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Feb 20, 2020 · Nevertheless, the role and place of Orthodox Christianity is still understudied, in particular compared to other major world religions. With the intention of filling the gap, this volume seeks to highlight three intertwined aspects – religion, politics, and human rights, − related to the global context of Orthodox Christianity.
- Giuseppe Giordan, Siniša Zrinščak
- 2020
Abstract. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been times of great upheaval for the Orthodox, with persecutions and mass emigrations, but also rebirth and the possibility of new growth. ‘Orthodoxy and the modern world’ considers the position of the Orthodox church on a range of matters, including its views on other churches; the ...
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Orthodox Christianity, or the Orthodox Church, identifies its roots in the early Church, particularly as it developed within the Greek-speaking eastern branch of the Roman Empire. The Eastern Orthodox Church accepts the first seven Ecumenical Councils (which were held between 325 and 787 C.E.), and regards itself as the True Church.
Based on the numbers of adherents, the Eastern Orthodox Church (also known as Eastern Orthodoxy) is the second largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church, with the most common estimates of baptised members being approximately 220 million.
Feb 23, 2024 · Abstract. In the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans, the Orthodox Church rooted in Greek tradition constitutes perhaps the most basic feature of people’s cultural identity. That is to say, religion is the connecting link uniting populations to this very day, binding them into a single milieu (the Byzantine commonwealth).
- ibakas@past.auth.gr
Jan 1, 2020 · This volume highlights three intertwined aspects of the global context of Orthodox Christianity: religion, politics, and human rights. The chapters in Part I address the challenges of modern human ...
Summary. Eastern Orthodoxy represents one of the three principal branches of Christianity and the second largest Christian denomination. With its historical connections with the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire, the traditional and contemporary areas of its greatest spread and influence are in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Eastern Mediterranean ...
