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
Bora (wind) Bora (wind) The bora is a northern to north-eastern katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. It is known in Greek as ("mpóra", pronounced "bora") and Italian as . In English, the name "bora" is used. The Serbo-Croatian name (бура) and Slovene are not etymologically related to "bora"; they derive from Common Slavic "burja" 'storm' (from the verb "*burĭti") and the meaning 'bora' developed later. The same root as "bora" is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας),