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1772:consecrated
1710:Justinian I
1700:'s mother,
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1658:Mount Sinai
1348:Prayer rope
1268:Iconostasis
1258:Euchologion
1243:Apolytikion
1118:Metousiosis
1083:Chrismation
715:Scandinavia
421:Monasticism
376:Autocephaly
310:Crucifixion
161:introducing
2889:Autonomous
2456:Assemblies
2337:Epiphanius
2289:Anastasios
2265:George III
2131:Alexandria
1995:2015-04-20
1939:2007-07-14
1884:References
1846:, nine in
1844:Alexandria
1829:iconoclast
1764:autonomous
1666:autonomous
1664:or merely
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1449:Great Lent
1328:Paraklesis
1308:Omophorion
1263:Holy Water
1162:Philokalia
821:Montenegro
650:ROCOR (MP)
640:Crete (EP)
613:China (MP)
608:Japan (MP)
584:Autonomous
462:Alexandria
303:Background
226:Mosaic of
69:newspapers
2919:33–717 AD
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2198:Porfirije
2155:Jerusalem
1854:, one in
1459:Dormition
1383:Vestments
1378:Troparion
1373:Sticheron
1363:Semantron
1353:Prosphora
1278:Kontakion
1186:Theotokos
1139:Oikonomia
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980:Pentarchy
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396:Canon law
349:Orthodoxy
318:Ascension
248:Structure
2985:Category
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2862:churches
2715:primates
2709:The ROC
2454:Diaspora
2205:Bulgaria
2016:(1989).
1969:Archived
1860:Istanbul
1836:hospital
1801:Features
1787:Bedouins
1737:Crusades
1540:Kassiani
1238:Akathist
1168:Phronema
1156:Palamism
1145:Akribeia
1054:Theology
801:Abkhazia
790:National
492:Bulgaria
433:Bratstvo
371:Autonomy
320:of Jesus
253:Theology
239:Overview
206:a series
204:Part of
2912:History
2619:Liturgy
2534:History
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2332:Ukraine
2320:America
2284:Albania
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2229:Georgia
2217:Romania
2171:Junior
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2007:Sources
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1688:History
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675:Austria
598:Finland
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497:Georgia
487:Romania
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