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Western Orthodoxy is a strand of Orthodox Christian worship adapted for congregations in traditionally Catholic or Protestant countries.
There are certain parishes known as Western Orthodox within Eastern Orthodoxy that follow the rituals of either: A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
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- Episcopalian (about 2/3rds of the AWRV parishes, using the Liturgy of St. Tikhon, a modification of the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer); or
- Roman Catholic Churches (about 1/3rd of the AWRV parishes, and one ROCOR monastery, using the Liturgy of St. Gregory, similar to the Tridentine Mass and usually of the Benedictine or Curial use).
- Anglican (one ROCOR monastery, and a few ROCOR parishes, using the Sarum use of the Roman rite or the English rite, a modification of the 1549 English Book of Common Prayer.)
- Gallican (the churches of the French Orthodox, canonically isolated from the rest of the Orthodox during the past decade, using a reconstructed liturgy based upon Gallican documents.)
By far the largest group of these parishes in the United States and Canada is represented by the Western Rite Vicariate of the North American Archdiocese of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, which has neither autocephaly (complete hierarchical independence) nor autonomy (governance of internal affairs, but its primate is appointed by and answerable to a parent jurisdiction's synod), but reports ultimately to the Patriarch of Antioch. The Patriarchate of Antioch also has a few Western Rite Orthodox missions in New Zealand. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) also has a small number of Western-Rite parishes and monasteries located in the United States, Brazil, and Australia. A few French Orthodox parishes in France and the United States are currently in talks with the Serbian Orthodox Church with the goal of regularizing their canonical status once again. The word Episcopal is derived from the Greek επισκοπος epískopos, which literally means overseer; the word however is used in religious terms to mean bishop. ...
The Book of Common Prayer is the prayer book of the Church of England and also the name for similar books used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. ...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
A pre-Vatican II altar with reredosThe altar is preceded by three steps, as was most common for a churchs main altar, though some main altars, such as that in Saint Peters in the Vatican, had (and have) much more than three. ...
The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
The Book of Common Prayer is the prayer book of the Church of England and also the name for similar books used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. ...
The term Gallican Church usually refers to the Roman Catholic Church in France from the time of the Declaration of the Clergy of France (1682) to that of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) during the French Revolution. ...
The Antiochian Orthodox Church is one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism, and today is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. ...
In hierarchical Christian churches, especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, autocephaly is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. ...
Patriarch of Antioch is the traditional title carried by the Bishop of Antioch. ...
The Antiochian Orthodox Church is one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism, and today is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. ...
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, ROCA, or ROCOR) is a jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodoxy formed in response against the policy of bolsheviks with respect to religion in the Soviet Union soon after the Russian Revolution. ...
One can with difficulty compare the situation of Western Orthodox parishes with the analogous status of autonomous Eastern-Rite Catholic churches. For centuries, there have been hierarchical churches in full communion with the Vatican, but which the Pope allows to follow customs and rules like those of the Eastern Orthodox Church (e.g., they confirm newly baptized infants via chrismation, they have married priests, and they have iconostases. With the Western Rite Orthodox the situation differs, in that their communities are all under the local Byzantine rite Orthodox bishops, and they share Orthodox theology though they retain the rituals, culture, language, ethos and ornaments of Western civilization. The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East that, while being part of the Roman Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church. ...
Full communion is completeness of that relationship between Christian individuals and groups which is known as communion. ...
The Pope (from Greek: pappas, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father) is the successor of St. ...
The Vladimir Icon, one of the most venerated of Orthodox Christian icons of Mary. ...
Chrismation is the name given in Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern_rite Catholic churches to the sacrament known as confirmation in the Latin Rite Catholic churches. ...
Iconostasis of Elias prophet church, Yaroslavl In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis (the plural is iconostases, whose last syllable rhymes with ease) is a wall of icons, religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. ...
Alternate usage - "Western Orthodox" can also refer to several church bodies that are Independent (out of communion) of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, and follow Western forms of worship. Many are in fact descended from the Old Catholic movement, Continuing Anglicanism, or Liberal Catholicism rather than Eastern Orthodoxy. Some had some connection with bodies that broke away from Orthodoxy (or were released/abandoned by Orthodox hierarchs for irregularities) during the 20th century. Practices differ with Orthodoxy in that these independent churches often have a married episcopate, sometimes women are ordained to the priesthood or diaconate, or other irregularities both in theology, praxis, and ecclesiology not accepted by the Eastern Orthodox churches. An example is the Holy Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in America which has 10 parishes and 2 monasteries throughout the United States, and a married Archbishop. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...
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