MEANING OF NAME
BIRTH
CENTERS AND PATRIARITIES
WORSHIP
SACRAMENTS
ADMINISTRATION
SPECIAL FEATURES
NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS
ORTHODOUS, GLORIFYING GOD IN THE RIGHT WAY
1054 EASTERN- AND THE CHURCHES OF THE WESTERNESSED TO EACH OTHER THE CHURCH OF THE CHURCH
ROME, CONSTANTINOPOL (FINNISH ORTHODOX CHURCH BELONGS TO THE ECUMENIC PATRIARATA OF CONSTANTINOPOL)
ALEXANDRIA, ANTIOQUE, JERUSALEM
MOSCOW, ROMANIA, GEORGIA, SERBIA, BULGARIA
VIGILIA = EVENING SERVICE LITURGIA = DAYTIME SERVICE
BAPTISM, MERCURY, CONDITIONAL, MARRIAGE, RIPPI, PRIEST INITIATION, SICK LUBRICATION
AUTOCEPHAL CHURCHES = COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT
AUTONOMOUS CHURCHES = OWN SELF-GOVERNMENT, BUT SPIRITUALLY UNDER SOME PATRIARATE
RESPECT FOR THE SAINTS
EASTER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY
FASTING
THE DEIZENING OF MAN BY COMPETITION
VALUATION OF MONASTERY LIFE
MONASTERIES: ESIM. ATHOS AND VALAMO
IN FINLAND: NEW FOUNDRY AND BIRD
250-350 MILLION
IN FINLAND: 58 899
