelius]] (c.127-c.151)
#[[Eros II of Antioch|Eros II]] (c.151-c.169)
#[[Theophilus of Antioch|Theophilus]] (c.169-182)
#[[Maximinos I of Antioch|Maximinos I]] (182-191)
#[[Serapion of Antioch|Serapion]] (191-211)
#[[Ascelpiades of Antioch|Ascelpiades]] 211-220)
#[[Philetos of Antioch|Philetos]] (220-231)
#[[Zebinnus of Antioch|Zebinnus Ozniophios]] (231-237)
#St. [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]] (237-253) 
#[[Fabios of Antioch|Fabios]] (253-256)
#[[Demetrianos of Antioch|Demetrianos]] (256-262)
#[[Amphilokhos of Antioch|Amphilokhos]] (262-267)
#[[Paul of Samosata]] (267-270)
#[[Domnus I of Antioch|Domnus I]] (270-273)
#[[Timaeos of Antioch|Timaeos]] (273-277)
#[[Cyril of Antioch|Cyril]] (277-299)
#[[Tyrannos of Antioch|Tyrannos]] (299-308)
#[[Vitalius I of Antioch|Vitalius I]] (308-314)
#St. [[Philogonius of Antioch|Philogonius]] (314-324) 
#[[Paulinus of Tyre]] (324-325)
#St. [[Eustathius of Antioch|Eustathius]] (325-332) 
#[[Eulalios of Antioch|Eulalios]] (332)
#[[Euphronios of Antioch|Euphronios]] (333-334)
#[[Philaclus of Antioch|Philaclus]] (334-341)
#[[Stephen I of Antioch|Stephen I]] (341-345)
#[[Leontius of Antioch|Leontius]] (345-350)
#[[Eudoxius of Antioch|Eudoxius]] (350-354, 354-357)
#St. [[Meletius of Antioch|Meletius]] (354) 
#[[Annias of Antioch|Annias]] or ''Ammianus'' (357-360)
#[[Euzoius of Antioch|Euzoius]] (360-370)
#[[Dorotheus of Antioch|Dorotheus]] (370-371)
#[[Paulinus of Antioch|Paulinus]] (371-376)
#[[Vitalius II of Antioch|Vitalius II]] (376-384)
#St. [[Flavian I of Antioch|Flavian I]] (384-404) 
#[[Porphyrius of Antioch|Porphyrius]] (404-408)
#[[Alexander I of Antioch|Alexander I]] (408-418)
#[[Theodotus of Antioch|Theodotus]] (418-428)
#[[John I of Antioch|John I]] (427-443)
#[[Domnus II of Antioch|Domnus II]] (443-450)
#[[Maximus II of Antioch|Maximus II]] (450-455) '''The episcopacy of Antioch was raised to a Patriarchate by the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451.'''
#[[Basil of Antioch|Basil]] (455-459)
#[[Acacius of Antioch|Acacius]] (459-461)
#[[Martyrius of Antioch|Martyrius]] (461-469)
#[[Peter Fullo of Antioch|Peter the Fuller]] (469-471, 476-476, 485-488)
#[[Julian of Antioch|Julian]] (471-476)
#[[John II of Antioch|John II]] (476-477)
#[[Stephen II of Antioch|Stephen II]] (477-479)
#[[Callandion of Antioch|Callandion]] (479-485)
#[[Palladius of Antioch|Palladius]] (488-498)
#[[Flavian II of Antioch|Flavian II]] (498-512)
#[[Severus of Antioch|Severus]] (512-518) In 518, Severus, a non-Chalcedonian, was [[deposition|deposed]] by the [[Church of Antioch]]. While in exile in Egypt, he was recognized by many Syriac Christians as the lawful Patriarch until his death in 538. In 544, Jacob Baradeus, a non-Chalcedonian, consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of what became called the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syrian Orthodox Church]]. To the year 544, both those who became the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of Antioch recognized the same bishops as legitimate patriarchs, afterwards, they trace different lineages. From 1100 to 1268, a Latin Patriarch of Antioch also existed.
#[[Paul II of Antioch|Paul II]] (518-521)
#[[Euphrasius of Antioch|Euphrasius]] (521-526)
#St. [[Ephraim of Antioch|Ephraim]] (526-546) 
#[[Domnus III of Antioch|Domnus III]] (546-561)
#St. [[Anastasius I of Antioch|Anastasius the Sinaite]] (561-571)
#[[Gregory of Antioch|Gregory]] (571-594) St. Anastasius the Sinaite (594-599)
#St. [[Anastasius II of Antioch|Anastasius II]] (599-610) 
#[[Gregory II of Antioch|Gregory II]] (610-620)
#[[Anastasius III of Antioch|Anastasius III]] (620-628)
#[[Macedonius of Antioch|Macedonius]] (628-640)
#[[George I of Antioch|George I]] (640-656)
#[[Macarius of Antioch|Macarius]] (656-681)
#[[Theophanes of Antioch|Theophanes]] (681-687)
#[[Sebastian of Antioch|Sebastian]] (687-690)
#[[George II of Antioch|George II]] (690-695)
#[[Alexander II of Antioch|Alexander II]] (695-702) ''vacancy'' 702-742
#[[Stephen IV of Antioch|Stephen IV]] (742-748)
#[[Theophylact of Antioch|Theophylact]] (748-767)
#[[Theodore I of Antioch|Theodore I]] (767-797)
#[[John IV of Antioch|John IV]] (797-810)
#[[Job I of Antioch|Job I]] (810-826)
#[[Nicholas of Antioch|Nicholas]] (826-834)
#[[Simeon of Antioch|Simeon]] (834-840)
#[[Elias of Antioch|Elias]] (840-852)
#[[Theodosius I of Antioch|Theodosius I]] (852-860)
#[[Nicholas II of Antioch|Nicholas II]] (860-879)
#[[Michae of Antioch|Michael]] (879-890)
#[[Zacharias of Antioch|Zacharias]] (890-902)
#[[George III of Antioch|George III]] (902-917)
#[[Job II of Antioch|Job II]] (917-939)
#[[Eustratius of Antioch|Eustratius]] (939-960)
#[[Christopher of Antioch|Christopher]] (960-966)
#[[Theodorus II of Antioch|Theodorus II]] (966-977)
#[[Agapius of Antioch|Agapius]] (977-995)
#[[John IV of Antioch|John IV]] (995-1000)
#[[Nicholas III of Antioch|Nicholas III]] (1000-1003)
#[[Elias II of Antioch|Elias II]] (1003-1010)
#[[George Lascaris]] (1010-1015)
#[[Macarius the Virtuous]] (1015-1023)
#[[Eleutherius of Antioch|Eleutherius]] (1023-1028)
#[[Peter III of Antioch|Peter III]] (1028-1051)
#[[John VI of Antioch|John VI]], also known as ''Dionysus'' (1051-1062)
#[[Aemilian of Antioch|Aemilian]] (1062-1075)
#[[Theodosius II of Antioch|Theodosius II]] (1075-1084)
#[[Nicephorus of Antioch|Nicephorus]] (1084-1090)
#[[John VII the Oxite|John VII]] ''the Oxite'' (1090-1155)
#[[John IX of Antioch|John IX]] (1155-1159)
#[[Euthymius of Antioch|Euthymius]] (1159-1164)
#[[Macarius II of Antioch|Macarius II]] (1164-1166)
#[[Athanasius I of Antioch|Athanasius I]] (1166-1180)
#[[Theodosius III I of Antioch|Theodosius III]] (1180-1182)
#[[Elias III of Antioch|Elias III]] (1182-1184)
#[[Christopher II of Antioch|Christopher II]] (1184-1185)
#[[Theodore IV of Antioch|Theodore IV (Balsamon)]] (1185-1199) The Patriarchate was in exile at Constantinople.
#[[Joachim of Antioch|Joachim]] (1199-1219)
#[[Dorotheus of Antioch|Dorotheus]] (1219-1245)
#[[Simeon II of Antioch|Simeon II]] (1245-1268)
#[[Euthymius II of Antioch|Euthymius II]] (1268-1269)
#[[Theodosius IV of Antioch|Theodosius IV]] (1269-1276) With Theodosius, the Patriachate returned to Antioch.
#[[Theodosius V of Antioch|Theodosius V]] (1276-1285)
#[[Arsenius of Antioch|Arsenius]] (1285-1293)
#[[Dionysius of Antioch|Dionysius]] (1293-1308)
#[[Mark of Antioch|Mark]] (1308-1342)
#[[Ignatius II of Antioch|Ignatius II]] (1342-1386) With Ignatius, the Patriachate transferred to Damascus.
#[[Pachomius of Antioch|Pachomius]] (1386-1393)
#[[Nilus of Antioch|Nilus]] (1393-1401)
#[[Michael III of Antioch|Michael III]] (1401-1410)
#[[Pachomius II of Antioch|Pachomius II]] (1410-1411)
#[[Joachim II of Antioch|Joachim II]] (1411-1426)
#[[Mark III of Antioch|Mark III]] (1426-1436)
#[[Dorotheus II of Antioch|Dorotheus II]] (1436-1454)
#[[Michael IV of Antioch|Michael IV]] (1454-1476)
#[[Mark IV of Antioch|Mark IV]] (1476)
#[[Joachim III of Antioch|Joachim III]] (1476-1483)
#[[Gregory III of Antioch|Gregory III]] (1483-1497)
#[[Dorotheus III of Antioch|Dorotheus III]] (1497-1523)
#[[Michael V of Antioch|Michael V]] (1523-1541)
#[[Dorotheus IV of Antioch|Dorotheus IV]] (1541-1543)
#[[Joachim IV (Ibn Juma) of Antioch|Joachim IV (Ibn Juma)]] (1543-1576)
#[[Michael VI (Sabbagh) of Antioch|Michael VI (Sabbagh)]] (1577-1581)
#[[Joachim V of Antioch|Joachim V]] (1581-1592)
#[[Joachim VI of Antioch|Joachim VI]] (1593-1604)
#[[Dorotheus V of Antioch|Dorotheus V]] (1604-1611)
#[[Athanasius II Dabbas of Antioch|Athanasius II (Dabbas)]] (1611-1619)
#[[Ignatius III Atiyah of Antioch|Ignatius III (Attiyah)]] (1619-1634)
#[[Euthymius III Karmah|Euthymius III]] (1634-1635)
#[[Euthymius IV of Chios|Euthymius IV]] (1635-1647)
#[[Macarius III (Zaim) of Antioch|Macarius III (Zaim)]] (1647-1672)
#[[Neophytos of Chios|Neophytos]] (1673-1682)
#[[Athanasius III Dabbas of Antioch|Athanasius III (Dabbas)]] (1686-1694, 1720-1724)
#[[Cyril III Zaim of Antioch|Cyril III (Zaim)]] (1694-1720)
#[[Sylvester of Antioch|Sylvester]] (1724-1766)
#[[Philemon of Antioch|Philemon]] (1766-1767)
#[[Daniel of Antioch|Daniel]] (1767-1791)
#[[Euthymius V of Antioch|Euthymius V]] (1792-1813)
#[[Seraphim of Antioch|Seraphim]] (1813-1823)
#[[Methodius of Antioch|Methodius]] (1843-1859)
#[[Hierotheos of Antioch|Hierotheos]] (1850-1885)
#[[Gerasimus of Jerusalem|Gerasimus]] (1885-1891)
#[[Spyridon of Antioch|Spyridon]] (1892-1898)
#[[Meletius II (Doumani) of Antioch|Meletius II (Doumani)]] (1899-1906)
#[[Gregory IV (Haddad) of Antioch|Gregory IV (Haddad)]] (1906-1928)
#[[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch|Alexander III (Tahan)]] (1928-1958)
#[[Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) of Antioch|Theodosius VI (Abourjaily)]] (1958-1970)
#[[Elias IV (Muawad) of Antioch|Elias IV (Muawad)]] (1970-1979)
#[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV (Hazim)]] (1979-2012)
#[[John X (Yazigi) of Antioch|John X (Yazigi)]] (2012-present)

==See also==
*[[List of Patriarchs]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

==External links==
*[http://antiochpat.org/english/sitefiles/viewcontent.php?content=%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0_%241%24cY2fEC.3%242X4rjsf3DqIjEbC53bz6R/_%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0b56a92baa0ee987eb7f7e4a179b60efb&id=1&cat=%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj1_%241%24pCxQHS8F%24GHaBW0fpsqpxYoSn4BE0M/_%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj150102e124822220aaa78a8e3b2ccba34&catid=3&contentname=Historical%20Overview&catname=Other%20Contents Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East: Historical Overview] ([[Church of Antioch]])
*[http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/ignpatriarchs.htm Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch] from the site of St. John of Damascus Faculty of Theology, University of Balamand
*[http://www.antiochian.org/667 Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch (Orthodox Succession)] ([[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]])
*[[:Wikipedia:List of Patriarchs of Antioch|List of Patriarchs of Antioch (Wikipedia)]] (37-546)
*[[:Wikipedia:List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|List of Patriarchs of Antioch (Wikipedia)]] (518-present)

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The '''Patriarch of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]]''' is one of the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[patriarch]]s, sometimes called the ''Greek Patriarch of Antioch'' to distinguish from the primate of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syriac Orthodox Church]].

==List of Primates of Antioch==
#St. [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] the [[Apostle]] (c.45-c.53)
#St. [[Euodios of Antioch|Euodios]] (c.53-c.68)
#St. [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius I]] (c.68-100) 
#[[Eros I of Antioch|Eros I]] (100-c.127)
#[[Cornelius of Antioch|Cornelius]] (c.127-c.151)
#[[Eros II of Antioch|Eros II]] (c.151-c.169)
#[[Theophilus of Antioch|Theophilus]] (c.169-182)
#[[Maximinos I of Antioch|Maximinos I]] (182-191)
#[[Serapion of Antioch|Serapion]] (191-211)
#[[Ascelpiades of Antioch|Ascelpiades]] 211-220)
#[[Philetos of Antioch|Philetos]] (220-231)
#[[Zebinnus of Antioch|Zebinnus Ozniophios]] (231-237)
#St. [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]] (237-253) 
#[[Fabios of Antioch|Fabios]] (253-256)
#[[Demetrianos of Antioch|Demetrianos]] (256-262)
#[[Amphilokhos of Antioch|Amphilokhos]] (262-267)
#[[Paul of Samosata]] (267-270)
#[[Domnus I of Antioch|Domnus I]] (270-273)
#[[Timaeos of Antioch|Timaeos]] (273-277)
#[[Cyril of Antioch|Cyril]] (277-299)
#[[Tyrannos of Antioch|Tyrannos]] (299-308)
#[[Vitalius I of Antioch|Vitalius I]] (308-314)
#St. [[Philogonius of Antioch|Philogonius]] (314-324) 
#[[Paulinus of Tyre]] (324-325)
#St. [[Eustathius of Antioch|Eustathius]] (325-332) 
#[[Eulalios of Antioch|Eulalios]] (332)
#[[Euphronios of Antioch|Euphronios]] (333-334)
#[[Philaclus of Antioch|Philaclus]] (334-341)
#[[Stephen I of Antioch|Stephen I]] (341-345)
#[[Leontius of Antioch|Leontius]] (345-350)
#[[Eudoxius of Antioch|Eudoxius]] (350-354, 354-357)
#St. [[Meletius of Antioch|Meletius]] (354) 
#[[Annias of Antioch|Annias]] or ''Ammianus'' (357-360)
#[[Euzoius of Antioch|Euzoius]] (360-370)
#[[Dorotheus of Antioch|Dorotheus]] (370-371)
#[[Paulinus of Antioch|Paulinus]] (371-376)
#[[Vitalius II of Antioch|Vitalius II]] (376-384)
#St. [[Flavian I of Antioch|Flavian I]] (384-404) 
#[[Porphyrius of Antioch|Porphyrius]] (404-408)
#[[Alexander I of Antioch|Alexander I]] (408-418)
#[[Theodotus of Antioch|Theodotus]] (418-428)
#[[John I of Antioch|John I]] (427-443)
#[[Domnus II of Antioch|Domnus II]] (443-450)
#[[Maximus II of Antioch|Maximus II]] (450-455) '''The episcopacy of Antioch was raised to a Patriarchate by the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451.'''
#[[Basil of Antioch|Basil]] (455-459)
#[[Acacius of Antioch|Acacius]] (459-461)
#[[Martyrius of Antioch|Martyrius]] (461-469)
#[[Peter Fullo of Antioch|Peter the Fuller]] (469-471, 476-476, 485-488)
#[[Julian of Antioch|Julian]] (471-476)
#[[John II of Antioch|John II]] (476-477)
#[[Stephen II of Antioch|Stephen II]] (477-479)
#[[Callandion of Antioch|Callandion]] (479-485)
#[[Palladius of Antioch|Palladius]] (488-498)
#[[Flavian II of Antioch|Flavian II]] (498-512)
#[[Severus of Antioch|Severus]] (512-518) In 518, Severus, a non-Chalcedonian, was [[deposition|deposed]] by the [[Church of Antioch]]. While in exile in Egypt, he was recognized by many Syriac Christians as the lawful Patriarch until his death in 538. In 544, Jacob Baradeus, a non-Chalcedonian, consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of what became called the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syrian Orthodox Church]]. To the year 544, both those who became the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of Antioch recognized the same bishops as legitimate patriarchs, afterwards, they trace different lineages. From 1100 to 1268, a Latin Patriarch of Antioch also existed.
#[[Paul II of Antioch|Paul II]] (518-521)
#[[Euphrasius of Antioch|Euphrasius]] (521-526)
#St. [[Ephraim of Antioch|Ephraim]] (526-546) 
#[[Domnus III of Antioch|Domnus III]] (546-561)
#St. [[Anastasius I of Antioch|Anastasius the Sinaite]] (561-571)
#[[Gregory of Antioch|Gregory]] (571-594) St. Anastasius the Sinaite (594-599)
#St. [[Anastasius II of Antioch|Anastasius II]] (599-610) 
#[[Gregory II of Antioch|Gregory II]] (610-620)
#[[Anastasius III of Antioch|Anastasius III]] (620-628)
#[[Macedonius of Antioch|Macedonius]] (628-640)
#[[George I of Antioch|George I]] (640-656)
#[[Macarius of Antioch|Macarius]] (656-681)
#[[Theophanes of Antioch|Theophanes]] (681-687)
#[[Sebastian of Antioch|Sebastian]] (687-690)
#[[George II of Antioch|George II]] (690-695)
#[[Alexander II of Antioch|Alexander II]] (695-702) ''vacancy'' 702-742
#[[Stephen IV of Antioch|Stephen IV]] (742-748)
#[[Theophylact of Antioch|Theophylact]] (748-767)
#[[Theodore I of Antioch|Theodore I]] (767-797)
#[[John IV of Antioch|John IV]] (797-810)
#[[Job I of Antioch|Job I]] (810-826)
#[[Nicholas of Antioch|Nicholas]] (826-834)
#[[Simeon of Antioch|Simeon]] (834-840)
#[[Elias of Antioch|Elias]] (840-852)
#[[Theodosius I of Antioch|Theodosius I]] (852-860)
#[[Nicholas II of Antioch|Nicholas II]] (860-879)
#[[Michae of Antioch|Michael]] (879-890)
#[[Zacharias of Antioch|Zacharias]] (890-902)
#[[George III of Antioch|George III]] (902-917)
#[[Job II of Antioch|Job II]] (917-939)
#[[Eustratius of Antioch|Eustratius]] (939-960)
#[[Christopher of Antioch|Christopher]] (960-966)
#[[Theodorus II of Antioch|Theodorus II]] (966-977)
#[[Agapius of Antioch|Agapius]] (977-995)
#[[John IV of Antioch|John IV]] (995-1000)
#[[Nicholas III of Antioch|Nicholas III]] (1000-1003)
#[[Elias II of Antioch|Elias II]] (1003-1010)
#[[George Lascaris]] (1010-1015)
#[[Macarius the Virtuous]] (1015-1023)
#[[Eleutherius of Antioch|Eleutherius]] (1023-1028)
#[[Peter III of Antioch|Peter III]] (1028-1051)
#[[John VI of Antioch|John VI]], also known as ''Dionysus'' (1051-1062)
#[[Aemilian of Antioch|Aemilian]] (1062-1075)
#[[Theodosius II of Antioch|Theodosius II]] (1075-1084)
#[[Nicephorus of Antioch|Nicephorus]] (1084-1090)
#[[John VII the Oxite|John VII]] ''the Oxite'' (1090-1155)
#[[John IX of Antioch|John IX]] (1155-1159)
#[[Euthymius of Antioch|Euthymius]] (1159-1164)
#[[Macarius II of Antioch|Macarius II]] (1164-1166)
#[[Athanasius I of Antioch|Athanasius I]] (1166-1180)
#[[Theodosius III I of Antioch|Theodosius III]] (1180-1182)
#[[Elias III of Antioch|Elias III]] (1182-1184)
#[[Christopher II of Antioch|Christopher II]] (1184-1185)
#[[Theodore IV of Antioch|Theodore IV (Balsamon)]] (1185-1199) The Patriarchate was in exile at Constantinople.
#[[Joachim of Antioch|Joachim]] (1199-1219)
#[[Dorotheus of Antioch|Dorotheus]] (1219-1245)
#[[Simeon II of Antioch|Simeon II]] (1245-1268)
#[[Euthymius II of Antioch|Euthymius II]] (1268-1269)
#[[Theodosius IV of Antioch|Theodosius IV]] (1269-1276) With Theodosius, the Patriachate returned to Antioch.
#[[Theodosius V of Antioch|Theodosius V]] (1276-1285)
#[[Arsenius of Antioch|Arsenius]] (1285-1293)
#[[Dionysius of Antioch|Dionysius]] (1293-1308)
#[[Mark of Antioch|Mark]] (1308-1342)
#[[Ignatius II of Antioch|Ignatius II]] (1342-1386) With Ignatius, the Patriachate transferred to Damascus.
#[[Pachomius of Antioch|Pachomius]] (1386-1393)
#[[Nilus of Antioch|Nilus]] (1393-1401)
#[[Michael III of Antioch|Michael III]] (1401-1410)
#[[Pachomius II of Antioch|Pachomius II]] (1410-1411)
#[[Joachim II of Antioch|Joachim II]] (1411-1426)
#[[Mark III of Antioch|Mark III]] (1426-1436)
#[[Dorotheus II of Antioch|Dorotheus II]] (1436-1454)
#[[Michael IV of Antioch|Michael IV]] (1454-1476)
#[[Mark IV of Antioch|Mark IV]] (1476)
#[[Joachim III of Antioch|Joachim III]] (1476-1483)
#[[Gregory III of Antioch|Gregory III]] (1483-1497)
#[[Dorotheus III of Antioch|Dorotheus III]] (1497-1523)
#[[Michael V of Antioch|Michael V]] (1523-1541)
#[[Dorotheus IV of Antioch|Dorotheus IV]] (1541-1543)
#[[Joachim IV (Ibn Juma) of Antioch|Joachim IV (Ibn Juma)]] (1543-1576)
#[[Michael VI (Sabbagh) of Antioch|Michael VI (Sabbagh)]] (1577-1581)
#[[Joachim V of Antioch|Joachim V]] (1581-1592)
#[[Joachim VI of Antioch|Joachim VI]] (1593-1604)
#[[Dorotheus V of Antioch|Dorotheus V]] (1604-1611)
#[[Athanasius II Dabbas of Antioch|Athanasius II (Dabbas)]] (1611-1619)
#[[Ignatius III Atiyah of Antioch|Ignatius III (Attiyah)]] (1619-1634)
#[[Euthymius III Karmah|Euthymius III]] (1634-1635)
#[[Euthymius IV of Chios|Euthymius IV]] (1635-1647)
#[[Macarius III (Zaim) of Antioch|Macarius III (Zaim)]] (1647-1672)
#[[Neophytos of Chios|Neophytos]] (1673-1682)
#[[Athanasius III Dabbas of Antioch|Athanasius III (Dabbas)]] (1686-1694, 1720-1724)
#[[Cyril III Zaim of Antioch|Cyril III (Zaim)]] (1694-1720)
#[[Sylvester of Antioch|Sylvester]] (1724-1766)
#[[Philemon of Antioch|Philemon]] (1766-1767)
#[[Daniel of Antioch|Daniel]] (1767-1791)
#[[Euthymius V of Antioch|Euthymius V]] (1792-1813)
#[[Seraphim of Antioch|Seraphim]] (1813-1823)
#[[Methodius of Antioch|Methodius]] (1843-1859)
#[[Hierotheos of Antioch|Hierotheos]] (1850-1885)
#[[Gerasimus of Jerusalem|Gerasimus]] (1885-1891)
#[[Spyridon of Antioch|Spyridon]] (1892-1898)
#[[Meletius II (Doumani) of Antioch|Meletius II (Doumani)]] (1899-1906)
#[[Gregory IV (Haddad) of Antioch|Gregory IV (Haddad)]] (1906-1928)
#[[Alexander III (Tahan) of Antioch|Alexander III (Tahan)]] (1928-1958)
#[[Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) of Antioch|Theodosius VI (Abourjaily)]] (1958-1970)
#[[Elias IV (Muawad) of Antioch|Elias IV (Muawad)]] (1970-1979)
#[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV (Hazim)]] (1979-2012)

==See also==
*[[List of Patriarchs]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

==External links==
*[http://antiochpat.org/english/sitefiles/viewcontent.php?content=%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0_%241%24cY2fEC.3%242X4rjsf3DqIjEbC53bz6R/_%241%24Fqww80sV%24LJtl/mpIsne5lz0mZ5kCy0b56a92baa0ee987eb7f7e4a179b60efb&id=1&cat=%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj1_%241%24pCxQHS8F%24GHaBW0fpsqpxYoSn4BE0M/_%241%24DdKoSQCb%24FO96gT8jCFwnHPxW4LNZj150102e124822220aaa78a8e3b2ccba34&catid=3&contentname=Historical%20Overview&catname=Other%20Contents Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East: Historical Overview] ([[Church of Antioch]])
*[http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/ignpatriarchs.htm Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch] from the site of St. John of Damascus Faculty of Theology, University of Balamand
*[http://www.antiochian.org/667 Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch (Orthodox Succession)] ([[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]])
*[[:Wikipedia:List of Patriarchs of Antioch|List of Patriarchs of Antioch (Wikipedia)]] (37-546)
*[[:Wikipedia:List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|List of Patriarchs of Antioch (Wikipedia)]] (518-present)

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The following is a list of the names and titles of the current presiding [[patriarch]]s, [[metropolitan]]s, and [[archbishop]]s ([[primate]]s) of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches:

==Autocephalous Churches==
*His All-Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] and All Africa

*His Beatitude [[Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem|Theophilus III]], Patriarch of the Holy City of [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem and All Palestine]]
*His Beatitude [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill]], Patriarch of [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All Russia]],
*His Holiness [[Ilia II (Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Georgia|Ilia II]], Catholicos-Patriarch of [[Church of Georgia|All Georgia]], Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi
*His Holiness [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Irinej (Gavrilovic)]], Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Patriarch of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]
*His Beatitude, [[Daniel (Ciobotea) of Romania|Daniel]], Patriarch of [[Church of Romania|All Romania]], Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Archbishop of Bucharest

*His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos II (Demetriou) of New Justiniana|Chrysostomos II]], Archbishop of New Justiniana and [[Church of Cyprus|All Cyprus]]
*His Beatitude [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II]], Archbishop of Athens and [[Church of Greece|All Greece]]
*His Beatitude [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios]], Archbishop of Tirana and [[Church of Albania|All Albania]]
*His Beatitude [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], Metropolitan of Warsaw and [[Church of Poland|All Poland]]
*His Beatitude [[Christopher (Pulets) of Prague|Christopher]], Archbishop of Prague, Metropolitan of the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Czech Lands and Slovakia]]
*His Beatitude [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of [[Orthodox Church in America|All America and Canada]]

==Autonomous Churches==
*His Beatitude Damianos, Archbishop of [[Church of Sinai|Sinai]] and Raithu
*His Beatitude [[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]], Archbishop of Karelia and [[Church of Finland|All Finland]]
*His Eminence [[Stephanos (Charalambides) of Tallinn|Stephanos]], Metropolitan of Tallinn and [[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|All Estonia]]
*His Beatitude [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel]], Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of [[Church of Japan|All Japan]]
*His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr]], Metropolitan of Kiev and [[Church of Ukraine|All Ukraine]]

==See also==
*[[List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Antioch]]
*[[List of primates of Russia]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Serbia]]
*[[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
*[[List of Coptic Popes]]

==Source==
*List taken from [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/ Orthodox Research Institute]

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Church of Antioch

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The '''Church of Antioch''' is one of the five [[patriarchate]]s (i.e., the [[Pentarchy]]) that constituted the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church]] before the [[Great Schism|schism]] between Rome and Antioch in 1098 and between Rome and the other patriarchates at around the same general period. Today it is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox churches. In English translations of official documents, the Church of Antioch refers to itself as the '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''. The literal translation into English of the Arabic name is "Roman" (in Arabic, ''[[Rüm]]'') Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East." However, the literal name "Rüm" does not actually mean Roman but Greek. The Arabs and the Turks refer to the Christians who belong to the Greek Orthodox Church (both Arabs and Greeks) as Rüm because the Byzantine Greek-speaking Orthodox have historically referred to themselves as Romioi.The Arabic word "Rum" derives from the Greek word "Romioi". This is one of the reasons why the Church of Antioch refers to itself as '''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'''. The other reason is because it belongs to the family of the Greek Orthodox Churches which are: the [[Church of Constantinople]] (patriarchate), the '''Church of Antioch''' (patriarchate), the [[Church of Jerusalem]] (patriarchate), the [[Church of Alexandria]] (patriarchate), the [[Church of Cyprus]], the [[Church of Sinai]], the [[Church of Greece]], and the [[Church of Albania]].
[[Image:Balamand.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Our Lady of Balamand Monastery (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Our Lady of Balamand Monastery]]]]
The Church of Antioch is the continuation of the Christian community founded in Antioch by the [[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] (who served as its first bishop) and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]], who are its [[patron saint]]s. In terms of hierarchical order of precedence, it currently ranks third among the world's Orthodox churches, behind [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]].

The seat of the patriarchate was formerly Antioch (Antakya), in what is now Turkey. Now it is in Damascus, Syria, located on the "street called Straight." The most recent patriarch was His Beatitude Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]] and all the East until his repose on [[December 5]], 2012.


==History==
===Early years===
The early history of the Church of Antioch is detailed in the [[Acts of the Apostles]], where in Acts 11:26 the [[Apostle Luke]] records that it was in that city that the disciples of Christ were first called [[Christian]]s. Due to the importance of Antioch as a major center in the ancient [[Roman Empire]], many of the missionary efforts of the [[apostles]] were launched from that city. In the early centuries of the Church's history, it was natural that the Church sojourning in Antioch would come to be traditionally regarded as one of the centers of world Christianity. The territory that came to be associated with the [[bishop]] of Antioch was that of the Roman Diocese of the East (a [[diocese]] was originally an imperial governmental division before it became an ecclesiastical one).

===The Antiochian school===
During the pre-Nicene period and that of the [[Ecumenical Councils]], Christian theology centered in Antioch tended to emphasize the literal, historical facts of the life of [[Jesus Christ]] over philosophical or allegorical [[hermeneutics|interpretations]] of [[Holy Scripture]], contrasted with the more mystical and figurative theology coming from [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]]. Antiochian theology, though stressing the "earthier" side of interpretation, nevertheless did not neglect the importance of insight into the deeper, spiritual meaning of the Scriptures. These two viewpoints came to be known respectively as the [[Antiochian school]] and the [[Alexandrian school]], represented by major catechetical institutions at both places.

Major figures associated with the origin of the Antiochian school include [[Lucian of Antioch]] and [[Paul of Samosata]], but its real formation was found with writers such as [[Diodore of Tarsus]], [[John Chrysostom]], [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]], [[Nestorius]], and [[Theodoret of Cyrrhus]]. At times, this difference in emphasis caused conflicts within the Church as the tension between the two approaches came to a head, especially regarding the doctrinal disputes over [[Arianism]] and [[Nestorianism]]. Saints such as [[John Chrysostom]] are somewhat regarded as synthesizers of the Antiochian and Alexandrian approaches to theology, and the Antiochian school of theology, whose more deviant proponents produced [[Arianism]] and [[Nestorianism]], also enabled the Orthodox fight against the Alexandrian school's deviances, namely [[Apollinarianism]] and [[Eutychianism]].

===Schism over Chalcedon===
[[Image:Hama church.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos in Hama, Syria]]
Disputes over the [[Christology]] of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] at Chalcedon—the [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] controversy— in 451 led to a [[schism]] within the Church of Antioch, which at that same council was elevated to the status of a [[patriarchate]]. The larger group at the time repudiated the council and became the [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] (also called the "Jacobites" for [[Jacob Baradeus]], an early bishop of theirs who did extensive missionary work in the region). They currently constitute part of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] communion and maintain a [[Christology]] somewhat different in language from that of [[Chalcedon]].

The remainder of the Church of Antioch, primarily local Greeks or Hellenized sections of the indigenous population, remained in communion with Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. This is the current ''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'' which is considered by the other bishops of the Orthodox Church to be the sole legitimate heir to the [[see]] of Antioch.

The [[schism]] greatly weakened the Antiochian church, and in 637 when Antioch fell to the [[Islam|Muslim]] Arabs, the "Greek" church was perceived by the invaders as allied to the Romano-Byzantine enemies of the Arabs. During the subsequent period, Antiochian Orthodox Christians underwent a lengthy period of persecution, and there were multiple periods of either vacancy or non-residence on the Antiochian patriarchal throne during the 7th and 8th centuries. In 969, the Roman Empire regained control of Antioch, and the church there prospered again until 1085, when the Seljuk Turks took the city. During this period of more than a hundred years, the traditional West Syrian [[liturgy]] of the church was gradually replaced by that of the tradition of the Great Church, [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Hagia Sophia]] in Constantinople. This process was completed sometime in the 12th century.

===Crusader and Muslim conquests===
In 1098, Crusaders took the city and set up a Latin Patriarchate of Antioch to adorn its Latin Kingdom of Syria, while a Greek patriarchate continued in exile in Constantinople. After nearly two centuries of Crusader rule, the Egyptian Mamelukes seized Antioch in 1268, and the Orthodox patriarch, [[Theodosius IV of Antioch|Theodosius IV]], was able to return to the region. By this point, Antioch itself had been reduced to a smaller town, and so in the 14th century [[Ignatius II of Antioch|Ignatius II]] transferred the seat of the patriarchate to Damascus, where it remains to this day, though the patriarch retains the Antiochian title.

The Ottoman Turks conquered the city in 1517, under whose control it remained until the breakup of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Empire]] at the end of World War I. During this period, in 1724, the Church of Antioch was again weakened by schism, as a major portion of its faithful came into submission to the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. The resultant [[Uniate]] body is known as the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], which in the current day maintains close ties with the Orthodox and is currently holding ongoing talks about healing the schism and returning the Melkites to Orthodoxy.

Fearing for the preservation of the Orthodoxy of the Antiochian see, parishioners and bishops requested the [[ecumenical Patriarch]]ate to send them a Greek patriarch. The Greek presence on the Antiochian see lasted from 1724 to 1898 until [[Meletius II (Doumani) of Antioch|Malathius I (Doumani)]] the Damascene, an Arab patriarch, was appointed. A renewal movement, involving Orthodox youth in particular, has been under way since the 1940s.

===The Antiochian church today===
[[Image:Ignatius Hazim.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch]]]]
The [[St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)|St. John of Damascus Patriarchal Institute of Theology (Tripoli, Lebanon)]] was established by the patriarchate in 1970, and in 1988 it was fully incorporated into the University of Balamand. The Institute functions as the primary [[seminary]] for theological schooling for the patriarchate's [[clergy]] and [[laity|lay]] leaders.

The [[Holy Synod]] of Antioch includes the [[patriarch]] and all the ruling [[bishop]]s. Meetings are held each year in Spring and Autumn at the patriarchate to consider church-wide issues, and to elect the patriarch and other bishops as needed. The patriarch and holy synod govern the Church of Antioch to preserve the true faith, to maintain ecclesiastical order, and to carry out the commandments of Christ. In addition to the synod itself, a general conciliar body meets twice a year to see to the financial, educational, judicial, and administrative matters of the patriarchate. It is composed of members of the synod and of lay representatives. When a new patriarch is to be elected, this body selects three candidates from whom the holy synod chooses the new patriarch.

The most recent [[patriarch]] was His Beatitude Patriarch [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]] and all the East, elected in 1979. Patriarch Ignatius was particularly active in strengthening ties with other Christian communions, but particularly with those whose roots are in Antioch. His Beatitude and the [[holy synod]] of Antioch were enthusiastic for the Church of Antioch to participate in general talks between representatives of all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

At Anba Bishoy in Egypt and at Chambesy in Switzerland, plenary talks were held resulting in [http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=106&sectionid=24&Itemid=63 agreements] in 1989, 1990 and 1993. All official representatives of the Eastern Orthodox and the Oriental Orthodox there present reached agreement in these dialogues that the Christological differences between the two communions are more a matter of emphasis than of substance. Although elements in a number of the Eastern Orthodox Churches have criticized the apparent consensus reached by the representatives at Anba Bishoy and Chambesy, the patriarch and holy synod of the Antiochian Orthodox Church welcomed the agreements as positive moves towards a sharing in the Love of God, and a rejection of the hatred of insubstantial division.

As recommended in the Agreement of 1990, the Antiochian (Eastern) Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV formally met with the Syriac (Oriental) Orthodox Patriarch, Ignatius Zakka I, on [[July 22]], 1991. At that formal meeting, the two patriarchs signed a [http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&id=106&sectionid=24&Itemid=63 pastoral agreement] which called for "complete and mutual respect between the two churches." It also prohibited the passing of faithful from one church to the other, envisaged joint meetings of the two holy synods when appropriate, and provided for future guidelines for intercommunion of the faithful and [[Eucharist]]ic [[concelebration]] by the [[clergy]] of the two churches. The Church of Antioch expects these guidelines to be issued when the faithful of both churches are ready, but not before.

Patriarch Ignatius also oversaw participation in a bilateral commission with the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]], which is exploring ways of healing the 18th century schism between the Melkite Catholics and the Antiochian Orthodox. In an unprecedented event, [[Melkite]] Patriarch Maximos V addressed a meeting of the Orthodox holy synod in October 1996.

The members of the holy synod of Antioch continue to explore greater communication and more friendly meetings with their Syriac, Melkite, and Maronite brothers and sisters, who all share a common heritage.

In May of 1997, the holy synod met and declared that the whole [[Pascha]]ltide period is to be observed festally, thus balancing the lengthy fasting of [[Great Lent]] with an equal feasting period in celebration of the Resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]].

This decision, the diplomatic activities, and other moves by Patriarch Ignatius and the holy synod, have drawn criticism from some elements within the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church and particularly from "resistance" groups who have walled themselves off from communion with most of world Orthodoxy.

Of the churches receiving opprobrium for "[[ecumenism]]", Antioch probably has received the greatest amount.

The situation of christians in Syria has worsened after the Civil war began. Several churches were attacked, many christians were expelled by rebels and become refugees.

===Expansion abroad===
[[Image:Antiochian bishops.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''New Antiochian bishops with the patriarch''' Left to Right: Bp. [[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo]], Patr. [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]], Bp. [[Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland]], Bp. [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa]]]]
Extensive 20th and 21st century Arab immigration to the New World has further increased the size, vigor and influence of the Church of Antioch, and the majority of Antiochian faithful now reside outside the Middle East and include numerous non-Arabic converts to the Orthodox Christian faith. As a result, besides its Middle Eastern territories in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, the Arabian Peninsular, and parts of Turkey, the Church of Antioch also includes missionary dioceses in Central, North, and South America, in Europe, and in Australia and the Pacific. The archdiocese with the largest population is [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|North America]]. It is also the only one with internal [[diocese]]s. The archdiocese with the largest area is [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Australia and New Zealand]]. Estimates of the membership of the patriarchate range from 750,000 to over 1,000,000 in Syria alone.

==Antiochian saints==
Over the centuries, the Church of Antioch has been associated with many [[saint]]s on the Church's calendar. These include the following:
[[Image:Antiochian saints.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Synaxis]] of the Great [[Saint]]s of the Holy Church of Antioch]]
[[Image:Column of Simeon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Column of St. [[Symeon the Stylite]], Syria]]

*[[Andrew of Crete]]
*[[Apostle Luke]]
*[[Apostles]] [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]
*[[Babylas of Antioch]]
*[[Bacchus and Sergius]]
*[[Christopher the Great-martyr]]
*[[Daniel the Stylite]]
*[[Dorotheos of Gaza]]
*[[Ephrem the Syrian]]
*[[Eustathius of Antioch]]
*[[George the Trophy-bearer]]
*[[Habeeb Kheshy]] (as-yet [[canonization|uncanonized]])
*[[Habib]]
*[[Ignatius of Antioch]]
*[[Isaac the Syrian]]
*[[Jacob of Hamatoura]]
*[[John Chrysostom]]
*[[John of Damascus]]
*[[Joseph of Damascus]]
*[[Julian of Homs]]
*[[Lucian of Antioch]]
*[[Meletius of Antioch]]
*[[Raphael of Brooklyn]]
*[[Roman the Melodist]]
*[[Symeon the Stylite]]
*[[Thekla the Protomartyr]]

==Structure==
The Antiochian Patriarchate consists of nineteen [[archdiocese]]s, each ruled by a Metropolitan Archbishop. Of these, only the Archdiocese of North America has constituent [[diocese]]s.

''Only those dioceses with OrthodoxWiki articles are listed.''

