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 schism—shared 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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1by Orthodox Eastern ChurchLocation: Benedictine University Library, Benedictine University
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2by Sabas, Saint, 439-532“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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5Created 1896“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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6Created 1912“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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11Acafi[s]tĭaro cu multe alease rugăċiuni pentru evl̇avīĭa fīește căruĭa creștin.АкаѳитШУ0469Щро кШУа64бЩ мШУа64бЩлтє алѣсє рШУа64бЩгъчюни пєнтрШУа64бЩ єѵлаві{u0467} фієщє кърШУа64бЩШУ0467Щ крєщин.Created 1774“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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12by Rader, Matthäus, 1561-1634“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
Created 1627
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13by Rader, Matthäus, 1561-1634“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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14Created 1875“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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15Created 1931“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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16Created 1951“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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17Created 1874“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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18Created 1901“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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19Created 1909“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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21Created 1945“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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22Created 1949“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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23Egkolpion tou anagnōstou : hētoi hierai akolouthiai tou hesperinou tou orthrou tēs TH. leitourgiasFdmrnslrp xry Üpαdp}vxry : jxrl lfuαl Ümrnryklαl xry fvsfulpry xry rukury xjw K. nflxryudlαwCreated 1996“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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24Mikron 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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28by Maria, suor“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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29Created 1528“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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30Created 1957“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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31Created 1957“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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32Created 1935“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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33Created 1899“...Orthodox Eastern Church. Synod of Jerusalem, 1672...”
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34Created 1851“...Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy and ritual. Hirmologion...”
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35Created 1526“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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36Created 1955“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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37Created 1956“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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38Created 1957“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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39Created 2006“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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40by Kaminsʹkyĭ, Viktor“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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41Created 1989“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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42Created 1994“...Orthodox Eastern Church...”
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