... book shop or bookstore near you, it’s: The Qwaser of Stigmata. (Yes, I said Eastern Orthodox. Sigh.) In the near future in Japan, ... Mikhailov Academy, the students become involved in an all-out war between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Adepts, a sect full ... offensive to people living on Alpha Centauri, much less the Eastern Orthodox. But never fear. There’s still plenty of Cat ...

I thought it was fitting, for the Sunday after Halloween, to share this About.com link that includes the image and explanation of the Eastern Orthodox Cross. You can also continue on with this slide show to see other cemetery gravestone symbols and their meanings. This is from Kimberly Powell's Genealogy About.com website.

... the realization of this that homosexuality has been described from ancient times as a moral stigma. Thus, the Orthodox Church cannot subscribe to the demand that homosexuals be recognized by society and its agencies ... with his body and still claim recognition and respect on the part of society. The Orthodox Church believes that homosexuality should be treated by society as an immoral and dangerous ...

... 60 min Comments Rating Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, and thus “first among equals” in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since 2 November 1991. He is thus the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians around the world. Source -

Yesterday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leader of worldwide Orthodox Christians, met at the White House with President Obama. (White House press ... Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton and Congressional leaders. The government of Turkey has refused to recognize Bartholomew as the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church. The White House statement indicated that the President supports ...

... sights, smells, sounds and ancient traditions of the Orthodox church. "I discovered Orthodoxy while I was on the Internet ... reaching back into the 1800s. Then, in 1983, he visited an Orthodox church in Atlanta and was so moved that he retrained to become a priest ... Christian roots in Africa. The dignity and beauty of the Eastern Orthodox liturgy is second to none. Only the traditional Latin mass ...