*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand|Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania]]
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Archdiocese of North America]]
:*[[Diocese of New York and Washington, DC (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Los Angeles and the West (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Miami and the Southeast (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America (Antiochian)]]
:*[[Diocese of Worcester and New England (Antiochian)]]
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile|Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile]]
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe|Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe]]
*[[Metropolis of Damascus]]: Patriarchal diocese
*[[Archdiocese of Aleppo|Metropolis of Beroea (Aleppo) and Alexandretta]]: Paul Yazigi (2000–present)
*[[Archdiocese of Beirut|Metropolis of Beirut and Exarchate of Phoenicia]]: [[Elias (Audi) of Beirut|Elias Audi]] (1980–present)
*[[Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran, Jabal al Arab and Golan|Metropolis of Bosra, Hauran and Jabal al-Druze]]: Sawa Esber (1999–present)
*[[Metropolis of Emesa]] (Homs): George Abu Zaham (1999–present)
*[[Metropolis of Epiphania]] (Hama) and Exarchate of North Syria: Elias Saliba (1984–present)
*[[Metropolis of Latakia]] and Exarchate of Theodorias: John Mansur (1979–present)
*[[Metropolis of Baghdad]], Kuwait and All Mesopotamia: Constantinos Papastefanou (1969–present)
*[[Metropolis of Akkar]]: Basilios Nassur (2008–present)
*[[Archdiocese of Byblos and Botris (Mount Lebanon)|Metropolis of Mount Lebanon, Byblos and Botrys]]: George Khodr (1970–present)
*[[Metropolis of Seleucia (Zahle) and Heliopolis (Baalbek)]]: Spyridon Khoury (1966–present)
*[[Archdiocese of Tripoli and Al-koura|Metropolis of Tripoli and Al-Koura]]: [[Ephraim Kyriakos]] (2009–present)
*[[Metropolis of Tyre and Sidon]]: Elias Kfoury (1995–present)
*[[Metropolis of Tarsos and Adana]]: vacanct
*[[Metropolis of Amida]]:(Diyarbakır) vacant
*[[Metropolis of Theodosioupolis]](Erzurum): vacant
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==External links==
* [http://www.antiochpat.org/ Patriarchate of Antioch] (Official Website)(Arabic and English)
* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=15&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Patriarchate of Antioch], a scholarly text by Ronald Roberson, CSP, a Roman Catholic priest and Eastern Christianity scholar
*[http://www.cc.uoa.gr/theology/html/english/pubs/doctrsec/scouteris/27/27.pdf The Spiritual Tradition of the Antioch Patriarchate], by Prof. [[Constantine Scouteris]]
*[http://www.antiochcentre.net/ 'Antioch']: A Centre for Antiochian Orthodox Christian Studies and Research (Oxford, UK)
*[http://www.antiochian.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=22&Itemid=57 Photos of patriarchal sites]

===Archdioceses and dioceses===
====The Middle East====
*[http://akkarorthodox.com/new/ Archdiocese of Akkar] (Official Website)
*[http://www.alepporthodox.org/ Archdiocese of Aleppo] (Official Website)
*[http://www.gulforthodoxchurch.org/ Archdiocese of Baghdad] (Official Website)
*[http://www.quartos.org.lb/ Archdiocese of Beirut] (Official Website)
*[http://www.orthodoxhauran.org/joomla/ Archdiocese of Bosra] (Official Website)
*[http://www.lattakiaorth.org/ Archdiocese of Lattakia] (Official Website)
*[http://www.ortmtlb.org.lb/ Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon] (Official Website)
*[http://www.archorthotripoli.org/ Archdiocese of Tripoli] (Official Website)

====North and South America====
*[http://www.antiochian.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America] (English)
*[http://www.catedralortodoxa.com.br/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Brazil] (Portuguese)
*[http://www.iglesiaortodoxa.org.mx/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean] (Spanish)
*[http://www.chileortodoxo.cl/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Chile] (Spanish)
*[http://www.acoantioquena.com Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and all Argentina] (Spanish and English)

====Europe====
*[http://www.antiocheurope.org/ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe] (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian)
*[http://www.rum-orthodox.de/ Antiochian Orthodox Church in Germany] (German)
*[http://www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk/ Antiochian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland] (English)

====Oceania====
*[http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines]

===Monasteries===
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/ Balamand Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Tripoli, Lebanon)]
*[http://www.hamatoura.com/ Hamatoura The Holy Mountain of The Theotokos (Amyoun El-Koura,Wadi Kadeesha-North Lebanon)]
*[http://www.stgeorgesyria.org/ St. George Al-Humayrah Patriarchal Monastery (Homs, Syria)]
*[http://www.balamandmonastery.org.lb/MonastSaydnaya.htm Holy Patriarchal Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya (Syria)]

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Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch

2012-12-05T15:47:18Z

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[[Image:Ignatius Hazim.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Patr. Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch]]
His Beatitude Patriarch '''Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and all the East''' (b. 1921) was the [[primate]] of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Church of Antioch|Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch]] until his repose on [[December 5]], 2012.

==Life==
Ignatius was born in 1921 in the village of Mhardey (Mhardeh) near Hama in Syria. He is the son of a pious Arab Orthodox family and from an early age was attracted to service within the Church. While studying in Beirut, Lebanon, for a literature degree, he entered the service of the local Orthodox [[diocese]], first by becoming an [[acolyte]], then a [[deacon]]. In 1945 he went to Paris where he graduated from the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)|St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute]]. From his time in France onwards he has been moved not only by a desire to pass on the deposit of the faith, but also to take Orthodoxy out of its unhistorical ghetto by discovering in its [[Holy Tradition]] living answers to the problems of modern life. On his return to the Middle East, he founded the [[Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary (Tripoli, Lebanon)|Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in Lebanon which he then served for many years as dean. As dean he sought to provide the Patriarchate with responsible leaders who had received a good spiritual and intellectual training and who were witnesses to an awakened and deeply personal faith.

While his native language is Arabic, he also speaks fluent English and French. He was one of the founders of the active Orthodox Youth Movement of Lebanon and Syria in 1942, through which he helped to organise and lead a renewal of Church life in the Patriarchate of Antioch. The movement worked at the heart of the Church helping ordinary believers to rediscover the personal and communal meaning of the Eucharist through a practice of frequent [[Communion]] which had become extremely rare. Following on from this in 1953 he helped to found [[Syndesmos]], the world fellowship of Orthodox Youth and Theological Schools.

He was consecrated to the episcopacy in 1961 and elected [[Metropolitan]] of Lattakia in Syria in 1970. His style as metropolitan broke with the former tradition of episcopal grandeur and he inaugurated an authentic practice of frequent [[Eucharist|communion]]. On [[July 2]], 1979, under the name of Ignatius IV, he became the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, the third ranking hierarch of the Orthodox Church after the Patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria. After his election as Patriarch he said:

:I know that I will be judged if I do not carry the Church and each one of you in my heart. It is not possible for me to address you as if I were different from you. No difference separates us. I am an integral part of you; I am in you and I ask you to be in me. For the Lord comes, and the Spirit descends on the brothers gathered, united in communion, as they manifest a diversity of charisms in the unity of the Spirit.

As patriarch he has sought to give a new dynamism to the [[Holy Synod]] and seen it name [[bishop]]s who are close to the people and who are motivated to develop the Church's ecclesial and spiritual life, detached from political factions.

His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch fell asleep in the Lord on the morning of December 5, 2012, following a stroke on the day before. He was 92 years old.

== Link ==
* [http://www.orthodoxia.be/Z-Nouvelles_2012/Deces_Ignace_Antioche.html Décès du Patriarche Ignace d'Antioche]

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Nikephoros of Chios

2012-12-05T01:18:55Z

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Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Nikephoros of Chios''' (1750-1821; also ''Nicephoros, Nicephorus, Nikephorus'') is the spiritual son and [[disciple]] of [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Macarius of Corinth]] who was known for his holy life and character, being known as a [[saint]] even during his lifetime. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[May 1]].

==Life==
St. Nikephoros was a [[hieromonk]] born around 1750 in the town of Kardamyla, in the northeastern part of the famous Aegean island of [[Metropolis of Chios|Chios]]. As a child he fell seriously ill with a contagious disease. His parents vowed that if he survived he would be given as a [[monk]] to the [[monastery]] of [[Nea Moni of Chios|Nea Moni]]. He recovered from his illness and became a monk, studying at the famous Chiote school.

His mentors included Fr. [[Neophytus Kafsokalyvitis]] <ref>A jewish man who became an Athonite monk and later a director of the Chiote School.</ref>, Fr. [[Athanasius of Paros]] and St. [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Macarius of Corinth]] <ref>St. Macarius of Corinth had the greatest influence on Nikephoros.</ref>. He was ordained and elected an abbot of Nea Moni <ref>He reisgned before his two-year term ended because he did not like handling the estate's finances and spiritual matters that were met with resistance by the monks of the monastery.</ref>.

:''Although St. Nicephorus probably reposed in the summer of 1821, his Feast Day is designated as May 1. He died in a home near the church of St. Paraskeve, where he sometimes stayed overnight when he was unable to get back to Resta. His body was brought back to Resta, and was placed in a grave where both St. [[Athanasius Parios|Athanasius Parius]] and the monk Nilus had once been buried. The holy [[relics]] of St. Nicephorus were uncovered in 1845 and brought to the metropolitan church of Chios. Many years later, the Guild of Tanners asked for the relics and placed them in the church of St. George. In 1907, an [[icon]] of St. Nicephorus was painted, and a church service was composed in his honor.''<ref>[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101262 Venerable Nicephorus of Chios] ([[OCA]])</ref>

He taught and wrote in Chios, led a life of spiritual endeavor there. He loved Chios as his fatherland, and as a place where piety and learning were flourishing. For this reason, and because no occasion arose for him to leave the island, he remained within its confines throughout his lifetime.

He reposed in 1821, and before his death foretold the devastation of Chios the following year by the Turks. His relics now remain in the [[Church of St. George (Chios)|Church of St. George]] in Resta.

==Bibliography==
*Church service and hymns to Ss. Niketas, John, and Joseph ([[May 20]]).
*Church service and hymns to St. [[Matrona of Chios]] ([[October 20]]).
*Church service and hymns to new-martyr St. [[Nicholas the New]] ([[October 31]]), published in Venice in 1791.

==''The New Leimonarion''==
*In 1805, on his deathbed, St. Macarius asked St. Nikephoros to finish his book ''The New Leimonarion'' and see that it be published. This book contains the [[hagiography|lives]] and church services of various [[martyr]]s, [[ascetic]]s, and other saints. Three saints collaborated to compile this book: St. Macarius, St. Nikephoros, and St. Athanasius Parios.

==Relationships==
*The greatest influence on his life was St. Macarius of Corinth ([[April 17]]), whom he met even before he met St. Athanasius. Macarius was at Chios in 1780, left for a time, then returned in 1790. Nikephoros saw St. Macarius frequently, and learned much from him.
*He also met St. Athanasius Parios ([[June 24]]), who was the director of the school in the city of Chios.

==References==
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==Source==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101262 Venerable Nicephorus of Chios] (OCA)

==Further reading==
*''Saint Nikephoros of Chios (Modern Orthodox Saints, vol. 4)'' by Constantine Cavarnos. ISBN 0-914744-74-7 Paperbound.
:''An account of the of the life, character, and message of St. Nikephoros of Chios (1750-1821) — outstanding writer of liturgical poetry and lives of saints, educator, spiritual striver, and trainer of martyrs—together with a comprehensive list of his publications, selections from them, and brief biographies of eleven neo-martyrs and other Orthodox saints who are treated in his works.'' - 1976. 2nd, augmented edition, 1986. 124 pp., 2 illus.
*''St. Nikephoros of Chios, outstanding writer of litrugical poetry and lives of saints, educator, spiritual striver, and traner of martyrs'' by Constantine Cavarnos. Publisher: Belmont, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, c. 1976. ISBN 0914744321. pp. 111-114.

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Talk:Nicephorus the Leper

2012-12-05T01:17:59Z

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Nicephorus the Leper

2012-12-05T01:17:22Z

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Our venerable father '''Nicephorus the Leper''' (1890-1964) lived in the twentieth century as a [[monk]] in the leper colony of Chios. He was a [[disciple]] of St. [[Anthimos of Chios]]. The [[holy Synod of Constantinople]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]ate in Constantinople glorified St. Nicephorus and added him to the calendar of commemorations on December 1, 2012. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[January 4]].

== Hymns ==
[[Troparion]] (Tone 3)
:O venerable father Nicephorus the Leper,
:your struggles and courageous asceticism dumbfounded heaven's angels.
:Like another Job in pain,
:you endured and gave glory to God.
:And so, he arranged for you a resplendent crown of miracles.
:Rejoice, O guide of monastics!
:Rejoice, O prism of light!
:Rejoice, O delightful fragrance radiating from your relics!

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2)
:O venerable father Nicephorus,
:shunning pain and bodily corruption,
:like a horse you gallop towards the heavens,
:the steadfast support of lepers.
:A brilliantly lit temple of God,
:your body shone in its illness.

== External resources ==
*Hymns and photos: [http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/01/righteous-nikephoros-leper-hymns-and.html Mystagogy (John Sanidopoulos)].
*Announcement (in Greek): [http://fanarion.blogspot.com/2012/12/blog-post_3.html Φος Φαναριου].
*[http://www.imks.gr/en/saints/local-saints/126-nikiforos.html The Righteous Nikephoros the Leper] from the Metropolis of Kisamos and Selinon ([[Archdiocese of Crete]])

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Category:Bishops of Amorion

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John (Kallos) of Amorion

2012-12-02T20:44:52Z

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[[Image:JohnAmorionBp.jpg|left|John of Amorion, Retired Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]
His Grace '''John (Kallos) of Amorion''' was the first American-born [[clergy]]man to be [[consecrate]]d a [[bishop]] in the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|American Greek Archdiocese]], as the titular Bishop of Thermon. He reposed on [[December 1]], 2012.
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==Life==
Bp. John attended Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 1955. He served as Director of [[St. Photios National Shrine (St. Augustine, Florida)|St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine]] in St. Augustine, Florida.

In 1972, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the titular Bishop of Thermon in Houston, Texas, and appointed to administer the Eighth Archdiocese District of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]]. During his administration, Bp. John transferred the regional headquarters of the [[Metropolis of Denver|Eighth District]] from Houston, Texas to Denver, Colorado.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_(Houston)] He served the district until 1979.

Bishop John received the title Bishop of Amorion upon his retirement.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.denver.goarch.org/metropolis/history/ History of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver]
*[http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/List_of_Boston_College_people_-_Notable_Boston_College_alumni/id/1587607 List of Boston College people - Religion]

==External links==
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/ethics/john_thermon_abortion.htm Abortion - A Misnomer]
*[http://www.texancultures.com/publications/texansoneandall/t1_112.htm Bishop John of Thermon]
*[http://www.helleniccomserve.com/orthodoxfamily.html "The Orthodox Family"]

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John (Kallos) of Amoriun

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John (Kallos) of Amorion

2012-12-02T20:39:27Z

Magda: moved John (Kallos) of Amoriun to John (Kallos) of Amorion: standardized spelling

[[Image:JohnAmorionBp.jpg|left||John of Amoriun, Retired Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]
His Grace, '''John (Kallos) of Amoriun''' is a retired [[titular bishop]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. Bishop John was the first American born [[clergy]]man to be consecrated a [[bishop]] in the American Greek Archdiocese, as the titular Bishop of Thermon.
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==Life==
Bp. John attended Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 1955. He served as Director of St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine in St. Augustine, Florida.

In 1972, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the titular Bishop of Thermon in Houston, Texas, and appointed to administer the Eighth Archdiocese District of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]]. During his administration, Bp. John transferred the regional headquarters of the [[Metropolis of Denver|Eighth District]] from Houston, Texas to Denver, Colorado.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_(Houston)] He served the district until 1979.

Bishop John received the title Bishop of Amoriun, also Amorion, upon his retirement.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.denver.goarch.org/metropolis/history/ History of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver]
*[http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/List_of_Boston_College_people_-_Notable_Boston_College_alumni/id/1587607 List of Boston College people - Religion]

==External links==
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/ethics/john_thermon_abortion.htm Abortion - A Misnomer]
*[http://www.texancultures.com/publications/texansoneandall/t1_112.htm Bishop John of Thermon]

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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

2012-11-30T02:51:09Z

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The '''Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church''' (in Amharic: ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is an [[Oriental Orthodox]] church in Ethiopia that was part of the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Church]] until 1959, when it was granted its own [[Patriarch]] by [[List of Coptic Popes|Coptic Pope]] Cyril VI. The only pre-colonial Christian church of [[Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa|Sub-Saharan Africa]], it claims a membership of close to 36 million people worldwide, and is thus the largest of all Oriental Orthodox churches. Its most recent primate was His Holiness Abune P'awlos (born 1935, elected 1992), Patriarch of Addis Ababa and All Ethiopia, who reposed on August 18, 2012.

==Origins==
''Tewahedo'' (Ge'ez ''tawāhidō'', modern pronunciation ''tewāhidō'') is a Ge'ez word meaning "being made one"; it is related to the Arabic word توحيد ''tawhid'', meaning "monotheism," or more literally "unification." This refers to the [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] belief in the one single unique [[Christology|Nature of Christ]] (i.e., a belief that a complete, natural union of the Divine and Human Natures into One is self-evident in order to accomplish the divine salvation of humankind), as opposed to the "two Natures of Christ" belief (unmixed, separated Divine and Human Natures, called the [[Hypostatic Union]]) promoted by today's [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and Eastern Orthodox churches. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on the [[Henoticon]] [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07218b.htm]: the [[Patriarch]]s of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, and many others, all refused to accept the "two natures" doctrine decreed by the Byzantine Emperor [[Marcian]]'s [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451, thus separating them from the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, who themselves separated from one another later in the [[Great Schism]] (1054). The Oriental Orthodox Churches, which today include the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox Church]], the [[Church of Armenia|Armenian Apostolic Church]], the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]], the [[Church of India|Malankara Orthodox Church]] of India, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and the [[Church of Eritrea|Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]], are referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian", and, sometimes by outsiders as "[[Monophysitism|monophysite]]" (meaning "One Nature", in reference to Christ; a rough translation of the name ''Tewahido''). However, these Churches themselves describe their [[Christology]] as [[Miaphysitism|Miaphysite]].

The Church of Ethiopia claims its origins from [[Philip the Evangelist]] ([[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 8). It became the established church of the Ethiopian Axumite Kingdom under king Ezana in the 4th century through the efforts of a Syrian Greek named [[Frumentius of Axum|Frumentius]], known in Ethiopia as ''Abba Selama, Kesaté Birhan'' ("Father of Peace, Revealer of Light"). As a boy, Frumentius had been shipwrecked with his brother Aedesius on the Eritrean coast. The brothers managed to be brought to the royal court, where they rose to positions of influence and converted Emperor Ezana to Christianity, causing him to be baptized. Ezana sent Frumentius to Alexandria to ask the Patriarch, St. [[Athanasius the Great|Athanasius]], to appoint a bishop for Ethiopia. Athanasius appointed Frumentius himself, who returned to Ethiopia as Bishop with the name of ''Abune Selama''. For centuries afterward, the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria always named a Copt (''an Egyptian'') to be ''[[Abuna]]'' or Archbishop of the Ethiopian Church.

==Jesuit interim==
Little else is known of church history down to the period of Jesuit influence, which broke the connection with Egypt. Union with the [[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Church]] continued after the Arab conquest in Egypt.

Abu Saleh records in the 12th century that the patriarch always sent letters twice a year to the kings of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Nubia, until Al Hakim stopped the practice. Cyril, 67th patriarch, sent Severus as bishop, with orders to put down [[polygamy]] and to enforce observance of canonical consecration for all churches. These examples show the close relations of the two [[church]]es concurrent with the Middle Ages. But early in the 16th century the church was brought under the influence of a Portuguese mission.

In 1439, in the reign of Zera Ya'iqob, a religious discussion between Abba Giyorgis and a French visitor had led to the dispatch of an embassy from Ethiopia to the [[Church of Rome|Vatican]]; but the initiative in the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] missions to Ethiopia was taken, not by Rome, but by Portugal, as an incident in the struggle with the [[Muslim]] Ottoman Empire and Sultanate of Adal for the command of the trade route to India by the Red Sea.

In 1507 Matthew, or Matewos, an Armenian, had been sent as Ethiopian envoy to Portugal to ask aid against Adal. In 1520 an embassy under Dom Rodrigo de Lima landed in Ethiopia (by which time Adal had been remobilized under Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi). An interesting account of the Portuguese mission, which remained for several years, was written by Francisco Alvarez, the chaplain.

Later, Ignatius Loyola wished to essay the task of conversion, but was forbidden. Instead, the [[pope]] sent out Joao Nunez Barreto as patriarch of the East Indies, with Andre de Oviedo as bishop; and from Goa envoys went to Ethiopia, followed by Oviedo himself, to secure the king's adherence to Rome. After repeated failures some measure of success was achieved under Emperor Susniyos, but not until 1624 did the emperor make a formal submission to the Pope of Rome. Susniyos made Roman Catholicism the official religion of the state, but was met with heavy resistance by his nobles and subjects and eventually had to abdicate in 1632 in favor of his son, St. Fasiledes, who promptly restored Orthodoxy and the union of the Church of Ethiopia with Alexandria. He then expelled the Jesuits in 1633 and, in 1665, Fasilides ordered that all Jesuit books (the 'books of the Franks') be burned.

==Recent History==
The Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches reached an agreement on [[July 13]], 1948, that led to [[autocephaly]] for the Church of Ethiopia. Five [[bishop]]s were immediately consecrated by the [[Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria]], empowered to elect a new patriarch for their church. It was also agreed that the successor to Archbishop Abuna Qerilos IV, a Copt, would have the power to consecrate new bishops. This promotion was completed when Coptic Pope Yosab of Alexandria consecrated an Ethiopian-born bishop, Abune Basilyos, on [[January 14]], 1951. Then in 1959 Pope [[Cyril VI of Alexandria]] enthroned Abune Basilyos as the first Patriarch of Ethiopia.

Patriarch Abune Basilyos died in 1971 and was succeeded that year by Patriarch Abune Tewoflos. With the fall of Emperor Haile Silase in 1974 the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church was disestablished as the state church. The new Marxist government began nationalizing property (including land) owned by the Church and in 1976 Abune Tewoflos was arrested by the Communist Derg regime. He was secretly executed later that year. The government subsequently ordered the Church to elect a new patriarch and a simple monk from the countryside, Abune [[Tekle Haimanot II]], was enthroned. The Coptic Orthodox Church refused to recognize the election and enthronement of Abune Tekle Haimanot on the grounds that the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church had not removed Abune Tewoflos and that the government had not publicly acknowledged his death, and that he was thus still the legitimate patriarch of Ethiopia. Formal relations between the two churches were stopped, although they remained in communion with each other, and were resumed on July 13, 2007<ref>[http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/English/visitseng.htm#11 "Common Declaration" of Pope Shenoudah III, Catholicos Aram I, and Patriarch Paulos - News and Media of the Armenian Orthodox Church, 22 July 2007]</ref>

[[Image:AnastasiosAndPaulos.JPG|350px|thumb|Archbishop Anastasios of Albania visits with Abune P'awlos at the 2008 Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches]]
Patriarch Abune Tekle Haimanot proved to be much less accommodating to the Derg regime than it had expected, and so when the patriarch died in 1988 a new patriarch with closer ties to the regime was sought. Archbishop Abune Merqoriyos of Gonder, a member of the Derg-era Ethiopian Parliament, was therefore elected and enthroned as patriarch. Following the fall of the Derg regime in 1991 and the coming to power of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), Patriarch Abune Merqoriyos abdicated under governmental pressure and was replaced by the new government's candidate, Abune P'awlos.

Following the enthronement of Abune P'awlos, Abune Merqoriyos fled abroad, first to Kenya and later to the United States, and announced that his abdication had been forced and that he was therefore the legitimate Patriarch of Ethiopia. Several other archbishops also went into exile in 1992 and together with Abune Merqoriyos and an Ethiopian Orthodox archbishop in the Caribbean formed the Holy Synod in Exile of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. This Synod in Exile is recognized by a number of Ethiopian Orthodox churches in Kenya, North America, Western Europe, and Australia that do not recognize the legitimacy of Abune P'awlos' election as patriarch.

After Eritrea became an independent country the Coptic Orthodox Church granted autocephaly to the [[Eritrea|Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] with the reluctant approval of its mother, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. Unliek the Church of Ethiopia, the Church of Eritrea is only in practice partially autocephalous due to the nature of the agreement on communion between it and the Coptic Orthodox Church.

