very beautiful and ornate and in the entrance you need to buy a candle and light it and pray and its mostly in greek with translation and theres a communion of wine followed by pieces of bread you can take
There are approximately 125 Greek Orthodox churches in Australia, but this does not include the other Orthodox churches, such as the Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Antiochian, Ukrainian Orthodox, etc.
There are approximately 125 Greek Orthodox churches in Australia, but this does not include the other Orthodox churches, such as the Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Antiochian, Ukrainian Orthodox, etc.
No, the Greek Orthodox church is a part of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Not usually. There are, however, Greek cemeteries where only Greeks bury their dead. But Orthodox Churches usually do not have their own graveyards.
Russian orthodox. Greek orthodox. Coptic orthodox. Antiochia orthodox. Eastern orthodox. Ethiopian orthodox.
Yes there are.
No, Orthodox churches are where persons of Greek or Russian Orthodox faith worship. Like the Church of England, the Orthodox also separated from the Roman Catholic Church on matters of doctrine.
Most Orthodox Christians are part of the Eastern Orthodox Church (commonly referred to as the Greek, Russian, Serbian churches, etc) but a smaller group exists of Oriental Orthodox (such as the Coptic and Armenian churches).
Yes, there are still Orthodox churches, and they go by "Orthodox Church," although in western countries this may often be preceded by the ethnicity of the founders of the parish - "Greek Orthodox," "Antiochian Orthodox," "Russian Orthodox," etc. A list of the canonical orthodox churches of the world can be found at http://aggreen.net/autocephaly/autoceph.html
No. In some Americanized Greek Churches organs have been put in to try and blend in with Western culture. This practice is very forbidden in Eastern Orthodox churches, therefore the Greek Churches with organs are breaking church rules. This practice probably won't last.
Yes. The most distinctive feature of Orthodox churches is that their walls are covered with icons of the saints.
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