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I saw that there is a designated space for this Wiki in Serbian language, but there are no articles at all. I would love to help here and I think that that would be the best way I could help, since Serbian is my native language. So, I was wondering can I start working on that and if I can, if there is anyone who want and can help? --[[User:Erin Navan|Erin Navan]] 00:38, April 15, 2014 (PDT)
== Crucifixion of Christ ==
Hey guys, do we have an article on the crucifixion and death of Christ? The only thing I can find is Holy Week and the Exaltation of Christ. [[User:ShenLazar|ShenLazar]] 16:22, April 23, 2014 (PDT)
== Infobox for saints ==
Wikipedia has an infobox for saints where you can get details like birth, death, feast days, etc. very easily (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_saint). Would this be something that OrthdoxWiki could implement? I tried using this code here, but it doesn't seem to have whatever is needed under the hood to make it work. Thanks! [[User:Angelina123|Angelina123]] 14:24, June 9, 2014 (PDT)
== St. John of Chicago ==
I've been doing some poking around into the history of the Orthodox Church in Chicago and the parishes that St. John of Chicago founded. I have a question regarding this. Fr. John spent a dozen years in the US, and it looks like he consistently spelled his last name "Kochuroff". This is how it is listed in the 1900 US census, and all the contemporaneous newspaper articles, and even his son's birth certificate. Doing a Newspaper Archive, the first use that shows up as "Kochurov" is in 1994. I know this shift is due to the change in Russian transliteration over the years, but being as the "V" ending is not how he spelled his name I was wondering if we really ought to go back to that. <small>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Katjuscha|Katjuscha]] ([[User talk:Katjuscha|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Katjuscha|contribs]]) .</small>
== Information on Bishop of Jerusalem ==
Hello,
I am interested in finding information on John VIII (1106-1156) Bishop of Jerusalem. I wanted to know if at that time he was actually in Jerusalem or exiled in Constantinople because of the Crusaders? I have read that there was a strong relationship with the Lavra of San Savvas and the Crusaders at that time. Was wondering if he may have actually been there instead of Jerusalem.
Thank you,
Tom [[User:Tompkt|Tompkt]] 18:41, January 8, 2015 (PST)
:As far as I can tell, he would have been in [[w:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem#Patriarchs_of_Jerusalem_in_exile|exile]], though I couldn't find anything specific to him.
::"At first, the crusaders treated the native Orthodox population of Antioch and Jerusalem with a degree of toleration. Since '''Patriarch Symeon of Jerusalem had died in exile in Cyprus''', the crusaders appointed a Latin, [[w:Arnulf of Chocques|Arnold of Choques]], to the Patriarchate. When he died after a few months, his successor, [[w:Dagobert of Pisa|Daimbert of Pisa]] threw the Orthodox out of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called the Church of the Resurrection by the Orthodox. Significantly, the Holy Fire refused to appear on Holy Saturday, 1101, until he invited the Orthodox clergy to the ceremony. As a result, he adopted a more tolerant policy toward the native Orthodox of the Holy Land where the Orthodox clergy served under the Latin Patriarch."
:::''The Historic Church: An Orthodox View of Christian History'' by Archpriest John W. Morris, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KdEgOBdJqxEC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 161]
:::(Emphasis mine; Patr. Symeon was a predecessor of John VIII.)
::"The Orthodox, however, also maintained a succession of '''patriarchs in exile in Cyprus and Constantinople''' (see Table 1). Only one of these, Leontius II, actually visited Jerusalem during the period of Crusader occupation..." :::''The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Volume 3, the City of Jerusalem: A Corpus'' by Denys Pringle, [https://books.google.com/books?id=X0jH6VPi4-gC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 3].
:I wasn't able to find very much else online, other than a reference to ''Ἡ ἔκταση τῆς ἐξουσίας ἑνὸς ὑπερόριου πατριάρχη: ὁ πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη τὸν 12ο αἰώνα'' , pp. 98ff. by Κ.Γ. Πιτσάκης regarding the word ὑπερόριος (in exile, as compared to titular). Hope that helps. —[[User:Magda|<b>magda</b>]] ([[User_talk:Magda|talk]]) 22:16, January 8, 2015 (PST)
== Saint Menas ==
Hello,
I have recently been reading about Saint Menas and his story of martyrdom. I was wondering if someone could expound on his history. I know that he had an important vision and suffered some horrible tortures while declaring his Christianity. I read among the tortures that he "had his tongue torn out by the roots". ''Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs'' by Jill Kamil, p119 Also, that his father Audexios had died when he was 14 and his mother prayed for a son and her wish was granted. He seems to be a very important person who we are not informed of enough.
Thank you,
Tom [[User:Tompkt|Tompkt]] 08:57, January 10, 2015 (PST)
