Eastern Orthodox Church quiz
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Which tsar did the Russian Church declare a saint in 2000?
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Why is Russian Orthodox Christmas on January 7?
Answer: Julian calendar
Why: Julian dates trail Gregorian ones by 13 days, but after 2100 the gap grows to 14, moving the Russian Christmas to January 8.
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How many ecumenical councils does the Orthodox Church accept?
Answer: Seven
Why: Catholics count 21 ecumenical councils, while Orthodoxy accepts seven, ending with the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.
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Which pope lifted the 1054 excommunications in 1965?
Answer: Paul VI
Why: Paul VI had met Patriarch Athenagoras in Jerusalem in 1964, when a pope and an ecumenical patriarch had not met since 1439.
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Which Greek monasteries sit on top of rock pillars?
Answer: Meteora
Why: Monks built 24 monasteries on the Meteora rocks, mostly in the 14th and 15th centuries, and six are still active today.
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What opened around 1960 where Christ the Saviour Cathedral had stood?
Answer: A swimming pool
Why: The cathedral was rebuilt on the same spot in the late 1990s and consecrated in August 2000.
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What Greek title, meaning 'Ruler of All', names icons of Christ?
Answer: Pantocrator
Why: The oldest surviving Pantocrator icon, painted in the 6th or 7th century, outlasted iconoclasm at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai.
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