Among Orthodox, the term is understood to mean that they were compiled separately from the primary canon, as explained in 2 Esdras, where Esdras is instructed to keep certain books separate and hidden.

Among the Oriental Orthodox some churches have changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and the date for Easter as for other fixed and moveable feasts is the same as in the Western church.

Among Eastern Christians, the Eucharistic service is called the Divine Liturgy ( Eastern Orthodox ) or similar names ( Oriental Orthodox ).

Among the Oriental Orthodox, a variety of anaphoras are used, but all are similar in structure to those of the Constantinopolitan Rite, in which the Anaphora of Saint John Chrysostom is used most days of the year ; Saint Basil's is offered on the Sundays of Great Lent, the eves of Christmas and Theophany, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and upon his feast day ( 1 January ).

According to Orthodox teaching the position of “ First Among Equals ” gives no additional power or authority to the bishop that holds it, but rather that this person sits as organizational head of a council of equals ( like a president ).

Among Eastern Rite Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, which permit married priests, bishops must either be unmarried or agree to abstain from contact with their wives.

Among Eastern Orthodox Christians this sharing is accompanied by the proclamation " Christ is risen!

Among American synagogue members, 27 percent attended Orthodox synagogues.

Among early centers of Christianity a Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible was used by Greek speakers ( Aramaic Targums were used by Aramaic speakers such as the Syriac Orthodox Church ).

Among some Orthodox monastics ( and occasionally other faithful ), the canonical hours and preparation for Holy Communion may be replaced by praying the Jesus Prayer a specified number of times dependent on the service being replaced.

Among Christian churches, the Russian Orthodox Church is second only to the Roman Catholic Church in terms of numbers of followers.

Among many schools established in that time, the Kiev-Mogila Collegium ( the predecessor of modern Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ), founded by the Orthodox Metropolitan Peter Mogila ( Petro Mohyla ), was the most important.

Among the Orthodox, all bishops are considered equal, though an individual may have a place of higher or lower honor, and each has his place within the order of precedence.

Among the most notorious cases of electroplating usage in mid-19th century Russia were gigantic galvanoplastic sculptures of St. Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg and gold-electroplated dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the tallest Orthodox church in the world.

Among Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Myron ( Μύρον, Holy Oil ) for Chrismation ( and, prior to the 20th century, for the Anointing of monarchs ) is prepared periodically by the Orthodox Patriarchates ( such as the Church of Constantinople -- see an announcement and process for preparation, with some sample dates of preparation ) and by the various heads of autocephalous churches ( such as the Orthodox Church in America -- see photos of the process ).

Among Orthodox Jews it is used for books both of the Tanakh, the oral law ( Mishnah and Talmud ) or any work of Rabbinic literature.

Among other sights in Hrodna and its environs, we should mention the Orthodox cathedral, a polychrome Russian Revival extravaganza from 1904 ; the botanical garden, the first in the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, founded in 1774 ; a curiously curved building on the central square ( 1780s ); a 254-metre-high TV tower ( 1984 ); and Stanisławów, a summer residence of the last Polish king.

Among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians, the exchange of rings is not technically part of the wedding service, but rather are exchanged at the betrothal.

Among Orthodox Jews, " shtick " can also refer to wedding shtick, in which wedding guests entertain the bride and groom through dancing, costumes, juggling, and silliness.

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Among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics the Gospel Book ( Greek: Εὐαγγέλιον, Evangélion ) is very important liturgically.

Among all Christians, 37. 5 % live in the Americas, 25. 7 % live in Europe, 22. 5 % live in Africa, 13. 1 % live in Asia, 1. 2 % live in Oceania and 0. 9 % live in the Middle East.

Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.

Male & female circumcision: Among Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Among present-day Christians, Hussite traditions are represented in the Moravian Church, Unity of the Brethren, and the refounded Czechoslovak Hussite churches.

Among his homilies, eight directed against Judaizing Christians remain controversial for their impact on the development of Christian antisemitism.

Among Christians who hold this belief, this is not the " end of the world ", but rather the penultimate age, the age just prior to the end of Satan's worldwide system in anticipation of a New Heavens and a New Earth under Jehovah's kingdom reign ( Rev.

Among his apologetic writings, the Apologeticus, addressed to the Roman magistrates, is a most pungent defense of Christianity and the Christians against the reproaches of the pagans, and an important legacy of the ancient Church, proclaiming the principle of freedom of religion as an inalienable human right and demands a fair trial for Christians before they are condemned to death.

Among futurists there are differing views about what will happen to Christians during the Tribulation:

Among Christians, Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Twelve apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Acts of the Apostles 2: 1 – 31.

Among the teachings Barbour introduced to Russell was the view that Christians who had died would be raised in April, 1878.

Among Southern Baptists in the United States, Reverend is formally written but the pastor is usually orally addressed as Brother ( Brother Smith ), as New Testament writers describe Christians as being brothers and sisters in Christ.

Among Eastern Christians belief in witchcraft was regarded as deisdemonia — superstition — and by the 9th and 10th centuries in the West, belief in witchcraft had begun to be seen as heresy.

Among his other works were the tragedy Nimrod ( 1857 ), and Geschichte der bildenden Künste bei den christichen Völkern ( A history of visual arts among Christians, 1845 ), Die Ahr: Landschaft, Geschichte und Volksleben ( Landscape, history and life of the people along the Ahr, 1845 ), and Mosaik zur Kunstgeschichte ( 1876 ).

Among dispensational premillennialists writers, there are those who believe that Christians will be supernaturally summoned to Heaven by Jesus in an event called the Rapture, which occurs before the biblical " Great Tribulation " prophesied in Matthew 24-25 ; Mark 13 and Luke 21.

Among Christians, " the Son " or Son of God refers to Jesus Christ.

Among other things, they were united in the belief that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; that Christians should celebrate the Lord's Supper on the first day of each week ; and that baptism of adult believers by immersion in water is a necessary condition for salvation.

Among the films banned by him was Monty Python's Life of Brian, which he described as " offensive to Christians and to Jews as well, because it made them appear a terrible load of gobshites ".

Among his direct spiritual heirs are several major religious denominations, including Seventh-day Adventists and Advent Christians.

Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed his first public miracle, the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding feast () when the wine provided by the bridegroom had run out ( see Jars of Cana ).

Among conservative Christians, there are cultural, political, and moral objections.