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:
“Behold the difference between the Oriental and the Occidental. The former has nothing to do in this world; the latter is full of activity. The one looks in the sun until his eyes are put out; the other follows him prone in his westward course.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“All orthodox opinion—that is, today, “revolutionary” opinion either of the pure or the impure variety—is anti-man.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)