As of 2005 there are many Ethiopian Orthodox churches located throughout the United States and other countries to which Ethiopians have migrated. Roughly 40% of Ethiopia, around 35 million people, are members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

==Distinctive traits==
===Biblical canon===
The Canon of the Tewahedo Church is looser than for most other traditional Christian groups. The Ethiopian "narrow" Old Testament Canon includes the books found in the Septuagint accepted by the Orthodox plus [[Book of Enoch|Enoch]], [[Book of Jubilees|Jubilees]], [[I Esdras|1 Esdras]] and [[II Esdras|2 Esdras]], 3 books of Maccabees, and [[Psalm]] 151. However, their three books of the Maccabees are identical in title only, and quite different in content from those of the other Christian churches which include them. The order of the other books is somewhat different from other groups', as well. This Church also has a "broader canon" that includes more books.

===Language===
The divine services of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church are celebrated primarily in the Ge'ez language, which has been the language of the Church at least since the arrival of the [[Nine Saints]] ([[Abba P'entelewon]], [[Abba Gerima]] (Issac or Yisihaq), [[Abba Zemika'el Aregawi]], [[Abba Aftse]], [[Abba Guba]], [[Abba Alef]], [[Abba Yem'ata]], [[Abba Liqanos]], and [[Abba Sehma]]), who fled persecution by the East Roman emperors after the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The [[Septuagint]] version of the Old Testament was translated into Ge'ez around the time of the Nine Saints. Services are also occasionally served in Amharic or English in the Ethiopian Diaspora and in Amharic at St. Stephen's Church in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. [[Sermon]]s are delivered in the local languages of the Church's faithful, which include Amharic, Gambela, Gurage, Oromo, Sidama, and Tigrayan.

===Architecture===
There are many [[Monolithic church|monolithic churches]] in Ethiopia, most famously the twelve churches at Lalibela. After these, two main types of architecture are found—one [[basilica]]n, the other native. The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion at Axum is basilican, though the early basilicas are nearly all in ruin. These examples show the influence of those architects who, in the 6th century, built the basilicas at Sanaá and elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula. There are two forms of native churches -- one square or oblong, traditionally found in Tigray; the other circular, traditionally found in Amhara and Shewa (though either style may be found elsewhere). The square type may be due to basilican influence, the circular is an adaptation of the native hut. In both forms, the sanctuary is square and stands clear in the center and the arrangements are based on Jewish tradition. Walls and ceilings are adorned with frescoes. A courtyard, circular or rectangular, surrounds the body of the church. Modern Ethiopian churches may incorporate the basilican or native styles, and use contemporary construction techniques and materials. In rural areas, the church and outer court are often thatched with mud-built walls.

===Ark of the Covenant===
The Ethiopian church claims that one of its churches, Our Lady Mary of Zion (''Maryam Tsiyon''), is host to the original [[Ark of the Covenant]] that [[Moses]] carried with the Israelites during the [[Exodus]]. However, outsiders (and women, be they insiders or not) are not allowed into the building where the Ark is located, ostensibly due to dangerous biblical warnings. As a result, international scholars doubt that the real Ark is truly there, although a case has been put forward by controversial popular writer Graham Hancock in his book ''The Sign and the Seal''.

Throughout Ethiopia, Orthodox churches are not considered churches until the local bishop gives them a ''[[tabot]]'', a replica of the tablets in the original Ark of the Covenant. The tabot is six inches (15 cm) square and made from alabaster, marble, or wood (acacia). It is always kept in ornate coverings to hide it from public view. In an elaborate procession, the tabot is carried around the outside of the church amid joyful song and dance on the feast day of that particular church's namesake and also on the great Feast of T'imqet, known as [[Epiphany]] or [[Theophany]].

===Similarities to Judaism===
The Church of Ethiopia places a heavier emphasis on Old Testament teachings than one might find in the Western churches and its followers adhere to certain practices that one only finds in Orthodox or Conservative [[Judaism]]. Ethiopian Christians, like some other Eastern Christians, traditionally follow dietary rules that are similar to Jewish kashrut, specifically with regard to how an animal is slaughtered. Similarly, pork is prohibited, though unlike kashrut, Ethiopian cuisine does mix dairy products with meat. Women are prohibited from entering the church during their period and, like married Orthodox Jewish women, are expected to cover their hair with a large scarf (or ''net'ela'') while in church.

As with Orthodox [[synagogue]]s, men and women are seated separately in Ethiopian Orthodox churches, with men on the left and women on the right (when facing the altar). However, women covering their heads and separation of the sexes in church is common to many [[Oriental Orthodox]], [[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Christians and not unique to Judaism. Ethiopian Orthodox worshipers remove their shoes when entering a church, in accordance with [[Exodus]] 3:5 (in which [[Moses]], while viewing the [[burning bush]], is commanded to remove his shoes while standing on holy ground). Furthermore, both the [[Sabbath]] (Saturday), and the [[Lord's Day]] (Sunday) are observed as holy, although more emphasis, because of the [[Resurrection]], is laid upon the Sunday.

==References==
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==Source==
* [[Wikipedia:Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]]

==External links==
*[http://www.ethiopianorthodox.org/english/indexenglish.html General Information (1)]
*[http://www.eotc.faithweb.com/ General Information (2)]
*[http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/ethiochurch/ History of the Church]
*[http://www.tewahedo.org/ Tewahedo Songs & Records]
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=7 CNEWA - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
*[http://www.tadias.com/?p=2452 History of Ethiopian Church Presence in Jerusalem]. Tadias Magazine, New York, August 16, 2008.

==Further Reading==
* Prof. Dr. Edward Ullendorff (British Academy). ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=Y0YDve-kiK0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s Ethiopia and the Bible].'' Oxford University Press, 1968. 173 pp. ISBN 9780197260760

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Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa

2012-11-28T15:15:54Z

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His Grace [[Bishop]] '''Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa''' is ruling bishop of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] (ACROD) as a [[titular bishop]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He was nominated in July 2012, elevated to the episcopacy on [[August 30]], 2012, in Constantinople, and consecrated a bishop and enthroned on [[November 27]], 2012, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

==Life==
His Grace was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on [[December 7]], 1958, with the [[baptism]]al name of George, the first of two children of Peter and Antonia Tatsis. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earning a BA degree in Biology (1981) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte earning a MS degree in Biology (1989). Working for more than 20 years in the field of cardiovascular research at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, he authored and co-authored over 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters.

A true son of the Church, from his early youth he served in his home [[parish]] of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte, North Carolina, in various capacities including altar server, Sunday School teacher for 13 years, and in several leadership positions including parish council president. He was also a founding member of St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served on the parish organizing committee, as Sunday School teacher for four years, as a member of the choir, and as its first parish council president.

After taking part in a mission trip to Alaska sponsored by the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], he felt the calling to pursue his life-long dream of studying for the holy priesthood. Leaving his secular job in early 2003, he entered [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusetts, in the fall of 2003 and graduated in May of 2006 with the Masters of Divinity degree.

===Ordination and Service in the Metropolis of Atlanta (GOARCH)===
His Grace was [[ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] at St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, on [[November 4]], 2006, by His Eminence Metropolitan [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta]].

He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at [[Monastery of Holy Lavra (Kalavryta, Greece)|Agia Lavra]] [[Monastery]] in Kalavryta, Greece, on [[January 17]], 2007, receiving the name Grigorios, with St. [[Gregory Palamas]] as his [[patron saint]].

He was ordained a [[priest]] at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia, on [[January 28]], 2007, also by His Eminence Metropolitan [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta|Alexios of Atlanta]], and was elevated to the rank of [[Archimandrite]] on the same day. On [[February 1]], 2007, he was appointed as the [[Ierokyrix]] (itinerant preacher) of the [[Metropolis of Atlanta]]. On [[September 14]], 2007, he received the offikion (rank) of [[Confessor]] at the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox [[Chapel]] in Atlanta, Georgia.

Serving in his role as Itinerant Preacher and Confessor, Archmandrite Grigorios has travelled extensively throughout the [[Metropolis of Atlanta]], where he has led parish retreats, heard [[confession]]s, and provided spiritual direction to countless numbers of clergy and faithful. Recognizing his affinity for youth ministry and his administrative skills, he was given the responsibility of overseeing all youth programs in the Metropolis of Atlanta.

Archimandrite Grigorios also served as the parish priest of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, from [[December 20]], 2010, until [[May 31]], 2011.

Since October of 2011, he has served as Dean of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New Orleans, Lousiana, and as [[Vicar]] of the Western Conference of the [[Metropolis of Atlanta]].

===Election and Consecration as Bishop of ACROD===
Archimandrite Grigorios was nominated as successor to His Eminence, Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas of Amissos]] by the Clergy of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese|American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A.]] at a Special Assembly on July 14, 2012.

He was canonically elected Titular Bishop of Nyssa and ruling Hierarch of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. by the Sacred and [[Holy Synod of Constantinople|Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] on August 30, 2012.

His Eminence, Archbishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]], was blessed by His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew]], to be the main Consecrator of His Grace, Bishop Gregory, on November 27, 2012. Other Co-Consecrators included:

:* His Eminence, Metropolitan [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta]] (who in an act of Christian love and concern released His Spiritual Son, His Grace, Bishop Gregory for service in the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese)
:* His Eminence, Metropolitan [[Savas (Zembillas) of Pittsburgh]], of the neighboring Greek Orthodox [[Metropolis of Pittsburgh]], PA (who presided over the Canonical Election of His Grace, Bishop Gregory by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate)
:* His Eminence, Metropolitan [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis]], of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA|Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA]] (who offered great assistance to the Diocese during and after the illness and repose of Metropolitan Nicholas)
:* His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Pamphilon, of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA|Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA]]

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==Sources==
* [http://www.acrod.org/news/releases/nomination-announcement Archimandrite Grigorios (Tatsis) Is Nominated By Diocesan Priests As Successor To Metropolitan Nicholas]. ACROD. July 13, 2012.
* [http://www.acrod.org/news/releases/election-of-bishop-grigorios The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Elects the Very Reverend Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis Bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]. ACROD. August 31, 2012.
* [http://www.acrod.org/news/releases/bishop-consecrated His Grace Bishop Gregory of Nyssa Is Consecrated and Enthroned As The Fourth Ruling Hierarch of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]. ACROD. November 27, 2012.

==External links==
* [http://www.acrod.org/consecration Consecration of Bishop Gregory]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa-3SQ7NaR0 Video highlights of the consecration] (YouTube video)
* [http://acrod.org/news/releases/election-of-bishop-grigorios The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Elects the Very Reverend Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis Bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese] (ACROD)
* [http://atlanta.goarch.org/index.php?pr=Ierokyrix Ierokyrix of the Metropolis of Atlanta]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b8BYIwt5Rc Fr. Grigorios Tatsis - Homily 6-19-12] (YouTube video), given at St. George's Orthodox Church (ACROD), in Taylor, Pennsylvania
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRzLT8Ry0o Nomination of Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis As Successor to Metropolitan Nicholas] (YouTube video), July 14, 2012

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Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA

2012-11-27T17:16:22Z

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{{diocese|name=The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA|jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|type=Archdiocese|founded=1923, 1929, 1996|bishop=[[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis|Metr. Antony]]|see=Hierapolis|hq=South Bound Brook, New Jersey|territory=United States|language=Ukrainian, [[Church Slavonic]], English|music=[[Kievan Chant]] & [[Galician Chant]]|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|population=''unknown''|website=[http://www.uocofusa.org/ UOC-USA]}}

The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA''' ('''UOC of USA''') is a [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in the United States. It consists of three eparchies ([[diocese]]s), ruled by two diocesan [[bishop]]s, including about 105 [[parish]]es and missions. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence, [[Metropolitan]] [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis]].
[[Image:UOC of USA (3).jpg|left|thumb|Bishops: Abp. [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis|Antony of Hierapolis]]; Metr. Constantine of Irinoupolis; Abp. [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos|Vsevolod of Scopelos]]]]

==History==
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, large numbers of Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian [[Uniate]] immigrants came to the United States, with many of the latter group converting to Orthodoxy after their immigration. Around 1915, a number of parishes organized themselves into an independent Ukrainian Orthodox jurisdiction in North America, finding guidance in a visiting [[Church of Antioch|Antiochian]] hierarch, Metr. [[Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle]], whose leadership was sought out particularly by Ukrainians who had been under the [[OCA|Russian Metropolia]], but regarded its hierarch of the time, [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]], as being an "anti-Ukrainian" [[Russification|Russifier]], who did not even regard Ukrainians as a separate ethnicity, but rather that "the Ukrainians are not a separate people nor a nation but only one of the Russian political parties."[http://www.archdiocese.ca/moreUOCCformation.pdf]

Eventually, a petition was sent in 1923 to the newly formed [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (UAOC), a jurisdiction formed in the aftermath of Ukrainian independence in 1918, but which has never enjoyed canonical recognition in mainstream Orthodoxy.

The UAOC sent Metr. John (Teodorovich) in 1924 to head an American-Canadian diocese, arriving amid questions about the validity of his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]], given that he had been [[ordination|ordained]] by UAOC bishops, whose consecrations were unrecognized by the mainstream of the Orthodox Church. John had great success in organizing parishes, due to his considerable administrative skill and his insistence on the liturgical use of Ukrainian (rather than [[Church Slavonic]] or English) as well as other Ukrainian cultural identifiers. In the aftermath of Ukrainian independence, nationalist feelings ran strong, and so an emphasis on Ukrainian identity was welcome to those who gathered under John.

Around the same time the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America]] formed, an organization of former [[Uniate]] parishes who had disputed with the Vatican over the issue of parish property ownership and enforced clerical [[celibacy]]. On [[April 9]], 1929, a meeting of 15 [[clergy]] and 24 [[laity]] was held in Allentown, Pennsylvania, at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church, in which those attending agreed to form a diocese of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians, though unlike those who had affiliated themselves with the UAOC, they wished to be part of a recognized canonical authority.{{orthodoxyinamerica}}

Another meeting took place in New York City two years later, at which Fr. [[Joseph (Zuk) of New Jersey|Joseph (Zuk)]] was nominated to become their bishop. He was ordained in September of 1932 to be the bishop of the new group, becoming an [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] of Archbishop [[Aftimios Ofiesh]], the primate of the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]] (an early attempt at an autocephalous church in America by the [[OCA|Russian Metropolia]]). Bishop Joseph died only two years later, however, and in 1937, through the leadership of Joseph's successor, [[Bohdan (Spylka) of Evkarpia|Bohdan (Spylka)]], the diocese was received into the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] by Archbishop [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras (Spyrou)]] (then head of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]), who ordained Bohdan in New York City. Bp. Bohdan at one point had rule over around 45 parishes, also having some initial success in attracting parishes away from the UAOC in America, due to his more moderate views.

During and after World War II, Ukrainian Orthodoxy in America changed radically, as a number of bishops came over from Europe who had been connected either with the UAOC, the [[Belarussian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] (another unrecognized group), or the autocephalous [[Church of Poland]] (then unrecognized by [[Church of Russia|Moscow]], but recognized by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]). These bishops tended to prefer Metr. John's organization over that of Bp. Bohdan, contributing to the swelling of the former's ranks to around 80 parishes, while the latter could claim perhaps only around two dozen (in both cases, however, many of these parishes were little more than missions or house [[chapel]]s).

Serafim Surrency writes:
:Bp Bogdan, with what backing the Greeks could give him, which was mostly moral and very little financial, continued to give some competition to the organization of Theodorovitch, now commonly called the "Ukrainian Metropolia," but it was a losing battle. In addition to the administrative ineptitude of Bp Bogdan, his very moderation in matters Ukrainian seemed to work against him. Bp Bogdan did succeed in attracting some Americans who were interested in Orthodoxy and most in ordination. Bp Bogdan ordained over a dozen native converts to the Orthodox priesthood without requiring any theological education and as might be expected the results were disastrous (an exception was Fr. [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitry Royster]] who later transferred his allegiance to the Russian Metropolia and was consecrated Bishop in 1969) (p. 113).

In 1942, when persecution of the Church in Ukraine eased under the German occupation, a number of bishops were consecrated for the Ukrainian Orthodox there. One of these bishops, [[Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev|Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]], came to America and joined the jurisdiction of the UAOC, serving in Canada. After some time, however, he came to the United States and joined Bp. Bohdan's group. He desired the unity of the two jurisdictions and worked to convince Metr. John to accept re-consecration as a condition for union.

On [[August 27]], 1949, Metr. John (Teodorovich) was re-consecrated privately, thus ending some of the questions regarding his previous consecration and attracting a number of the parishes of Bp. Bohdan into his flock. Despite becoming the largest Ukrainian Orthodox jurisdiction in the United States at this point, the diocese was still not recognized as canonical by the rest of the Orthodox Church, and the hierarchs who re-consecrated John (Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) and [[Christopher (Contogeorge) of Pentapolis|Christopher (Contogeorge)]], [[exarch]] for the [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]])) were themselves considered dubious by some (ibid., 113).

In 1950, the two rival jurisdictions held [[sobor]]s (in the same cathedral in New York) at which unification was approved by both, and on [[October 13]], a combined unification sobor was held, with both groups signing onto union. A number of clergy and parishes under Bohdan were unconvinced of the sincerity of the UOAC group, however, and convinced him to reject the union. Union was proclaimed, but it was not complete, lacking the support of Bohdan and those who had convinced him to remain separate. Mystyslav essentially returned to the UAOC jurisdiction, along with a number of Bohdan's parishes, while the union was celebrated on [[October 14]] by those who participated.

In 1958, at the twentieth anniversary celebration in Allentown of the consecration of Bohdan, the sobor there raised him to the status of [[metropolitan]] and elected three candidates for consecration to to the episcopacy to assist him (in Canada, Western Europe, and England). Constantinople did not, however, recognize the elevation or choose to consecrate the candidates elected there. After 1957, Bohdan became less and less active, due mainly to advancing age, all the while continuing to lose parishes to the UAOC. He died on [[November 1]], 1965, leaving no successor.

After the death of Bohdan, the Greek episcopacy resident in North America attempted to promote unity between the different Ukrainian factions, but met with failure. Eventually, Fr. [[Andrei (Kuschak) of Evkarpia|Andrei (Kuschak)]] was elected by six parishes of the Constantinopolitan Ukrainians and consecrated to the episcopacy on [[January 28]], 1967, by Abp. [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos (Coucouzis)]] and other bishops of the Greek Archdiocese. Bp. Andrei then ruled about a dozen parishes.

Metr. John was succeeded in 1971 by [[Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev|Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]], who served as head of the diocese until 1990, when he was elected as patriarch of the UAOC, being succeeded by Bp. [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos|Vsevolod (Maidansky)]]. (In the same year, the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]] was received into the Ecumenical Patriarchate.) Mystyslav died only three years after his election as patriarch, followed by enormous division in Ukraine. Ukrainian Orthodoxy in America, however, generally stayed out of the disputes there.

On [[March 12]], 1995, all the Ukrainian hierarchs outside of Ukraine which had not yet done so were received into the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The following year, in November, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA (formerly under the UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America (under Constantinople since 1937) were finally united, with Vsevolod becoming one of the new jurisdiction's diocesan bishops.

The same year as the unity was achieved, a [[tomos]] was issued by a metropolitan of the UAOC establishing a parish in Cleveland, Ohio, and ordaining a local priest with the title of Metropolitan [[Stephan (Petrovich) of Toronto|Stephan (Petrovich)]]. Additionally, in 1998 four parishes of the united jurisdiction (whose priests had been [[suspension|suspended]]) left Constantinople to become part of another unrecognized Ukrainian Orthodox group, the [[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)|Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate]] (UOC-KP).

==Current structure==
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA is divided into two [[eparchy|eparchies]]:
*Eastern Eparchy (Connecticut, Deleware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Eastern Pennsylvania and Rhode Island), headed by Abp. [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis|Antony of Hierapolis]] (New York, New York)
*Western Eparchy (Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Western Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, Ontario Province), headed by Bishop Daniel of Pamphilon (Chicago, Illinois)

In total, there are about 105 parishes, two [[monastery|monasteries]], and one seminary, [[St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Bound Brook, New Jersey)|St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. Besides the three hierarchs, the clergy consists of 106 [[priest]]s and 15 [[deacon]]s.[http://uocofusa.org/diodirect/clergy_dir.shtml] 15 of the parishes currently have either no pastor or are served by clergy in their [[deanery]].[http://uocofusa.org/directory/]

==See also==
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]

==Sources==
*Hewlett, Dn. Edward. [http://www.archdiocese.ca/moreUOCCformation.pdf ''The Formation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada'']
*Surrency, Archim. Serafim. ''The Quest for Orthodox Church Unity in America: A History of the Orthodox Church in North America in the Twentieth Century''. New York: Saints Boris and Gleb Press, 1973.
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=42&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora], by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
*[http://uocofusa.org/history/ An Outline of the History of the Metropolia Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA] (official website)

==External link==
*[http://www.uocofusa.org/ Official website]

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Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis

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His Eminence '''Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of Hierapolis and the Ruling Hierarch of the Central Eparchy and the Primate of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]] from 2012.

==Life==
His Eminence Metropolitan Antony was born John Scharba on [[January 30]], 1947, to John and Dorothy Scharba, the eldest of five siblings. He was [[baptism|baptized]] on [[March 23]], 1947, in St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Parish, Sharon, Pennsylvania. He received his elementary and secondary education in the Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, school system and his religious education in St. John Parish. Young John began receiving a call to the holy [[priest]]hood at a very young age and was involved in the youth and young adult groups in his parish, but upon his graduation from high school, he decided to test his "call" by enrolling in Pennsylvania's Edinboro State University to prepare for a worldly career as a foreign journalist. After two years our Lord made it abundantly clear to him that he was on the wrong path and led him to [[St. Andrew's College (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|St. Andrew College-Seminary]] in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada—the only Ukrainian Orthodox Seminary existing in the free world at the time. He simultaneously enrolled at the University of Manitoba, the campus of which is the location of St. Andrew Seminary. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and then in 1971 completed his studies at St. Andrew Seminary receiving a Bachelor of Divinity—the equivalent of today's Master of Divinity in most seminaries. He remained in Winnipeg, having accepted an offer to become the Dean of Residence for St. Andrew College—a residence for both theology students and Orthodox and some non-Orthodox students of the University of Manitoba.

