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Welcome! '''OrthodoxWiki''' is a free-content encyclopedia and information center for '''Orthodox Christianity''' that '''anyone can edit'''.  We've just opened. Things are still pretty rough around here, but we're making progress every day. Want to help? 
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<div style="float:right;margin:0 1em 0 3%;">[[Image:John of Damascus4.jpg|110px|St. John of Damascus, patron saint of OrthodoxWiki]]</div><div style="margin: 2.5em 0 0 3%; text-align: left; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.3;">Christ is Risen! '''[[OrthodoxWiki:Welcome|Welcome]]''' to '''[[OrthodoxWiki:About|OrthodoxWiki]]''', a free-content encyclopedia and information center for '''[[Orthodox Christianity]]''' that '''anyone can edit'''.  In this English version, started in November 2004, we are currently working on '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]]'''. Please '''[[Special:RequestAccount|register]] or [[Special:Userlogin|login]]''' to post or revise content.<br>
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<span style="color:#900">All new user registrations are moderated because of persistent trouble with spammers. When you sign-up, please '''give some indication that you are a real person,''' and let us know why you want to '''add''' and '''edit''' content on OrthodoxWiki (everyone can view content). Registrations with no bios will be rejected unless we can verify you in some other way. Please be patient as we process your application. Sorry for the inconvenience!</span><br>
  
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The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. [[John of Damascus]] as their heavenly [[patron saint|patron]] and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy [[Trinity]] and the faith of the [[Orthodox Church]] by means of these pages.  
  
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You can go to a [[Special:Randompage|random page]] to see some of what we've been working on, or you can take a look at some of the numerous articles developing in the following categories and sections:  '''[[:Category:American Saints|American Saints]]''', '''[[:Category:Apostolic Fathers|Apostolic Fathers]]''', '''[[:Category:Arts|Arts]]''', '''[[:Category:Asceticism|Asceticism]]''', '''[[:Category:Bibliography|Bibliography]]''', '''[[:Category:Bioethics|Bioethics]]''', '''[[:Category:Bishops|Bishops]]''', '''[[:Category:Canon Law|Canon Law]]''', '''[[Church Calendar]]''', '''[[:Category:Church History|Church History]]''', '''[[:Category:Church Fathers|Church Fathers]]''', '''[[:Category:Ecumenical Councils|Ecumenical Councils]]''', '''[[:Category:Emperors|Emperors]]''', '''[[:Category:Feasts|Feasts]]''', '''[[:Category:Heresies|Heresies]]''', '''[[:Category:Inter-Christian|Inter-Christian]]''', '''[[:Category:Jurisdictions|Jurisdictions]]''', '''[[:Category:Liturgical Chant|Liturgical Chant]]''', '''[[:Category:Links|Links]]''', '''[[:Category:Marketplace|Marketplace]]''', '''[[:Category:Monasteries|Monasteries]]''', '''[[:Category:Organizations|Organizations]]''', '''[[:Category:Oriental Orthodox|Oriental Orthodox]]''', '''[[Orthodox Church]]''', '''[[:Category:Robber Councils|Robber Councils]]''', '''[[:Category:Saints|Saints]]''', '''[[:Category:Scripture|Scripture]]''', '''[[:Category:Seminaries|Seminaries]]''', '''[[:Category:Sermons and Treatises|Sermons and Treatises]]''', and '''[[:Category:Stewardship|Stewardship]]'''. 
 
  
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St. John of Damascus, patron saint of OrthodoxWiki
Christ is Risen! Welcome to OrthodoxWiki, a free-content encyclopedia and information center for Orthodox Christianity that anyone can edit. In this English version, started in November 2004, we are currently working on 4,953 articles. Please register or login to post or revise content.

All new user registrations are moderated because of persistent trouble with spammers. When you sign-up, please give some indication that you are a real person, and let us know why you want to add and edit content on OrthodoxWiki (everyone can view content). Registrations with no bios will be rejected unless we can verify you in some other way. Please be patient as we process your application. Sorry for the inconvenience!

The OrthodoxWiki editors have taken St. John of Damascus as their heavenly patron and intercessor as they seek to further the worship and knowledge of the All-Holy Trinity and the faith of the Orthodox Church by means of these pages.

Please take a moment to read about what OrthodoxWiki is and is not.

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April 20 2024:

The Holy Trinity

Saint Theodore Trichinas ("the Hair-shirt Wearer"), hermit near Constantinople; Saint Anastasius, abbot of Sinai; Blessed Gregory and Blessed Anastasius, Patriarchs of Antioch; Hieromartyr Anastasius II, Patriarch of Antioch; Venerable Alexander, abbot of Oshevensk; Child-martyr Gabriel of Slutsk; Saints Betran and Theotimus, Bishops in Lesser Scythia; Saints Athanasius and Ioasaph of Meteora, monks; Apostle Zacchaeus, Bishop of Caesarea; Saint Caedwalla (Peter), King of Wessex; Saint Joseph of Serbia; Martyrs Victor, Zoticos, Zeno, Acindynos, and Severian of Nicomedia; 6,000 martyrs of the St. David Gareji Monastery, Georgia; translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas Velimirovich, Bishop of Ochrid and Zicha; New Hieromartyr Theodosius (Ganitsky), bishop of Kolomenskoye (1937); repose of Schemamonk Ignatius of Saint Nicephorus Monastery in Olonets.



( April 7 2024: Julian Calendar )

Saint Tikhon of Moscow

Saint Tikhon of Moscow and Enlightener of North America (see also March 25); Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Mitylene; Martyr Calliopus at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia; Martyrs Rufinus deacon, Aquilina, and 200 soldiers at Sinope; Saint Serapion of Egypt, monk (see also May 14); Venerable Daniel, Abbot of Peryaslavl-Zalesski; Saint Nilus, Abbot of Sora; Saint Leucius, Abbot of Volokolamsk; Saint Goran of Cornwall; Saint Brynach of Wales; opening of the relics of Saint Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod. Other events: repose of Schemamonk Agapitus the Blind of Valaam


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The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."


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