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</div>'''[[Mount Athos]]''' is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece, called <font lang="el">&#902;&#947;&#953;&#959; &#908;&#961;&#959;&#962;</font> (''Ayio Oros'' or "Holy Mountain") in Modern Greek, or <font lang="el">&#x1F0D;&#947;&#953;&#959;&#957; &#x1F4C;&#961;&#959;&#962;</font> (''Hagion Oros'') in Classical Greek. It is home to 20 [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] [[monastery|monasteries]] and forms an autonomous state under Greek sovereignty. Only [[monasticism|monks]] are allowed to live on Athos and the current population numbers around 1,400. '''[[Mount Athos|Read more...]]'''
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</div>The '''[[Western Rite]]''' is a strand of Orthodox Christian worship based on the liturgical traditions of the ancient pre-[[Great Schism|Schism]] Orthodox Church of the West.  Western Rite Orthodox Christians hold in common the full Orthodox faith with their brethren of the Byzantine Rite.
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Recently featured: [[Paschalion]], [[Mount Athos]]

Revision as of 01:59, February 18, 2005

Bp. Jean (Kovalesky) of Saint-Denis and St. John Maximovitch

The Western Rite is a strand of Orthodox Christian worship based on the liturgical traditions of the ancient pre-Schism Orthodox Church of the West. Western Rite Orthodox Christians hold in common the full Orthodox faith with their brethren of the Byzantine Rite.

Recently featured: Paschalion, Mount Athos

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