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"With rare exceptions, such as an Abbess or a women designated by an Abbess to clean, women are not allowed in an Orthodox Sanctuary where the alter is located."
"There are no orders of Orthodox monks (male and female) as there are among Roman Catholics"
"The Roman view on Original Sin is different. Following largely Augustine of Hippo, the West believes, although has never declared doctrinal, the view that we somehow inherit the Sin of Adam, and not just the consequences of that sin. The Orthodox Church has always held that Original Sin is about the consequences of Adam's Sin (how can we be responsible for someone else's personal sin?). These consequences are basically death, concupiscence and our tendency toward sin in our nature.
As a result of this view, the West has declared the Mother of God to be Conceived Immaculately, without the Sin of Adam and to have been assumed into Heaven body and soul.
The Orthodox Church has always believed that the Mother of God is the highest person above all humanity and the angels owing to her role as Mother of the Word Incarnate. She believes that the Mother of God was perfectly holy and most holy and sinless."
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