With a membership currently estimated at over 85 million members worldwide, the Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

Some Eastern Orthodox Churches have issued statements to the effect that Anglican orders could be accepted, yet have still reordained former Anglican clergy ; other Orthodox churches have rejected Anglican orders altogether.

** April 6 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** April 15 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** April 30 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** August 22 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** August 6 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** August 9 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

The Eastern Orthodox Church observes several All Souls ' Days during the year.

The Eastern Orthodox Church dedicates several days throughout the year to the dead, mostly on Saturdays, because of Jesus ' resting in the Holy Sepulchre on that day.

** August 13 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, the Abbot is referred to as the Hegumen.

** August 2 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** April 1 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

Arianism is defined as those teachings attributed to Arius which are in opposition to mainstream Trinitarian Christological doctrine, as determined by the first two Ecumenical Councils and currently maintained by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and most Reformation Protestant Churches.

** August 1 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** August 3 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** April 26 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

In the Catholic Church ( both the Latin Rite and Eastern Catholic ), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot.

** August 8 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** April 16 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

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Trinitarianism remained the dominant doctrine in all major branches of the Eastern and Western Church and later within Protestantism until modern times.

) However, Ambrosian chant was named in his honor due to his contributions to the music of the Church ; he is credited with introducing hymnody from the Eastern Church into the West.

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** Abraham of Smolensk ( Eastern Orthodox Church )

* Saint Anastasius Sinaita ( of Sinai ) – theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt.

* Assumption of Mary ( Eastern Orthodox Church, a public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Georgia )

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Further, proponents of the necessity of the personal apostolic succession of bishops within the Church point to the universal practice of the undivided early Church ( up to AD 431 ), before being divided into the Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

Churches that claim some form of episcopal apostolic succession, dating back to the apostles or to leaders from the apostolic era, include the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Church of the East, the Anglican Communion, and some Lutheran Churches ( see below ).

Roman Catholics recognize the validity of the apostolic successions of the bishops, and therefore the rest of the clergy, of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, and the Old Catholic Church ( Union of Utrecht only ).

Like the Roman Catholic Church, these ancient Eastern churches may use the doctrine of apostolic succession in ministry in their apologetics against Protestantism.

With the climate of change throughout Eastern Europe during the 1980s, the communist hegemony was challenged ( at the same time, the Milošević government began to gradually concentrate Yugoslav power in Serbia and calls for free multi-party elections were becoming louder.

Modern gay Christian leader Justin R. Cannon promotes what he calls " Inclusive Orthodoxy " ( not to be confused with the Eastern Orthodox Church ).

Its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, following a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, it has remained in the Olympic program at least through 2012.

In spite of the event's strong pedigree in the modern Olympics, and its status as the only event created specifically for the modern Olympic Games, its lack of widespread popularity outside Eastern Europe has led to calls for its removal from the Olympic Games in recent years ; however, a vote by the IOC on July 8, 2005, keeps it in the Olympic program at least until 2012.

As the American historian Gerhard Weinberg noted, German demands for territorial revision went beyond merely regaining land lost under the Treaty of Versailles, and instead embraced calls for the German conquest and colonization of all Eastern Europe, regardless of whether the land in question had belonged to Germany before 1918 or not Likewise, the British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper argued that the goal of overthrowing Versailles was only a prelude to seizing Lebensraum in Eastern Europe for Germany with no regard as to where Germany's 1914 frontiers had been.

The 2nd century writer Lucian gave an account of the Greek Deucalion in De Dea Syria that seems to refer more to the Near Eastern flood legends: in his version, Deucalion ( whom he also calls Sisythus ) took his children, their wives, and pairs of animals with him on the ark, and later built a great temple in Manbij ( northern Syria ), on the site of the chasm that received all the waters ; he further describes how pilgrims brought vessels of sea water to this place twice a year, from as far as Arabia and Mesopotamia, to commemorate this event.

* Eastern Bluebird Cornell descriptions, including range, calls and physical description

Rather he explicitly calls for the military " liberation " of the Eastern Churches, and appoints Adhemar of Le Puy to lead the Crusade, to set out on the day of the Assumption of Mary, August 15.

The League differs from other groups in that it calls Eastern European states " degenerate from birth " rather than deformed.

While the Eastern and Western Hume's Leaf Warblers already show noticeable differences in mtDNA sequence and calls, their songs do not differ ; they are reproductively isolated only by allopatry and not usually considered separate species.

Their appearance is quite similar to Whiskered and Eastern Screech Owls, so it's best to identify them by their calls.

Other calls: barking and chuckling, similar to Eastern They also make a high pitched screech.

It has distinctive calls described as watery or flute-like, which distinguish it from the closely related Eastern Meadowlark.

These calls contrast with the simple, whistled call of the Eastern Meadowlark.

The League differs from other groups in that it calls Eastern European states " degenerate from birth " rather than deformed.

Mark Cohen, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, in his Under Crescent and Cross, calls the idealized interfaith utopia a " myth " that was first promulgated by Jewish historians such as Heinrich Graetz in the 19th century as a rebuke to Christian countries for their treatment of Jews.

Alternately, the The Eastern and Western Yellow Robins were classified as a single species by Julian Ford in 1979 on account of similarities in calls, ecology and behaviour.

They designate what tradition calls " Punjabi " as " Eastern Punjabi " and they have implicitly adopted the belief ( contradicted by other specialists ) that the language border between " Western Punjabi " and " Eastern Punjabi " has shifted since 1947 to coincide with the international border.

Local calls ( i. e., calls within the Eastern Province ) and calls to other Aramco Camps are free.

Calls to cities outside the Eastern Province, to mobile phones and overseas calls are charged at the same rates as those set by the Saudi Telecom Company.