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Happy Orthodox Diversity!

MikeDwight

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I was doing a few studies on the topic of the Orthodox diversity. Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia
Orthodox dictionary gives "conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.". The Wikipedia and pages on Orthodoxy in the Christian context specifically mean the early Nicene Creed of the Church and traditions. Orthodox Church traditions of a One Catholic, singular Holy Church of 250 million people.


So on Orthodox Diversity I was doing some studies. Did you know that in the capitol of Georgia, Tblisi, that there are huge Armenian populations a previous Armenian center. The Armenian Church in Georgia serves all those Armenians in Georgia, and claims churches over 1000 years old. in fact, most Armenian Churches appear to be about from 1200ad. 200,000 Armenians in Georgia today with their diversity of Religious Orthodoxy in Georgia.

400,000 of approxamitely 1.2 million Hungarians in Romania are also Calvinists. The Reformed Magyar Church in Romania would exclusively be of interest to the Hungarians of Romania, since this is approxamitely 33% of the HUngarians in Romania.

300,000 Orthodox of various faith backgrounds are in Turkey, with a long history of persecution. This of course is not similar to the others, as the Faith is not receiving itself, in other lands.


1 million Koreans in America of maybe 1.6 Million would be Reformed Presbyterians in Reformed Presbyterian America. The Faith Tradition of Korea would have sizable diversity for the faithful to observe in America.

More than 100,000 Orthodox are in America in the various faith traditions of the diverse faith heritages of all the nations.

So Happy Orthodox and Reformed Diversity and any comments welcome, please! Also, please add any other research.

Has anyone considered the happy context of the Scotsmen and their Diversity in the United States? We celebrate Scottish religious diversity, with the terms Bonnie, Lass, Glen, Auld or Auld Lang Syne. The Scottish tradition aided the Puritan Reformed in the English CIvil war with the Bonnie Blue Flag. How do people also see as honoring the Orthodox traditions of the one, whole, and Catholic Orthodox Church?

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What unites Orthodox Christians is the catholic faith as carried through holy tradition. That faith is expressed most fundamentally in scripture and worship,[45] and the latter most essentially through baptism and in the Divine Liturgy.[46] Orthodox Christians proclaim the faith lives and breathes by God's energies in communion with the church. Inter-communion is the litmus test by which all can see that two churches share the same faith; lack of inter-communion (excommunication, literally "out of communion") is the sign of different faiths, even though some central theological points may be shared. The sharing of beliefs can be highly significant, but it is not the full measure of the faith according to the Orthodox.

The lines of even this test can blur, however, when differences that arise are not due to doctrine, but to recognition of jurisdiction. As the Eastern Orthodox Church has spread into the west and over the world, the church as a whole has yet to sort out all the inter-jurisdictional issues that have arisen in the expansion, leaving some areas of doubt about what is proper church governance.[47] And as in the ancient church persecutions, the aftermath of persecutions of Christians in communist nations has left behind both some governance and some faith issues that have yet to be completely resolved.[48]"
 
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