Orthodoxy
The Orthodox Faith.
| The Orthodox Faith | |
|---|---|
 The current Orthodox blazon | |
| Governance: | Ecumenical Council |
| Leaders: | ImperatorMendes (Ecumenical Patriarch) |
| Clocktower_Echoes (Patriarch) | |
| Vir_Caeli (Patriarch) | |
| Tukidoki (Patriarch) | |
| Converts: | 17 + affiliated Churches |
| Discord: | https://discord.gg/8tggj6R |
Governance
History
Pre-Classics Period
Inception and Deviation from Catholicism
The Orthodox Faith initially started in 2018. The Frankonian Empire as it was then known had launched in CivEx First Light as initially one of the major nations. It was based architecturally on Napoleonic France and specifically required a Church established.
ImperatorMendes, not new to the genre and having held menial roles in multiple servers saw this as an opportunity to do something unique.
Plans were drafted for a Church of St John, to be established as the Catholic official religion of Frankonia. During this process less and less did Catholicism appeal generally and with competition with the Catholics of Antioch, the Church eventually drifted to Orthodoxy by the time of construction. Finally the Church was announced[1].
The Church gained its first prominent members during this period, but signs of upcoming conflict began to manifest itself.
In now deleted posts, Saren_Solaris, member of Bastion and Antiochan Catholic, called for a ‘Solarian Inquisition’. To the amusement of the Emperor and a few hours carefully monitoring snitches, nothing of importance happened.
Rising Prestige and Competition
For a while the fledgling Patriarch remained in Frankonia, which expanded to incorporate the neighbouring states of Normandy and the Isle of Gelie, forming Britannia.[2] Elections were held and Imperator was elected a Member of Parliament[3], quickly passing three motions regarding a variety of issues-[4] and formally establishing the Church in Britannia. Developments in Britannia would slow, though they would eventually centralise into the Capital of Montgomery, utilising the old Norman settlement.
Meanwhile the general feeling was still one of insecurity. The ‘Solarian Incident’, the still ascendant Great Tree religion and the relative infancy of the Faith all contributed to this. The Patrairch’s house had also been completely flattened in an attack by the Arlingtons. The Patriarch planned to create a Keep of some sorts to both protect his assets and to act as a home for the Faith. To the North of Antioch in a disputed territory between Antioch and Ancompton was castle ruins. The initial plan was to renovate these and turn them into a Coastal Keep. Ancompton started that the purchase of this land would destabilise fragile relations between the two as it would explicitly be a claim of sovereignty. Despite this there was an attempt to negotiation between parties, with the Antiochan side declining the purchase.
Allegedly rumour from the Antiochan side said that the attempted purchase rattled them- in terms of proximity to their capital and the ambitions of the Fledging Faith. Necessary action was discussed, indeed more salacious rumours were of outright holy war. The authenticity of the later point was very much disputable.
However, the Patriarch heard of these rumours and acted accordingly. Sovereignty over a strip of the Kasai jungle was purchased from Kasavadi for 17 stacks of iron- 11 upfront and the remainder over two weeks. The Orthodox Coastal Fort was finished soon afterwards.[5] Plans for a new Church were discussed alongside this. The new Church came with assurances from the Chao of diplomatic immunity and security. Indeed the Kasai would become a strong ally of both Churches. On the 20th of February in the region of Siraksem, the Church of Cyril VI was constructed.[5]
The Coastal Fort would soon become the centre of Orthodox philanthropy projects, specifically the WFAI[6] (World Food Initiative) which provided food grants to fledgling nations and newfriends. This charity would later take over other locations, including the Nordrani Wastes Inn[7].
This gave the Church some prominence now and the Antiochan vassal state of Piedmont officially converted and began work on an Orthodox Cathedral. During this period the decision was made to expand the Faith into Astoria, known for at the time for being a thriving nation- later known for its political strife and turmoil. The result of this would be the Patriachate gaining various political offices and influence in the new Orthodox states of Marche and Diuettis, all splinter states of Astoria. The Church would also begin to walk a very fine balance between support of the embattled monarchy and oligarchic forces.
Growth in the Political Realm
Expedition to Classics
Arrival of the Orthodox
On the 6th of July, negotiations with the Free CIty of Weizenburg to host the Church concluded. One of the suggestions was that perhaps the Church could set up in their Classics nation also, Pacem. Whilst this work is still ongoing due to architectural issues, this was the main driver of the Church initially to Classics, and to avoid the kind of inactivity some CivEx groups had suffered.
Adinan Orthodoxy
The Faith vanguard arrived, with the Patriarch joining the Federation of Adina. On the 17th of July, the Faith’s arrival was heralded by the construction of St Isidore of Seville[8] and a census which revealed 15% of the nation now belonged to the Orthodox Faith. On the 17th July - 20th July the First Ecumenical Council[9] was convened, confirming long-standing traditions into writing and furthermore realising the vision of an autocephalous Church.
The State of the Faith in Adina is a small, growing minority peacefully coexisting with the Indojoan majority. The Ecumenical Patriarch, ImperatorMendes in the First Federal Elections was elected Judge by a modest majority.
References:
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/amou47/launch_of_the_eastern_orthodox_church_claims/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/apld82/announcing_the_formation_of_britannia/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivBritannia/comments/avsyrg/election_parliament_member_announcement/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivBritannia/comments/awkh9g/legislation_parliament_passes_new_acts/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/asrhto/eastern_orthodox_church_advances_into_the_kasai/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/ath5da/the_world_food_aid_initiative_wfai/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/axoo4a/reopening_of_the_wastes_inn_ccc/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/cdxs10/the_holy_mission_to_adina/
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/115udtQRVSdB9d04vycTnVEfbc6AzL05VHyR9dVKhAVE/mobilebasic