| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MOST MIGHTY | MOST MIGHTY – (an appellation or Title of Jesus) “Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.” Ps 44(45):3 |
| MOTHER CHURCH | MOTHER CHURCH – 1) The Church of Jerusalem, as being the first Christian Church. 2) The church that granted autocephalous or autonomous status to create another church from one of its own diocese. |
| MOTHER OF GOD | MOTHER OF GOD (Gr. Theotokos) The Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, the Son of God. She is therefore the Mother of God. This is the teaching of the Orthodox Church denned by the Council of Ephesus in 431. It does not mean that Mary generated the Godhead, for the Word (the Son of… Read More |
| MOUNT ATHOS | MOUNT ATHOS – A large center of Orthodox monasticism, situated on a conical mountain on the Chakidi Peninsula, Greece. |
| MOUNTAIN | MOUNTAIN (from which a Stone was cut not by hand of man) – (an appellation of the Theotokos) The Prophet Daniel saw a mountain, from which was cut a stone, not by the hand of man (Dan. 2:34, 45). This is a reference to the miraculous Virgin Birth which was accomplished without the hand of… Read More |
| MOURN | MOURN – Sorrow and contrition of heart, with unfeigned tears, for that we so imperfectly and unworthily serve the Lord, or even rather deserve His anger by our sins. For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of this world worketh death. (2 Cor. VII:10.) |
| MOVABLE FEASTS | MOVABLE FEASTS -The feasts (holidays) which depend on the date of Easter. Ascension Day comes forty days after Easter, and Pentecost Day comes on the fiftieth day after Easter. |
| MYRRH | MYRRH – (Chrysm) The sacred oil which is used for annointing in the Sacrament of Chrysmation. This sacred oil is a mixture of many substances and is made by several bishops on Holy Thursday. |
| MYRRH-BEARER | MYRRH-BEARER – (1)One of the various customary saint titles used in commemoration at divine services when remembering saints on the Church Calendar. (2) One of the women who were present at Christ’s passion and went to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. |
| MYRRH-STREAMING | MYRRH-STREAMING – One of the various customary saint titles used in commemoration at divine services when remembering saints on the Church Calendar. Myrrh-streaming, Myrrh-gusher, or Myroblete: the relics of the saint exude holy and sweet-smelling (and often miraculous) oil. |
| MYSTERY | MYSTERY – The ways of God, especially God’s plan for salvation, which cannot be known with the rational, finite human mind, but can be experienced only by the revelation of God. The Orthodox Church also uses the term mystery for the sacraments of the Church. (Mark 4:11; 1 Cor. 2:7, 8; Eph. 5:32). see also… Read More |
| MYSTICISM | MYSTICISM – The search through various prayers and practices to achieve unity with God in life (theosis) (see hesychasm). |