English: Marvellous mosaic of Christ Pantocrator
(“Ruler Over All”) from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul,
Turkey. It is the central figure of the so-called “Deësis” mosaic
(Δέησις, “Entreaty”) which probably dates from a relatively-late 1261. It is considered by many to be the finest mosaic
in Hagia Sophia.
Español: Maravilloso mosaico de Cristo de la iglesia de Santa Sofía en Estambul. Es la figura central del llamado Deisis mosaico (Δέησις, “Súplica”), que data probablemente de un relativamente reciente 1261. Es considerado por muchos como el más fino mosaico en Hagia Sophia.
Photo: 31 May 2014.
Source: Own work.
Collection: Hagia Sophia.
Author: Dianelos Georgoudis.
(Wikimedia Commons)
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The Greek Orthodox Liturgical Year begins on 1 September.
Why 1 September ?
The Eastern Orthodox Churches, including the Church of Greece, follow the Byzantine Liturgical Calendar, whose year Traditionally starts on 1 September.
This reflects the ancient Roman/Byzantine civil practice in which September marked the beginning of the Indiction, a fifteen‑year Tax Cycle used for dating documents.
The Church preserved this as the start of its Liturgical Cycle.
The Church preserved this as the start of its Liturgical Cycle.
What happens on 1 September ?
It is the Feast of the Indiction, the “Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year”.
Special prayers ask God to Bless the coming year, the Harvest, and the natural World.
In recent decades, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has also emphasised Prayers for Creation and the Environment on this day.
How the year then unfolds.
September – November: Ordinary Sundays after Pentecost, plus Feasts such as the Nativity of The Theotokos (Mother of God) (8 September) and the Exaltation of The Cross (14 September).
December: Advent Fast (the Nativity Fast) begins 15 November, leading to Christmas.
January: The Great Feasts of Saint Basil (1 January) and Epiphany (6 January).
Movable Cycle: Lent, Holy Week, Pascha, and Pentecost, all follow the Paschalion (the system by which the date of Easter is calculated in the Eastern Orthodox Church), which is calculated separately each year.
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unless stated otherwise.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church,[10][11][12] also known as the Greek Orthodox Church[13] is the second-largest Christian body in the World after The Roman Catholic Church,[14][15][9] and one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity.[10]
The Eastern Orthodox Church operates as a communion of autocephalous Churches, each governed by its bishops via local synods.[16]
The Church has no central doctrinal or governmental authority analogous to the Pope of The Roman Catholic Church.
Nevertheless, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is recognised by them as primus inter pares (“first among equals”),[17][18][19][20] a Title held by the Patriarch of Rome prior to the East – West Schism.
As one of the oldest surviving Religious institutions in the World, the Eastern Orthodox Church has played an especially prominent role in the history and culture of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.[21]
As one of the oldest surviving Religious institutions in the World, the Eastern Orthodox Church has played an especially prominent role in the history and culture of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.[21]
Since 2018, there has been an ongoing Schism between Constantinople and Moscow, with the two not in full communion with each other.
Eastern Orthodox Theology is based on the Scriptures and Holy Tradition, which incorporates the dogmatic decrees of the seven Ecumenical Councils, and the teaching of the Church Fathers.
Eastern Orthodox Theology is based on the Scriptures and Holy Tradition, which incorporates the dogmatic decrees of the seven Ecumenical Councils, and the teaching of the Church Fathers.
The Church teaches that it is the one, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission,[22] and that its Bishops are the successors of Christ’s Apostles.[23]
It maintains that it practises the original Christian Faith, as passed down by Holy Tradition.
Its Patriarchates, descending from the Pentarchy, and other autocephalous and autonomous Churches, reflect a variety of hierarchical organisation.
It recognises seven major Sacraments (which are called Holy Mysteries), of which the Eucharist is the principal one, Celebrated Liturgically in synaxis.
The Church teaches that through Consecration invoked by a Priest, the Sacrificial Bread and Wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.
The Virgin Mary is Venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Theotokos, which means “God-bearer”, and she is Honoured in Devotions.
The Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Antioch — except for some breaks of Communion such as the Photian Schism or the Acacian Schism — shared Communion with The Church of Rome until the East – West Schism in 1054.
The Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Antioch — except for some breaks of Communion such as the Photian Schism or the Acacian Schism — shared Communion with The Church of Rome until the East – West Schism in 1054.
Orthodox Arts Journal can be accessed
Light from the East:
Masterpieces from the Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen.
By Elliot Mackin, PhD
Categories: Iconography, News
Icon Museum and Study Center, Clinton, Massachusetts,
16 October 2026 - 21 March 2027.
Opening to the public, 16 October 2026, the Icon Museum and Study Center in Clinton, Massachusetts, presents rare icons from Novgorod, Moscow, Crete, and Constantinople.
For the first time in the United States, highlights from one of Western Europe’s largest museum collections of Orthodox icons will be on view in the exhibition Light from the East: Masterpieces from the Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen.
Orthodox Arts Journal Web-Site can be accessed
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