81.    Orthodox Christians In North America 1000 Years Ago Andrew Phillips explains how christianity was accepted by the Vikings and came with Leif Ericsson to the New World. http://www.roca.org/oa/151/151g.htm

Orthodox America Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago by Priest Andrew Phillips Although school children are no longer taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America, what they are not told - and what is not generally known - is that the first European to set foot on the New World was an Orthodox Christian, some five hundred years before the Roman Catholic Genoan. Who was he? In the last two centuries of the first millennium, countries in northwest Europe and elsewhere became aware of peoples called Northmen or Vikings (from "viks" or "wicks," villages located on creeks or inlets in the cold, barren lands of Scandinavia). Setting sail in their distinctive high-prowed "long ships" in search of timber, fish and arable land, the Vikings acquired lasting notoriety with their savage attacks of peaceful countries. Their repeated onslaughts on England were particularly vicious. Martyring hundreds of monks and nuns, they put an end to the Golden Age of English Church culture. The Vikings were heathen, and they had their own dark and hopeless mythology of pagan gods and fates. Though their onslaught on Christendom led at first to bloodshed, the spiritually sensitive among them began to accept Christianity. By the end of the ninth century, the Danish Vikings who had settled in England after wreaking such havoc, had accepted the Faith at the hands of Alfred the Great. (It is notable that the Danish homeland itself did not accept Christianity until later still.) A century later the Swedish Vikings had begun to accept missionaries from England, whose presence is proved by, among other things, the Old English-style church of Saint Peter at Sgituna. Among the western Norwegian Vikings, the influence of English Christianity was greater still.

82. Michael Vezie's Page Here Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/christianity/Denominations/orthodox/Organizations_and_Fellowships http://www.ocf.org/

The Orthodox Page is here.

83. Touchstone: A Journal Of Mere Christianity Conservative in doctrine and eclectic in content, with editors and readers from Protestant, Roman Catholic, and orthodox traditions. Provides a place where Christians of various backgrounds can speak with one another on the basis of shared belief in the fundamental doctrines of the faith. http://www.touchstonemag.com/

Table of Contents The Lessons of the Spiritualist Challenge to Darwinism by John Mark Reynolds Stem Sell Job Gilbert Meilaender on Why The Christian Century July/August 2005 Touchstone Touchstone advances an ecumenism of orthodoxy defined by the Great Tradition. The Touchstone Editor-in-Chief, First Things "Touchstone Author, Knowing God Touchstone is a voice that greatly needs to be heard in today's Christian world. If this is what robust ecumenism means, Home Mere Comments Daily Reflections Store ... Contact Us Please send comments, suggestions, and bad link reports to webmaster@touchstonemag.com

84. St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary - Library Resources Approximately 35,000 volumes and 200 current periodicals concentrating on orthodox Eastern christianity, with emphasis on the fields of Church History, Patristics and Hagiography. Also 12,000 monograph and periodicals with strong representation of East European and pre1917 Russian theological works and devotional literature. http://www.stots.edu/library.htm

Visit dhtml-menu.com for more info. Home Contact News Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Visit the seminary on-line catalog About the Library Founded in 1938 and dedicated to the memory of the beloved Bishop of North America (1898-1907), later Archbishop and Patriarch, St. Tikhon (Belavin) , the Library is the focal point of the academic life of the Seminary. The holdings of our ever-growing collection consist of more than 50,000 items including approximately 36,000 volumes and 200 current periodicals concentrating on Orthodox Eastern Christianity, with emphasis on the fields of Church History, Patristics and Hagiography. The Slavic Collection, which numbers some 12,000 monograph and periodical titles ranging from the 17-th century to the present day, with strong representation of East European and Pre-1917 Russian theological works and devotional literature, is a valuable resource for study and research on all academic levels. Our collection is searchable on-line , and public access terminals are located throughout the library. Our seminarians also have access to the Internet on dedicated workstations located in the library and in our new Computer Lab. Access to our collections is open to all qualified users, and is without regard to religious beliefs, ethnic background, or gender. Of special interest to visitors is the John S. and Lucille J. Guzey Collection of Icons and Antiquities

85. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church In Poltava, Ukraine History, reality, needs. christianity and national consciousness in Ukraine. http://www.church.poltava.ua/

