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 Orthodox Christians, Sunday is considered to be a " Little Pascha " ( Easter ), and because of the Paschal joy, the making of prostrations is forbidden, except in certain circumstances.

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.

Category: Eastern Orthodox Righteous Among the Nations

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

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

Among his extant writings, Calvin only dealt explicitly with issues of contemporary Jews and Judaism in one treatise, Response to Questions and Objections of a Certain Jew.

Among other things, the authenticity of this passage would help make sense of the later reference in Josephus Antiquities of the Jews Book 20, Chapter 9, 1 where Josephus refers to the stoning of " James the brother of Jesus ".

Among many Hasidic Jews, only hand-made shmurah matzah may be used, in accord with the opinion of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, who ruled that machine-made matzoth were chametz.

Among those who could not offer or eat the Passover lamb were: An apostate (), a servant (), an uncircumcised man (), a person in a state of ritual impurity, except when a majority of Jews are in such a state ( Pesahim 66b ), and a non-Jew.

Among American Jews, the practice of eating latkes ( fried potato pancakes ) is common during the festival of Hanukkah.

Among Sephardic Jews food is served to the visitors and it is considered a mitzvah to make a blessing on the food in the merit of the deceased.

Among Sephardi and Italian Jews from the fifteenth century on, some authorities sought to apply the methods of Aristotelian logic, as reformulated by Averroes.

* Henryk Sławik 1894 – 1944 ; diplomat ; designator of a Righteous Among the Nations for the rescue of Jews in World War II Hungary

* Tadeusz Pankiewicz 1908 – 1993 ; pharmacist ; Righteous Among the Nations who aided Jews in the Kraków Ghetto

Among many other restrictions the laws force Jews to wear distinctive clothes and denies them administrative positions.

Among the groups not considered to be separated brethren are " Jews, Mormons, Christian Scientists, Muslims, Buddhists, and other groups.

In 1809, the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews was founded, which pioneered mission amongst the Jewish people ; it continues today as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People.

In January 2007, President Jacques Chirac unveiled a plaque in the Panthéon to more than 2600 people recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel for saving the lives of Jews who would otherwise have been deported to concentration camps.

Among traditional Ashkenazi Jews, the custom ( Minhag ) during Passover is to refrain from not only products of the five grains but also other grains and legumes.

Israel has recognized 10 Armenians as Righteous Among the Nations for risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Among the most important factors in their relations is Nazi Germany's role in the genocide of European Jews during the Holocaust.

Among those expelled was the family of Zindel and Rivka Grynszpan, Polish Jews who had emigrated to Germany in 1911 and settled in Hannover.

Among Jews the marker is also most prevalent among Jewish Kohanim, or priests.

Among other things, so that he would not be on the cross for more than a few hours before the Sabbath arrived when it was required by law that Jews be taken down, so that one of his supporters, who was on hand, would give him water ( to quench his thirst ) that was actually laced with a drug to make him unconscious, and so that Joseph of Arimathea, a well-connected supporter, would collect him off the cross while still alive ( but appearing dead ) so that he could be secretly nursed back to health.

Among his other works were " New Light from the Prophets ," published in 1969, and " The Jews: Their History, Culture and Religion ," a three-volume work last published in 1971.

Among the different theological responses, and their wider contexts, Jews have had to the Holocaust are:

Among the most notable of the provisions were ; outlining that Jews must wear distinctive clothes and banned them from holding administrative positions.

Yad Vashem honors non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, at personal risk, as the Righteous Among the Nations.