JANUARY
· 01/01 Circumcision of Jesus Christ
· 01/06 Holy Theophany
FEBRUARY
· 02/02 Presentation of the Lord in the Temple
· 02/17 Sunday of the Canaanite & Zacchaeus
· 02/24 Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee (Lenten Triodion Begins)
MARCH
· 03/03 Sunday of the Prodigal Son
· 03/09 1st Saturday of Souls
· 03/10 Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgment
· 03/16 2nd Saturday of Souls
· 03/17 Cheesefare Sunday of Forgiveness
· 03/18 First Day of the Great Lent/Fast
· 03/23 3rd Saturday of Souls
· 03/24 Sunday of Orthodoxy
· 03/25 Holy Annunciation
· 03/31 Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas
APRIL
· 04/07 Sunday of the Holy Cross
· 04/14 Sunday of Saint John Climacus
· 04/20 Saturday of the Akathist Hymn
· 04/21 Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt
· 04/27 Lazarus Saturday
· 04/28 Palm/Willowy/Flowery Sunday of the Entrance into Jerusalem of the Lord
· 04/29 Great and Holy Monday
· 04/30 Great and Holy Tuesday
MAY
· 05/01 Great and Holy Wednesday
· 05/02 Great and Holy Thursday
· 05/03 Great and Holy Friday
· 05/04 Great and Holy Saturday
· 05/05 Great and Holy Pascha
· 05/06 Bright Monday of Renewal
· 05/07 Bright Tuesday of Renewal
· 05/08 Bright Wednesday of Renewal
· 05/09 Bright Thursday of Renewal
· 05/10 Bright Friday of Renewal
· 05/11 Bright Saturday of Renewal
· 05/12 Thomas Sunday of Antipascha
· 05/19 Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
· 05/26 Sunday of the Paralytic
· 05/29 Feast of Mid-Pentecost
JUNE
· 06/02 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
· 06/09 Sunday of the Blind Man
· 06/12 Apodosis of Pascha
· 06/13 Holy Ascension
· 06/16 Sunday of the Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council
· 06/22 Saturday of Souls
· 06/23 Holy Pentecost
· 06/24 Day of the Holy Spirit
· 06/29 Feast of the Holy Apostles
· 06/30 Sunday of All Saints
JULY
· 07/14 Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First 6 Ecumenical Councils
AUGUST
· 08/01 Beginning of the Dormition Lent/Fast
· 08/06 Holy Transfiguration
· 08/15 Dormition of the Theotokos
SEPTEMBER
· 09/01 Beginning of the Indiction, New Ecclesiastical Year 7522 of Creation
· 09/08 Nativity of the Theotokos
· 09/14 Elevation of the Holy Cross
OCTOBER
· 10/13 Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
· 10/28 Holy Protection of the Theotokos
NOVEMBER
· 11/16 First Day of the Nativity Lent/Fast (Advent)
· 11/21 Presentation of the Theotokos in the Temple
DECEMBER
· 12/25 Holy Nativity
IS THE CHURCH JESUS BUILT AN ECUMENICAL ASSEMBLY?
ReplyDeleteEcumenical defined: Christian unity aimed at achieving universal Christian unity through interdenominational organizations.
Jesus prayed for unity. (John 17:20-21 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one, as You Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.)(NKJV)
1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement.(NKJV)
Here listed are some of the denominations and churches who are involved in the ecumenical assemblies. Wesleyan churches, the Roman Catholic Church, Lutherans, The Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, Independent Christian Churches, Methodists, Presbyterian Churches, Baptists, Pentecostal Churches, and Quakers, to name just a few.
These churches do not speak the same thing. They teach different ways to become saved. They teach conflicting doctrines about how to remain saved. They do not agree on how to have sins forgiven. They declare various and sundry terms for pardon from sin. They differ on the essential doctrines of Christianity.
To refer to these associations as ecumenical give misnomer a bad name. How can the different churches cooperate in charitable causes? How they join together in Bible study and worship? There can only be true unity in the truth found in Scripture. God did not create nor approve of different doctrines for thousands of denominations and church groups.
The true ecumenical church is the one founded on the Day of Pentecost 33 AD. The statement of faith is the New Testament Scriptures. Jesus died for one church, His church.
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