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  • 41Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality — ▪ Russian slogan Russian  Pravoslaviye, Samoderzhaviye, I Narodnost,         in Russian history, slogan created in 1832 by Count Sergey S. Uvarov (Uvarov, Sergey Semyonovich, Count), minister of education 1833–49, that came to represent the… …

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  • 42Orthodoxy, Feast of — ▪ Eastern Orthodoxy       feast celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite to commemorate the return of icons (sacred images) to the churches (843) and the end of the long… …

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  • 43Orthodoxy in Abkhazia — The orthodox church in Abkhazia is officially part of the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Tskhum Apkhazeti Eparchy) with Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II as its head.[1][2][3] After the Georgian Abkhaz conflict, the autocephalous… …

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  • 44Orthodoxy in Hungary — Serbian orthodox monastery Grábóc Eastern Orthodoxy was one of the historically important religions in Hungary. Now Orthodox Christianity in Hungary has been the religion mainly of some national minorities in the country. In the 2001 national… …

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  • 45Orthodoxy in Spain — Spain is not a traditionally Orthodox country, as after the Great Schism of 1054 the Spanish Christians (at that time controlling the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula) remained in the Catholic sphere of influence. The number of Orthodox… …

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  • 46Orthodoxy in Taiwan — The Eastern Orthodoxy tradition of Christianity is present as a minor denomination in the Taiwan. The Orthodox church was first established in 2003 when it registered with the government. The bishop of the church is Father Liang. The… …

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  • 47Orthodoxy Sunday. — See under Feast of Orthodoxy. [1840 50] …

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  • 48orthodoxy — noun (plural doxies) Date: 1630 1. the quality or state of being orthodox 2. an orthodox belief or practice 3. capitalized a. Eastern Orthodox Christianity b. Orthodox Judaism …

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  • 49orthodoxy — /awr theuh dok see/, n., pl. orthodoxies for 1. 1. orthodox belief or practice. 2. orthodox character. [1620 30; < LL orthodoxia < Gk orthodoxía right opinion, equiv. to orthódox(os) (see ORTHODOX) + ia Y3] * * * …

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  • 50Orthodoxy — noun The beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church, or of Orthodox Judaism …

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