Greek Orthodox Church

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Christian denomination Eastern Orthodox Church autocephalous church

The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the largest and most historically influential autocephalous churches within Eastern Orthodoxy, centered in Greece and rooted in Byzantine liturgical and theological tradition.

Aliases (9)

Greek Orthodox Christianity ×12
Church of Greece ×9
Greek Orthodox ×4
Greek Orthodox Christians ×1
Greek Orthodox Church (by conversion) ×1
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate ×1
Greek Orthodox churches ×1
Greek Orthodox community ×1
Greek Orthodoxy ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → Eastern Orthodox Church → autocephalous church →
acceptsCreed	Nicene Creed without Filioque →
baptismPractice	triple immersion →
calendarUsed	Revised Julian calendar →
clergyDiscipline	bishops chosen from monastic clergy → married parish priests allowed →
communionWith	Eastern Orthodox Church →
country	Greece →
currentPrimate	Ieronymos II of Athens →
eucharisticTheology	real presence of Christ in the Eucharist →
followsCouncil	Council of Chalcedon → First Council of Nicaea →
governanceForm	synodal →
governedBy	Holy Synod of the Church of Greece →
hasJurisdictionOver	Greek diaspora → parts of the Greek diaspora in Western Europe → parts of the Greek diaspora in the Americas →
headTitle	Archbishop of Athens and All Greece →
historicalLanguageOfLiturgy	Koine Greek →
liturgicalTradition	Byzantine Rite →
majorFeast	Annunciation → Dormition of the Theotokos → Pascha →
memberOf	Conference of European Churches → World Council of Churches →
monasticCenter	Mount Athos →
ordinationOfWomen	does not ordain women to priesthood →
originatesFrom	Byzantine Empire →
partOf	Eastern Orthodox communion →
primaryTerritory	Crete → Dodecanese → Greece → Greek islands → Mount Athos →
recognizes	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as primus inter pares →
scriptureCanon	New Testament of 27 books → Septuagint-based Old Testament →
separatedFrom	Roman Catholic Church →
separationEvent	East–West Schism →
separationYear	1054 →
theologicalTradition	Eastern Orthodox theology →
uses	icons in worship →
usesLanguage	Greek →
venerates	Theotokos → saints →
viewsOnEcumenism	participates in ecumenical dialogue →

Referenced by (87)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Papagos → Alexandros Papagos → Angelo Tsakopoulos ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Archangelos (Rhodes) → Argos → Charles Malik ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Elia Kazan → Elizabeth Stamatina Fey → George II of Greece → Greek Necropolis → Greek royal family → Irene Papas → Jennifer Aniston → John E. Sununu → John E. Sununu → King Paul of Greece → Lebanese American ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Lebanese people ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Mikis Theodorakis → Mykonos ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Paul Sarbanes → Reince Priebus → Rita Wilson → Spyridon Louis → Tina Fey → Tom Hanks ("Greek Orthodox Church (by conversion)") → Vangelis →	religion
Church of Saint George, Lod → Church of the Nativity → Dionysiou Monastery → Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation ("Greek Orthodox") → Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora ("Greek Orthodox") → Holy Synod of the Church of Greece → Holy Trinity Monastery → Nea Moni of Chios → Patras Cathedral → Philotheou Monastery → St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery →	denomination
Antiochian Orthodox Church → Bulgarian Orthodox Church → Georgian Orthodox Church → Orthodox Church of Alexandria ("Church of Greece") → Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ("Church of Greece") → Serbian Orthodox Church →	communionWith
Kos ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Lesbos ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Rhodes ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") →	religionMajority
Dodecanese ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") → Nisyros ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") →	hasReligion
Orthodox Church of Albania → Patriarchate of Constantinople ("Church of Greece") →	inCommunionWith
Dormition Fast → Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts →	observedBy
Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora ("Church of Greece") → Holy Synod of the Church of Greece ("Church of Greece") →	partOf
Cherubic Hymn → Pentecostarion →	usedBy
Revised Julian calendar →	adoptedBy
Patras Cathedral ("Church of Greece") →	affiliation
St. Anne Skete →	associatedWith
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple →	celebratedBy
John of Damascus →	church
Church of the Holy Sepulchre →	denominationSharing
Meteora →	governedBy
Esphigmenou Monastery ("Greek Orthodox") →	hasDenomination
Holy Synod of the Church of Greece ("Church of Greece") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Eastern Orthodox Christianity →	hasMajorChurch
Btourram ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") →	hasMajorityReligion
Ioannina ("Greek Orthodox Christians") →	hasReligiousCommunity
Skiros ("Greek Orthodox churches") →	hasReligiousSite
Phanar district of Istanbul ("Greek Orthodox community") →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Eastern Christianity →	includes
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church →	isDistinctFrom
Greek language →	isLiturgicalLanguageOf
Orthodox Church of Alexandria ("Greek Orthodox") →	languageGroup
Greek American ("Greek Orthodox Patriarchate") →	maintainsTransnationalTiesWith
Christian Quarter →	majorDenominationPresence
Kingdom of Greece →	majorReligion
Aegina ("Greek Orthodox Christianity") →	modernReligionMajority
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) ("Church of Greece") →	participatingBody
Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine ("Church of Greece") →	recognizedBy
Greek American →	religionTraditionallyAssociatedWith
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation →	religiousAffiliation
St. Stephen Monastery →	religiousDenomination
Constitution of 1844 (Greece) →	stateReligion
Flag of Greece ("Greek Orthodoxy") →	symbolizes
Byzantine text-type →	usedIn