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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."

Greek Orthodox.

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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He was baptized a Russian Orthodox Christian when he was 23 years old.

No, it does not.

By being Baptized as a member of the Orthodox Church, believing in Jesus Christ as Lord, God and Savior, and by following the Greatest Commandment, which is to love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind; and to love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:37-40) and (John 13:34-35).

Baptism and Faith are important: "He who believes and is baptized will be saved." (Mark 16:16)

Church membership is important: "And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved." (Acts 2:47)

Receiving Holy Communion is important: "If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever." (John 6:51-54).

I would rephrase the question it is not Russian Orthodoxy, the more correct term would be Eastern Orthodoxy. Eastern Orthodxy is a direct representative of the church that was established by Jesus Christ himself. The actual name of the Orthodox Church is One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Catholic meaning Universal and Apostolic meaning directly passed from the Apostoles. Before the Whole Christian world used to be Orthodox their great division came in 1054 when Rome has split from the rest of the church. This is where we begin to look at the Roman Catholic Church as an independent body that is not part of One Holy Catholic and Apostolic church. To answer the question about what are the differences between Christianiy and Islam? There are too many differences the list could go on forever. I think it is more important to see what are the similarities. Islam teaches very similar things as christianity does. Muslims and Christians believe in ONE GOD but Muslims just do it in a different way. Christians see Jesus Christ as a man and God both natures in one. Muslims do not believe in God the man, just the Father Almighty. So in my opinion it is better to come together on one issue than to talk about the multiple differences that cause hatred and evil, which once again is not a part of Christianity or Islam.

In a Russian Orthodox marriage ceremony, the crowns symbolize the couple's unity and equality in marriage. The crowns are placed on the heads of the couple by the priest, representing their status as the king and queen of their own little kingdom, their family. The crowns also serve as a reminder of their commitment to each other and to God.

One of the striking differences in Russian Orthodox Church and most of the Slavic Orthodox churches is that inside of the Church people are standing during the Divine Liturgy. Most of the Russian Ortodox churches actually do have the benches that are located on the perimeter of the church by the walls. Anyone is welcome to sit there if they are tired or just wish to take a break. It is mostly designed for the elderly, pregnant women, sick people and so on. For example if a president, your boss, or some one in charge walks into the room or a cabinet you would probably stand up, out of respect or out discipline. The question than is if you are in the church the House of God than is God not worthy enough for you to stand before him? Another thing about Russian Orthodox Church is the idea of everyones envolvement in the church during the liturgy and all other aspects. This envolvement can be as little as taking out a burned out candle from the candle stand. When people are standing in prayer together that unity and envlovement increases. The negative effect that I can see from having pews in the church is that liturgy transforms itself from being directed to God to being directed to the people and that is something an Orthodox church was never a part off. When people are in the pews they seem get a little lazy and the thoughts of communication wiht God are now being tranformed into other activities such as constantly plaing with an IPhone or other devices, instead of hard prayer people seem to lounge around and treat the service as a show rather than a worship of God.

Vladimir the Great was Emperor of the Kievan Rus, which was an empire based in Kiev, Ukraine and controlled a large part of Ukraine, Belarus, and western Russia.

The Eastern Orthodox Faith was established in the year 33 AD by Jesus Christ on the Day of Pentecost in Jerusalem. From there it spread to most of the world, from places like Greece, Antioch, Europe, Russia, Africa, America, etc.