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Type of family, fellowship

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The terms choros, koinonia and ekklesia were used synonymously in the early Byzantine Church.
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Koinonia Farm was one of the inspirations of starting a help group.
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Koinonia doesn't accept residents who have been convicted of murder, arson or sexual offenses.
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With regard to musical performance, this concept of koinonia may be applied to the primitive use of the word choros.
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He reminds us that community is a gift from Christ, and invites us into a deep experience of koinonia or spiritual fellowship.
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Koinonia, funded through Placer County, works to resolve family crisis and reunify Placer County youths with their families.
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  • Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community
  • Koinonia (coy NO nyah) is a transliterated form of the Greek word, u03BAu03BFu03B9u03BDu03C9u03BDu03AFu03B1, which means communion, joint participation; the share which one has in anything, participation, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, etc. It identifies the idealized state of fellowship and unity that should exist within the Christian church, the Body of Christ.
  • Koinonia was a band birthed from the fusion in jazz music, which occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, giving to a new, more electrified and diverse genre called jazz-funk. Other notable pioneers in this genre were: The Crusaders, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Alphonse Mouzon, Chick Corea, Lee Ritenour, Azymuth, Eumir Deodato, Jeff Lorber, and Seawind.
  • Fellowship of body of believers), community.
  • A Greek word meaning communion or intimate fellowship. This relationship exists between the three Persons of the Holy Trinity and also between Christians who are united by love into one body in Christ. See Acts 2:41, 42; 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 John 1:1-7. See also COMMUNION.
  • N. The life in community and fellowship shared by believers. The Early Christians lived in a world where people identified and separated themselves by race, social class, and gender; the Church astonished the world by showing Jews and Greeks, masters and slaves, males and females, who not only ...
  • (Gr. "Communion or intimate fellowship"): (1) The receiving of the Holy Mysteries (John 6:56; I Corinthians 10:16, 17) after proper preparation, fasting, and Confession. Orthodox Christians are encouraged to receive COMMUNION as often as possible, even daily. ...