Eastern Christian

English Adjective - en religion Christianity Of or pertaining to Eastern Christianity. en Western Christian 14 April 1990 John Dart Easter Services Abound Across the SouthlandRites: This is the last time this century that the date of the holiday coincides for Western and Eastern churches. https://web.archive.org/web/20251006172334/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-14-ss-1112-story.html Eastern Christian tradition requires that the day recalling Gospel accounts of Jesus’ resurrection be observed after the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover, in keeping with the sequence in the New Testament. 20 June 2004 Susan Spano Classic novel stirs Byzantine dreams https://web.archive.org/web/20200924061304/https://www.latimes.com/la-tr-turkey20-2004jun20-story.html It is now a modern Turkish city called Trabzon. But in the Middle Ages, it was the fabled seat of the last remnant of the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Christian church after European crusaders sacked Constantinople in 1204. 6 June 2014 w:Michael Paulson Group of Catholic and Orthodox Officials Endorses Marriage for Some Priests https://web.archive.org/web/20140607081302/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/us/catholic-and-orthodox-officials-endorse-marriage-for-some-priests.html “This action would affirm the ancient and legitimate Eastern Christian tradition and would assure the Orthodox that, in the event of the restoration of full communion between the two churches, the traditions of the Orthodox Church would not be questioned,” the group said in a statement on Friday. 29 June 2016 w:Phyllis Chesler Shouldn’t we first help the Christian victims of Mideast genocide? https://web.archive.org/web/20160630013944/https://nypost.com/2016/06/29/shouldnt-we-first-help-the-christian-victims-of-mideast-genocide/ However, the pope has remained silent about the systematic destruction of the Eastern Christian Church. He hasn’t supported Egyptian President Abdel Fatta el-Sisi, who is trying to break the stranglehold that the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood still has on Egypt. Noun en religion Christianity An adherent of any form of Eastern Christianity; a member of a society based on Eastern Christianity. en Western Christian 14 April 1990 John Dart Easter Services Abound Across the SouthlandRites: This is the last time this century that the date of the holiday coincides for Western and Eastern churches. https://web.archive.org/web/20251006172334/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-14-ss-1112-story.html But few Orthodox Christians are likely to show up. That’s because the liturgical high point for Eastern Christians comes at midnight tonight when darkened church interiors are brightened to proclaim “Christ is Risen.” 5 November 2005 Linda Stasi Time is on their side; faithful to the bloody ‘Crusades’ story https://web.archive.org/web/20131011091956/https://nypost.com/2005/11/05/time-is-on-their-side-faithful-to-the-bloody-crusades-story/ All the bloodletting began when the head of the Eastern Christians, Emperor Alexis, called upon his chief rival, Pope Urban II, to send mercenaries to help him get rid of the Turks who had attacked his empire. 22 July 2015 w:Eliza Griswold Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East? https://web.archive.org/web/20150722162702/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/is-this-the-end-of-christianity-in-the-middle-east.html Under Islamic rule, Eastern Christians lived as protected people, dhimmi: They were subservient and had to pay the jizya, but were often allowed to observe practices forbidden by Islam, including eating pork and drinking alcohol. en Eastern Christianity