THE SITE MAP WHO ARE WE? WHERE IS IT? NEOPHYTES ... St.Yury Parish of the UAOC in Poltava, Ukraine welcomes you! Orthodoxy, Christianity and the challenges of modern life in Ukraine and everywhere are easy to view clearly, looking from Poltava, Ukraine. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, its history and recent life are bound together with our Ukrainian national consciousness. Whether the UAOC represents a renewal of genuine Orthodoxy in Ukraine or it is a dissent plot guided from abroad or expression of ugly nationalistic prejudice and inflexibility? Click here to see the site map Since August 18 , 2001 people visited the E-church

86. Pedal Prayers Cycling Ministry - Index Page Testimony and travels of a former orthodox Jew who found his Messiah and bicycles around the USA sharing christianity. http://www.geocities.com/pprayers/

Select Page Home Intro - Page 01 Intro - Page 02 Welcome and Intro Are You A Real Follower? Bible Verses On Compassion Bike Journey Bike Touring Churches Compassion Contact Me For Prayer Graphic Credits Guestbook How Churches Can Show Compassion How It All Began How To Become a Believer Inspirational Movies Memberships Missing Heaven By 18 Inches Mission Statement My Beliefs My Statement of Faith On-line Christian Resources Other Supported Causes Personal Info Poems On Website Index Privacy Statement Religion Schroeder Site Awards Index Special Cause Special Sites Special Stories Thoughts From The Road What Holy Names Do You Use? Why Donations Not Asked For Here Your Involvement With The Ministry With every revolution of the wheels....a prayer goes up to Heaven." Site Updated: September 06, 2005 Shalom and Welcome. I do hope that you enjoy your visit. This website has been given almost 200 awards from agencies, individuals, ministries, and organizations from almost 50 countries around the world. There is almost 500 pages of information inside using over 8.7 MegaBytes of space. Below this message box, are ratings that this website has been given and the webrings involved with. Navigation throughout the site should be quite easy. A Scroll-down Site Map Menu has been installed near the too left corner of each page. This website has been basically designed as being a book. On the Bar, you will find names of individual pages and titles of chapters (sections). At the bottom of each page, there is also a button that will allow you to jump to the top of that page without scrolling.

87. Joshua Villines' Personal Page Homilies, papers, lecture notes, and annoted weblinks dealing with Protestant christianity from a Neoorthodox perspective. Also contains Villines genealogy information maintained by The Rev. C. Joshua Villines. http://www.villines.com

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88. Orthodox Monasticism orthodox Christian Monasticism For this reason, from the earliest days of christianity many of the faithful chose celibacy. http://www.kosovo.com/monasticism.html

Orthodox Christian Monasticism Part I The innermost spiritual sense of Orthodox Monasticism is revealed in joyful mourning (gr. harmolipi). This paradoxical phrase denotes a spiritual state in which a monk in his prayer grieves for the sins of the world at at the same time experiences the regenerating spritual joy of Christ's forgiveness and resurrection. A monk dies in order to live, he forgets himself in order to find his real self in God, he becomes ignorant of worldly knowledge in order to attain real spiritual wisdom which is given only to the humble ones. (Ed.) Holy Service in Decani Monastery The life of prayer and obedience - Decani Monastery photo galleries With the development of monasticism in the Church there appeared a peculiar way of life, which however did not proclaim a new morality. The Church does not have one set of moral rules for the laity and another for monks, nor does it divide the faithful into classes according to their obligations towards God. The Christian life is the same for everyone. All Christians have in common that "their being and name is from Christ"1. This means that the true Christian must ground his life and conduct in Christ, something which is hard to achieve in the world.

89. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Religion Of Russia There are two theories in regard to the early christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from the times when she embraced christianity until the twelfth century; the other holds that Russia was always orthodox. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13253a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... R > The Religion of Russia A B C D ... Z The Religion of Russia A. The Origin of Russian Christianity There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from the times when she embraced Christianity until the twelfth century; the other holds that Russia was always Orthodox, i. e., an adherent of the Greek schism, from the time when Christian e Christianity dates from the ninth century; by which it is not implied that Christianity was entirely unknown to the Russians before that period, for the merchants of Kieff were in frequent communication with Constantinople: one of the quarters of the flourishing metropolis, St. Mamante, was inhabited by them, and there is no doubt that there were Christians among them. On the other hand, some nucleus of Christianity must have existed at Kieff before Photius, as he himself relates in his encyclical letter to the Patriarchs of the East, sent a bishop and missionaries to that city. On account of this action, Photius is considered to have introduced Christianity into Russia. His testimony is repudiated by Catholic writers, who claim for St. Ignatius the glory and the initiative of this evangelical mission to Russia. There are no valid arguments, however, to throw doubt upon the authenticity of the information that has been handed down by Photius, as is proved in the present writer's work "La conversione dei Russi al cristianesimo, e la testimonianza di Fozio", in "Studii religiosi", t. I, 1901, pp. 133-61.

