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NEW

BYZANTINEA PUBLICATION OF THEIMPERIAL ORDER

OF SAINT EUGENEOF TREBIZONDNORTH AMERICAN EXARCHATE

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Imperial Order of Saint

Eugene of TrebizondNorth American Exarchate

P. O. Box 30032, San Bernardino, CA 92413 U.S.A.

www.orderofsteugene.comsainteugeneinfo@gmail.com 909~567~8038

FIRST QUARTER 2010

I greet you in the name of theBeloved Martyred Saint Eugene. Ipray that this issue of the New

Byzantine finds each Knight andtheir families in good health andspirits. It is also my prayer thatthis New Year will be better forevery Knight as the last.

For some of our knights, sadnesswas in the last part of 2009.

The Count of Kyzikos, Sir RobertHarvey Cowan, G.C.E.Tr, lost hisFather-in-Law.

Prince Kermit Poling, G.C.E.Tr,lost his mother.

Sir Jeffrey Cook K.E.Tr. Kt.S.C, losthis father.

The Duke De Ghadames, PrinceDelbert Starr, G.C.E.Tr, died on

January 7, 2010, at his residence inSparta, WI.

My wife and I just lost an adultdaughter this past week to cancer.

All of these exceptional people willbe missed by those who were left

behind. It is the Prayer of theNorth American Chancellery thatGods Spirit will give comfort tothose left with the knowledge thattheir loved ones are in EternalPeace and Happiness.

We continue our series on AncientOrders and the series of Icons. Weare now at number 9 of the 14 Iconssent to us by the Exarchate ofGreece.

May God continue to bless each ofour Knights daily.

Dr. Russell R. Fritz G.Cl.E.Tr

Marquis of MarykatosExarch for North America

Order of Saint Eugene of Trebizond

Marykat

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A Special Thank You to the BaronDr. Tones Bridle Hadjidemetriou,

The Exarch for Greece and CyprusFor Presenting This Holy Icon ToThe North American Exarchate

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In An Effort To More Fully Understand The OrthodoxChurch Out Of Which The Roots Our Order Sprang,

The 2010 QuartersWill Be Looking At Many Of The Basics

Of The Orthodox Church.

ORTHODOX CHURCH GOVERNMENT

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest singleChristian communion in theworld with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by itsadherents to be the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus

Christ and his Apostles over 2,000 years ago. The Church is composed of numerousself-governing Ecclesial bodies, each geographically and nationally distinct buttheologically and Sacramentally unified. Each self-governing (or autocephalous) bodyis shepherded by aSynod of independent Bishops whose duty is, among other things,to preserve and teach the Apostolic and patristic traditions and related Church

practices. All Orthodox Bishops trace their lineage back to one of thetwelve Apostlesthrough the process ofApostolic Succession.

Members of the Eastern Orthodox Church usually refer to themselves as simplyOrthodox. Eastern is a term often applied in the Western World for the sake of clarity.

Almost from the very beginning Christians referred to the Church as the "One, Holy,Catholic [from the Greek , or universal] and Apostolic Church." Today, inaddition to the Orthodox Church, a number of other Christian churches lay claim tothis title (The Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the AssyrianChurch, the Oriental Orthodox Church, and others); however, the Eastern OrthodoxChurch sees these other churches as break-away groups, with the Assyrians andOrientals breaking away from the church after the first few centuries and the RomanCatholics in the 11th century. The Eastern Orthodox Church is also called the"Orthodox Catholic Church," but this is not in widespread international use due to

possible confusion with the Roman Catholic Church.

