Church of Jerusalem

Eastern Orthodoxy

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In church year: Lent
” The Church of Jerusalem in particular organized dramatic ceremonies during the week at appropriate holy sites of its neighbourhood. A detailed description is contained in the account of a Spanish nun (c. 395), Peregrinatio ad loca sancta (or Peregrinatio Etheriae). From Jerusalem many of these ceremonies,…
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In Eastern Orthodoxy: The norm of church organization
…Syria), and the churches of Jerusalem, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
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In Eastern Orthodoxy: The Eastern Orthodox Church in the Middle East
sees of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem are remnants of the Byzantine imperial past, but under the present conditions they still possess many opportunities of development: Alexandria as the centre of emerging African communities (see below The Orthodox diaspora and missions); Antioch as the largest Arab Christian group, with dioceses in…
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