About 10 years ago, Columbia got its first Eastern Orthodox Christian Church. But the Eastern Orthodox tradition has been around much longer. *The Orthodox tradition traces back to the earliest days of Christianity, and laid the framework for future Christian churches.
Today, Orthodox Christians in Columbia and around the world carry on traditions from 2,000 years ago.
In a new tradition, Columbia’s Orthodox Christian church is bringing people from all over the world together.
*Correction: The original audio version of this story includes misleading information about the roots of the church around the time of the Great Schism of 1054. One of our readers – who is also a chanter at St. Luke's the Evangelist Greek Orthodox Church – makes clarifiying points in the comments section below.
For more information and photos, read the text version of the story.
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Scott Cairns | Dec 1, 2012 | 12:18pm
The word for the heresy of confusing Orthodoxy with ethnicity is philitism, not philism. Nice story, in any case.
Scott Cairns | Dec 1, 2012 | 12:24pm
Oh, and the church didn’t begin in 1054 with the Great Schism. At the time, there were five patriarchs of five patriarchates dating from the 3rd Century—these were Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. When the schism occurred, the result was one western Patriarchate (Rome) and four in the east. It’s more than a little misleading to characterize the beginning of the Eastern Church with the date that the Roman Church parted company with the equally ancient other four.
Kellie Kotraba | Dec 3, 2012 | 8:43am
Scott,
Thank you for clarifying for us. As editor, I apologize for the error.
Ryan, the reporter, did some adjusting of the text above. I made a note on the correction there, too, directing people to your comments. Please know that we strive for the highest standards of accuracy here at Columbia Faith & Values, and we’ll do our best to avoid future mistakes like this one. We also hope you’ll continue reading the site, and we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us for this story.
Kellie Kotraba
Editor
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