Soviet rule brought severe purges of the Georgian church hierarchy and frequent repression of Orthodox worship.

Probably the most striking aspect of Orthodox worship are its visual characteristics.

In Orthodox worship, even the sense of smell is used to enlighten the minds and hearts of the worshipers, bringing them into closer communion with God.

As a result, Orthodox worship does not neglect to incorporate the body into its worship and to enlighten the worshippers through it as through any other medium.

Orthodox worship, in keeping with the earliest traditions of Christian worship, involves eating as part of services probably more than any other denomination.

Under 1st, recognized the Catholic religion, the Protestant, the Anglican, Orthodox worship, Jewish worship and the Muslim faith.

That first experience of Orthodox worship made a lasting impression.

The ritual that developed at the patriarchate of Constantinople, known as the Byzantine rite, became the standard of Orthodox worship after the 13th century.

The cathedral serves as the seat of the national primate of Japan and continues to be the main center of Orthodox worship in Japan.

Icons lie at the heart of Byzantine or Orthodox worship and they form a focus for prayer.