John was ordained to the holy [[deacon|diaconate]] on [[October 1]], 1972, by then Bishop [[Constantine (Buggan) of Irinoupolis|Constantine]] at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Parma, Ohio, and then to the holy priesthood on November 26, 1972, again by Bishop Constantine, in his home parish of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Sharon, PA. He was assigned to his first parish, St. Vladimir UOC, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, in December of 1972 and remained there for four years. Fr. John was then transferred to St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Parish, Hammond, Indiana, where he served for the next nine years. He was very much involved with the youth of his parishes and within the Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolia. He served as Spiritual Advisor for the Ukrainian Orthodox camping program at Camp Kon-O-Kwee in western Pennsylvania. He also served for ten years as the Spiritual Advisor of the Jr. Ukrainian Orthodox League of the USA and for ten years as Chairman of the Sr. Ukrainian Orthodox League's Clergy Candidate Commission, which administered the Metropolitan John Theodorovich Scholarship Fund in support of the Church's seminarians.

During his pastorate at St. Michael Parish, Hammond, Fr. John continued his education in the Graduate School of Theology at Loyola University, Chicago, and at Purdue University in Indiana in the Graduate School of Educational Counseling, both of which enhance his pastoral ministry in very particular ways, providing insight into comparative theology and the very secular educational system of our nation, which has served him well in his parish and seminary education responsibilities.

At the regular Church [[Sobor]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in 1981, Fr. John was elected as a bishop of the Church. In 1982 he was [[tonsure]]d as a [[monastic]], and in 1985 with the monastic name Antony (after St. Anthony the Great, whose feast day falls exactly on the Bishop's birthday) and he was then elevated to the rank of [[Archimandrite]] in May of 1983. He remained serving as pastor of his parish until October 6, 1985, when he was [[consecrate]]d as Bishop at St. Andrew Memorial Church at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Metropolia Center in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. He was immediately assigned as Rector and Administrator of [[St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Bound Brook, New Jersey)|St. Sophia Seminary]] where he served through 1989. In addition to this he assumed the Editorship of the English edition of the Ukrainian Orthodox ''Word'', the official publication of the Church, and later accepted the editorship of the finally combined Ukrainian/English publication, which exists today.

Bishop Antony was asked and agreed to fill a void in the life of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand|Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand]] in 1989 and served as Bishop there in addition to his responsibilities to his Church in the USA. He served in this capacity through 1997 when another hierarch from Europe was assigned to relieve him of this enormous responsibility. During his service in Australia, he was able to diligently progress toward and accomplish the unification of the two Ukrainian Orthodox dioceses that existed for decades into a single church. During these difficult years of constant travel, Bishop Antony was elevated to the rank of Archbishop by the Council of Bishops of the UOC of USA.

Once Ukraine became an independent nation following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was reborn, Archbishop Antony has accompanied his brother bishops on many journeys to the faithful of the nation. The majority of these trips included the delivery of millions of dollars' worth of aid of all kinds to the faithful and the needy of the nation, including religious educational materials, prayer books, medical supplies, opening of soup kitchens, aid for the rebuilding of churches in both urban and rural village settings. The Archbishop continually reminds the faithful of his Church that their Christian responsibility means so much more than simply attending church on a Sunday morning and making a small donation. He invites them to reach out with their physical beings to help heal those who need healing with a willingness to deny themselves for the sake of others.

From 1994 to the present day, Archbishop Antony has served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of St. Sophia Seminary, and in 1995 he was elected by the Regular Sobor of the UOC of USA as President of the Consistory – Chief Administrative Officer for the Metropolia. He continues to serve in this capacity today. He accompanied Metropolitan Constantine when invited by the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in 1994 to discussions about the renewal of the ancient relationship between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate, which dates back to the year 988, when Ukraine accepted the Holy Orthodox Faith as its own under then Prince Volodymyr the Great. These discussions led to the acceptance, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy 1995, under the omophorion of Ecumenical Patriarch [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in the Diaspora and their hierarchs taking their rightful place at the altar of our Lord, alongside their brother Orthodox hierarchs throughout the Orthodox world. His All-Holiness and the Great and Holy Synod of Constantinople formally elected and ritually included Archbishop Antony in the [[diptych]]s of Holy Orthodoxy as titular Archbishop of the ancient See of [[Hierapolis]].

One of the greatest accomplishments during this period through the combined efforts of Archbishop Antony, representing the Council of Bishops of the UOC of USA, and Bishop [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos|Vsevolod]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America, the two existing Ukrainian Orthodox Jurisdictions in the USA were finally and irrevocably united after decades of failed attempts. This is seen by the faithful of both churches as an accomplishment that united brothers and sisters once again—and even those of specific birth families who were separated from one another.

If one would ask Archbishop Antony what he felt his best efforts accomplished, he would respond immediately that it is the division of the UOC ministry into various Consistory Offices of Ministry, led by competent individuals and volunteers. He is most emotional about his establishment in 2003 of the Orycia Federwicz and Natalie Dedeluk Orphanage Adoption Program in Ukraine, named after the two California sisters who contributed the initial grant to make the program possible. The church adopted three of the most remote and underdeveloped orphanages—with the most severely mentally and physically handicapped children who were placed there by the Soviets out of sight—and unfortunately out of mind. Each year college student [[missionary]] teams travel to visit these orphanages to renovate buildings, purchase necessary items, and most importantly to interact with and love the more than 300 children living in them. The Archbishop and the Consistory he leads are now in the process of establishing a new mission effort—right here in the USA—to the people of Appalachia.

The 1998 Sobor of the UOC of USA initiated the development of a new History and Education Complex at the Metropolia Center. Archbishop Antony leads this continuing project, which will include an Archive and Research Center in memory of Metropolitan [[Andrew (Kuschak) of Evkarpia|Andrew Kuschak]], the Seminary/Church Library in Memory of Metropolitan [[John (Theodorovich)|John Theodorovich]] and the Ukrainian Museum of New Jersey in Memory of Metropolitan/Patriarch Mstyslay. At the first meeting of the [[Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America]] in 2010, Archbishop Antony was elected as Treasurer of the Assembly and heads the Committee for Financial Affairs. Archbishop Antony celebrated the 25th anniversary of his Episcopal Consecration in 2010 and will celebrate the 40th anniversary of priesthood in 2012.

Following the repose of Metropolitan Constantine of blessed memory ([[May 21]], 2012), the Archbishop assumed the responsibilities of the ''[[Locum Tenens]]'' of the Metropolia See of the UOC of the USA.

During the Extraordinary Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA ([[October 6]], 2012), His Eminence Archbishop Antony was nominated and elected as Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.

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==Source==
*[http://www.uocofusa.org/archbishop_antony.html Biography of Metropolitan Antony] (UOC-USA)

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List of seminaries and theological schools

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==Africa==
===Kenya===
*The Orthodox Patriarchal School "Archbishop of Cyprus [[Makarios III (Mouskos) of Cyprus|Makarios III]]" - Nairobi, Kenya; [[Archdiocese of Kenya]], in the [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]].

===South Africa===
*The Alexandrian Catechetical School of South Africa - 72 Saunders Street, Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa; [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria]], in the [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]].

==Asia==
===Japan===
*[[Tokyo Orthodox Seminary (Tokyo, Japan)]] - [[Church of Japan]]

==Australia==
*[[St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]] - Redfern, Sydney, Australia; [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].

==North America==
===United States===
*[[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|Saint Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] - Kodiak, Alaska; [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]] in The [[Orthodox Church in America]].
*[http://www.orthodoxinstitute.org/ The Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute] - Berkeley, California
*[http://www.antiochian.org/academy St. Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology] - Elk Grove, California; [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]].
*[http://serborth.org/education.html St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary] - Libertyville, Illinois
*[[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] - Brookline, Massachusetts; [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]].
*[[St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Bound Brook, New Jersey)|St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary]] - South Bound Brook, New Jersey
*[[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] - Crestwood, New York; [[Orthodox Church in America]]
*[[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] - Jordanville, New York; [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]
*[[Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|Christ the Saviour Carpatho-Russian Seminary]] - Johnstown, Pennsylvania; [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]]
*[[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] - South Canaan, Pennsylvania; The [[Orthodox Church in America]]

====Distance Education====
*[http://www.orthodoxtheologicalinstitute.org St. Gregory Nazianzen Orthodox Theological Institute - Ecumenical Patriarchate]
*[http://www.euclidconsortium.org/euclid/en/school-pf.asp The Pavel Florensky School of Theology and Ministry] - An academic unit within the Euclid University Consortium. The Master's Degree in Orthodox Theology and Doctoral / Ph.D. programs are administered by a priest of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA]] (Patriarchate of Constantinople).
*[http://www.orthodoxtheologicalschool.org/ The Pastoral School of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia] offers diplomas in Pastoral Theology and Orthodox Studies.
*[[St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Theology]] - [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]
*[http://www.hts.edu/seminary/front/en/academics.html#6 Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary] of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Jordanville, NY, offers a four semester course of study leading to a Certificate in Theological Studies.

===Canada===
*[[St. Andrew's College (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|St. Andrew's College]] in Winnipeg, Manitoba - [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]]
*[[Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy (Toronto, Ontario)|Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy]] - Toronto, Canada; [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada)]]
*[[Université de Sherbrooke]] - in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, Quebec
*[http://www.saintarseny.ca/ St. Arseny Institute] in Winnipeg, Manitoba - [[Orthodox Church in America]]'s Canadian Archdiocese

==Western Europe==
===France===
*[[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)|L'Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge]] (St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute) - Paris, France; [[Russian Orthodox Exarchate in Western Europe]]
*[[St. Denys Theological Institute (Paris, France)|L'Institut de Théologie Saint-Denys de Paris]] (St. Denys Theological Institute) - Paris, France; [[Orthodox Church of France]]
* Russian Theological Seminary [http://www.wmaker.net/seminaria/] - Paris, [[Church of Russia]]
===Germany===
* [http://www.orththeol.uni-muenchen.de/ Ausbildungseinrichtung für Orthodoxe Theologie der Universität München] (Orthodox Theological Institute at University of Munich) - Munich, Germany

==United Kingdom==
*[http://www.iocs.cam.ac.uk/ Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies] - Cambridge, UK
*[http://www.trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk/en/courses/postgraduatecourses/mthorthodoxstudies/ MTh in Orthodox Studies at the University of Wales] - Lampeter, Wales, UK

===Distance Education===
*[http://www.lamp.ac.uk/trs/Postgraduate/Degrees/MTh_orthodox_studies.htm University of Wales, Lampeter] MTh in Orthodox Studies, also offered as a part time / distance education program with a small residential component (2 weeks per year).

== Eastern Europe ==
===Albania===
*[http://www.orthodoxalbania.org/English/akademteo/ATFrame.htm Resurrection of Christ Theological Academy] - Durres, Albania; [[Church of Albania]]

===Belarus===
*[http://www.mdu.orthodoxy.ru Minsk Orthodox Theological School] -Minsk [[Church of Russia]]

===Bosnia and Hercegovina===
*Saint Basil of Ostrog Theological Faculty, Foča; [[Church of Serbia]]
*Saint Petar of Dabar and Bosna Orthodox Seminary, Foča; [[Church of Serbia]]

===Bulgaria===
*Saint Sofia Spiritual Seminary (email), Bulgaria; [[Church of Bulgaria]]
*[http://www.uni-sofia.bg/faculties/theology/index.html St. Kliment Ohridski Faculty of Theology]- University of Sofia, Bulgaria; [[Church of Bulgaria]]

=== Croatia ===
*Holy Three Hierarchs Orthodox Seminary in Krka Monastery; [[Church of Serbia]]

===Finland===
*[http://www.uef.fi/uef/english?p_p_id=82&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&_82_struts_action=%2Flanguage%2Fview&languageId=en_US University of Eastern Finland, Department of Orthodox Theology], Joensuu, Finland; [[Church of Finland]]
*[http://www.ortseminaari.net/ The Orthodox Seminary], Joensuu, Finland; [[Church of Finland]]

====Distance Education====
*[http://www.aducate.fi/opetustarjonta?p_p_id=82&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_count=1&_82_struts_action=%2Flanguage%2Fview&_82_languageId=en_US The Open University of Eastern Finland] - [[Church of Finland]]

===Greece===
*[http://www.auth.gr/theosch/ Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki], Thessaloniki; [[Church of Greece]]
*[http://www.cc.uoa.gr/theology/html/english/mainen.htm Department of Theology, University of Athens], Athens; [[Church of Greece]]

=== Montenegro ===
*Saint Petar of Cetinje Orthodox Seminary in Cetinje Monastery; [[Church of Serbia]]

===Poland===
*[http://prawoslawie.uwb.edu.pl/en/ The Orthodox Theology Chair at the University in Bialystok] - Poland; [[Church of Poland]]
*[http://www.psd.edu.pl Warsaw Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Poland; [[Church of Poland]]

===Romania===

After the fall of communism in 1989, the number of theological faculties and seminaries multiplied greatly in Romania, as theological education was (re)integrated in the public education system since 1991.

=====Faculties=====
*[http://www.ftoub.ro/ "Justinian Marina" Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the University of Bucharest (in Romanian) - Bucharest, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://teologie.ulbsibiu.ro/ "Andrei Șaguna" Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the University of Sibiu (in Romanian) - Sibiu, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://ot.ubbcluj.ro/ "Babes-Bolyai" University Faculty of Orthodox Theology] (in Romanian) - Cluj-Napoca, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.teologie.uaic.ro/ Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University in Iași (in Romanian, with some information in English) - Iași, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://teologie.central.ucv.ro/ Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the University of Craiova (in Romanian) - Craiova, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.litere.uvt.ro/ Faculty of Letters, History and Theology] at the West University in Timișoara (in Romanian) - Timișoara, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.univ-ovidius.ro/teologie/ Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the "Ovidius" University in Constanța (in Romanian) - Constanța, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.upit.ro/index.php?i=59 Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the University of Pitești (web page under construction) - Pitești, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.valahia.ro/academice/facultati/FT/index.html Faculty of Orthodox Theology] at "Valahia" University, Târgoviște (in Romanian) - Târgoviște, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://teologie.uoradea.ro/ Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the University of Oradea (in Romanian) - Oradea, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.teologiearad.ro/ Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the "Aurel Vlaicu" University in Arad (in Romanian) - Arad, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://reintregirea.ro/index.php?cid=pagina-invatamant Orthodox Theology Faculty] at the "1 Decembrie 1918" University in Alba-Iulia (in Romanian, on the web page of the Alba-Iulia Archbishopric) - Alba-Iulia, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

====Seminaries and theological high-schools====

The complete list is to be found [http://www.patriarhia.ro/ro/administratia_patriarhala/luitp.html here].

=====Metropolitanate of Muntenia and Dobrogea=====
*[http://www.seminarortodoxbucuresti.ro/ Orthodox Theological Seminary in Bucharest] (in Romanian) - Bucharest, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.manastireapasarea.ro/seminar.html St. Filofteia Orthodox Theology Seminary] (monastic seminary for female students) - "Pasărea" Monastery, Brănești, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*"Dyonisios Exiguus" Orthodox Theology Seminary - Constanța, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*St. John Cassian Orthodox Theology Seminary - Tulcea, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://seminarultargoviste.xhost.ro/ St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Theology Seminary] - Târgoviște, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*"Bishop Kesarios" Orthodox Theological Seminary - Buzău, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* St. Epiphanios Orthodox Theological Seminary - Rătești, Romania (a monastic seminary for female students)
*"Patriarch Justin" Orthodox Theological Seminary - Câmpulung Muscel, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.eparhiaargesului.ro/seminar_teologic.html "Neagoe Vodă" Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Curtea de Argeș, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.seminarulsfandrei.blogspot.com/ St. Apostle Andrew Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Galați, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Theological Seminary - Slobozia, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* St. Kalinikos of Cernica Orthodox Theological Seminary -Turnu Măgurele, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* St. John the Wallachian Orthodox Theological Seminary - Giurgiu, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

=====Metropolitanate of Moldavia and Bukovina=====
* [http://semteoliasi.ro/ St. Basil the Great Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Iași, Romania [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.seminarulbotosani.srv.ro/ St. George Orthodox Theological Seminary], older site [http://mkp07.tripod.com/ro11.htm here] - Botoșani, Romania [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.seminaruldorohoi.ro/ St. John James of Hozeva Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Dorohoi, Romania [[Church of Romania]]
*"Veniamin Costachi" Orthodox Theological Seminary - Neamț Monastery, Vânători, Romania[[Church of Romania]]
*St. Paraskeva Orthodox Theological Seminary - Agapia Monastery, Agapia, Romania (for female students); [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.seminarulpiatraneamt.org/ Sts. Emperors Constantine and Helena Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Piatra Neamț, Romania (in Romanian); [[Church of Romania]]
*"Metropolitan Dosoftei" Orthodox Theological Seminary - Suceava, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*St. George Orthodox Theological Seminary - Roman, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Theological Seminary - Huși, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

=====Metropolitanate of Transylvania=====
*[http://www.seminarortodoxbrasov.ro/ "Dumitru Stăniloae" Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Brașov, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*Orthodox Theological Seminary - Făgăraș, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

=====Metropolitanate of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș=====

* Orthodox Theological Seminary - Cluj-Napoca, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* "Metropolitan Simion Ștefan" Orthodox Theological Seminary - Alba Iulia, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* Orthodox Theological Seminary - Zalău, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* "Bishop Roman Ciorogariu" Orthodox High-School - Oradea, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
* [http://www.seminarulbm.ro/ "St. Hierarch Joseph the Confessor" Orthodox Theological Seminary], Baia Mare, Romanial [[Church of Romania]]
*"Nicolae Steinhardt" Orthodox Theological Seminary - Satu Mare, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

=====Metropolitanate of Oltenia=====
*[http://stoc.licee.edu.ro/ St. Gregory the Theologian Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Craiova, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*Theological High-School - Târgu Jiu, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://seminarultargoviste.valahia.ro/ St John Chrysostom Theological Seminary], Târgoviște, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.episcopia-ramnicului.ro/seminar.html St. Nicholas Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

=====Metropolitanate of Banat=====
* "Carmen Sylva" Pedagogical High-School - Theology section - Timișoara, Romania (mixed); [[Church of Romania]]
* [http://www.seminararad.org/ Orthodox Theological Seminary], - Arad, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]
*St. Catherine Orthodox Theological Seminary - Prislop Monastery, Silvașu de Sus, Romania (monastic seminary for female students); [[Church of Romania]]
*[http://www.caransebes.ro/invatamant/sc_teol/index.htm#engleza "Ioan Popasu" Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Caransebeș, Romania; [[Church of Romania]]

===Serbia===
*[http://www.bfspc.bg.ac.yu Faculty of Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade] - Belgrade, Serbia; [[Church of Serbia]]
*[http://www.akademijaspc.org.yu/ Academy for Church Art and Conservation] - Belgrade; [[Church of Serbia]]
*Saint Sava Orthodox Seminary in Belgrade; [[Church of Serbia]]
*Saint Arsenius Sremac Orthodox Seminary in Sremski Karlovci; [[Church of Serbia]]
*Saint Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Seminary in Nis; [[Church of Serbia]]
*Saint John the Chrysostome Orthodox Seminary in Kragujevac; [[Church of Serbia]]

===Slovakia===
*Orthodox Theological Faculty of Safarik University - Presov, Slovakia; [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]].

===Lebanon===
*[http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/ St. John of Damascus Faculty of Theology], Balamand, Lebanon; [[Church of Antioch]]

===Ukraine===
* [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Orthodox Theological Academy]], Kiev; [[Church of Russia]]
* Odesa Orthodox Theological seminary, Odessa; [[Church of Russia]]
* Pochayev Orthodox Theological Seminary, Pochayev; [[Church of Russia]]
* [http://orth-mission.org.ua Poltava Orthodox Missionary School], Poltava; [[Church of Russia]]

== Russia ==
* Barnaul Theological College, Barnaul
* Cheboksary Theological College, Cheboksary
* Chelyabinsk Theological College, Chelyabinsk
* [http://seminaria.bel.ru Belgorod Theological Seminary], -Belgorod; [[Church of Russia]]
* The Pastoral Preparatory Courses of thy Diocese of Izhevsk and Udmurtia, Izhevsk
* Kaluga Theological Seminary, Kaluga; [[Church of Russia]]
* [[Kazan Theological Academy|Kazan Theological Seminary]], Kazan [http://kds.eparhia.ru]; [[Church of Russia]]
* Khabarovsk Theological Seminary [http://seminary.pravostok.lgg.ru/ru/] -Khabarovsk; [[Church of Russia]]
* Kolomna Theological Seminary, Kolomna; [[Church of Russia]]
* Kostroma Theological Seminary,Kostroma [[Church of Russia]]
* Kursk Theological Seminary, Kursk [[Church of Russia]]
* [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Orthodox Theological Academy and Seminary]] -Moscow;
* Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary [http://nds.nne.ru], Nizhny Novgorod; [[Church of Russia]]
* Nizhny Novgorod Female Diocese College, Nizhny Novgorod
* Omsk Theological College, Omsk
* The Pastoral Courses of the Diocese of Perm and Solikamsk, Perm
* Pimen Orthodox Institute, (in Russian), St. Petersburg; [[Church of Russia]]
* Pskov Theological College, Pskov
* Ryazan Theological College, Ryazan
* Saint Cyrill and Methodius Theological College, Novokuznetsk
* [http://www.spbda.ru/english/index.ru Saint Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy] -St. Petersburg; [[Church of Russia]]
* [http://kuz1.pstbi.ccas.ru Saint Tikhon Orthodox Theological Institute] - Moscow; [[Church of Russia]]
* Samara Theological Seminary, Samara
* Saransk Theological College, Saransk
* Saratov Theological Seminary, Saratov
* [http://kavkaz.bogoslov.ru Stavropol Theological Seminary] - Stavropol; [[Church of Russia]]
* [http://www.sci.smolensk.ru/users/seminary/index.php Smolensk Orthodox Theological Seminary] -Smolensk; [[Church of Russia]]
* Syktyvkar Theological College, Syktyvkar
* Tobolsk Theological Seminary, Tobolsk
* Tomsk Theological Seminary, Tomsk
* Vladimir Theological Seminary, Vladimir
* Vladivostok Theological College, Vladivostok
* Volgograd Theological College, Volgograd
* Vologda Theological College, Vologda
* Voronezh Theological Seminary, Voronezh
* Vyatka Theological College, Kirov
* Vyksa Theological College [http://vyksa.nne.ru/new2/index.php?pn=4], Vyksa
* Yaroslavl Theological College, Yaroslavl
* Yekaterinburg Theological College, Yekaterinburg

==Non-Chalcedonian==
===India===
*[http://www.ots.org.in Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Kottayam, Kerala, India [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]].
*[http://www.stotsindia.org St.Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary] - Nagpur, India; [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]].

