In Western Christianity, this day is observed principally in the Catholic Church, although some churches of Anglican Communion and the Old Catholic Churches also celebrate it.

Since the Oxford Movement there has also been a modest flourishing of Benedictine monasticism in the Anglican Church and Protestant Churches.

He is referring, not only of the French Nobles, but the Companies also plundering the peasants and Churches.

A small number of Boers may also be members of Baptist, Pentecostal or Lutheran Churches.

The Oriental Orthodox Churches ( also called Old Oriental Churches ) are those eastern churches that recognize the first three ecumenical councils — Nicaea, Constantinople and Ephesus — but reject the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon and instead espouse a Miaphysite christology.

Pope Paul VI also increased the number of cardinal bishops by giving that rank to patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches who are made cardinals.

In 1965 Pope Paul VI decreed in his motu proprio Ad Purpuratorum Patrum that patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches who were named cardinals would also be part of the episcopal order, ranked after the six cardinal bishops of the suburbicarian sees ( who had been relieved of direct responsibilities for those sees by Pope John XXIII three years earlier ).

The General Council of Congregational Christian Churches was formed from a merger between the National Council of Congregational Churches and the General Convention of the Christian Church, also known as Christian Churches or Christian Connection ( not to be confused with, although partially related to, the Disciples of Christ ).

Some religious leaders in traditional creedal Churches have also come to question the utility of creeds.

The Old Catholic Church and the various groups classified as Independent Catholic Churches also lay claim to the description Catholic.

It is also affiliated with other ecumenical organizations such as Churches Uniting in Christ, Christian Churches Together, the National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.

At a summit in Aleppo, Syria, in 1997, the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) proposed a reform in the calculation of Easter which would have replaced the present divergent practices of calculating Easter with modern scientific knowledge taking into account actual astronomical instances of the spring equinox and full moon based on the meridian of Jerusalem, while also following the Council of Nicea position of Easter being on the Sunday following the full moon.

This applies to the validity and efficacy of the ordination of bishops and the other sacraments, not only of the Independent Catholic Churches, but also of all other Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Assyrian Church of the East.

The Oriental and Eastern Churches have also been working toward reconciliation as a consequence of the ecumenical movement.

This episcopal structure is found in the ancient Churches: in the various churches of Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and other Eastern Church lineage, and also those of Anglican lineage.

These Churches also trace their episcopal lineages to the ancient apostolic succession.

The Roman Catholic Church, the Old Catholic Churches ( in full communion with, but not members of, the Anglican Communion ), and the Eastern Orthodox churches are recognized, and also their bishops, by Anglicans.

The post-war period also saw growth of the ecumenical movement and the founding of the World Council of Churches, which was generally regarded with suspicion by the evangelical community.

Anglican clergy who join the Orthodox Church are reordained ; but Orthodox Churches hold that if Anglicanism and Orthodoxy were to reach full unity in the faith, perhaps such reordination might not be found necessary.

Churches worldwide hold a one-hour service each Sunday, consisting of hymns, prayer, and currently, readings from the King James Version ( KJV ) of the Bible ( although there is no requirement that this version of the Bible be used ) and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

Churches of Christ hold to the priesthood of all believers.

He is regarded as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox / Eastern Catholic Churches as well as the Roman Catholic Church, who hold his feast day on September 26 ( those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, September 26 currently falls on October 9 of the modern Gregorian Calendar ).

While in the Roman Catholic Church, the Words of Institution are considered to be the moment of Transubstantiation ( when, according to religious tradition, the eucharistic elements would change from bread and wine into the actual Body and Blood of Christ ), the Eastern Orthodox Churches do not hold this belief.

In addition, they hold that it is not within any ( national ) Church's competence to use a General Holy Synod to bring about communion with a group, such as any of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, that had been anathematized by the Church as a whole.

It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic Churches that hold similar beliefs regarding the Real Presence.

Churches in Cuba are free to hold meetings in their church buildings or in homes, but not in public places.

A number of churches in the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association hold dual affiliation with the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches.

" Old Calendarist Orthodox Christians hold that the participation of many local Orthodox Churches in the modern ecumenistic movement is theologically problematic.

Both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches hold that the Annunciation took place at Nazareth, but differ as to the precise location.

Some hold that the concept of the observance predates the Christian era, and that since Ember days have never been observed in the Eastern Churches, any pagan origins must lie in the west.

His license to preach was renewed on the condition that he would not bring " holiness " workers in to hold meetings in the Churches of God ( Winebrennarian ) without their consent.

Contemporary Churches of Christ, especially those that hold with the teachings of David Lipscomb, tend toward pacifist views.

Opposition within the component denominations, particularly the United Presbyterian Church, caused any plan for full merger to be put on hold, and a new name, seemingly implying that " uniting " is a presently-ongoing but perhaps long-term goal, was adopted, Churches Uniting in Christ.

It is one of the three Churches of the East that hold themselves distinct from Oriental and Eastern Orthodoxy.

Churches like the Black Church of Brasov still hold collections of rugs.

Some Christians ( including, but not limited to, many members of non-Protestant groups such as the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches ) do not hold to certain points of the Doctrinal Basis.

Churches of the International Baptist Convention hold as important the following beliefs — the triune Godhead, Jesus Christ as the only savior, the Bible as the inspired Word of God, personal faith in Christ, the priesthood of all believers, baptism by immersion for believers only and religious liberty.

Churches usually hold the week long events during the summer, though the lengths of such programs may vary, and they are sometimes held during other times of the year.

The Lutheran Churches of the Reformation, hold to Brief Statement of 1932, which states that ' the Pope is the very Antichrist '.

In Christianity, Holy Wednesday ( also called Spy Wednesday, and in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Holy and Great Wednesday, Greek: Μεγάλη Τετάρτη, Megale Tetarte ) is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, the week before Easter.

" This liturgical day is followed for all days in the Eastern rite and the custom of beginning Christmas celebration ( as well as Sunday and the other major festivals ) in the preceding evening is preserved in western Churches that have altered the liturgical day to start at midnight, for example the Roman Catholic Church.