Eastern Orthodoxy

A senior bishop (in Greek 'episkopos') is also known as an Archbishop or a Metropolitan. If this is the Herculis Crossword I think the answer is eparch.

The marriage is more than simple junction of two individualities. It is a reunion of separated soul, confluence of two lives, that used to be one initially.

Black Frankincense and Red Myrrh are commonly used as incense in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has historically exported these fragrances since ancient times.

The number of cardinals varies as older cardinals pass away or new cardinals are appointed. There are currently about 180 cardinals world wide but only 120 of those are eligible to participate in a papal conclave to elect a new pope. Once a man reaches 80 years of age he remains a cardinal but is unable to vote. The pope usually will appoint new cardinals to fill the positions held when a cardinal retires or dies so as to keep the number of electors about 120.

It was over the selling of indulgences. Basically you were allowed to pay money to the church in order to be absolved of sins. This goes against the teachings in the bible according to some people (Martin Luther, who protested this) and caused a schism in the Christian Faith (This is for protestants, for orthodox it is something completely different)

French intellectuals shared the conviction that the ills of humanity could be remedied by applying reason and common sense to human problems. They criticized the powers of church and state as irrational limits placed on political and intellectual freedom. They believed that by the accumulation and propagation of knowledge, humanity could advance by degrees to a happier state than it had ever known.

Despite the 12 other patriarchs, The Ecumenical Patriarch resides in Constantinople, which is Present Day Istanbul.

Orthodox (ορθοδόξος) in Greek means correct both in worship and belief. It is derived from the combination of όρθος/orthos (correct, straight, without deviation) and δόξα/doxa (glory or worship) or δοκείν/dokein (to teach). In fact, the names of the Orthodox Church in Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, etc. reflects and reinforces more the 'doxa' etymology. Thus orthodox in this context should be understood more as 'correct in worship' and the claim 'correct in belief' should be regarded as implicit.

Blagojevich's family is Serbian and they are members of the Eastern Orthodox church.

There are some periods during the fast period of Great Lent (the period prior to Easter, and the strictest fast period in the church year), when eating fish is prohibited, as well as wine and oil. This would be especially true for the first and last week of the fast period.

Easter Sunday

No, Orthodox Christians only pray FOR the dead, ie. they offer prayers for the memory of departed souls, as in Proverbs 10:7 which says "the memory of the righteous is blessed..." However, Deuteronomy 18:11 refers to people who conjure up spells, such as mediums, witches and clairvoyants. Doing this is not permitted in the Orthodox Church.

The angelic hierarchy is shared by Catholics and Orthodox. The ranks are called 'Choirs'. They are Seraphim, Cherubim, Ophanim, Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Powers, Archangels and Angels.

Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Gabriel the Archangel, Saint Ruphael, Saint Urael, Saint Raguel, Saint Fanuel, and Saint Saquel

No, it is not in communion with the Catholic Church.

The Eastern Roman Empire and its fall remain a reverberating facet to modern identity and conflict. One aspect still felt is the division between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox. Another conflict and source of historical anguish is the Fall of Constantinople which ultimately gave rise to the partition of Turkey and Greece causing ethnic cleansing of Turks and Greeks (and creating another East to West fault line) who once lived peaceably together for millennia.

The Orthodox Church has no single "leader". Every man sins, and thus one man cannot control a whole Church as he will add many false beliefs to the church because he is human and sins(as we have and currently see happening with the Catholic Church's "infallible" Pope." Instead, the Orthodox Church has 14 Patriarchs, each Patriarch is responsible for a different Patriarchate, but all Patriarchate are fully theologically united, the 14 Patriarchates are: the Patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Albania, and the Czech and Slovak Republics. Therefore, if one of the Patriarchs says a wrong thing, there are 13 other Patriarchs that will correct him, making the chance of a wrong teaching impossible in the Orthodox Church.

He is the Priest.

An Abbot or Archimandrite in a male monastery, and an Abbess or Mother Superior in a female monastery or convent.

After researching, there does not seem to be a Coptic Orthodox Church in Spain.

There are Coptic Orthodox Churches in Germany, Sweden, England, The Netherlands, France, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, and Ireland.

As with many questions, it depends . . . the Russian Orthodox Church is headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (the Russian Orthodox Church is often referred to as "the Moscow Patriarchate," or simply, "MP"). By "All Russia," of course, is meant all the lands that have been traditionally included in a Russian State. Ukraine has been included in Russian States for the past several hundred years. Ukraine only gained independence after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

The Russian Orthodox Church has several hundred, if not thousands, of parishes in the Ukraine, under the designation of "The Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate." This jurisdiction is rather loose-the Ukrainian Church under the MP is considered an "Autonomous Church"-all the Bishops, as well as the Metropolitan (head of this Church) are voted on in Ukraine by Ukrainian Bishops; the MP has the "right of refusal" if a candidate is considered unworthy, but in practice, this happens very rarely. So, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church/Moscow Patriarchate, is indeed in union with the Russian Orthodox Church.

Yes, both are of the Eastern Orthodox faith. The only major difference is the language of the liturgy (Bulgarian or Greek).

Because the capital of the Roman Empire was transferred from Rome to Constantinople in 330 AD.