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A '''diaspora''' is a scattering of a people from their original homeland, or the new community formed by such a people. ''Diaspora'' can also refer geographically to those areas of the world where Orthodox Christians live, but are outside the canonically defined territories agreed upon as belonging to an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] or [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church. | A '''diaspora''' is a scattering of a people from their original homeland, or the new community formed by such a people. ''Diaspora'' can also refer geographically to those areas of the world where Orthodox Christians live, but are outside the canonically defined territories agreed upon as belonging to an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] or [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox church. | ||
| − | Some Orthodox peoples living in the West believe that they are living as dispersed peoples, as specific national and ecclesial "diasporas." The Church teaches that Christians, in full communion in faith, love, and sacramental life, should be at home in the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church]] in the new land in which they find themselves. The notion of a diaspora of Orthodox Christians is seen by many as an obstacle to | + | Some Orthodox peoples living in the West believe that they are living as dispersed peoples, as specific national and ecclesial "diasporas." The Church teaches that Christians, in full communion in faith, love, and sacramental life, should be at home in the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church]] in the new land in which they find themselves. The notion of a diaspora of Orthodox Christians is seen by many as an obstacle to [[jurisdiction]]al unity throughout areas as yet canonically undefined. |
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Revision as of 10:52, October 26, 2006
A diaspora is a scattering of a people from their original homeland, or the new community formed by such a people. Diaspora can also refer geographically to those areas of the world where Orthodox Christians live, but are outside the canonically defined territories agreed upon as belonging to an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church.
Some Orthodox peoples living in the West believe that they are living as dispersed peoples, as specific national and ecclesial "diasporas." The Church teaches that Christians, in full communion in faith, love, and sacramental life, should be at home in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the new land in which they find themselves. The notion of a diaspora of Orthodox Christians is seen by many as an obstacle to jurisdictional unity throughout areas as yet canonically undefined.
See also
External links
- Are We Living in Diaspora?, by Archbishop Peter (L'Huillier)
- Orthodoxy in America: Diaspora or Church?, by Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky
- "In the Diaspora", by Metropolitan Maximos, published in The Word, November 2004 (Antiochian)
- UK diocesan crisis tests Church's mission to all by Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky
