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Eastern Orthodox

The communion of Chalcedonian churches in the Greek and Slavic worlds, holding the seven councils, the Divine Liturgy, and conciliarity without a single earthly head.

The Eastern Orthodox Church is a communion of autocephalous churches, each governing itself, bound by the faith of the seven ecumenical councils and by eucharistic communion with one another. Its separation from the Oriental Orthodox turns on the Council of Chalcedon, and its separation from Rome on the schism of 1054 and all that followed.

Produced by East-West Schism

1054 and after · The procession of the Holy Spirit and the primacy of the Roman see.

Current status of that division: Partial communion.

Denomination / School

Denomination / School Bulgarian Orthodox Church It is the autocephalous church of Bulgaria, headed by a patriarch in Sofia and shaped by the Slavonic liturgical heritage of Saints Cyril and… Denomination / School Church of Greece It is the autocephalous church covering most of modern Greece, governed by the Holy Synod in Athens under the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. Denomination / School Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople It holds primacy of honor among the Eastern Orthodox churches and is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch in the Phanar district of Istanbul. Denomination / School Georgian Orthodox Church It is one of the oldest national churches in the world, rooted in the fourth century conversion of Iberia and headed by the Catholicos Patriarch of… Denomination / School Orthodox Church in America It is the autocephalous church in North America whose roots lie in the Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska that began in 1794. Denomination / School Patriarchate of Alexandria It is the ancient Greek Orthodox patriarchate of Egypt, claiming foundation by Saint Mark the Evangelist and headed by the Pope and Patriarch of… Denomination / School Patriarchate of Antioch It is the ancient Greek Orthodox patriarchate based in Damascus, claiming the see where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians. Denomination / School Patriarchate of Jerusalem It is the ancient Greek Orthodox patriarchate guarding the Holy Places in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and across Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. Denomination / School Romanian Orthodox Church It is the autocephalous church of Romania, headed by the Patriarch of Bucharest and celebrating the liturgy principally in Romanian. Denomination / School Russian Orthodox Church It is the largest autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church, headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' in Moscow. Denomination / School Serbian Orthodox Church It is the autocephalous church of Serbia, whose first archbishop was Saint Sava in 1219 and which is headed by the Patriarch in Belgrade.

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Sources

Primary

  • The Acts of the Seven Ecumenical Councils.

Secondary

  • John Meyendorff, Byzantine Theology (1979).