"Учение с увлечением" Блог Анишкевич Лидии Михайловны: марта 2010

суббота, 27 марта 2010 г.

For you to know about the Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian church. Their type of Christianity is also called Eastern Orthodoxy. Their members are called Eastern Orthodox, although there is another group of Churches called Oriental Orthodox that is not Eastern Orthodox. There are about 250 million Eastern Orthodox in the world. Most Eastern Orthodox are found in Russia, Greece, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, but there are Eastern Orthodox everywhere in the world.
Eastern Orthodox believe in everything in the Nicene Creed:
I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages.
Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not created, of one essence with the Father through whom all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and he suffered and was buried.
On the third day he rose according to the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom will have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who together with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who spoke through the prophets.
In One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I expect the resurrection of the dead.
And the life of the ages to come. Amen.

Palm Sunday

Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, early 1900's Bible
card illustration Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast
which always falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday.:
the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days
before his Passion. It is also called Passion Sunday or Palm
Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
In many Christian churches, Palm Sunday is marked by
the distribution of palm leaves (often tied into crosses)
to the assembled worshipers. The difficulty of procuring
palms for that day's ceremonies in unfavorable climates
for palms led to the substitution of boughs of box, yew,
willow or other native trees. The Sunday was often
designated by the names of these trees, as Yew
Sunday or by the general term Branch Sunday.