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Roman tonsure (Catholicism) Tonsure (/ ˈ t ɒ n ʃ ər /) is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility.. The term originates from the Latin word tonsura (meaning "clipping" or "shearing" [1]) and referred to a specific practice in medieval Catholicism, abandoned by papal order in 19
Muñoz with Montreal icon of the Holy Virgin. Brother José (Joseph) Muñoz Cortés (a privately tonsure monk Ambrose; 13 May 1948, in Santiago, Chile – 30/31 October 1997, in Athens, Greece) was an Orthodox monk, and the keeper of a revered copy of the Panagia Portaitissa (Iveron Icon), in Montreal, Canada.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Second-largest Christian church This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Church as an institution. For its religion, doctrine and tradition, see Eastern Orthodoxy. For other uses of "Orthodox Church", see Orthodox Church (disambiguation). For other uses of "Greek Orthodox", see Greek ...
This category relates to religious Eastern Orthodox icons, icon painting, and icon painters. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, a confessional Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States; Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, a denomination formed in the 1960s led by George Mackenzie; State church of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's state religion after 380 CE; True Orthodox church, a movement within Eastern ...
Flickr photos of Orthodox Church Architecture (in English) Church Etiquette (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia) (in English) The Church Building and Its Arrangement (in English) House of God Archived 2017-05-24 at the Wayback Machine by Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald (in English) Catalog of Orthodox architecture (in Russian) Sergey Zagraevsky.
Fascinating photos from a traditional Orthodox Jewish wedding showcase the religion's unique and ultra-Orthodox traditions. The wedding was a huge spectacle with the groom being a grandson of a ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church (which finally reinstated the icons) held at least two Church councils in order to make a decision about the proper use of icons. The Council of Hieria in 754 expressly forbade the making of icons, and ordered all pictures of Jesus and the saints to be removed from the churches, saying that they ought instead to be ...