The Eastern Orthodox Church is a communion of self-governing churches in the Greek and Slavic traditions, holding the faith of the seven ecumenical councils and worshipping in the Byzantine liturgy.
Organizations in This Tradition
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church
the autocephalous church of Bulgaria, centered in Sofia.
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Church of Greece
the autocephalous church of Greece, governed by its Holy Synod.
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Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
the first see of the Orthodox communion, seated in Istanbul under the Ecumenical Patriarch.
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Georgian Orthodox Church
one of the oldest national churches, centered in Tbilisi.
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Orthodox Church in America
an autocephalous church in North America whose status is recognized by some Orthodox churches and not by others.
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Patriarchate of Alexandria
the ancient see of Egypt and Africa, seated in Alexandria and Cairo.
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Patriarchate of Antioch
the ancient see of Syria and the Middle East, seated today in Damascus.
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Patriarchate of Jerusalem
the church of the Holy Land, guardian of the holy places.
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Romanian Orthodox Church
the autocephalous church of Romania, the second largest Orthodox church.
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Russian Orthodox Church
the largest Orthodox church, centered on the Patriarchate of Moscow.
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Serbian Orthodox Church
the autocephalous church of Serbia and its diaspora.
Religious Art & Images
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Hagia Sophia
Justinian's great church in Constantinople (532–537), whose dome seemed to contemporaries to hang from heaven — and whose mosaics record, in one building, icon, iconoclasm, conquest, museum, and mosque.
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Rublev's Trinity
Andrei Rublev's icon of the three angels at Abraham's table (c. 1411), painted for the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius — the supreme achievement of Orthodox icon painting and its theology made visible.
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