You can date someone as soon as you are ready for it and only you know when it is appropriate. When the realationship gets more serious and it comes to the subject of sex, than use your judgemen and practice good decisions. Remember that Chist said that Two will become One. It would be smart choice to know that this One is really the right One.
The date on which the church celebrates Easter because the Eastern/Russian Orthodox Church base it on the old Julian calendar.
Russian Orthodox chruch is part of the Orhtodox Cannon, the oldest form of Christianity. The Church is part of the same group that includes the Greek, Armenian and other ORthodox Churchs. The only difference between the Russian and other Orthodox churches is their primary language, and other non-christian traditions like dances, prominant festivals, or supersticions. But as far as the rest of Christianity goes, the Orthodox's main difference is a unique date for Easter, their ties with the old testament, and their more strict christian lifestyle adhering to more fast days then any other sect of Christianity.
The result is that to this day we have two major Christian church organizations that date back to the beginning of Christianity in the Roman Empire. There are the Roman Catholics under the leadership of the Pope in Rome, and the "Orthodox" Christians, who do not have an overall leadership but who have national Orthodox churches under national church leaders - hence "Russian Orthodox", "Greek Orthodox" etcetera.
Is there anything against a Christian and a human being dating? Christians are human beings! And Catholics are Christians. Here are the four main branches of Christianity: * Orthodox (Greek Orthodox; Russian Orthodox, etc) * Catholic * Protestant * Non-denominational Christians The Catholic Church has traditionally encouraged its members to marry other Catholics; for this reason the Church encourages limiting steady dating to other Catholics. However, in practice Catholics in good standing frequently date and marry non-Catholics.
The first Christian church began in the year 33 AD. This event is known as the Day of Pentecost, which took place in Jerusalem in the First Century. The Orthodox Church claims to trace its history from this event to the present day. This is called the Apostolic Succession of bishops (from 33 AD to today).
Belarus celebrates Christmas on January 7th, aligning with the Eastern Orthodox Church's tradition. This date follows the Julian calendar, which is used by several Orthodox Christian communities. Many Belarusians observe the holiday with religious services, family gatherings, and traditional meals.
When the Julian calendar was replaced by the Gregorian calendar, Europe "lost" 12 days. The Orthodox church and the Western Church did not agree on which date Christmas should now be on. The Orthodox church now celebrates Christmas on January 6 while the Western church uses December 25.
The Russian Orthodox Church is in communion with other Eastern Orthodox Churches, and with the Patriarch of Constantinople (the city whose name was changed to Istanbul inthe 1920s). The Greek Catholic Church (which is maybe what you mean by 'Catholic Orthodox') have the same liturgy as the Russian and other Eastern Orthodox Churches. But they are in communion with the Pope of Rome and thus part of the Roman Catholic Church. There are, for instance, quite a lot of Greek Catholics in the Ukraine. The Orthodox cross is different than the Christian cross. The reason being is that the Orthodox cross has another strike. Also their main holidays are also different. First of all, there is no such thing as Greek Catholic to my knowledge. There are Greek Orthodox and other Eastern ORthodox as you mentioned including the Russian ORthodox but they are no way ion communion for the Pope of Rome. The Pope means nothing to the Orthodox and are strictly in communion with the Roman Catholics ONLY. You may be thinking of the Byzantine Catholics and the only relationship they to the Orthodox is the Byzantine Cross. And the Byzantine cross is not different from the Christian cross - It is a Christian cross. However, you are right that the cross looks different. It is a typical cross, but with 2 extra crosses, one on top for the sign, and one the bottom which is tilted so that it one end is up towards the right and the other end tilting to the ground. There are alot of Ukrainian Catholics yes. Main holidays are only different by date. Jan. 7 is Xmas and Easter is generally around Passover, only due to the fact that they follow the Julian calendar (from ancient apostolic times) as opposed to following the Roman calendar. All Liturgy's are basically the same in practice, but they do differ s lightly.
Dmitry Medvedev is considered to be Russian Orthodox, having been baptized at 23 years of age in St Petersburg in 1989. However, his religion (if any) prior to that date is not known. Some Russian nationalists thought that his background may be Jewish, but this has not been confirmed or denied.
St. Basil the Great was canonized in the early centuries of Christianity, though the exact date of his canonization is not precisely recorded. He is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on January 1 in the Eastern Orthodox tradition and on January 2 in the Western tradition. St. Basil is honored for his contributions to Christian theology and monasticism.
The name Adam is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on the Sunday before Christmas, that is, 18 December, which is the Sunday of the progenitors of Jesus Christ.
The Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church each hold the tradition that Matthew died as a martyr. However, the manner and date of his death are not known.