Russian Orthodoxy

The Russian Orthodox church was brought to Russia in medieval days from Constantinople ( which is Istanbul today) when it was the centre of the Orthodox Byzantine church. Russian lettering can still be found in the Hagia Sophia which was a cathedral there but is now a mosque. These early Russian traders and soldiers were very impressed by what they found there and brought their new christian faith back up the trading routes to the north. The whole state of Russia eventually became Orthodox.

The Russian Orthodox church in exile came into being to care for the faithful who found themselves outside of their Russian homeland following the revolution. St.Tikhon and and others in the Church condemned the Bolshevik state authorities and thousands of Orthodox were imprisoned. Many fled to other countries, France in particular had an active Russian church and others were founded around the world in Britain and the US. The Russian Orthodox cared especially for Russians forced to flee persecution who were outside of Russia. Amanda

Actually, Russian Orthodoxy has been part of Russia for much longer than that. Czar Nicholas II and his grandparents were all Orthodox. Once the revolution got going it went underground. Russian Orthodoxy has been around for hundreds of years.

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It's just a difference in administration. The beliefs are identical. If a Greek moves to Russia, he worships in a Russian Orthodox church, and vice versa. In the US, there will ultimately be only one administration, an American Orthodox church. At the moment there are several administrations, each under the supervision of the national church of another country. The Greek and the Russian are the largest of those administrations. Orthodox Christians in the US are free to worship at any Orthodox church, regardless of national origin. Those who are from an Orthodox country have so far tended more often to choose a church under the supervision of that country's national church. In addition, there may be some local variations in custom and tradition. For instance, compare the iconography of Russia with Greek icons, and both of those with Coptic. They are all icons, but look a little different based on local tradition. The Faith is one, but the Orthodox Church does not shy from embracing (and transforming) native cultures. Yeah theres realy not much of a difference just the languge,everything is the same icons church equipment and church dates.

The Russian nobility was a group thatarose in the 14th century and essentially governedRussia until the October Revolution of 1917. As in other countries, nobility was a status, a social category, but not a title.

The aristocracy lost their aristocratic status and became an even lower class of person than the workers, soldiers and peasants were under them. All noble titles were abolished and all property owned by them was taken away from them. They were practically turned into peasants overnight.

The Eastern Orthodox (EO) Church was begun in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) by Constantine of Rome. He ordered that Rome's Religion be changed from paganism to Christianity (at the time there was only gonna be one)

He gathered the numerous churches (i.e. Greek, Palestinean, Egyptian, Roman) and sat them down to form the new church traditions. This then became the Orthodox Church. This all occured around 350 AD. Around 1032 AD the Western Churches, (Rome, France, Spain) united and split from the Orthodox church to form a church with one head king. While the orthodox churches each had a king who met in a religious council to decide issues (religious republic). The new church in the west was eventually called the Holy See or Holy Catholic Church. Today Eastern Orthodoxy has spread and incorperated new churches like Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Turkey, Russian, and more. The largest of which is Russian and today Constantiniple (Istanbul)is still the center of the eastern faith.

Generally, there has never been any official ban on birth control (such as contraception), as this is a matter that an individual would usually discuss with their priest-confessor. However, the Orthodox church is strictly against abortion being used as a method of birth control, as the church views every human life as being sacred.

The difference is between truth (Orthodox) and error (Baptists).

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The Russians seem to favor a spiritual Numerology that favors the numbers 1,3, and 5. this may even have some connection with the 5-year plans of soviet communist economy. RO churches frequently have five domes- one at each corner or quadrant ( signifyting the four Gospels, the center one for Christ. The R/O wedding procession is three times around the panoramic stage - l080 degrees of arc- possibly signifying the trinity- this is also a Russian compass-orientation exercise!

Catholics don't squat 350.

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Russian Orthodox have traditionally used pussy willow branches instead of palm branches, since the latter do not grow in Russia. However, when palm branches are available they may be used, and are sometimes tied together with pussy willow branches.

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Since Rome was then the HQ of the Church of the West, and Constantinople has fallen to the Turks, The Orthodox Church found it suitable to reassign Moscow as The Center of Orthodoxy Christianity, there fore being the "Third Rome."

