Eastern Orthodoxy

officially Orthodox Catholic Church

One of the three major branches of Christianity. Its adherents live mostly in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the Middle East, with a large following in North America and Australia. The titular head of Eastern Orthodoxy is the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul), but its many territorial churches (including the huge Russian Orthodox church and the Greek Orthodox church) are governed autonomously by head bishops or patriarchs, who must be unmarried or widowed even though lower orders of the clergy may marry. Eastern Orthodoxy also boasts a strong monastic tradition. The separation of the Eastern churches from the Western, or Latin, branch began with the division of the Roman Empire into two parts under Constantine I. A formal break was made in 1054 (see Schism of 1054). Doctrinally, Eastern Orthodoxy differs from Roman Catholicism in that it does not accept the primacy of the pope or the clause in the Western creed that states that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father (God) and the Son (Jesus). The Orthodox church accepts the decisions of the seven ecumenical councils as well as several later ones. It maintains that there are seven sacraments and has a worship service that is theologically and spiritually rich. In the early 21st century, Eastern Orthodoxy had more than 200 million adherents worldwide.

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of Marburg on the Lahn), one of the most distinguished contemporary German theologians and perhaps the leading Western authority on Eastern Orthodoxy explains its practices and doctrines.

The Eastern Orthodox Church; its thought and life. (reprint, 1963) by Reference & Research Book News

Both strived for unity among religions - the Taize community in eastern France includes Lutherans, Anglicans, evangelical Christians, Catholics and adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy.

A healer of divisions by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Mount Athos has been the centre of Eastern Orthodoxy since AD963.

Drawn to the rare beauty of Mt Athos by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

Eastern Alps

Eastern American Subregion

Eastern Asia

Eastern Bantoid Languages