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It appears that the first virtual Orthodox chapel was built in A '''Second Lifevirtual chapel'''is an Orthodox edifice built in virtual reality. In a post on Sept. 3, 2006, Todd Michael ("OrthoCelt") states:
:"I have managed to find another It appears that the first virtual Orthodox online, who [[chapel]] was built a small Eastern Rite chapelin '''Second Life'''. So to mix things up, I build In a rather large Western Rite chapel for Raphael post on the property he owns [[September 3]], 2006, Todd Michael (also seen in the photo"OrthoCelt"), with Ancient Faith Radio being piped in for background music."[httpstates://michael.doxos.com/comments.php?id=3800_0_6_0_C]
==External Links==* [[wCategory:Second Church Life]]* Edward Castronove, ''Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games'' (U of Chicago Press, 2006) ISBN 0226096270
→Some Eastern Orthodox Churches in Second Life (direct teleport landmarks)
[[Image:Virtualchurch.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Orthodox chapel in '''''Second Life''''']]A [[Image:SecondLife.jpg|thumb|250px|right|St. Nicholas Avatarian Orthodox Church in '''''Second Life'''virtual chapel'' is an ]][[Image:St_Sava_SL.jpg|thumb|250px|right|St. Sava Orthodox edifice built Church in virtual reality'''''Second Life''''' ([http://slurl.com/secondlife/Loom%20Weaver/198/80/65 Loom Weaver 199, 80, 66])]][[Image:SL_OC-Group.jpg|thumb|250px|right|'Orthodox Christians of SL' group in '''''Second Life''''']]
:"I have managed to find another Orthodox online, who built a small Eastern Rite chapel. So to mix things up, I build a rather large Western Rite chapel for Raphael on the property he owns (also seen in the photo), with Ancient Faith Radio being piped in for background music."[http://michael.doxos.com/comments.php?id=3800_0_6_0_C] ==Other references==* http://michael.doxos.com/comments.php?id=3980_0_6_0_C (Evangelism in Second Life)* http://raphael.doxos.com/index.php?id=C0_64_1(general Second Life category).* http://tarasbalderdash.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-home-for-order-and-its-chapel.html (includes mention of a Slavonic psalter and "Orthodox Christian gestures")
==External links==
* [[w:Second Life]]
* Edward Castronova, ''Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games'' (U of Chicago Press, 2006) ISBN 0226096270
* [http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,67142,00.html Wired News: Second Life Teaches Life Lessons]
* [http://www.ortodoksi.net/virtuaalikirkko/index.html St.Nicholas Virtual Church]
* [http://goarch.org/en/chapel/vr.asp Virtual chapel at GOARCH.org]
* [http://conciliarpress.com/pages/again_tobias_virtual_reality.html No life in Second Life: Orthodoxy's Problem with Virtual Reality] by Fr. Jonathan Tobias
* [http://conciliarpress.com/pages/again_virtual_reality.html Discernment and Virtual Reality] - A Dialogue Sparked by No Life in Second Life: Orthodoxy’s Problem with Virtual Reality, by Fr. Jonathan Tobias
===Some Eastern Orthodox Churches in Second Life (direct teleport Landmarks)===
* Receive the latest copy of the directory at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Larsson/148/42/110 (follow the 'red beam' to the dispenser; this object is free and includes a collection of Orthodox icons in addition to the Landmarks)
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