ORTHODOUS, GLORIFYING GOD IN THE RIGHT WAY

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1054  EASTERN-  AND THE CHURCHES OF THE WESTERNESSED TO EACH OTHER THE CHURCH OF THE CHURCH

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5 OLD PATRIARCHATES:

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ROME, CONSTANTINOPOL (FINNISH ORTHODOX CHURCH BELONGS TO THE ECUMENIC PATRIARATA OF CONSTANTINOPOL)

ALEXANDRIA, ANTIOQUE, JERUSALEM

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5 NEW PATRIGARATES:

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  MOSCOW, ROMANIA, GEORGIA, SERBIA, BULGARIA

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VIGILIA = EVENING SERVICE       LITURGIA = DAYTIME SERVICE

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BAPTISM, MERCURY, CONDITIONAL, MARRIAGE, RIPPI, PRIEST INITIATION, SICK LUBRICATION

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AUTOCEPHAL CHURCHES = COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT

AUTONOMOUS CHURCHES = OWN SELF-GOVERNMENT, BUT SPIRITUALLY UNDER SOME PATRIARATE

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RESPECT FOR THE SAINTS

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ICONS

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EASTER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HOLIDAY

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FASTING

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THE DEIZENING OF MAN BY COMPETITION

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VALUATION OF MONASTERY LIFE

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MONASTERIES: ESIM. ATHOS AND VALAMO

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IN FINLAND: NEW FOUNDRY AND BIRD

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250-350 MILLION

IN FINLAND:  58  899