Oriental Orthodox
In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, it is customary to light bonfires on the Feast of Timkat (Epiphany).
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Famous quotes containing the words oriental and/or orthodox:
“The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
“All orthodox opinion—that is, today, “revolutionary” opinion either of the pure or the impure variety—is anti-man.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)