St George's Orthodox Church Edenton NC

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Orthodox Christianity differs from Western Christianity in a number of ways: We are Catholic, but not Roman. We are Orthodox, but not Jewish. We are not Protestant, but the Bible came from us. We are not denominational, but pre-denominational. Orthodox Christianity is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church as practiced by the early Christians.

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About 61 million unborn babies have been killed in abortions since 1973 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade. Gianna Jessen also was aborted as a

by Bishop Alexander (Mileant) - There is no example in all of the New Testament of approval, acceptance, or even tolerance of homosexuality. Homosexuality: Although there is much more open discussion about homosexuality in the twentieth century than in previous times, there is definite reference

JERICHO: MOUNT OF TEMPTATION ‎

From its position above the plain of Jericho, west of the city, the Mount of Temptation affords a good view of the Dead Sea, the north of the Judean Desert, and the Hills of Jerusalem. The mountain is described in the New Testament as the Mount in the Wilderness, where Satan tried for forty days and forty nights to tempt Jesus, promising him the kingdoms of the world (Matthew 4:1–11). Christians started to live as hermits in the caves scattered over the mountain slopes in the 4th century A.D. In the 19th century a Greek Orthodox monastery was built on the hilltop, financed by the Russian Church. The monastery is called the Quarantal, a mispronounciation of the Latin word for forty.

Source: Isachar, H. (1997). Images of the Holy Land. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.

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