Created by Ms. Susan M. Pojer Edited by Ms. Darlene Tempelton (2010)
The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.
-
Upload
adam-oconnor -
Category
Documents
-
view
220 -
download
1
Transcript of The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.
![Page 1: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Orthodox Church
By : Ms. Darlene TempeltonCatholic Central High School
![Page 2: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Like the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church traces it’s beginnings back to Christ and His Apostles.
The two churches split in 1054 primarily over the issue of the authority of the Pope.
Today there are between 230 – 300 million Orthodox Christians. Most live in Greece, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Russia.
![Page 3: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Orthodox and Catholics share many of the same beliefs and practices:
• 7 sacraments• Trinity• Nicene Creed• First seven ecumenical councils of the
Church • Veneration of saints and especially of
the Virgin Mary (often referred to as the Theotokos or “God-Bearer”)
![Page 4: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
SACRAMENTS IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
![Page 5: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Mysterion• “Mysteries” – the
Sacraments• Ways in which God
reaches out to humanity through normal material substances such as bread and water
• Orthodox do not limit the number
• There are 7 “Great Mysteries”
![Page 6: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Baptism
• Usually infants• Full immersion
three times – in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
![Page 7: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Chrismation
• Confirmation• Chrism = holy oil• Normally
performed immediately after being baptized
• One may receive all the other sacraments after being confirmed
![Page 8: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
The Divine Liturgy• Most important
sacrament• Celebrated only
once a day• Lasts between 90
minutes & 3 hours• Congregants usually
stand or kneel• Usually in native
language of the church (Greek for Greek Orthodox)
![Page 9: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Receiving Communion:
• At every service• Becomes “body and
blood” of Christ• Bread is dipped into
wine and received from a golden spoon
• Must go to Confession, fast and pray before receiving
• Only Orthodox Christians may receive
![Page 10: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Penance
• Required to participate in penance before planning on receiving communion
• Before a priest or bishop designated as a ”Confessor”
• Do not always receive a penance – if they do it is something to help so you do not commit that sin again
• No “First Penance” – one receives it when one is ready to (no age requirement)
![Page 11: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Unction
• Anointing of the sick
• For anyone who feels the need for physical or spiritual healing
![Page 12: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Holy Orders
• Includes bishops, priests and deacons
• Priests and deacons may marry before ordination
• Only ordain men• Are discussing the
possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate
![Page 13: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Marriage
The bond of love between a husband and wife is a foretaste of the love that will exist between us and God in heaven
The ceremony includes:
![Page 14: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
The Exchange of Rings
• Takes place at the door of the church
• Priest blesses the rings and they are placed on the bride and groom’s right hands
• After this, the entrance procession take place
![Page 15: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
The Crowning• The bride and
groom are crowned by the priest – they wear these for the rest of the ceremony
• Ceremony contains Scripture readings, prayers and blessings, sharing of a cup of wine
![Page 16: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Dance of Isaiah
• Dance of Isaiah – the couple circles the altar three times
• The circle is a symbol of eternity and reminds the couple that marriage is forever
• There is no exchange of vows
![Page 17: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
AN ORTHODOX CHURCH
![Page 18: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
A typical Greek Orthodox church:
![Page 19: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
![Page 20: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
• Usually cruciform in shape
• Three sections:• Narthex• Nave• Sanctuary
![Page 21: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Narthex
• Entryway• Contain icons and
places for votive candles
• A place to pray and prepare oneself for entering into worship
![Page 22: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Nave
• The main worship area
• May contain pews or kneelers – but many do not
• Bishop’s throne – found in all Orthodox churches
• Men & women are usually separated
![Page 23: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Iconostasis
• Also called “templon”
• An icon screen• Separates the nave
from the sanctuary• Contains icons of
Jesus, John the Baptist, Mary and the church’s patron saint
• May contain other icons
![Page 24: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
• Three doors – middle door (“The Beautiful Gate”) is only for the priest
• Only the priest and deacon may enter the sanctuary on the other side of the iconostasis
• Much of the service takes place where the congregation cannot see what is happening
![Page 25: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Sanctuary
• Contains the altar, a seven branched candleholder, and the Tabernacle
• The consecration of the Eucharist takes place here
![Page 26: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
On the back wall there is nearly always a painting of “Christ Pantocrator” – “Christ All-Powerful”
![Page 27: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
ICONS
![Page 28: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
• From the Greek word eikona, meaning “image”
• An icon is a painting of Jesus, Mary (The Theotokos) or a saint done in a very stylized form
![Page 29: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Colors, symbols and the posture of the person all have symbolic meanings
![Page 30: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
![Page 31: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Icons in a prayer corner of a home
![Page 32: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
ORGANIZATION
![Page 33: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Patriarchs• Originally heads of
churches founded by the Apostles: Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome
• Constantinople was added in the fifth century
• Others were added as missionaries spread the church into Eastern Europe
Patriarch Alexei of Moscow
![Page 34: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
• Today Patriarchs are the heads of the national churches
• The Patriarch of Constantinople is “First Among Equals”
• Patriarchs are equal in authority to one another
Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
![Page 35: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
• Organization of the Orthodox Church is similar to that of the Catholic Church, with Metropolitans, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests and deacons
![Page 36: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Monasticism
• The earliest monastic rules (Pachomius and Basil) were Orthodox
• Orthodox monasteries today still follow the Rule of St. Basil
![Page 37: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
![Page 38: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
St. Paul’s Monastery, Mt. AthosSeveral Medieval monasteries are located on this “holy mountain” in Greece
![Page 39: The Orthodox Church By : Ms. Darlene Tempelton Catholic Central High School.](https://reader035.fdocuments.in/reader035/viewer/2022062308/56649db55503460f94aa70b0/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Areas where most Christians belong to the Orthodox Church: