Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptised members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via local synods. The church has no central doctrinal or governmental authority analogous to the head of the Catholic Church (the pope). Nevertheless, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is recognised by them as ''primus inter pares'' ("first among equals"), a title formerly given to the patriarch of Rome. As one of the oldest surviving religious institutions in the world, the Eastern Orthodox Church has played an especially prominent role in the history and culture of Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

Eastern Orthodox theology is based on the Scriptures and holy tradition, which incorporates the dogmatic decrees of the seven ecumenical councils, and the teaching of the Church Fathers. The church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, and that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles. It maintains that it practises the original Christian faith, as passed down by holy tradition. Its patriarchates, descending from the pentarchy, and other autocephalous and autonomous churches, reflect a variety of hierarchical organisation. It recognises seven major sacraments, of which the Eucharist is the principal one, celebrated liturgically in synaxis. The church teaches that through consecration invoked by a priest, the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. The Virgin Mary is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the God-bearer and honoured in devotions.

The Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Antioch—except for some breaks of communion such as the Photian schism or the Acacian schismshared communion with the Church of Rome until the East–West Schism in 1054. The 1054 schism was the culmination of mounting theological, political, and cultural disputes, particularly over the authority of the pope, between those churches. Before the Council of Ephesus in AD 431, the Church of the East also shared in this communion, as did the various Oriental Orthodox Churches before the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, all separating primarily over differences in Christology.

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the primary religious denomination in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Belarus, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Georgia, North Macedonia, Cyprus, Ethiopia and Montenegro. Roughly half of Eastern Orthodox Christians live in the post-Soviet states, mostly in Russia. The communities in the former Byzantine regions of North Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean are among the oldest Orthodox communities from the Middle East, which are decreasing due to forced migration driven by increased religious persecution. Eastern Orthodox communities outside Western Asia, Asia Minor, Caucasia and Eastern Europe, including those in North America, Western Europe, and Australia, have been formed through diaspora, conversions, and missionary activity. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Created 1896
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Paul Bechtold Library, Catholic Theological Union
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    Created 1912
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    Created 1788
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    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    Created 2010
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    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    Created 1918
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    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    Acafi[s]tĭaro cu multe alease rugăċiuni pentru evl̇avīĭa fīește căruĭa creștin.
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    Created 1774
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
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    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Cudahy Archives, Loyola University Chicago
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    Created 1931
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    Created 1951
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    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    Created 1874
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    Created 1901
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
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    Created 1949
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    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    Egkolpion tou anagnōstou : hētoi hierai akolouthiai tou hesperinou tou orthrou tēs TH. leitourgias
    Fdmrnslrp xry Üpαdp}vxry : jxrl lfuαl Ümrnryklαl xry fvsfulpry xry rukury xjw K. nflxryudlαw
    Created 1996
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    Mikron Hieratikon periechon tas hieras Akolouthias tou Hesperinou, tēs Artoklasias, tou Mesonyktikou, tou Orthrou kai tēs Protheseōs.
    ¿lmurp Lfuαxlmrp sfulf{rp xαw lfuαw Amrnryklαw xry Fvsfulpry, xjw Auxrmnαvlαw, xry ¿fvrpymxlmry, xry Rukury mαl xjw Surkfvf}w.
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    Created 1980
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    Created 1981
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    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    by Maria, suor
    Created 1985
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    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    Created 1528
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    Location: Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
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    Created 1935
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    Location: Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
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    Created 1899
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church. Synod of Jerusalem, 1672...
    Location: University Libraries of CUA, Catholic University of America
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    Created 1851
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy and ritual. Hirmologion...
    Location: Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University
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    Created 1526
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    Created 1955
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    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    Created 1956
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    Created 1957
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    Location: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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    Created 2006
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    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    by Kaminsʹkyĭ, Viktor
    Created 2003
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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    Created 1989
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    Location: Paul Bechtold Library, Catholic Theological Union
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    Created 1994
    ...Orthodox Eastern Church...
    Location: Marian Library, University of Dayton
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