Church

Church

• In the King James Version, high priest is translated as chief priest, bishop as overseer, priest as elder, & deacon as servant or minister.

Another two Old Testament holy days—Atonement & the Feast of Lights—have New Testament parallels—the Exlatation of the Cross & the Nativity.

• Mysteries
  • Baptism
  • Chrismation
  • Communion
  • Repentence
  • Unction
  • Matrimony
  • Ordination
• Saints
  • Apostles
  • Martyrs
  • Prophets
  • Hierarchs
  • Monastics
  • Righteous
• Clergy
  • Episcopate
    • Patriarch
    • Archbishop
    • Metropolitan
    • Bishop
  • Presbyterate
    • Archpriest
    • Protopriest
    • Priest
  • Diaconate
    • Archdeacon
    • Protodeacon
    • Deacon
  • Suborders
    • Subdeacon
    • Reader
• Monastics
  • Abbot
    • Archimandrite
    • Hegumen
  • Great Schema
  • Stavrophore
  • Rassophore
  • Novice

The Mystery of Repentence is more commonly called Confession. Some count more or less than these by considering some as parts of others—e.g. counting Baptism & Chrismation as one, &c.

• The Twelve Apostles are: j. Peter, ij. Paul, iij. Andrew the First-called, iv. James the Great, v. John the Theologian, vj. Bartholemew, vij. Philip, viij. Thomas, ix. Matthew the Evangelist, x. Simon, xj. Jude, xij. James.

• The Seventy Apostles are: j. James the Brother of the Lord, ij. Mark the Evangelist, iij. Luke the Evangelist, iv. Cleopas, v. Simeon, vj. Barnabas, vij. Justus, viij. Thaddeus, ix. Ananias, x. Stephen the Protomartyr, xj. Philip the Deacon, xij. Prochorus the Deacon, xiij. Nicanor the Deacon, xiv. Timon the Deacon, xv. Parmenas the Deacon, xvj. Timothy, xvij. Titus, xviij. Philemon, xix. Onesimus, xx. Epaphras, xxj. Archippus, xxij. Silas, xxiij. Silvanus, xxiv. Crescens, xxv. Crispus, xxvj. Epænetos, xxvij. Andronicus, xxviij. Stachys, xxix. Amplias, xxx. Urban, xxxj. Narcissus, xxxij. Apelles, xxxiij. Aristobulus, xxxiv. Herodion, xxxv. Agabus, xxxvj. Rufus, xxxvij. Asyncritus, xxxviij. Phlegon, xxxix. Hermas, xl. Patrobas, xlj. Hermes, xlij. Linus, xliij. Gaius, xliv. Philologus, xlv. Lucius of Cyrene, xlvj. Jason, xlvij. Sosipater, xlviij. Olympas, xlix. Tertius, l. Erastos, lj. Quartus, lij. Evodius of Antioch, liij. Onesiphorus, liv. Clement, lv. Sosthenes, lvj. Apollos, lvij. Tychicus, lviij. Epaphroditus, lix. Carpus, lx. Quadratus, lxj. John Mark, lxij. Zeno, lxiij. Aristarchus, lxiv. Pudens, lxv. Trophimus, lxvj. Mark (nephew of Barnabas), lxvij. Artemas, lxviij. Aquila, lxviv. Fortunatus, & lxx. Achaicus.

Further, an additional two—lxxj. Dionysius the Areopagite, & lxxij. Simon—are counted by some for Seventy-Two Apostles.

Councils

Œcumenical Councils

The principal figures whose theology was accepted or reject at each council:

It should be known that Rome only presided over the j. & iv. councils, & was absent from the ij., iij., viij., & ix. Additionally, the vj. council condemns Pope Honorius as a heretic, which was confirmed by Pope Leo II. Rome originally accepted the viij. council, under Pope John VIII, only retroactively rejecting it later.

Pan-Orthodox Councils

These councils have been recieved by the whole Church & are of particular importance:

And again, those principal figures accepted or rejected:

Liturgics

See the astronomy page for more on the traditional order of time.

The Divine Liturgy is mystically outside the daily cycle, but is usually celebrated after the Sixth Hour.

The liturgical tradition of the Church was standardized by the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas in Jerusalem, Palestine, which was founded in 5987 AM. It was restandardized for civil use by St. Theodore (†6335 AM) at the Studion Monastery, Constantinople.

The contemporary differences between the Greeks & the Slavs comes from a Greek reform in 7347 AM, & a revision of it in 7397 AM by Protopsaltes George Biolaces. More details about the differences.

• Gospel

Book of the Gospels, j. volume. Contains the Scripture readings from the canonical Gospels.

• Apostol

Book of the Apostles, j. volume. Contains the Scripture readings from the canonical Book of Acts & Epistles, but not the Apocalypse.

• Prophetologion

Book of the Prophets, j. volume. Contains the Scripture readings from the Septuagint, but not the Psalms.

• Psalter

Book of Psalms, j. volume. Contains the canonical Psalms & Odes from the Septuagint.

• Horologian

Book of the Hours, j. volume. Contains the unmoving portions of the hourly services.

• Octoechos

Book of the Eight Tones, viij. volumes. Contains the moving portions for each tone of the week.

• Menaion

Book of the Months, xij. volumes. Contains the moving portions for each commemoration of the day.

• Triodion

Book of the Three Odes, j. volume. Contains the moving portions for each day of Great Lent & Holy Week.

• Flowry Triodion

Also called the Pentecostarian, or Book of the Fifty Days, j. volume. Contains the moving portions for each day of Pascha & Pentecost.

• Synaxarion

Books of the Synaxis, xij. volumes. Contains readings of the lives of the Saints.

• Menologion

Contains a list of the commemorations for each day.

References

• Nicodemus the Hagiorite, St; Macarius of Corinth, St. The Philocalia.