===Australia===
*[http://www.sacotc.org Saint Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College] - Melbourne, Australia; [[Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia|Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions]]
*[http://www.coptictheology.com Pope Shenouda III Coptic Orthodox Theological College] - Sydney, Australia; [[Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia|Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions]]

===United States===
*[http://www.stnersess.edu/ St. Nersess Armenian Seminary] - New Rochelle, New York
*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/9944/ Pope Shenouda III Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary] - New Jersey and Los Angeles
*[http://www.suscopts.org/seminary/ St. Athanasius Theological Seminary] - San Antonio, Texas; The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

===United Kingdom===
*[http://www.copticcentre.com/college1.html St. Athanasius the Apostolic Coptic Theological College], Stevenage, UK

===Germany===
* [http://www.stantonius-kroeffelbach.de/ Institut für Koptisch-Orthodoxe Theologie] im Kloster Kröffelbach (Coptic Orthodox Theological Institute, Waldsolms-Kröffelbach, Germany

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[[Category:Educational Institutions]]

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Ecumenical Patriarchate in America

2012-11-27T16:46:19Z

Magda: /* Hierarchs */ updated UOC-USA

{{orthodoxyinamerica}}
The '''[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in America''' comprises six separate [[jurisdiction]]s, along with a number of [[stavropegial]] institutions, and includes roughly two-thirds of all Orthodox Christians in America. The [[archbishop]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], by far the largest of Constantinopolitan jurisdictions in the US, is considered the local primate and may convene a [[holy synod]] of all the hierarchs of the Ecumenical throne in America.

While reliable statistics are difficult to come by, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has roughly 500,000 adherents (or up to 2 million, by some estimates) in the United States[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] worshiping at about 750 [[parish]]es and [[monastery|monasteries]] (about 25). It includes 14 defined dioceses (a number of which overlap, since multiple jurisdictions are represented), governed by 19 [[ruling bishop|diocesan]] and [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] [[bishop]]s. Thus Constantinople is by far the largest numerical representation of [[Orthodoxy in America]], including roughly twice as many Orthodox Christians under its [[omophorion]] than all other jurisdictions combined and about two-fifths of all Orthodox bishops in America. Of the ten bishops who are members of [[SCOBA]], four represent Constantinopolitan jurisdictions.[http://www.scoba.us/jurisdictions.html]

==Jurisdictions==
*[[Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America]]
*[[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]]
*[[Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]
*[[Vicariate for Palestinian-Jordanian Communities in the USA|Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA]]

==Stavropegial institutions==
The [[Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou (Astoria, New York)|Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou]] in Astoria, New York, founded in 1972, had historically been part of the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] movement (specifically the [[Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece (Florinite)|"Kiousis Synod"]]) but in 1998 came under the [[omophorion]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]. Though not formally organized as a [[diocese]], the [[monastery]] and its ten [[metochion|metochia]]—two monasteries and eight [[parish]]es—essentially function as a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States (also including one mission in the Central American nation of Belize).

The [[abbot]] and deputy abbot of the monastery are both [[bishop]]s, governing not only the monastery but also the metochia, most of which are in the northeastern United States. Besides an additional monastery in Astoria, New York, and one in North Fort Myers, Florida, there are four parishes in New York, one in Delaware, one in Florida, one in Illinois, and one in Belize.[http://www.stirene.org/Resources/dependencies.htm] (The list at the Greek Archdiocese website also includes a parish in New Jersey.[http://www.goarch.org/en/otherpatriarchal/sta.asp]) The current abbot is [[Metropolitan]] [[Paisios (Loulourgas) of Tyana]], who led the monastery and its metochia into the Ecumenical Patriarchate along with the deputy abbot, Bishop [[Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Apameia]]. Both Paisios and Vikentios were [[ordination|ordained]] upon entry into the patriarchate, as their previous ordinations in the Old Calendarist movement were regarded as invalid.

The monastery and its metochia are [[stavropegial]], directly under the Ecumenical Patriarch, and until recently continued to follow the [[Julian Calendar]], but have been on the [[Revised Julian Calendar]] for some years.

The [[Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute]] in Berkeley, California, is also a stavropegial institution of the patriarchate.

==Hierarchs==
*Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
** Abp. [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]]
** Metr. [[Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago]]
** Metr. [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh]]
** Metr. [[Methodios (Tournas) of Boston]]
** Metr. [[Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver]]
** Metr. [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta]]
** Metr. [[Nicholas (Pissare) of Detroit]]
** Metr. [[Evangelos (Kourounis) of New Jersey]]
** Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]]
** Bp. [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos]]
** Bp. [[Savas (Zembillas) of Troas]]
** Bp. [[Andonios (Paropoulos) of Phasiane]]
** Bp. [[Demetrios (Kantzavelos) of Mokissos]]

*Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA
** Metr. [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis]]
** Bp. [[Daniel (Zelinskyy) of Pamphilon]]

*American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
** Bp. [[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa]]

*Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
** Bp. [[Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion]]

*Stavropegial institutions
** Metr. [[Paisios (Loulourgas) of Tyana]]
** Bp. [[Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Apameia]]

[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchate Dioceses]]

Ecumenical Patriarchate in America

2012-11-27T16:43:56Z

Magda: /* Hierarchs */ per http://www.uocofusa.org/archbishop_antony.html

{{orthodoxyinamerica}}
The '''[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in America''' comprises six separate [[jurisdiction]]s, along with a number of [[stavropegial]] institutions, and includes roughly two-thirds of all Orthodox Christians in America. The [[archbishop]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], by far the largest of Constantinopolitan jurisdictions in the US, is considered the local primate and may convene a [[holy synod]] of all the hierarchs of the Ecumenical throne in America.

While reliable statistics are difficult to come by, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has roughly 500,000 adherents (or up to 2 million, by some estimates) in the United States[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] worshiping at about 750 [[parish]]es and [[monastery|monasteries]] (about 25). It includes 14 defined dioceses (a number of which overlap, since multiple jurisdictions are represented), governed by 19 [[ruling bishop|diocesan]] and [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] [[bishop]]s. Thus Constantinople is by far the largest numerical representation of [[Orthodoxy in America]], including roughly twice as many Orthodox Christians under its [[omophorion]] than all other jurisdictions combined and about two-fifths of all Orthodox bishops in America. Of the ten bishops who are members of [[SCOBA]], four represent Constantinopolitan jurisdictions.[http://www.scoba.us/jurisdictions.html]

==Jurisdictions==
*[[Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America]]
*[[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]]
*[[Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]
*[[Vicariate for Palestinian-Jordanian Communities in the USA|Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA]]

==Stavropegial institutions==
The [[Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou (Astoria, New York)|Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou]] in Astoria, New York, founded in 1972, had historically been part of the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] movement (specifically the [[Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece (Florinite)|"Kiousis Synod"]]) but in 1998 came under the [[omophorion]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]. Though not formally organized as a [[diocese]], the [[monastery]] and its ten [[metochion|metochia]]—two monasteries and eight [[parish]]es—essentially function as a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States (also including one mission in the Central American nation of Belize).

The [[abbot]] and deputy abbot of the monastery are both [[bishop]]s, governing not only the monastery but also the metochia, most of which are in the northeastern United States. Besides an additional monastery in Astoria, New York, and one in North Fort Myers, Florida, there are four parishes in New York, one in Delaware, one in Florida, one in Illinois, and one in Belize.[http://www.stirene.org/Resources/dependencies.htm] (The list at the Greek Archdiocese website also includes a parish in New Jersey.[http://www.goarch.org/en/otherpatriarchal/sta.asp]) The current abbot is [[Metropolitan]] [[Paisios (Loulourgas) of Tyana]], who led the monastery and its metochia into the Ecumenical Patriarchate along with the deputy abbot, Bishop [[Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Apameia]]. Both Paisios and Vikentios were [[ordination|ordained]] upon entry into the patriarchate, as their previous ordinations in the Old Calendarist movement were regarded as invalid.

The monastery and its metochia are [[stavropegial]], directly under the Ecumenical Patriarch, and until recently continued to follow the [[Julian Calendar]], but have been on the [[Revised Julian Calendar]] for some years.

The [[Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute]] in Berkeley, California, is also a stavropegial institution of the patriarchate.

==Hierarchs==
*Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
** Abp. [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]]
** Metr. [[Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago]]
** Metr. [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh]]
** Metr. [[Methodios (Tournas) of Boston]]
** Metr. [[Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver]]
** Metr. [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta]]
** Metr. [[Nicholas (Pissare) of Detroit]]
** Metr. [[Evangelos (Kourounis) of New Jersey]]
** Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]]
** Bp. [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos]]
** Bp. [[Savas (Zembillas) of Troas]]
** Bp. [[Andonios (Paropoulos) of Phasiane]]
** Bp. [[Demetrios (Kantzavelos) of Mokissos]]

*Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA
** Metr. [[Constantine (Bahan) of Irinoupolis]]
** Abp. [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis]]
** Abp. [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos]]

*American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
** Bp. [[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa]]

*Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
** Bp. [[Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion]]

*Stavropegial institutions
** Metr. [[Paisios (Loulourgas) of Tyana]]
** Bp. [[Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Apameia]]

[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchate Dioceses]]

List of American bishops

2012-11-27T16:40:24Z

Magda: /* American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese, 1938-present */ added Bp. Gregory

{{orthodoxyinamerica}}
'''American Orthodox [[bishop]]s''' are men serving as bishops in some capacity, whether with [[diocese]]s or exercising authority of some kind in the United States and Canada. The dates following their names indicate the years during which they served as bishops in America.

==[[Church of Alexandria]]==
===[[Alexandrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in the United States]], 1947-1950===
*[[Christopher (Contogeorge) of Pentapolis]], 1947-1950

==[[Church of Antioch]]==

===[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], 1924-present===
*[[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa]], 2004-present
*[[Antony (Bashir) of New York]], 1936-1966
*[[Antoun (Khouri) of Miami]], 1981-present
*[[Basil (Essey) of Wichita]], 1992-present
*[[Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh]], 1995-2003 (retired)
*[[Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui) of Los Angeles]], 1995-present
*[[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo]], 2004-2010
*[[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]], 1975-1992
*[[Philip (Saliba) of New York]], 1966-present
*[[Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland]], 2004-present
*[[Victor (Abo-Assaley) of New York]], 1924-1934

===[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Toledo and Dependencies]], 1936-1975===
*[[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]], 1962-1975
*[[Samuel (David) of Toledo]], 1936-1958

===[[Syrian Holy Orthodox Greek Catholic Mission in North America]], 1913-1933===
*[[Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle]], 1913-1933

==[[Church of Constantinople]]==
===[[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]], 1938-present===
*[[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa]] 2012-present
*[[John (Martin) of Nyssa]] 1960-1984
*[[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos]] 1983-2011
*[[Orestes (Chornock) of Agathoniketa]] 1938-1977

===[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]], 1921-1996===
*[[Alexander (Demoglou) of Rodostolou|Alexander (Demoglou) of America]], 1922-1930
*[[Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras (Kokkinakis) of San Francisco]] 1950 - 1960
*[[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Athenagoras (Spyrou) of America]], 1931-1948
*[[Demetrios (Makris) of Olympus]] 1951-?
*[[Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos]] 1962 - 1977
*[[Germanos (Polyzoides) of Hierapolis]] 1941-1993
*[[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America]], 1959-1996
*[[Joachim (Alexopoulos) of Boston]] 1923-1930
*[[John (Kallos) of Amoriun]] 1972-?
*[[Kallistos (Papageorgapoulos) of San Francisco]] 1927-1940
*[[Michael (Konstantinides) of America]], 1948-1959
*[[Philaret (Ioannides) of Chicago]] 1923-19xx
*[[Polyevktos (Finfinis) of Aneon|Polyevktos (Finfinis) of Tropaiou]] 1955 - 1960
*[[Theodosios (Sideris) of Ancona]] 1960 - 1967

===[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], 1996-present===
*[[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta]], 1999-present
*[[Andonios (Paropoulos) of Phasiane]], 2001-Present
*[[Anthony (Gergiannakis) of San Francisco]], 1975-2004
*[[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]], 1999-present
*[[Demetrios (Kantzavelos) of Mokissos]], 2006-present
*[[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos]], 1998-present
*[[Evangelos (Kourounis) of New Jersey]], 2003-present
*[[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]], 2005-present
*[[Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago]], 1979-present
*[[Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver]], 1992-present
*[[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh]], 1979-present
*[[Methodios (Tournas) of Boston]], 1984-present
*[[Nicholas (Pissare) of Detroit]], 1999-present
*[[Savas (Zembillas) of Troas]], 2002-present
*[[Spyridon (Papageorge) of Chaldea|Spyridon (Papageorge) of America]], 1996-1999

==[[Church of Jerusalem]], 1922-2008==
*[[Panteleimon of Neapolis]], 1922-1931
*[[Damaskinos (Gaganiaras) of Jappa|Damaskinos (Gaganiaras)]], 2002-2008

==[[Church of Greece]], 1908-1923, 1930==
*Alexander (Demoglou) of Rodostolon, 1921 ''(see above)''
*[[Germanos (Troianos) of Monemvasia and Lacedaemonos]], 1921-1923
*[[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Athens|Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Corinth]] ''(Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, but a bishop of the Church of Greece at the time)''
*[[Meletios IV (Metaxakis) of Constantinople|Meletios (Metaxakis) of Athens]]

===[[Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Metropolis of America and Canada]], 1923-?===
*[[Vasilios (Komvopoulos) of Chaldea]], 1923-?

==[[Church of Russia]], 1794-1924==
:''See also: [[Bishops of the Russian Metropolia in North America]]''

*[[Innocent (Pustynsky) of Alaska]], 1904-1909
*[[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov) of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands]], 1840-1853
*[[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians]], 1870-1877
*[[Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians]], 1878-1882
*[[Nicholas (Ziorov) of the Aleutians]], 1891-1898
*[[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk]], 1867-1870
*[[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk]], 1859-1867
*[[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York]] 1907-1914
*[[Philip (Stavitsky) of Alaska]] 1916-1917
*[[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael (Hawaweeny) of Brooklyn]], 1904-1915
*[[Stephen (Dzubay) of Pittsburgh]], 1917-1924
*[[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin) of the Aleutians]] 1898-1907
*[[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians]], 1888-1891

===[[Russian Exarchate of North America]], 1933-1970===
*[[Adam (Philipovsky)|Adam (Philipovsky) of the Aleutians and North America]], 1943 - 1956
*[[Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Alaska|Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Washington]], 1934-1939
*[[Benjamin (Fedchenkov) of the Aleutians]], 1933-1947
*[[Boris (Vik) of the Aleutians]], 1955-1962
*[[Dionysius (Diachenko) of San Francisco]] 1958-1960
*Germogen, 1954
*[[John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians]], 1963-1967
*[[Jonathan (Kopolovitch) of New York and the Aleutians]], 1967-1970
*[[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York]], 1947-1953

===[[Russian Orthodox Church in the USA]], 1970-present===
*[[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk]], 2010-present
*[[Mercurius (Ivanov) of Zaraisk]], 2000-2009?

===[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], 1921-present===
*[[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastassy (Gribanovskiy)]], 1950 – 1964
*[[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Anthony (Medvedev)]], 1968-2000
*[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]], 1922-1924
*[[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]], 1960-1976
*[[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]], 1997-present
*[[Gregory (Grabbe) of Washington and Florida|Gregory (Grabbe)]], 1979-1995
*[[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], 1984-1996, 2008-present
*[[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|John (Maximovitch)]], 1962-1966
*[[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill (Dmitrieff)]], 1992-present
*[[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus (Skurla)]], 1967-2008
*[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]], 1964-1985
*[[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]], 1921-1924
*[[Theodosius (Ivashchenko) of Seattle|Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]], 2008-present
*[[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Troitsky)]], 1934-1962
*[[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]], 1954-2001

====[[Bulgarian Diocese in Exile]], 1964-1976====
*[[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh]], 1964-1976

===[[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad-PSCA, 2007-Present]]===
*[[Agafangel (Pashkovsky) of Odessa|Agafangel (Pashkovsky)]], 2007-present
*[[Andronik (Kotrliaroff)]], 2007-present
*[[Joseph (Hrebinka)]], 2008-present

==[[OCA|Metropolia/Orthodox Church in America]], 1924-1970, 1970-present==
*[[Adam (Philipovsky)|Adam (Philipovsky) of Philadelphia and the Carpatho-Russians]], 1935 - 1939
*[[Aftimios Ofiesh|Aftimios (Ofiesh) of Brooklyn]], 1917-1930
*[[Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) of Mexico City ]], 2004-present
*[[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo]] 2012 - present
*[[Alexis (Panteleev) of Alaska]], 1927-1944
*[[Amphilokhy (Vakulsky) of Alaska]], 1923-1931
*[[Amvrossy (Merejko) of Pittsburgh]], 1967-1972
*[[Anatoloy (Apostlov) of Montreal]], 1961-1962
*[[Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Alaska]], 1931-1934
*[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco]], 1924-1927
*[[Arseny (Chagovtsov) of Winnipeg]], 1926-1936
*[[Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco]], 1980-1984
*[[Benjamin (Basalyga) of Pittsburgh]], 1933-1946, 1952-1963
*[[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco]], 2004-present
*[[Boris (Geeza) of Chicago]], 1978-1988
*[[Dionysius (Diachenko) of Pittsburgh]] 1947-1952?
*[[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas]], 1969-2009
*[[Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Brooklyn]], 1930-1933
*[[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka]], 1973-1995
*[[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York]], 1973-2008
*[[Innocent (Gula) of Hagerstown]], 1995-2001
*[[Ireney (Bekish) of New York]], 1953-1977
*[[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights]], 2002-present
*[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov) of Eastern Canada]], 1936-1937
*[[Joasaph (Skorodumov) of Calgary]], 1938,1946
*[[Joasph (Antoniuk) of Edmonton]], 1968-1978
*[[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky) of Chicago and the Midwest]], 1983-2009
*[[John (Garklavs) of Chicago]], 1949-1978
*[[John (Shahovskoy) of San Francisco]], 1947-1973, 1975-1979
*[[John (Ziobin) of Alaska]], 1945-1952
*[[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington]], 2008-present
*[[Jonah (Stahlberg) of Washington]], 1951-1955
*[[Kiprian (Borisevich) of Philadelphia]], 1961-1980
*[[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh]], 1976-2007
*[[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa]], 1990-2003
*[[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York]], 1933-1965
*[[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York|Makary (Iliyinsky) of Brooklyn]], 1935-1946
*[[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston]], 1979-
*[[Mark (Maymon) of Baltimore]], 2011-present
*[[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh]], 2009-present
*[[Michael (Dahulich) of New York]], 2010-present
*[[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit]], 1980-present
*[[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka]], 2001-2008
*[[Nikon (de Greve) of Brooklyn]], 1948-1983
*[[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston]], 2002-present
*[[Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago]], 1928-1933
*[[Peter (L'Huillier) of New York]], (in Orthodox Church in America) 1979-2005
*[[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York]], 1907-1934
*[[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa]], 1987-present
*[[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]], 1963-1981
*[[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington]], 1967-2002
*[[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco]], 1922-1950
*[[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles]], 1987-2007
*[[Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia]], 2004-present
*[[Valerian (Trifa) of Detroit]], 1960-1983
*[[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver]], 1994-?
*[[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco]], 1962-1975

===[[American Orthodox Catholic Church]], 1927-1940===
*[[Aftimios Ofiesh|Aftimios (Ofiesh) of Brooklyn]], 1927-1933
*[[Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Brooklyn|Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Montreal]], 1927-1930
*[[Ignatius (Nichols) of Washington]], 1932-1933
*[[Joseph (Zuk) of New Jersey]], 1932-1933
*[[Sophronios (Beshara) of Los Angeles]], 1928-1940

==[[Church of Serbia]], 1919-Present==
===[[Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada]], 1919-Present===
*[[Christopher (Kovacevich) of Midwestern America|Christopher (Kovacevich)]], 1978-2010
*[[Chrysostom (Stolic)]], 1988-1992
*[[Damaskin (Grdanicki)]], 1938-1940
*[[Dionisije (Milivojevic)]], 1940-1963
*[[Fermilian (Ocokoljich) of Midwestern America|Firmilian (Ocokoljic)]], 1963-1992
*[[Gregory (Udicki)]], 1963-1985
*[[Georgije (Djokic) of Canada|Georgije (Djokic)]], 1984-Present
*[[Irinej (Djordjevic)]], 1936-1938
*[[Irinej (Kovacevic)]], 1992-1998
*[[Jovan (Mladenovic)]], 1994-2002
*[[Longin (Jovanovic)]], 1997-Present
*[[Longin (Krco) of America and Canada|Longin (Krco)]], 1992, 1997-Present
*[[Mardarje (Uskokovich)]], 1926-1935
*[[Maxim (Vasilijevic) of Western America|Maxim (Vasiljevic)]], 2006-Present
*[[Mitrophan (Kodic)]], 1991-Present
*[[Nikolai Velimirovic]], 1919, 1946-1956
*[[Stefan (Lastavica)]], 1963-1966
*[[Sava (Vukovich)]], 1967-1977

===[[New Gracanica Diocese]], 1963-1992===
Diocese considered schismatic by Patriarchate of Serbia from 1963 until 1992 reconciliation.
*[[Dimitrije (Balac)]], 1966-1978
*[[Dionisije (Milivojevic)]], 1963-1979 [see above]

[[Category:Bishops|American bishops]]

Ecumenical Patriarchate in America

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The '''[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in America''' comprises six separate [[jurisdiction]]s, along with a number of [[stavropegial]] institutions, and includes roughly two-thirds of all Orthodox Christians in America. The [[archbishop]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], by far the largest of Constantinopolitan jurisdictions in the US, is considered the local primate and may convene a [[holy synod]] of all the hierarchs of the Ecumenical throne in America.

