The Oriental Orthodox Churches around the world
History of the Christian church http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/history/home.html Apostolic fathers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Fathers History of the church from first century to 700 A.D. The history of Creed http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap020300.htm The council of Constantinopol http://www.synaxis.org/ecf/volume37/ECF37COUNCIL_OF_CONSTANTINOPLE_HELD_U.htm All meetings of Constantinopol http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813328.html Council of Ephesus http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Council%20of%20Ephesus The council of Ephesus http://www.ccel.org/fathers/NPNF2-14/4Ephesus/Theotoko.htm The council of Ephesus http://www.aloofhosting.com/joesuaiden/apologetics/canons3.html
Miscellaneous Very useful website with regard to the Orthodox Theology http://www.copticchurch.net/ Pop Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Theological Colleg. This web site contains information for distance study students and anyone who is interested to study at the College. http://www.coptictheology.com/ Its purpose is to give an overview of the Christian, Hebrew, Persian, and Islamic calendars in common use. It will provide a historical background for the Christian calendar http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/calendar26.html The purpose of this page is to clear up a few questions that some might have regarding the calendar system that the Coptic Orthodox Church follows. http://saintmark.com/easter.html#Historic Calendar zone with festivals and holidays in different parts of the World http://www.calendarzone.com/ Calendar http://charon.nmsu.edu/~lhuber/leaphist.html Calendar http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ortheast.html meeting between the Oriental churches and the catholic Church http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~grabo/news/orientcath2004.htm About the orthodox religion http://www.orthodoxworld.ru/ About the orthodox religion http://grove.ufl.edu/~catholic/orthodox.html About the Greek orthodox religion and historical sites http://www.cc.uoa.gr/theology/html/english/orthurl.htm Orthodox Dictionary http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/orthodox Online bookstore with summary http://www.christianity-books.com/The_Orthodox_Way_0913836583.html various Bible versions http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=English&version=KJV Orthodox Encyclopedia http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/O/Orthodox.asp Orthodox Encyclopedia http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/O/Orthodox.html
Christmas celebration around the world
The following link states that more than 200 million Orthodox Christians
celebrated Christmas shows
how the Orthodox Christmas was celebrated throughout the world. You
may click here to read how it was celebrated in Russia The
following link shows how the Orthodox Christmas was celebrated in
Bethlehem We would like to conclude our critique by quoting an essay on the Manitoban: “For some people, seeing strange groups caroling in the freezing cold on Jan. 7 might be odd. But this has been my Christmas for 15 years now and I would not change it for the world.” http://www.umanitoba.ca/manitoban/l |