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Greek Orthodox Church. Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a Christian term that can refer to any one of three classes of church, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity or the Eastern Roman Empire . The broader meaning refers ...
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ( Albanian: Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë ), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It declared its autocephaly in 1922 through its Congress of 1922, and gained recognition from the Patriarch of ...
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha (Easter), is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it in importance, there is a group of Twelve Great Feasts (Greek: Δωδεκάορτον). Together with Pascha, these are the most ...
Eastern Orthodox. Sui iuris church. Autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy under the omophorion of the Russian Orthodox Church. Language. Russian, Thai and English. Website. www .orthodox .or .th. Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Thailand has been represented since 1999 by the Representative Office of the Russian Orthodox Church, including the ...
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( Ukrainian: Православна церква України, romanized : Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; [14] [15] OCU ), also called Ukrainian Orthodox Church, [16] is an Eastern Orthodox church in Ukraine. It is one of 16 autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, 15th listed in diptych.
t. e. The Orthodox Church in America ( OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [2] : 68 [9] [10] In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.
v. t. e. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, [1] [2] with approximately 50 million members worldwide. [3] [4] The Oriental Orthodox Churches adhere to the Nicene Christian tradition. Oriental Orthodoxy is one of the oldest branches in Christianity. [5] As some of the oldest religious ...