While reliable statistics are difficult to come by, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has roughly 500,000 adherents (or up to 2 million, by some estimates) in the United States[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] worshiping at about 750 [[parish]]es and [[monastery|monasteries]] (about 25). It includes 14 defined dioceses (a number of which overlap, since multiple jurisdictions are represented), governed by 19 [[ruling bishop|diocesan]] and [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] [[bishop]]s. Thus Constantinople is by far the largest numerical representation of [[Orthodoxy in America]], including roughly twice as many Orthodox Christians under its [[omophorion]] than all other jurisdictions combined and about two-fifths of all Orthodox bishops in America. Of the ten bishops who are members of [[SCOBA]], four represent Constantinopolitan jurisdictions.[http://www.scoba.us/jurisdictions.html]

==Jurisdictions==
*[[Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America]]
*[[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]]
*[[Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]
*[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]]
*[[Vicariate for Palestinian-Jordanian Communities in the USA|Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA]]

==Stavropegial institutions==
The [[Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou (Astoria, New York)|Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou]] in Astoria, New York, founded in 1972, had historically been part of the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] movement (specifically the [[Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece (Florinite)|"Kiousis Synod"]]) but in 1998 came under the [[omophorion]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]. Though not formally organized as a [[diocese]], the [[monastery]] and its ten [[metochion|metochia]]—two monasteries and eight [[parish]]es—essentially function as a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States (also including one mission in the Central American nation of Belize).

The [[abbot]] and deputy abbot of the monastery are both [[bishop]]s, governing not only the monastery but also the metochia, most of which are in the northeastern United States. Besides an additional monastery in Astoria, New York, and one in North Fort Myers, Florida, there are four parishes in New York, one in Delaware, one in Florida, one in Illinois, and one in Belize.[http://www.stirene.org/Resources/dependencies.htm] (The list at the Greek Archdiocese website also includes a parish in New Jersey.[http://www.goarch.org/en/otherpatriarchal/sta.asp]) The current abbot is [[Metropolitan]] [[Paisios (Loulourgas) of Tyana]], who led the monastery and its metochia into the Ecumenical Patriarchate along with the deputy abbot, Bishop [[Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Apameia]]. Both Paisios and Vikentios were [[ordination|ordained]] upon entry into the patriarchate, as their previous ordinations in the Old Calendarist movement were regarded as invalid.

The monastery and its metochia are [[stavropegial]], directly under the Ecumenical Patriarch, and until recently continued to follow the [[Julian Calendar]], but have been on the [[Revised Julian Calendar]] for some years.

The [[Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute]] in Berkeley, California, is also a stavropegial institution of the patriarchate.

==Hierarchs==
*Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
** Abp. [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America]]
** Metr. [[Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago]]
** Metr. [[Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh]]
** Metr. [[Methodios (Tournas) of Boston]]
** Metr. [[Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver]]
** Metr. [[Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta]]
** Metr. [[Nicholas (Pissare) of Detroit]]
** Metr. [[Evangelos (Kourounis) of New Jersey]]
** Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]]
** Bp. [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos]]
** Bp. [[Savas (Zembillas) of Troas]]
** Bp. [[Andonios (Paropoulos) of Phasiane]]
** Bp. [[Demetrios (Kantzavelos) of Mokissos]]

*Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA
** Metr. [[Constantine (Bahan) of Irinoupolis]]
** Abp. [[Antony (Scherba) of Hierapolis]]
** Abp. [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos]]

*American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
** Bp. [[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa]]

*Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
** Bp. [[Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion]]

*Stavropegial institutions
** Metr. [[Paisios (Loulourgas) of Tyana]]
** Bp. [[Vikentios (Malamatenios) of Apameia]]

[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchate Dioceses]]

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Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago

2012-11-27T16:31:23Z

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His Grace, the Right Reverend '''Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago''' is the [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]].

==Life==
Bishop-elect Matthias was born David Lawrence Moriak on [[April 4]], 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Lawrence and the late Gladys Mae Moriak. He was [[baptism|baptized]] at St. Theodosius Cathedral in Cleveland. He attended public schools in Cleveland. He moved with his parents to Parma, Ohio when he was 12 years old. In Parma, he began attending a new mission of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] and began reading the Hours and the Epistle while contemplating a calling to the Holy Priesthood.

Following his graduation from Parma High School in June 1967, David considered joining the U. S. Marine Corps until he met His Grace, the late [[John (Martin) of Nyssa|John (Martin)]], Bishop of the Carpatho-Russian Diocese, who inspired him to enter [[Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|Christ the Saviour Seminary]], in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1967, David began his studies at the [[seminary]] and soon realized a strong calling to the priesthood. In June 1972, he graduated from the seminary and on [[June 3]], 1972, he married Jeannette before his [[ordination]] to the [[priest]]hood on [[June 18]]. Fr, Matthias and Jeannette had two children, Rachel and Michael.

Following his ordination as a priest, Fr. Matthias served at [[parish]]es in Jenner, Pennsylvania (1972 to 1975), St. Paul the Apostle in Freehold, New Jersey (1975 to 1978: a mission church that he founded), Gary, Indiana (1978 to 1982), St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church in Saint Clair, Pennsylvania (1982 to 2004), at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown (2004 to 2006), and St. Gregory of Nyssa MIssion in Seaford, New York (2006 to 2010).

In May 1996, Fr. Matthias' wife Jeannette was diagnosed with acute leukemia and reposed in March 1997. While serving in St. Clair, Fr. Matthias enrolled at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Seminary]] in South Canaan, Pennsylvania and graduated in 2000 with a Masters of Divinity Degree. Fr. Matthias always admired the [[monasticism|monastic]] life. Following the death of his wife, he visited several monasteries for healing and spiritual strength. He made visits to Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, and [[Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery (Otego, New York)|Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery]], Otego, New York, where he also served the Great Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord for two years. He also visited the Monastery of St. Anthony in Arizona, where he stayed for two weeks.

Before he took his monastic tonsure, he visited the [[Iviron Monastery (Athos)|Iveron Monastery]] on [[Mount Athos]] where for much of his time he spent following the daily cycle of services and obediences. He also spent hours speaking to his newly found Athonite spiritual father, [[Priestmonk]] Jeremiah. After visiting other [[monastery|monasteries]] in Jerusalem, Greece, Turkey, and Guatemala, Fr. Matthias was [[tonsure]]d a Riasaphor [[monk]] at Camp Nazareth on [[October 14]], 2003.

On [[September 1]], 2010, Fr. Matthias was received into the [[clergy]] of the Orthodox Church in America and was assigned as acting rector at the Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery at Otego under the omophorion of Bp. [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Michael]] of New York.

During 2010, Fr. Matthias was one the candidates considered by the OCA Diocese of the Midwest for election as their diocesan bishop. In September 2010, an assembly of the [[diocese]] nominated him to the [[Synod]] of Bishops of the OCA as their choice as their diocesan bishop. At the opening session of the fall gathering of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America on Tuesday, [[November 16]], 2010, Priestmonk Matthias was canonically elected to the vacant Episcopal See of Chicago and the Midwest.

During the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Saint Tikhon of Moscow, celebrated at Saint Sergius of Radonezh Chapel at the [[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America]], Thursday, [[November 18]], 2010, His Beatitude, [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Metropolitan Jonah]] elevated Bishop-Elect Matthias to the rank of [[Archimandrite]]. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated to the episcopacy]] on [[May 2]], 2011.

==Sources==
*[http://www.oca.org/news/2324 Holy Synod of Bishops gathers for Fall Session, elects Priestmonk Matthias (Moriak)]
*[http://www.stgreg.org/clergy.htm Father Matthias (Moriak)]
*[http://www.oca.org/news/2288 News and Events]
*[http://nynjoca.org/files/2010/Release-2010.18.1.pdf RELEASE NUMBER 2010.18.1]
*[http://www.oca.org/news/2325 Biography of Bishop-Elect Matthias]
*[http://www.oca.org/news/2523 The Consecration of His Grace, Bishop Matthias]

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{{succession|
before=[[Job (Osacky) of Chicago]]|
title=Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest (OCA) ''Bishop-elect of Chicago and the Midwest''|
years=2011-Present|
after=—}}
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[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Chicago]]
[[Category:Monastics]]
[[Category:St. Tikhon's Seminary Graduates]]

John (Martin) of Nyssa

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His Grace the Right Reverend '''John (Martin) of Nyssa''' was the second [[ruling bishop]] of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] (ACROD) under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. His episcopacy was cut short by his early death.

==Life==
John R. Martin, the future Bishop John, was born on [[January 5]], 1931 to John and Veronica Mihach Martin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the schools in Munhall, Pennsylvania before attending St. Fidelis Seminary and College in Herman, Pennsylvania. He continued his education at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh. Following assignments to a number of [[parish]]es, he continued graduate studies in philosophy at Stanford University in California. On [[May 29]], 1955, John was [[ordination|ordained]] to the Holy Priesthood in the Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh.

After being received into the [[Orthodox Church]] in 1966. Fr. John was elected to the episcopacy on [[August 15]], 1966, and appointed [[auxiliary bishop]] to [[Orestes (Chornock) of Agathonikeia|Metr. Orestes]], with the title of [[titular bishop]] of Nyssa, by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. His [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] was on [[October 6]], 1966, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The consecrating bishops were led by Abp. [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovas]], of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]], along with Metr. Orestes and Bishop Theodosios.

Upon the death of Metr. Orestes on [[February 17]], 1977, Bp. John was named the ruling [[bishop]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Notable among his activities was the establishment of [[Camp Nazareth]] in Mercer, Pennsylvania and of a program for training [[deacon]]s.

During his episcopacy, Bp. John updated the administrative structure of the Diocese. In 1977, he developed and dedicated a camp and conference center on a 289 acre parcel of donated land in Mercer, Pennsylvania that he named Camp Nazareth. In 1978, he arranged the purchase of a large estate in Tuxedo Park, New York that was dedicated in 1979 as a diocesan [[monastery]] with the name of Monastery of the Annunciation.

After serving as diocesan hierarch for 18 years, Bp. John collapsed and died unexpectedly on [[September 30]], 1984 after speaking at a celebration honoring the cathedral-parish dean Protopresbyter John Yurcism and his wife. Bp. John’s funeral was held on [[October 4]], 1984, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral.

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{{succession|
before=[[Germanos (Polyzoides) of Hierapolis|Germanos (Polyzoides)]]|
title=Titular Bishop of Nyssa|
years=1966-1977|
after=[[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa|Gregory (Tatsis)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Orestes (Chornock) of Agathonikeia|Orestes (Chornock)]]|
title=Ruling Bishop of [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese|ACROD]]|
years=1977-1984|
after=[[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas (Smisko)]]}}
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==Source==
*[http://www.acrod.org/diocese/formerbishops/bishopjohn His Grace, Bishop John (Martin)]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Nyssa]]

John (Martin) of Nyssa

2012-11-27T16:27:09Z

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His Grace the Right Reverend '''John (Martin) of Nyssa''' was the second [[ruling bishop]] of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] (ACROD) under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. His episcopacy was cut short by his early death.

==Life==
John R. Martin, the future Bishop John, was born on [[January 5]], 1931 to John and Veronica Mihach Martin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the schools in Munhall, Pennsylvania before attending St. Fidelis Seminary and College in Herman, Pennsylvania. He continued his education at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh. Following assignments to a number of [[parish]]es, he continued graduate studies in philosophy at Stanford University in California. On [[May 29]], 1955, John was [[ordination|ordained]] to the Holy Priesthood in the Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh.

After being received into the [[Orthodox Church]] in 1966. Fr. John was elected to the episcopacy on [[August 15]], 1966, and appointed [[auxiliary bishop]] to [[Orestes (Chornock) of Agathonikeia|Metr. Orestes]], with the title of [[titular bishop]] of Nyssa, by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. His [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] was on [[October 6]], 1966, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The consecrating bishops were led by Abp. [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovas]], of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]], along with Metr. Orestes and Bishop Theodosios.

Upon the death of Metr. Orestes on [[February 17]], 1977, Bp. John was named the ruling [[bishop]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Notable among his activities was the establishment of [[Camp Nazareth]] in Mercer, Pennsylvania and of a program for training [[deacon]]s.

During his episcopacy, Bp. John updated the administrative structure of the Diocese. In 1977, he developed and dedicated a camp and conference center on a 289 acre parcel of donated land in Mercer, Pennsylvania that he named Camp Nazareth. In 1978, he arranged the purchase of a large estate in Tuxedo Park, New York that was dedicated in 1979 as a diocesan [[monastery]] with the name of Monastery of the Annunciation.

After serving as diocesan hierarch for 18 years, Bp. John collapsed and died unexpectedly on [[September 30]], 1984 after speaking at a celebration honoring the cathedral-parish dean Protopresbyter John Yurcism and his wife. Bp. John’s funeral was held on [[October 4]], 1984, at Christ the Saviour Cathedral.

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before=?|
title=Titular Bishop of Nyssa|
years=1966-1977|
after=[[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa|Gregory (Tatsis)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Orestes (Chornock) of Agathonikeia|Orestes (Chornock)]]|
title=Ruling Bishop of [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese|ACROD]]|
years=1977-1984|
after=[[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas (Smisko)]]}}
{{end box}}

==Source==
*[http://www.acrod.org/diocese/formerbishops/bishopjohn His Grace, Bishop John (Martin)]

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[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Nyssa]]

Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos

2012-11-27T16:26:32Z

Magda: updated succession box

His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos''' was the ruling bishop of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] (ACROD) as a [[titular bishop|titular]] [[metropolitan]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He reposed on the [[Sunday of Orthodoxy]], [[March 13]], 2011.

==Life==
Metr. Nicholas was born Richard Smisko on [[February 23]], 1936 and was raised in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. After completing his secondary schooling, he attended Youngstown State University and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown before studying at Christ the Savior Seminary in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He continued his theological studies at the Patriarchal Theological Seminary in Istanbul.

His service as an Orthodox [[clergy]]man began in the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA|Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America]] where he rose to the hierarchy. He was elected a [[bishop]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America by the Holy [[Synod]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] on March 13, 1983, in St. Mary's Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania, as titular bishop of Amissos. The consecrating hierarchs were [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Archbishop Iakovos]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], Metr. Andrew (Kuschak) of Evkarpia of the UOC of America, Bp. John (Martin) of Nyssa of the ACROD, and Bp. Philotheos of Meloa.

Following the sudden death of Bp. [[John (Martin) of Nyssa|John Martin]] on [[September 30]], 1984, the administrator of the [[diocese]], mitred [[priest]] Fr. Peter E. Molchany, and the diocesan board of trustees convened a Special Council-Sobor to nominate a candidate for [[ruling bishop]] of the diocese. At the Special Council, held on [[November 26]], 1984, Bp. Nicholas of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America was nominated as their candidate to be the bishop of the [[diocese]]. After receiving his nomination, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Bp. Nicholas as Ruling Bishop of ACROD on [[March 20]], 1985.

He was [[Enthronement|enthroned]] on [[April 19]], 1985 by Abp. Iakovos of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In 1997, he was elevated to [[metropolitan]] by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

During his episcopacy, Metr. Nicholas has been active in relationships with other Orthodox jurisdictions and in particular with the brethren in the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]], the homelands of many Carpatho-Russians in the United States. He revamped the diocesan [[Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|seminary]], encouraged starting new [[parish]]es, and publication of services books containing music in Carpatho-Russian plain chant.

Metr. Nicholas reposed on March 13, 2011 after waging a courageous battle with cancer. After a funeral service at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on [[March 16]], he was buried in the cemetery of St. John [[parish]] in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on [[March 21]], 2001.

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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Bishop of Amissos|
years=1983-2011|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=[[John (Martin) of Nyssa|John (Martin)]]|
title=Primate of [[ACROD]]|
years=1985-2011|
after=[[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa|Gregory (Tatsis)]]}}
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==Source==
*[http://www2.sharonherald.com/localnews/recentnews/0104/ln042101h.html Carpatho-Russian churchman talks to Christian Associates]

==External link==
*[http://www.acrod.org/metropolitan/ ACROD Memorial site]

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[[Category:Bishops of Amissos]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]

American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese

2012-11-27T16:25:38Z

Magda: updated hierarch, deans

{{diocese|
name=American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese|
jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|
type=Diocese|
founded=1938|
bishop=Bp. [[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa|Gregory of Nyssa]]|
see=Nyssa|
hq=Johnstown, Pennsylvania|
territory=United States, Canada|
language=English, [[Church Slavonic]]|
music=[[Prostopinije]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]], [[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
population=50,000[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=41&IndexView=toc]|
website=[http://www.acrod.org/ ACROD]
}}

The '''American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese''' (ACROD) is a [[diocese]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] with about 75 [[parish]]es in the United States and Canada, which is led by Bishop [[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa]]. Though the diocese is directly responsible to the Patriarchate, it is under the spiritual supervision of the [[primate]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. Its full name is the '''American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A.'''.

==History==
The diocese was founded in 1938 when a group of 37 Carpatho-Russian [[Uniate]] parishes were received into the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, having the year before officially renounced the Unia with Rome, primarily in protest over [[Latinization]]s occurring in their church life, particularly a 1929 papal decree mandating that Eastern Rite [[clergy]] in the US were to be celibate.

This move marked the second group of Carpatho-Russian parishes to return to Orthodoxy, the first having been led by St. [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]] into the jurisdiction of the [[OCA|Russian Metropolia]] in the 1890s. This second return to Orthodoxy by Carpatho-Russians in America, under the spiritual leadership of Fr. (later [[Metropolitan]]) [[Orestes (Chornock) of Agathoniketa|Orestes Chornock]], was directed toward Constantinople rather than to the Russian presence in America primarily because of concerns about [[Russification]] which had occurred with the previous move. As such, rather than being absorbed into the body of the Russian churches in America, the ACROD was permitted by Constantinople to keep its distinctive practices while removing Latinizations such as the [[Filioque]] from the recitation of the [[Nicene Creed]].

==The ACROD today==
Besides its 75 parishes, the ACROD has one [[seminary]] located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, [[Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)|Christ the Saviour Seminary]]. The bulk of the diocese's parishes are in the United States, with one in Canada, and nearly half are located in Pennsylvania. There was formerly a diocesan [[monastery]], the [[Monastery of the Annunciation (Tuxedo Park, New York)|Monastery of the Annunciation]] in Tuxedo Park, New York, but it was closed in the early 1990s. Another monastery at Beallsville, Maryland, known as [http://omna.malf.net/hcnews.htm Monastery of the Holy Cross], dissolved in 1997 when the abbot went over to the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

The diocese has 14 deaneries:

*Canadian - Rev. Fr. Maxym Lysack
*Chicago - Rev. Fr. Samuel Sherry
*Florida - Very Rev. Fr. Michael Miklos
*Johnstown - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Frank P. Miloro
*Mid-Atlantic - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Robert Rebeck
*New England - Very Rev. Fr. Luke Mihaly
*New Jersey - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Michael Rosco
*New York - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Michael Rosco
*Pittsburgh - Very Rev. Robert Prepelka
*Pocono - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Mark Leasure
*Southern Tier - Very Rev. Protopresbyter James Dutko
*Tri-State - Very Rev. Fr. Michael C. Kabel
*Washington, D.C. - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Michael Rosco
*Youngstown - Very Rev. Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky

The diocese is also a member of [[SCOBA]].

== External links ==
*[http://www.acrod.org/ Official Website of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=41&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar

[[Category:Dioceses]]
[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchate Dioceses]]
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in America]]

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[[ro:Eparhia Ortodoxă Carpato-Rusă Americană]]

Grigorios (Tatsis) of Nyssa

2012-11-27T16:21:55Z

Magda: moved Grigorios (Tatsis) of Nyssa to Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa: per ACROD webpage

#REDIRECT [[Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa]]

Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa

2012-11-27T16:21:55Z

Magda: moved Grigorios (Tatsis) of Nyssa to Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa: per ACROD webpage

Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa

2012-11-27T16:21:31Z

Magda: Axios!

