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Recently, in order to avoid abuses, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has issued special encyclical letters (tomoi) in which the Holy Synod "recognizes" or accepts the popular feelings about a saint. Such an example in our days is St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain (1955).
Recently, in order to avoid abuses, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has issued special encyclical letters (tomoi) in which the Holy Synod "recognizes" or accepts the popular feelings about a saint. Such an example in our days is St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain (1955).
== Teachings Regarding the Theotokos ==
Orthodox believe that the Virgin Mary is the Mother of God. Orthodox believe that the Mother of God was sinless of her own free will and that she remains ever-virgin. Orthodox Christians do not "pray to" the Mother of God instead of God. However, they do seek her intercession before her Son. The Roman Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is foreign to Orthodox Christianity.
== Fasting ==
== Fasting ==