90. Celtic Orthodoxy - The Celtic Orthodox Christian Revival Celtic orthodoxy is studying Celtic orthodox Churches and the revival of interest in Celtic christianity. http://www.celticorthodoxy.org/index.shtml

91. Voice Of American Orthodox Catholic Christianity Site for the American orthodox Church includes information and links on the jurisdiction. http://www.apostle1.com

92. Orthodox Christian Contact Wales, Introduction to the Holy orthodox Church. orthodox Christian teaching and spirituality. Parish events in Wales, U.K. Pilgrimages. Celtic christianity. http://www.orthodoxchurch.co.uk

Orthodox Christian Contact Wales, Orthodox Christian Contact Wales,

93. The Eastern Liturgical Family Of Christianity: The Orthodox Church The Eastern liturgical family of christianity The orthodox Church. http://www.religioustolerance.org/orthodox.htm

MENU: EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES THE EASTERN LITURGICAL FAMILY OF CHRISTIANITY: Click Here to Visit our Sponsors. The Eastern Orthodox Church consists of a communion of autocephalous, (ecclesiastically independent) Christian faith groups which: Recognize the four Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. Recognize the the Patriarch of Constantinople as first among four equals. Accept the validity of the first seven Ecumenical Councils. Regard Orthodoxy as the true Church of Christ on Earth. It consists of churches in: Nine countries where Eastern Orthodoxy is the dominant religious body: Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine. Ten countries where Orthodoxy plays a smaller role: Albania, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lihuania, Poland and the U.S. Scattered presence in other countries. Various estimates of the total number of adherents in Orthodox churches run from 214 million to as high as 300 million. In the U.S., membership estimates range from 1.2 million

94. Archdiocese Of The Eastern USA Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/christianity/Denominations/orthodox/Church_Jurisdictions/NonChalcedonian/Syrian http://www.syrianorthodoxchurch.org/

Sunday School SOAYO Youth Convention ... UPDATE "Behold, the Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14 NEWS Mor Malatius Barnaba passed away. UN Prayer Service - Press Release The Queen of Spain Visits Our Church in Aleppo, Syria ... Meet at the Eastern Archdiocese September 20th 2004 Liturgy Celebrated in Georgia for the First Time United Nations Prayer Service - October 12th Mor Severius Saliba Tuma Passed Away (7/27/04) Prince Charles' Visit Georgia New Articles Fasting Angels Archdiocese CONVENTION ... Hidden Pearl Aramaic Heritage of the Church Background Music " Hallel Hallel " is taken from the Traditional Hymns of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch for Christmas performed by the Archdiocesan Choral Society Complete Service of the Washing of the Feet celebrated on ... d Church History at a glance...

95. Various Religious Topics Contains essays on conversion to christianity and to the orthodox Church, a copy of the liturgy of St. Gregory the Great, and The Christian Year , a book of poetry by Fr. John Keble (a nineteenth century Anglican priest). http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/7224/Rick/index.html

"Through His aid hearts are lifted up, the weak are held by the hand, and they who are advancing are brought to perfection. Shining upon those that are cleansed from every spot, He makes them spiritual by fellowship with Himself. Just as when a sunbeam falls on bright and transparent bodies, they themselves become brilliant too, and shed forth a fresh brightness from themselves, so souls wherein the Spirit dwells, illuminated by the Spirit, themselves become spiritual, and send forth their grace to others. Hence comes foreknowledge of the future, understanding of mysteries, apprehension of what is hidden, distribution of good gifts, the heavenly citizenship, a place in the chorus of angels, joy without end, abiding in God, the being made like to God, and, highest of all, the being made God." St. Basil the Great On the Spirit Chapter 9 "For that which thou hadst no power to do under the Law, now ... thou wilt be able to do, to go on uprightly, and with no intervening fall, if thou layest hold of the Spirit's aid. For it is not enough to walk after the flesh, but we must also go after the Spirit, since turning away from evil will not secure our salvation, but we must also do what is good. And this will come about, if we give up our souls to the Spirit, and persuade our flesh to get acquainted with its proper position; for in this way we shall make it also spiritual; as also if we be listless we shall make our soul carnal." St. John Chrysostom

96. St. Mark Foundation For Coptic History Studies Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/christianity/Denominations/orthodox/Church_Jurisdictions/NonChalcedonian/Coptic http://www.coptic-history.org/

Why St. Mark? St. Mark was the evangelist who started Christianity in Egypt, marking the beginning of the Coptic history. Why a Foundation? There have been many individual efforts and scattered studies to record Coptic history. These efforts produced some significant studies, but were not coordinated or sustained and we do not have a definitive chronological record of Coptic history. We are working on a establishing a well endowed foundation that will have a considerable income to support a continuum of studies and publications until the job of recording Coptic history and culture is accomplished.

