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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;">'''[[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.  
  
==How to Contribute==
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Please take a moment to read about [[OrthodoxWiki:About|what OrthodoxWiki ''is'' and ''is not'']].</div><br clear="all">
Hop right in -- just click edit to begin. Click the "editing help" link for details on creating your new page. Create a link to a new page (using double brackets around a word or a set of words) and then click on it to create that page too. The WYSIWIG editor helps with most browsers. We also recommend the [http://www.bananeweizen.de/mozilla/wikipedia/firefox_wikipedia.html Wikipedia Extension] for [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox]
 
  
Start a new discussion. What do you know about? Do you know some excellent Byzantine chant CDs? Share the knowledge! Have you read an excellent book? Post a review. See something missing? Add it! If you're serious about helping us, please register. Then you can go to [[Special:Listusers]] and click on your name to create your custom profile page.
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===Guidelines===
 
NPOV - About:<br>Sharpening the discussion, bringing precision. Articulating clearly arguments on both sides. An offering of love. That's why npov.
 
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==Stuff the Site Needs==
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<p style="font-size: 110%">Browse these '''[[Special:Categories|categories]]''' and '''selected articles''':</p>
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<p style="font-size: 110%">Or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can have a look at a '''[[Special:Randompage|random page]]''', browse through our '''[[Special:Newpages|newest articles]]''', or visit '''[[other wikis]].</p>
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Hmm... We need a logo...
 
  
Yeah, I was thinking a Pantocrator Icon or else a IC XC NIKA seal. [[User:FrJohn|FrJohn]]
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*[[Why are Vigil Lamps lit before Icons?]] - by St. Bishop Nicholai (Velimirovich)
 
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*Groups that Call themselves Orthodox
 
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*Church School resources
 
*Notable Parish Websites
 
*Anti-Western Polemics
 
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*Major resource sites
 
*[[Byzantine Notation]]
 
*Liturgical Music
 
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*[[John Climacus]]
 
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** [[Icons and Home Items]]
 
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St. John of Damascus, patron saint of OrthodoxWiki
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Today's feasts

April 19 2024:

The Holy Trinity

Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem; Venerable John of the Ancient Caves (or of Old Lavra) in Palestine; Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia; Saint Tryphon, Patriarch of Constantinople; Martyrs Christopher, Theonas, and Anthony at Rome (or Nicomedia); Saint Nicephorus, Abbot of Katabad; Saint Symeon the Barefoot (Bosoi) of Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saint Joachim, Abbot of Opochka, Pskov; Martyr Agathangelus of Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos; Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Mytilene; Saint Olympias of Mytilene; Hieromartyr Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury; repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenatha of Goritsky and Schema-hieromonk Alexis of Valaam.



( April 6 2024: Julian Calendar )

Eutychius of Constantinople

Saint Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople; Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Archbishop of Moravia, and Enlightener of the Slavs; 120 Martyrs of Persia; Saint Platonida (Platonis) of Nisibis, Syria; Martyrs Jeremiah and Archilias the presbyter; Venerable Gregory the Byzantine, of St. Athanasius' Monastery on Mount Athos, instructor of St. Gregory Palamas; Saint Gregory the Sinaite; Monkmartyr Gennadius of Dionysiou on Mount Athos; Martyrs of Samothrace; Saint Elstan, Bishop of Ramsbury; two martyrs of Askalon; Saint Brychan, Prince of Brecon; repose of Elder Mardarius of Nizhni-Novgorod Caves Monastery


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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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