Clerical marriage Orthodox Communion (Constantinople, Alexandria Egypt, Antioch Syria, and Jerusalem). As stated above, the majority of Roman Church Priests at that time were married. Therefore, when some churches that followed western rites and traditions were brought back into communion with the Orthodox Churches beginning in the 20th century, their right to have married clergy, provided they were married before ordination, was restored. The practice of clerical marriage was initiated in the West by the followers of Martin Luther, who himself, a former priest and monk, married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in 1525. It has not been introduced in the
Neeraj Bora After completing his schooling from one of the most prominent schools of Lucknow, he went on to study medicine at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore. Neeraj is married to Bindu Bora and has three children, a son and two daughters. In the past, he has also been elected as the Multiple Council Chairman of Lions Clubs International for North India, and the president of the Lucknow branch of Indian Medical Association. He is also the senior vice-president of the All India Vaish Federation of U.P. He is also the establisher of Sewa Hospital and Bora Institute of Allied Health