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According to a legend, Vladimir considered three religions. He did not like the power of the pope with Catholicism. He ruled out Islam because he thought that the Russian could not be asked not to drink alcohol. He thought that the loss f Jerusalem by the Jews was a sign that they had been abandoned by god. He was impressed with reports about the rituals of the Orthodox Church were beautiful. However, Arab sources told a different story. They said that the Byzantine emperor Basil II asked Vladimir for help in putting down a revolt by Bardas Phocas who proclaimed himself emperor. Vladimir agreed in exchange for the hand of Anna Porphyrogenita, the sister of Basil II. To make this proposal palatable to the imperial household, he also agreed to convert to Orthodox Christianity.

The Orthodox Church views the Holy Bible as being very important, and equal with the Holy Tradition. The Holy Scriptures are a collection of Books of the New Testament that come out of the Holy Tradition (the unwritten and oral tradition) of the Early Christian Church. The Bible did not just appear out of thin air.

At the time when Jesus Christ established His Church in Jerusalem in 33 AD, there was no Bible, but only the Old Testament scriptures. So for the first years of its existence, the Church had no New Testament Scriptures at all, and for the first 500 years, there was no printed Bible as we have today. Most people could not even read or write at this time and there was certainly no printing press. They would hear the Scriptures and hold the traditions they were taught (2 Thess 2:15). Christ says "blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it" (Luke 11:28).

So the Holy Scriptures that we know today came to us very slowly and over many decades and centuries from the oral tradition of the Orthodox Church. In fact, it was not until the Fourth Century that St Athanasios of Alexandria wrote his famous Easter Letter in the year 367 AD that identified and "canonized" the 27 books of the New Testament that we all still use to this day.

The Orthodox Church has always used the same Holy Scriptures from the very beginning, as it is the continuation of the living Apostolic Tradition that was handed down by the Holy Apostles. Then the Church split into what we now call Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics in 1054 AD. Then, many centuries later, Martin Luther led a protest movement against the Catholics and formed his own "protestant" group in 1517 AD. From that year onwards, all the other thousands of protestant groups sprang up in many places of the world. But all these groups use the same Bible and the same Holy Scriptures that the Orthodox Church established from as far back as 33 AD in oral form, and from 367 AD in written form.

In general, Orthodox priests should only concern themselves with spiritual matters, and not be involved in politics. Jesus Christ did not allow His disciples to join the Roman Senate and take part in its government. Instead, He said , "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's , and to God the things that are God's" (Matthew 22:21).

For this reason the Canons of the Orthodox Church do not allow any clergy to hold any secular positions. Canon VII of the 30 Canons of the Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, states: "We have decreed in regard to those who have once become enrolled in the Clergy or who have become Monks shall not join the army nor obtain any secular position of dignity..."

Advent is a time of preparation and penance, symbolized by the color purple, so flowers are not used until the joy of Christmas.

Vladimir of Kiev probably did not fight against the Byzantines. He fought against other Slavic peoples. It was said that Vladimir of Kiev seized the Byzantine city Chersonesos in southern Crimea and agreed to evacuate the fortress of the city in exchange for or the hand of the sister of the emperor Basil II, Anna Porphyrogenita. To achieve this despite Byzantine opposition, Vladimir was converted to Orthodox Christianity and Christianised his Rus.'

Because thre is no Byzantine record of a seizure of Chersonesos by Vladimir of Kiev, histiorians think that this refers to an event which occurred later in history, in the Rus'-Byzantine War (1043), which was fought by a different Vladimir: Vladimir of Novgorod. Moreover, all Arab sources told a different story about Vladimir's conversion to Chritianity. Basil II faced an internal rebellion and turned to Vladimir of Kiev for help and Vladimir agreed in exchange for the marriage and also accepted to convert to Christianity. Once he got married he sent troops to put down the revolt.

No, this would compromise their mission duties- however, in special cases widows have been permitted to enter religious orders- as is the case with Catholics- The Grand Duchess Elisabeth ( Aunt Betty to Anastasia)- the sister of the Czar, was one such case, she was horribly murdered by NKVD men and her body- with some others tossed down a garbage chute- and miraculously- recovered basically intact.

Absolutely! You will never attend a Russian Orthodox service, hear a Russian Orthodox prayer, or talk theology with a Russian Orthodox Christian without Christ. His resurrection is the very basis of everything we Orthodox Christians do.

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