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The Orthodox Faith is an originally CivEx faith inspired by its real life counterpart. Before this point there had been few directly Orthodox Faiths (barring the ROM).

The Orthodox Church sometimes works in consultation with the allied Church of Light in terms of broader aims.

 

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|ImperatorMendes

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*DreadedNova- [[Icenia]]

*[[Pirater]]- Sovia-Unitas, [[Adina]]

==History==

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/apld82/announcing_the_formation_of_britannia/</ref> Elections were held and Imperator was elected a Member of Parliament<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivBritannia/comments/avsyrg/election_parliament_member_announcement/</ref>, quickly passing three motions regarding a variety of issues-<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivBritannia/comments/awkh9g/legislation_parliament_passes_new_acts/</ref> 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.

 

 

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.

This gave the Church some prominence now and the Antiochan vassal state of Piedmont officially converted and began work on an Orthodox Cathedral<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/b1z9e9/shots_of_the_church_of_the_archangel_michael_and/</ref>. 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.

 

Upon arrival in Astoria, with permission of the incoming Chancellor MattDB a small church was constructed<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/auokys/orthodox_temple_of_maximus_iii_astoria/</ref>. With dual citizenship granted, endemic problems became clear to see with the nation. These would eventually come into common view.

 

In a brief but bloody conflict, the allied Britannian King Crusher6581 was temporarily pearled and the Cathedral desecrated (quickly repaired). ImperatorMendes, now Exterior Consul of Diuettis hosted a summit at Norlund<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/b84urm/historical_photos_of_the_norlund_summit/</ref>, to settle the true state of claims. Kano did not attend and due to low activity the partitions suggested never took place and Astoria remained de facto Diuettan. This event would later lead to the formation of the United Factions alliance<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/ba6rss/announcing_the_united_factions/</ref>, encompassing mostly Orthodox nations. The Patriarchate stood on the security council as head of the Orthodox militiamen.

 

Just a week has passed since the Norlund Summit. At this point, events on the server slowly wound down. One of the last major events was the Tournament at Burgundy, where the server’s best leftclickers were invited and headlined by what was described as a ‘Pope Fight’. The Patriarch was defeated in the headline bout by Pope Leobonet, but placed well in the overall tournament, beating the eventual champion. This meeting was a catalyst to mend relations with the Catholics. Soon for the sake of unity in Christendom the two sides ‘reconcilled’- remaining separate but working in partnership. They now shared a discord and the Catholics contributed a Church and Cathedral to overall holdings.

 

As First Light faded the Church membership and vitality was at its peak.

 

 

[[File:IsidoreofSeville.jpg|thumb|St Isidore of Seville, Adina City]]

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 currently postponed 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.

 

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<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/cdxs10/the_holy_mission_to_adina/</ref> 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<ref name=":1">https://docs.google.com/document/d/115udtQRVSdB9d04vycTnVEfbc6AzL05VHyR9dVKhAVE/mobilebasic</ref> was convened, confirming long-standing traditions into writing and furthermore realising the vision of an autocephalous Church.

Another development was a proclaimation by the Adinan Monarch officially lifting any restriction on the Orthodox Faith by use of Veto.

 

[[File:FFB17140-8B46-4C3A-8F2E-3A0C2F2E3D49.jpg|thumb|An Orthodox Cross on the “Nudist Beach”.]]

Following comfortable establishment in Adina, work continued to find a suitable place to headquarter the Church provisionally for further growth.

Part of this was ''the Humble Grant-'' a mechanism confirming the honorary rights of non-landed Patriarchs to other Patriarchates. Likewise these domains were formalised- with heraldry and the associated rights. This brought the number of officiated clergy to its highest number.

 

 

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