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Russian Orthodox Diocese Of Great Britain And Western Europe
The Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (russian: Лондонская и Западно-Европейская епархия) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), encompassing all of western Europe (from Italy to Ireland) but with communities primarily on territories of the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France. The diocese currently comprises the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs, in Chiswick, London W4; and around thirty parishes, several mission parishes and chapels, and one monastic house. The diocesan bishop is Bishop Irenei (Steenberg) of London and Western Europe; Bishop Alexander (Ecchevaria) of Vevey serves as Vicar Bishop of the diocese, assisting in the administration of its parishes and pastoral life, especially in the Francophone regions of Europe. the diocese had 32 priests and 11 deacons, and a number of Minor Orders, minor clergy. History The origins of the Western Europe ...
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Old Calendarists
Old Calendarists (Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Christians who separated from mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches because some of the latter adopted the revised Julian calendar while Old Calendarists remained committed to the Julian calendar.'''' Old Calendarists are not in communion with any mainstream Eastern Orthodox churches. "Old Calendarists" is another name for the True Orthodox movement in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus. Terminology Mainstream Eastern Orthodox Christians which use the old (Julian) calendar are ''not'' what is designated by the expression "Old Calendarist", because they remain in communion with the Eastern Orthodox churches that use the new calendar (the Revised Julian calendar). Old Calendarists have severed communion with the mainstream Eastern Orthodo ...
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Eastern Orthodox Dioceses In France
Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads * Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) * Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, Canada ...
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Eastern Orthodox Dioceses In Ireland
Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads * Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) * Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, Canada ...
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Eastern Orthodox Dioceses In The United Kingdom
Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads * Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) * Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, Canada ...
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Russian Orthodox Church Outside Of Russia
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (russian: Ру́сская Правосла́вная Це́рковь Заграни́цей, lit=Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, translit=Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov' Zagranitsey), also called Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or ROCOR, or Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Currently, the position of First-Hierarch of the ROCOR is occupied by Metropolitan Nicholas (Olhovsky). The ROCOR was established in the early 1920s as a ''de facto'' independent ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Eastern Orthodoxy, initially due to lack of regular liaison between the central church authority in Moscow and some bishops due to their voluntary exile after the Russian Civil War. These bishops migrated with other Russians to Western European cities and nations, including Paris and other parts of France, and to the United States and other western countries. Later ...
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Vitaly (Ustinov)
Metropolitan Vitaly (russian: Митрополит Виталий, secular name Rostislav Petrovich Ustinov, russian: Ростислав Петрович Устинов; 18 March 1910, St Petersburg – 25 September 2006, Magog, Quebec, Canada) was the fourth First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, from 1985 until his retirement in 2001; he was also the First Hierarch of the from 2001 until his death. Biography Early life Rostislav Petrovich Ustinov was born to naval officer Peter Ustinov and Lydia Andreevna (née Stopchanskaya), daughter of the General of Police in the Caucasus. In 1920, during the Civil War in Russia, Rostislav Ustinov moved with his family to Crimea. There he enlisted into a cadet corps military school established by General Pyotr Wrangel. At the end of the year the corps, numbering 650 cadets, moved to Istanbul, and thence to Yugoslavia. In 1923, his mother recalled him to Istanbul, after which she moved to Paris and placed him in th ...
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Locum Tenens
A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a ''locum tenens physician'' is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. Other positions can be held as locum, particularly social workers, counselors, nurses and other professionals. ''Locum tenens'' is a Latin phrase meaning "place holder", akin to the French ''lieutenant''. In UK healthcare In the United Kingdom, the NHS on average has 3,500 locum doctors working in hospitals on any given day, with another 17,000 locum general practitioners. On the other hand, GP locums (freelance general practitioners) mostly work independently from locum agencies either as self-employed or via freelance GP chambers based on the NASGP's Sessional GP Support Team (SGPST) model. Some GPs have been employed by the primary care trusts (PCTs) to provide locum cover. However, PCTs were abolished in 2013 and replaced by the ...
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Michael Donskoff
Archbishop Michael (russian: Архиепископ Михаил, secular name Simeon Vasilyevich Donskoff, russian: Симеон Васильевич Донсков; 29 March 1943, Paris) is a retired bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, archbishop of Geneva and Western Europe (2006-2917). Life Simeon Donskoff was born on March 29, 1943, in Paris, France to the family of Don Cossack Vasiliy Semyonovich Donskoff. He received his education in France and completed the 10-year Russian school of A. M. Osorgina where he studied the Law of God, literature, Russian language, and history. Between 1965 and 1966 he completed his military service, where he served in the medical corp. In 1966 he received the Diplôme de Moniteur des Colonies de Vacances, which allowed him to become an instructor in Orthodox youth camps, directing youth camps in France and Austria. In 1979 he was tonsured reader by archbishop Anthony (Bartoshevich). In 1980, he was ordained sub-deacon. ...
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Ambrose (Cantacuzène)
Bishop Ambrose (french: link=no, Evêque Аmbroіse, secular name Pierre Cantacuzène or Pyotr Petrovich Kantakuzen, russian: link=no, Пётр Петрович Кантакузен; 16 September 1947, Vevey, Switzerland – 20 July 2009, Vevey, Switzerland) was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, bishop of Vevey Life Pierre Cantacuzène, was born on 3 September 1947, in Vevey, Switzerland to Prince Peter Georgievich Cantacuzène and Olga Alekseevna, née Orlova. He received his education in the classics and then graduated from the law school at Lausanne University. From 1968 to 1975 he worked as a high school teacher of French and basic jurisprudence. In 1972, in Vevey's Church of the Greatmartyr Barbara, during its patronal feast, he was tonsured a Reader (liturgy), reader. In 1974 he participated in the Third All-Diaspora Council. From 1975 to 1978, he was sacristan at the Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral in Geneva, and received his theological educatio ...
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Orthodox Church Of Greece (Holy Synod In Resistance)
The Orthodox Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance (SiR; el, Ιερά Σύνοδος των Ενισταμένων) was an Old Calendarist church. History The Holy Synod in Resistance was established in 1984. The first Holy Synod In several of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, the patriarch or head bishop is elected by a group of bishops called the Holy Synod. For instance, the Holy Synod is a ruling body of the Georgian Orthodox C ... President of the SiR is Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili; he was elected at this position in 1985. Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili died in 2013. He was succeeded as president by Metropolitan (Cyprian II) of Oropos and Fili. The SiR ceased to exist on March 18, 2014, when it merged into with the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece (a Greek Old Calendarists group) under the presidency of Archbishop Kallinikos of Athens. Presidents * Metropolitan Cyprian of O ...
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Church Of St
Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center Fictional entities * Church (''Red vs. Blue''), a fictional character in the video web series ''Red vs. Blue'' ...
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