The Orthodox Church considers Jesus Christ to be the head of the Church and theChurch to be His body. Thus, despite widely held popular belief outside the Orthodoxcultures, there is no one Bishop at the head of the Orthodox Church; references to thePatriarch of Constantinople, as a leader equivalent or comparable to a pope in theRoman Catholic Church are mistaken. It is believed that authority and the grace ofGod is directly passed down to Orthodoxbishops andclergy through thelaying on of

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handsa practice started by theapostles,and that this unbroken historical and physicallink is an essential element of the true church (Acts 8:17, 1 Tim 4:14, Heb 6:2). EachBishop has a territory (see)over which he governs. His main duty is to make sure thetraditions and practices of the Church are preserved. Bishops are equal in authorityand cannot interfere in the jurisdiction of another Bishop. Administratively, theseBishops and their territories are organized into various Autocephalous groups orSynods of Bishops who gather together at least twice a year to discuss the state of

affairs within their respective sees. While Bishops and their Autocephalous Synodshave the ability to administer guidance in individual cases, their actions do not usuallyset precedents that affect the entire Church.

The Bishop of Rome, thePope,though not present at the ecumenical councils after theEast-West Schism,was considered to be president of such gatherings and thus calledFirst Among Equals. One of the decisions made by the First Council ofConstantinople (the second ecumenical council, meeting in 381) and supported by latersuch councils was that the Patriarch of Constantinople should be given the honor of

second in rank, since Constantinople was considered to be the "New Rome." In the11th century, because of the split from Rome, the honor of presiding over GeneralCouncils was transferred to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople,and he wasgiven the title primus inter pares (First Among Equals), reflecting his administrativeleadership. He is not, however, considered to be the head or leader of the Church.

However, contacts between the two sides continue: every year a delegation from eachjoins in the other's celebration of its Patronal feast, Saints Peter and Paul (29 June) forRome and Saint Andrew (30 November) for Constantinople, and there have been anumber of visits by the head of each to the other.

The Church in Egypt (Patriarchate of Alexandria) split into two groups following theCouncil of Chalcedon (451), over a dispute about the relation between the divine andhuman natures of Jesus. Eventually this led to each group anathematizing the other.Those that remained in communion with the other Patriarchs (those who accepted theCouncil of Chalcedon) were called "Melkites" (the king's men, because Constantinoplewas the city of the emperors) not to be confused with theMelkite Catholics of Antioch.Those who disagreed with the findings of the Council of Chalcedon are today knownas the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, currently led by Pope Shenouda III.There was a similar split in Syria (Patriarchate of Antioch) resulting in the SyriacOrthodox Church.

The Eastern Orthodox Church is a communion of 14 autocephalous (that is,administratively completely independent) local churches plus the Orthodox Church inAmerica which is recognized as autocephalous only by the Russian, Bulgarian,Georgian, Polish, and Czech-Slovak Churches. Each has defined geographical

boundaries of its jurisdiction and is ruled by its Council of Bishops or Synodpresided

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by a senior bishop - its Primate (or, First Hierarch). The Primate may carry thehonorary title of Patriarch, Metropolitan (in the Slavic tradition) or Archbishop (in theGreek tradition). Each local church consists of constituent eparchies (or, dioceses)ruled by a Bishop. Some churches have given an eparchy or group of eparchiesvarying degrees of autonomy (self-government). Such autonomous churches maintainvarying levels of dependence on their mother church, usually defined in a Tomos orother document of autonomy.

The Relic of Saint Eugene being held in trust by theNorth American Exarchate

The 2009 Year End fundraiser for the Jamaican BlindSchool resulted in $445.00 raised.

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Please remember that we will be conducting anotherfundraiser at the end of 2010, so as your mother used to say,

save your money!!!

The Imperial Order of Saint

ugene of Trebizond

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Informational Guide

FOR THOSE KNIGHTS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACOMPUTER TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, THECOUNT OF KYZIKOS,SIR ROBERT HARVEY

COWAN,G.C.E.TR. HAS DEVELOPED A GUIDE

FOR OUR ORDER BASED UPON INFORMATIONFOUND ON THE WEBSITE. IF ANY KNIGHT OF

THE ORDER WOULD LIKE A COPY, PLEASESEND

YOUR REQUEST TO THENORTH AMERICAN CHANCELLERY

P.O. BOX 30032SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92413

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