True Orthodox Church
True Orthodox Church is a name given to some Orthodox churches in Southeastern Europe and Eastern Europe .
history
In 1924 the Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece was founded, which opposed the introduction of the New Julian Calendar in the Orthodox Church of Greece . At the same time, underground congregations ( catacomb churches ) emerged in the Soviet Union that rejected the rapprochement between the Russian Orthodox Church and the new Soviet power.
In the following decades, other small churches emerged as splits, especially after 1990.
Theological orientation
The True Orthodox Churches see themselves as part of a church movement. This is based on the principles of the old calendar churches in Greece and the catacomb churches in the Soviet Union.
The churches are theologically very traditional, they reject the innovations of the Greek and Russian churches. They also reject the sacraments and consecrations of the great churches.
True Orthodox Churches
Old calendar churches
- True Orthodox Church of Greece (Matthew Synod) , 1937
- True Orthodox Church of Romania , 1964
- True Orthodox Church of Greece (Kirykos Synod) , 2005
- True Orthodox Church of Russia (Истинно-Православная Церковь России), 2008
- True Orthodox Church of Cyprus , 2008
- True Orthodox Church of Kenya , 2008
True Orthodox Churches in Russia
- Russian True Orthodox Church (Русская Истинно-Православная Церковь), split off from the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in 1997
- Russian True Orthodox Church (Российская Истинно-Православеая Церковь), split off from the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in 1997
- True Orthodox Church in Russia (Russian Orthodox Church) (Православная Церковь России), split off from the Russian True Orthodox Church in 1999
- True Russian Orthodox Church , 2003, apocalyptic communion
Other churches
- Serbian True Orthodox Church (Српска Истинска Православна Црква), since 1990
- True Orthodox Church of Moldova , split from the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in 2007
Web links
- Истинно православные христиане Православная Энциклопедия
- The new calendar - why we, as true Orthodox Christians, have to reject the new Gregorian calendar Euphrosynos Cafe (German)
- True Orthodox Churches and Other Churches List of Links
- The True Orthodox Church and the Heresy of Ecumenism (pdf, 327 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Русская Истинно-Православная Церковь
- ↑ Российская Истинно Православная Церковь Hierarchy
- ↑ Православная Церковь России
- ↑ Waiting for the Apocalypse Tagesspiegel, March 30, 2008