List of Patriarchs

2012-11-16T15:18:14Z

Magda: /* Autocephalous Churches */ added His Beatitude Tikhon (OCA)

The following is a list of the names and titles of the current presiding [[patriarch]]s, [[metropolitan]]s, and [[archbishop]]s ([[primate]]s) of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches:

==Autocephalous Churches==
*His All-Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] and All Africa
*His Beatitude [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]], Patriarch of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]] and All the East
*His Beatitude [[Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem|Theophilus III]], Patriarch of the Holy City of [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem and All Palestine]]
*His Beatitude [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill]], Patriarch of [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All Russia]],
*His Holiness [[Ilia II (Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Georgia|Ilia II]], Catholicos-Patriarch of [[Church of Georgia|All Georgia]], Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi
*His Holiness [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Irinej (Gavrilovic)]], Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Patriarch of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]
*His Beatitude, [[Daniel (Ciobotea) of Romania|Daniel]], Patriarch of [[Church of Romania|All Romania]], Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Archbishop of Bucharest

*His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos II (Demetriou) of New Justiniana|Chrysostomos II]], Archbishop of New Justiniana and [[Church of Cyprus|All Cyprus]]
*His Beatitude [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II]], Archbishop of Athens and [[Church of Greece|All Greece]]
*His Beatitude [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios]], Archbishop of Tirana and [[Church of Albania|All Albania]]
*His Beatitude [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], Metropolitan of Warsaw and [[Church of Poland|All Poland]]
*His Beatitude [[Christopher (Pulets) of Prague|Christopher]], Archbishop of Prague, Metropolitan of the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Czech Lands and Slovakia]]
*His Beatitude [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of [[Orthodox Church in America|All America and Canada]]

==Autonomous Churches==
*His Beatitude Damianos, Archbishop of [[Church of Sinai|Sinai]] and Raithu
*His Beatitude [[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]], Archbishop of Karelia and [[Church of Finland|All Finland]]
*His Eminence [[Stephanos (Charalambides) of Tallinn|Stephanos]], Metropolitan of Tallinn and [[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|All Estonia]]
*His Beatitude [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel]], Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of [[Church of Japan|All Japan]]
*His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr]], Metropolitan of Kiev and [[Church of Ukraine|All Ukraine]]

==See also==
*[[List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Antioch]]
*[[List of primates of Russia]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Serbia]]
*[[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
*[[List of Coptic Popes]]

==Source==
*List taken from [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/ Orthodox Research Institute]

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[[Category:Jurisdictions|*]]

[[ro:Lista Patriarhilor]]

List of Coptic Popes

2012-11-06T16:09:03Z

Magda: /* List of the Popes of the Coptic See of Alexandria */ updated for Theodore II (and added to the first)

==List of the Popes of the Coptic See of Alexandria==
#[[Apostle Mark|St. Mark the Evangelist]]
#Inianos (was a shoemaker)
#[[Saint Melyos|Milieus]]
#Kerdonou
#Epriemou
#Iostos
#Oumenios
#Markianos
#Kalavtianos
#Aghreppinios
#Yulianos (Julian)
#Demetrios I (Demetry)
#[[Heraklas of Alexandria|Yaraklas]]
#[[Dionysius of Alexandria|Dionysius]]
#Maximus
#Theona
#[[Peter of Alexandria|Petros I]] (Peter) Seal of Martyrs
#[[Achillas of Alexandria|Archelaos]]
#[[Alexander of Alexandria|Alexanderos I]] (Alexander) ([[First Ecumenical Council|1st Ecumenical Council]])
#[[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius I]] ([[First Ecumenical Council|1st Ecumenical Council]] as a deacon)
#Petros II
#Timotheos I (Timothy)
#[[Theophilus of Alexandria|Theophilus I]]
#[[Cyril of Alexandria|Kyrillos I (Cyril)]] ([[Third Ecumenical Council|3rd Ecumenical Council]])
#[[Dioscorus of Alexandria|Dioscorus I]] ([[Fourth Ecumenical Council|4th Ecumenical Council]] / Schism)
#Related Saint: St. [[Timothy II Aelurus of Alexandria|Timotheos II]]
#[[Peter III of Alexandria|Petros III]]
#[[Athanasius II of Alexandria|Athanasius II]]
#[[John II of Alexandria|John I]]
#[[John III of Alexandria|John II]]
#Dioscorus II
#Timotheos III
#Theodosios I
#Petros IV
#Damianos
#Anastasios
#Andronikos
#Benjamin I (Islam entered Egypt)
#[[Agathon of Alexandria|Aghathon]]
#Yoannis III
#Isaac
#Simeon I
#Alexanderos II
#Kosma I (Cosmas)
#Theodoros I (Theodore)
#Khail I
#Mina I
#Yoannis IV
#Markos II (Mark)
#Jacob (James, Yakobos)
#Simeon II
#Yousab I (Job)
#Khail II
#Kosma II
#Shenouda I
#Mikhail I (Michael)
#Gabriel I
#Kosma III
#Macarius I
#Theophilus II
#Mina II
#Abraham (moving the Mokattam Mountain - see [[Simon the Shoemaker]])
#Philotheos
#Zacharias
#Shenouda II
#Khristodolos (Christ servant)
#Kyrillos II (Cyril)
#Mikhail II
#[[Macarius II of Alexandria|Macarius II]]
#Gabriel II
#Mikhail III
#Yoannis V
#Markos III
#Yoannis VI
#Kyrillos III
#Athanasius III
#Gabriel III
#Yoannis VII
#Theodosios II
#Yoannis VIII
#Yoannis IX
#Benjamin II
#Petros V
#Marcos IV
#Yoannis X
#Gabriel IV
#[[Matthew The Poor of Alexandria|Matheos I (Matthew)]]
#Gabriel V
#Yoannis XI
#Matheos II
#Gabriel VI
#Mikhail IV
#Yoannis XII
#Yoannis XIII
#Gabriel VII
#Yoannis XIV
#Gabriel VIII
#Marcos V
#Yoannis XV
#Matheos III
#Marcos VI
#Matheos IV
#Yoannis XVI
#Petros VI
#Yoannis XVII
#Marcos VII
#Yoannis XVIII
#Marcos VIII
#[[Peter VII (Mankarius) of Alexandria|Petros VII]] (1809–1852)
#[[Cyril IV (David) of Alexandria|Kyrillos IV]] (1854-1861)
#Demetrios II
#[[Cyril V (John) of Alexandria|Kyrillos V]] (1874–1927)
#Yoannis XIX
#[[Macarius III of Alexandria (Coptic)|Macarius III]] (1942-1945)
#Yousab II (1946–1956)
#[[Cyril VI (Atta) of Alexandria|Kyrillos VI]] (1959-1971)
#[[Shenouda III (Gayyid) of Alexandria|Shenouda III]] (1971-2012)
#[[Theodore II (Sobhi Baki Soleiman) of Alexandria|Theodore II]] (elected 2012)

==See also==
*[[Severus of Al'Ashmunein (Hermopolis): History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria]]

==Source==
*[http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/synexarion/popes-of-alexandria-chron.html Chronology of the Coptic Popes of the See of Alexandria]

==External links==
*[[w:List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria|''List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria'' at Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.coptic-churches.ch/Arabic_Web/papste_overview.htm Coptic Popes (Arabic)]
*[http://www.aucpress.com/p-2277-the-popes-of-egypt.aspx The Popes of Egypt] (a three-volume study, Cairo: AUC Press, 2004) ISBN 978 977 424 830 6

[[Category:Bishops|Coptic Popes]]
[[Category:Non-Chalcedonian Bishops]]
[[Category:Patriarchs of Alexandria]]

List of Patriarchs

2012-11-06T16:06:41Z

Magda: rm His Eminence Philip of New York (Antiochian jurisdiction in U.S. is not autonomous, but under the Church of Antioch); rm His Beatitude Jonah of the OCA; rm His Holiness Maksim of Bulgaria

The following is a list of the names and titles of the current presiding [[patriarch]]s, [[metropolitan]]s, and [[archbishop]]s ([[primate]]s) of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches:

==Autocephalous Churches==
*His All-Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]], Archbishop of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] and All Africa
*His Beatitude [[Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch|Ignatius IV]], Patriarch of [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]] and All the East
*His Beatitude [[Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem|Theophilus III]], Patriarch of the Holy City of [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem and All Palestine]]
*His Beatitude [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill]], Patriarch of [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All Russia]],
*His Holiness [[Ilia II (Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili) of Georgia|Ilia II]], Catholicos-Patriarch of [[Church of Georgia|All Georgia]], Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi
*His Holiness [[Irinej (Gavrilovic) of Serbia|Irinej (Gavrilovic)]], Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, Patriarch of [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]]
*His Beatitude, [[Daniel (Ciobotea) of Romania|Daniel]], Patriarch of [[Church of Romania|All Romania]], Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Archbishop of Bucharest

*His Beatitude [[Chrysostomos II (Demetriou) of New Justiniana|Chrysostomos II]], Archbishop of New Justiniana and [[Church of Cyprus|All Cyprus]]
*His Beatitude [[Ieronymos II (Liapis) of Athens|Ieronymos II]], Archbishop of Athens and [[Church of Greece|All Greece]]
*His Beatitude [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios]], Archbishop of Tirana and [[Church of Albania|All Albania]]
*His Beatitude [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], Metropolitan of Warsaw and [[Church of Poland|All Poland]]
*His Beatitude [[Christopher (Pulets) of Prague|Christopher]], Archbishop of Prague, Metropolitan of the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Czech Lands and Slovakia]]


==Autonomous Churches==
*His Beatitude Damianos, Archbishop of [[Church of Sinai|Sinai]] and Raithu
*His Beatitude [[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]], Archbishop of Karelia and [[Church of Finland|All Finland]]
*His Eminence [[Stephanos (Charalambides) of Tallinn|Stephanos]], Metropolitan of Tallinn and [[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|All Estonia]]
*His Beatitude [[Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan|Daniel]], Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of [[Church of Japan|All Japan]]
*His Beatitude [[Volodymyr (Sabodan) of Kiev|Volodymyr]], Metropolitan of Kiev and [[Church of Ukraine|All Ukraine]]

==See also==
*[[List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Antioch]]
*[[List of primates of Russia]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Serbia]]
*[[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
*[[List of Coptic Popes]]

==Source==
*List taken from [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/ Orthodox Research Institute]

[[Category:Bishops|*]]
[[Category:Jurisdictions|*]]

[[ro:Lista Patriarhilor]]

Maxim (Minkov) of Bulgaria

2012-11-06T15:58:22Z

Magda: /* External links */ updated links

His Holiness '''Maxim (Minkov)''', [[Patriarch]] of Bulgaria and Bishop of Sofia, was the [[primate]] of the [[Church of Bulgaria]] from 1971 until his death on [[November 6]], 2012.

==Life==
His Holiness Maxim was born Marin Naydenov Minkov on [[October 29]], 1914 in the village of Oreshak, near the town of Troyan. Marin received his theological education at the Sofia Seminary of St. John of Rila and the Orthodox Theological Department of Sofia University.

In 1941, he was [[tonsure]]d and received the name Maxim and then entered the [[Holy Orders]]. In 1955, he was named secretary general of the [[Holy Synod]]. In 1956, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] with the titular Bishop of Branit. In 1960, he was elected [[Metropolitan]] of Lovech, and then on [[July 4]], 1971, he was elected Patriarch of Bulgaria.

Patr. Maxim led the Church of Bulgaria during much of the period of the communist dictatorship and the transition of Bulgaria to a non-communist state. During much of this period the Church of Bulgaria was split into to warring Synods.

Patriarch Maxim passed away [[November 6]], 2012, a few days after his 98th birthday.

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before=?|
title=Bishop of Branit|
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after=?}}
{{succession|
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title=Metropolitan of Lovech|
years=1960-1971|
after=?}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=98346 Head of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Maksim]
*[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=144829 Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Maxim Dies at 98]
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/hierarchs/bulgaria/bios/bio_maxim_patr_bulgaria.html Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute
*[[w:Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria|''Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria'' at Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Branit]]
[[Category:Bishops of Lovech]]
[[Category:Bishops of Sofia]]
[[Category:Patriarchs of Bulgaria]]

Maxim (Minkov) of Bulgaria

2012-11-06T15:56:05Z

Magda: another update

His Holiness '''Maxim (Minkov)''', [[Patriarch]] of Bulgaria and Bishop of Sofia, was the [[primate]] of the [[Church of Bulgaria]] from 1971 until his death on [[November 6]], 2012.

==Life==
His Holiness Maxim was born Marin Naydenov Minkov on [[October 29]], 1914 in the village of Oreshak, near the town of Troyan. Marin received his theological education at the Sofia Seminary of St. John of Rila and the Orthodox Theological Department of Sofia University.

In 1941, he was [[tonsure]]d and received the name Maxim and then entered the [[Holy Orders]]. In 1955, he was named secretary general of the [[Holy Synod]]. In 1956, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] with the titular Bishop of Branit. In 1960, he was elected [[Metropolitan]] of Lovech, and then on [[July 4]], 1971, he was elected Patriarch of Bulgaria.

Patr. Maxim led the Church of Bulgaria during much of the period of the communist dictatorship and the transition of Bulgaria to a non-communist state. During much of this period the Church of Bulgaria was split into to warring Synods.

Patriarch Maxim passed away [[November 6]], 2012, a few days after his 98th birthday.

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before=?|
title=Bishop of Branit|
years=1956-1960|
after=?}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Lovech|
years=1960-1971|
after=?}}
{{succession|
before=[[Cyril (Markov) of Bulgaria|Cyril (Markov)]]|
title=Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia|
years=1971-2012|
after=—}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=98346 Head of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Maksim]
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/bulgaria/current.htm#maxim_patr Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute
*[[w:Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria|''Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria'' at Wikipedia]]
*[http://bulch.tripod.com/boc/mainpage.htm The Official Web-site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Branit]]
[[Category:Bishops of Lovech]]
[[Category:Bishops of Sofia]]
[[Category:Patriarchs of Bulgaria]]

Church of Bulgaria

2012-11-06T15:55:15Z

Magda: updated following His Beatitude's death

{{church|
name=Patriarchate of Bulgaria[[Image:Bulgaria logo.gif|center|Church of Bulgaria]]|
founder=King Boris I|
independence=927, 1186, 1872|
recognition=927, 1235, 1945 by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] |
primate=''see vacant''|
hq=Sofia, Bulgaria|
territory=Bulgaria|
possessions=N. America, Australia, W. Europe, Antarctica|
language=[[Church Slavonic]]|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]] / Choral|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
population=6,500,000 [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=20&IndexView=toc]|
website=[http://www.bg-patriarshia.bg/ Church of Bulgaria]
}}
The '''Church of Bulgaria''' is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches of the Orthodox Christian communion whose territory consists of the Republic of Bulgaria. The church is led by the Patriarch of All Bulgaria.

The primate of the Church of Bulgaria was His Holiness [[Maksim (Minkov) of Bulgaria|Maxim, Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of All Bulgaria]] since 1971 until his death on [[November 6]], 2012.

== History ==

== Organization ==

'''Dioceses in Bulgaria:'''

*Diocese of Vidin (Видинска епархия)
*Diocese of Vratsa (Врачанска епархия)
*Diocese of Lovech (Ловчанска епархия)
*Diocese of Veliko Turnovo (Търновска епархия)
*Diocese of Dorostol and Cherven (Доростоло-червенска епархия) (with seat in Ruse)
*Diocese of Varna and Preslav (Варненско-преславска епархия) (with seat in Varna)
*Diocese of Sliven (Сливенска епархия)
*Diocese of Stara Zagora (Старозагорска епархия)
*Diocese of Plovdiv (Пловдивска епархия)
*Diocese of Sofia (Софийска епархия)
*Diocese of Nevrokop (Неврокопска епархия)

'''Dioceses abroad:'''

* [[Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe|Diocese of Central and Western Europe]] (with seat in Berlin)
* [[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Diocese of America, Canada and Australia]] (with seat in New York)

* [[Antarctica|The St. John of Rila Chapel at Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski Base in Antarctica]]

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==Related articles==
*[[Bulgarian saints]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.bg-patriarshia.bg/ The Church of Bulgaria]: official website
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=20&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: The Orthodox Church of Bulgaria] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
*[http://pravoslavie.bg Orthodoxy Bulgaria]: unofficial page in Bulgarian language

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[[Category:Jurisdictions|Bulgaria]]

[[es:Iglesia Ortodoxa de Bulgaria]]
[[fr:Église de Bulgarie]]
[[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă Bulgară]]

Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa

2012-08-31T20:37:50Z

Magda: /* External links */ added link to official announcement

His Grace Bishop-elect '''Grigorios (Tatsis) of Nyssa''' is the nominated successor to Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]] of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] (ACROD) as a [[titular bishop|titular]] [[metropolitan]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He was nominated in July 2012, and elevated to the episcopacy on [[August 30]], 2012, in Constantinople.

==Life==
His Grace was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on [[December 7]], 1958, with the [[baptism]]al name of George, the first of two children of Peter and Antonia Tatsis. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earning a BA degree in Biology (1981) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte earning a MS degree in Biology (1989). Working for more than 20 years in the field of cardiovascular research at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, he authored and co-authored over 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters.

A true son of the Church, from his early youth he served in his home [[parish]] of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte, North Carolina, in various capacities including altar server, Sunday School teacher for 13 years, and in several leadership positions including parish council president. He was also a founding member of St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served on the parish organizing committee, as Sunday School teacher for four years, as a member of the choir, and as its first parish council president.

After taking part in a mission trip to Alaska sponsored by the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], he felt the calling to pursue his life-long dream of studying for the holy priesthood. Leaving his secular job in early 2003, he entered [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusetts, in the fall of 2003 and graduated in May of 2006 with the Masters of Divinity degree.

His Grace was [[ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] at St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, on [[November 4]], 2006, by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta. He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at [[Monastery of Holy Lavra (Kalavryta, Greece)|Agia Lavra]] [[Monastery]] in Kalavryta, Greece, on [[January 17]], 2007, receiving the name Grigorios, with St. [[Gregory Palamas]] as his [[patron saint]]. He was ordained a [[priest]] at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia, on [[January 28]], 2007, also by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, and was elevated to the rank of [[Archimandrite]] on the same day. On [[February 1]], 2007, he was appointed as the [[Ierokyrix]] (itinerant preacher) of the Metropolis of Atlanta. On [[September 14]], 2007, he received the offikion (rank) of [[Confessor]] at the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox [[Chapel]] in Atlanta, Georgia.

Serving in his role as Itinerant Preacher and Confessor, Archmandrite Grigorios has travelled extensively throughout the Metropolis of Atlanta, where he has led parish retreats, heard confessions, and provided spiritual direction to countless numbers of clergy and faithful. Recognizing his affinity for youth ministry and his administrative skills, he was given the responsibility of overseeing all youth programs in the Metropolis of Atlanta.

Archimandrite Grigorios also served as the parish priest of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, from [[December 20]], 2010, until [[May 31]], 2011. Since October of 2011, he has served as Dean of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New Orleans, Lousiana, and as [[Vicar]] of the Western Conference of the Metropolis of Atlanta.

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years=2012-present|
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==Source==
*[http://www.acrod.org/news/releases/nomination-announcement Archimandrite Grigorios (Tatsis) Is Nominated By Diocesan Priests As Successor To Metropolitan Nicholas]

==External links==
*[http://acrod.org/news/releases/election-of-bishop-grigorios The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Elects the Very Reverend Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis Bishop of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese] (ACROD)
*[http://atlanta.goarch.org/index.php?pr=Ierokyrix Ierokyrix of the Metropolis of Atlanta]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b8BYIwt5Rc Fr. Grigorios Tatsis - Homily 6-19-12] (YouTube video), given at St. George's Orthodox Church (ACROD), in Taylor, Pennsylvania
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRzLT8Ry0o Nomination of Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis As Successor to Metropolitan Nicholas] (YouTube video), July 14, 2012

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Nyssa]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Holy Cross Seminary Graduates]]

Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa

2012-08-30T15:58:30Z

Magda: Axios!

His Grace Bishop-elect '''Grigorios (Tatsis) of Nyssa''' is the nominated successor to Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Nicholas]] of the [[American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese]] (ACROD) as a [[titular bishop|titular]] [[metropolitan]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He was nominated in July 2012, and elevated to the episcopacy on August 30, 2012, in Constantinople.

==Life==
His Grace was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 7, 1958, with the baptismal name of George, the first of two children of Peter and Antonia Tatsis. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earning a BA degree in Biology (1981) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte earning a MS degree in Biology (1989). Working for more than 20 years in the field of cardiovascular research at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, he authored and co-authored over 100 articles, abstracts, and book chapters.

A true son of the Church, from his early youth he served in his home parish of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte, North Carolina, in various capacities including altar server, Sunday School teacher for 13 years, and in several leadership positions including parish council president. He was also a founding member of St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served on the parish organizing committee, as Sunday School teacher for four years, as a member of the choir, and as its first parish council president.

After taking part in a mission trip to Alaska sponsored by the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], he felt the calling to pursue his life-long dream of studying for the holy priesthood. Leaving his secular job in early 2003, he entered [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusetts, in the fall of 2003 and graduated in May of 2006 with the Masters of Divinity degree.

His Grace was [[ordain]]ed a [[deacon]] at St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, on November 4, 2006, by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta. He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at [[w:Agia Lavra|Agia Lavra]] [[Monastery]] in Kalavryta, Greece, on January 17, 2007, receiving the name Grigorios, with St. [[Gregory Palamas]] as his [[patron saint]]. He was ordained a [[priest]] at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 28, 2007, also by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, and was elevated to the rank of [[Archimandrite]] on the same day. On February 1, 2007, he was appointed as the [[Ierokyrix]] (itinerant preacher) of the Metropolis of Atlanta. On September 14, 2007, he received the offikion (rank) of [[Confessor]] at the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia.

Serving in his role as Itinerant Preacher and Confessor, Archmandrite Grigorios has travelled extensively throughout the Metropolis of Atlanta, where he has led parish retreats, heard confessions, and provided spiritual direction to countless numbers of clergy and faithful. Recognizing his affinity for youth ministry and his administrative skills, he was given the responsibility of overseeing all youth programs in the Metropolis of Atlanta.

Archimandrite Grigorios also served as the parish priest of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, from December 20, 2010, until May 31, 2011. Since October of 2011, he has served as Dean of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New Orleans, Lousiana, and as [[Vicar]] of the Western Conference of the Metropolis of Atlanta.

{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=—|
title=Ierokyrix of the Metropolis of Atlanta ([[GOARCH]])|
years=2007-2010|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=[[John (Martin) of Nyssa]]|
title=Titular Bishop of Nyssa|
years=2012-present|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=[[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos]]|
title=Primate (elect) of [[ACROD]]|
years=2012-present|
after=—}}
{{end box}}
==Source==
*[http://www.acrod.org/news/releases/nomination-announcement Archimandrite Grigorios (Tatsis) Is Nominated By Diocesan Priests As Successor To Metropolitan Nicholas]

==External links==
*[http://atlanta.goarch.org/index.php?pr=Ierokyrix Ierokyrix of the Metropolis of Atlanta]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b8BYIwt5Rc Fr. Grigorios Tatsis - Homily 6-19-12] (YouTube video), given at St. George's Orthodox Church (ACROD), in Taylor, Pennsylvania
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRzLT8Ry0o Nomination of Archimandrite Grigorios Tatsis As Successor to Metropolitan Nicholas] (YouTube video), July 14, 2012

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Nyssa]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Holy Cross Seminary Graduates]]

User talk:Benjermanjoel

2012-02-25T06:56:27Z

Magda: Welcome!

User:Benjermanjoel

2012-02-25T06:56:26Z

Magda: Creating user page with biography of new user.

Currently a humble catechumen in the OCA and graduate student hailing from Minneapolis, MN. Under the gracious omophorion of His Beatitude Met. Jonah of Seattle and All North America.