97. Russian Orthodox Church (Brussels Representation) - Eglise Orthodoxe Russe (Repr Includes news, background information, christianity in Europe, Church and society, interorthodox and ecumenical relations. English/French http://orthodoxeurope.org/

Home Events Background Information Christianity in Europe ... Magyar Queen Paola of the Belgians visited Church Representation in Brussels Russian Prime Minister visited Hungarian Orthodox Cathedral Russian Foreign Minister visited Church Representation in Brussels Russian Foreign Minister visited Hungarian Orthodox Cathedral Austrian Parliament President visited Orthodox Cathedral in Vienna Cardinal Christoph Sch¶nborn visited Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Vienna Archbishop of Finland visited Church Representation in Brussels Consecration of the Holy Trinity Church in Brussels Archbishop of Salzburg visited Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Vienna Metropolitan Kirill visited Hungary Metropolitan Kirill visited Austria Contact us Orthodox web resources Subscribe Search: Recently added materials L’©vªque Hilarion de Vienne et d’Autriche, repr©sentant de l’‰glise orthodoxe russe, a pris part au Forum politique europ©en La Cour suprªme de Hongrie a reconnu l’appartenance de la cath©drale de la Dormition au dioc¨se du Patriarcat de Moscou L’‰glise orthodoxe russe exprime ses condol©ances   la Communaut© de Taiz© Message ouvert du m©tropolite Vladimir de Kiev et de toute l’Ukraine au pape Beno®t XVI   l’occasion du transfert de la chaire du primat de l’‰glise uniate de Lvov   Kiev ... The documents worked out at joint sessions of the Commission of the Moscow Patriarchate on a dialogue with the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad on negotiations with the Moscow Patriarchate Posted on: Friday, September 02, 2005

98. Why I Became An Orthodox Christian For I discovered that in the orthodox Church, christianity with all its With great joy and hope, I decided to become an orthodox Christian about a year http://www.antiochian.org/Orthodox_Church_Who_What_Where_Why/Why_I_Became_An_Ort

Antiochian Orthodox Church Home Highlights About The Antiochian Orthodox Church Youth ... Why Do we say "Lord Have Mercy" soo often? Why I Became An Orthodox Christian Why I Stayed In The Ministry Why I Wish I Were A Priest Why In The World Would An Episcopalian Become Orthodox? Why They Leave The Church ... Why We Teach In The Church Why I Became An Orthodox Christian Word Magazine June 1960 Page 8/18 WHY I BECAME AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN By Athanasius Yoo, M.D., B.D. My long pilgrimage to the Mother Church has been completed. As I think back over the long road of this pilgrimage, I become filled with deep emotion. For by the grace of God, I, a stray sheep, have found the lovely bosom of the Good Shepherd, the true body of Christ, - the One, Holy Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Therefore, it is my conviction that my humble retrospections should in nowise come to naught to those who are outside of the true Church of Christ. I am a Korean and a medical doctor by profession. My father was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church in Korea and my mother a very devout deaconess of same. Consequently I was brought up in an unusually religious atmosphere. My mother hoped that I would become a minister of the Presbyterian Church. But I had no interest in that profession because the example of the Protestant ministers at that time was much too superficial and did not impress me as being Christian at all. And so I entered medicine instead, finished medical school and began practicing in Seoul, Korea. I continued my medical practice until the unconditional surrender of the Japanese Empire. The fall of Japanese imperialism, and the subsequent independence of Korea, impressed me greatly with the frailty of life and of the world.

99. Orthodox Unity ... - Christianity Today Magazine christianity Today continues as a leader in providing informative editorial on current events, news from a Christian perspective, Christian doctrine, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/130/11.0.html

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100. @LA Religion/Christianity: Orthodox Church @LA Religion/christianity orthodox Church in Southern California/Greater Los Angeles. http://www.at-la.com/@la-god/orthodox.htm

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