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THE EASTERN CHRISTIANITY PORTAL
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Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity. Eastern Christians have a shared tradition, but they became divided (SEE: SCHISM) during the early centuries of Christianity in disputes about christology and fundamental theology. In general terms, one can identify four branches or families of Eastern Christianity, each of which has distinct theology and dogma. They are: the Assyrian Church of the East, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Eastern Catholic Churches - the latter being in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. All of the Eastern branches, as well as the Western churches, share a common Christian tradition and most of the same Christian Biblical canon. The Eastern branches also share traditional practices in common which are not shared by the Western churches. The Eastern churches' differences from Western Christianity have as much, if not more, to do with culture, language, and politics as theology. The Assyrian Church of the East became estranged from the church of the Roman Empire in the years following the Council of Ephesus (431), Oriental Orthodoxy separated after the Council of Chalcedon (451), and the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church is usually dated to 1054. This event is referred to as the Great Schism.
Aramaic is a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine worship. It is the original language of large sections of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra, and is the main language of the Talmud. Aramaic was the native language of Jesus (see Aramaic of Jesus). Modern Aramaic is spoken today as a first language by numerous, scattered communities, most significantly by Assyrians, Syriacs, and Chaldeans. The language is considered to be endangered. Christian missionaries brought the language into Persia, India and even China. From the seventh century AD onwards, Aramaic was replaced as the lingua franca of the Middle East by Arabic. However, Aramaic remains a literary and liturgical language among Jews, Mandaeans and some Christians, and is still spoken by small isolated communities throughout its original area of influence. The turbulence of the last two centuries has seen speakers of first-language and literary Aramaic dispersed throughout the world.
Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople) (c. 580 – 13 August 662) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. However, he gave up this life in the political sphere to enter into the monastic life.
After moving to Carthage, Maximus studied several Neo-Platonist writers and became a prominent author. When one of his friends began espousing the Christological position known as Monothelitism, Maximus was drawn into the controversy, in which he supported the Chalcedonian position that Jesus had both a human and a divine will. Maximus is venerated in both Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity. His positions eventually resulted in exile, soon after which he died. Maximus is among those Christians who were venerated as saints shortly after their deaths. The vindication of Maximus' theological position at the Third Council of Constantinople made him extremely popular within a generation after his death, and his cause was aided by the accounts of miracles at his tomb. In Eastern Christianity, Maximus has always been influential. The Eastern theologians Simeon the New Theologian and Gregory Palamas are seen as intellectual heirs to Maximus. Further, a number of Maximus' works are included in the Greek Philokalia - a collection of some of the most influential Greek Christian writers.
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 The Ancient Church (1of3) - True Christianity is the Eastern Orthodox Faith How old is the EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH ? True Christianity is the Eastern Orthodox Faith. If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, ... |  Eastern Christianity Part 1 - The Eastern Orthodox Church History - Dr. Ken Parry. Recommended Reading: Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, Ken Parry (Editor), Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001. Th... |  St. Elias & Eastern Christianity St. Elias Church (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic), Brampton, ON Canada. A higher quality (and widescreen) reissue of the May 2007 video "St. Elias--Who We Are." El... |  Eastern Christianity's appeal Got a minute? Bishop John M. Botean of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton, Ohio, recently gave us a quick explanation of the appeal of Ea... |  Eastern Christianity Part 3 - The Church in Asia, Central Asia, China & India. Church History - Dr. Ken Parry. Recommended Reading: Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, Ken Parry (Editor), Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001. Th... |  Eastern Christianity Part 2 - The Oriental Orthodox Church History - Dr. Ken Parry. Recommended Reading: Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity, Ken Parry (Editor), Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2001. Th... |  Hell - Does not exist in Eastern Christianity |  Haven for Middle Eastern Christianity: 2012 figures show Israeli population is 2% Christian Israel's Christian population now stands at 2 per cent, totaling 158000, with over four in five of Arabic ethnicity and the remainder originally from former... |  Middle Eastern Christianity under siege: unknown attackers torch Benghazi Coptic church Unidentified assailants have torched a church used by Egyptian Christians in Benghazi. One week before, Islamist militias detained and reportedly abused scor... |  7/8 : Islam & Eastern Christianity United Vs Israel & US-NATO : Prophecy of Qur'an Fulfilled Prophecy of Noble Qur'an Fulfilled, Armageddon or Al Malhama : True Abrahamic Faith : Islam & Eastern Christianity battle with Evil forces of Anti-Christ : I... |
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The National Interest Online
Fri, 10 May 2013 03:58:01 -0700
Americans of all political stripes have embraced the promotion of democracy as a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy. But this American democracy crusade has caused huge, and largely overlooked, collateral damage since the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks against ...
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The Tablet (subscription)
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:12 -0700
410), a noble collaborator of St John Chrysostom (d. 407), featured among the famous women deacons of Eastern Christianity. Up to the eleventh century we find popes allowing Western bishops to ordain women deacons. The office of women deacons died ...
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Meridian Magazine
Sun, 05 May 2013 20:13:25 -0700
[2]) It is the neutron bomb of mid-Eastern Christianity: the Church buildings are left standing while the parishioners are vaporized. However, whether they are killed, driven away, or simply leave on their own, the impact on the nations of the Middle ...
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Independent Catholic News
Sat, 11 May 2013 12:43:32 -0700
There is a nice phrase that somehow captures one part of the Ascension, that is 'the leave taking of the Lord', I know it comes from Eastern Christianity and I've heard it used to express the feast day itself, for me it conjures up several layers of ...
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Eurasia Review
Sat, 11 May 2013 15:41:22 -0700
The coexistence of the Slavic and Catholic identities turns Poland into a point of junction between Western and Eastern Christianity, as well as between the Latin, Germanic and Slavic worlds. In the interwar period, the geopolitical centrality of ...
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Catholic News Agency
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:04:32 -0700
The royal line of David was to be preserved in the kingdom of Judah (Just as the successors of St. Peter, the first pope, was preserved in Western Christianity after it split from Eastern Christianity. Western Christianity became known as the Roman ...
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The Catholic Transcript
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:40:39 -0700
"One of the great traditions of Eastern Christianity, icons are less well known here, and we are pleased that this exhibit will enable residents of the Northeast to grow in their understanding of the history and religious significance of these windows ...
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ForUm
Mon, 06 May 2013 03:48:47 -0700
Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian Calendar. Because of the 13-day difference between the calendars between 1900 and 2099, 21 March corresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian Calendar. Easter therefore ...
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