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Acronyms commonly used at Orthodox Talk and elsewhere

AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AOCA = Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America (World Orthodox)
ATM = At The Moment
BRB = Be right back
BCC = blind carbon copy (person who is sent a copy of a PM without the knowledge of the person receiving the msg)
BTW = By  the way ...
CC = carbon copy (person copied)
DR = Douay Rheims (Catholic English Bible including Challoner edition)
EO = Eastern Orthodox
EP = Ecumenical Patriarch
FYI = For your information
FTR =  For The Record
FWIW = For What It's Worth
GOA = Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (World Orthodox under the EP)
GOC-K = Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece - Met. Kallinikos (True Orthodox Christians)
HTH: Hope That Helps
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
IME = In My Experience
IMHO = In my humble opinion
IMO = In my opinion
IOW = In Other Words
IRL = In Real Life
ISTM = It Seems To Me
JMO = Just My Opinion
KJV = King James Version (Bible)
KWIM =  Know What I Mean?
LOL = Laughing Out Loud; Laughing On Line
LXX = Greek Septuagint (of the 70)
MP = Moscow Patriarch
MSG = message
NA28 = Nestle Aland 28th edition (Exclusionary modern critical Greek text descending from Wescott and Hort)
NKJV = New King James Version (Bible)
OCA = Orthodox Church in America (World Orthodox)
OO = Oriental Orthodox
OP = Opening or Original Post; Opening or Original Poster OP
OP = Order of Preachers (Dominican Catholic order)
OSB = Oblates of St. Benedict; Order of St. Benedict
OSB = Orthodox Study Bible (using the NKJV for the New Testament)
OSF = Order of St. Francis of Assisi
OTOH = On the one hand; On the other hand
POV = Point Of View
RCC = Roman Catholic Church
ROAC = Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (True Orthodox Christians established in 1994 by Bishops from ROCOR)
ROCA = Russian Orthodox Church - Met. Agafangel (True Orthodox Christians who have broken away from ROCOR in 2007)
ROCOR-MP = Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russian (under the MP)
ROTL = Rolling On The Floor
ROTFLOL =  Rolling On The Floor, Laughing Out Loud
RTOC = True Orthodox Christians who comprised the Catacomb Churches under Communism
SJ = Society of Jesus (Jesuit Catholic order)
SSPV = Society of Saint Pius V, a breakaway group from the SSPX. They are in communion with the Pope of Rome.
SSPX = Society of Saint Pius X, a traditional Catholic group
STOC = Serbian True Orthodox Christians (in communion with the RTOC)
TR = Textus Receptus (Greek Majority Text descending from the Erasmus Desiderius Editions)
V2 = Vatican II
24/7 = 24 hours a day, 7 days a week









Some church websites:

http://antiochian.org/ = Antiochian websie
http://goarch.org/ = Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan website
http://hotca.org/ = GOC-K website in the USA
http://oca.org/ =  OCA website
http://roacusa.org/aboutus.php = ROAC official website



This list is far from complete.

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