Greek Orthodox Church

E15396

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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Greek Orthodox Church canonical	190
Greek Orthodox Christianity	42
Greek Orthodox	21
Greek Orthodox Christians	11
Church of Greece	9
Greek Orthodox churches	8
Greek Orthodoxy	7
Churches of the Greek Orthodox Church	1
Greek Orthodox Church (by conversion)	1
Greek Orthodox Church (dominant)	1
Greek Orthodox Churches	1
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate	1
Greek Orthodox church	1
Greek Orthodox community	1
Ελληνική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ autocephalous church ⓘ
acceptsCreed	Nicene Creed ⓘ surface form: Nicene Creed without Filioque
baptismPractice	triple immersion ⓘ
calendarUsed	Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
clergyDiscipline	bishops chosen from monastic clergy ⓘ married parish priests allowed ⓘ
communionWith	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Easter ⓘ surface form: 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 Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox communion
primaryTerritory	Crete ⓘ Dodecanese ⓘ Greece ⓘ Greek islands ⓘ Mount Athos ⓘ
recognizes	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as primus inter pares ⓘ
scriptureCanon	New Testament ⓘ surface form: New Testament of 27 books Septuagint-based Old Testament ⓘ
separatedFrom	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
separationEvent	East–West Schism ⓘ
separationYear	1054 ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
uses	icons in worship ⓘ
usesLanguage	Greek ⓘ
venerates	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Theotokos saints ⓘ
viewsOnEcumenism	participates in ecumenical dialogue ⓘ

Referenced by (296)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasMajorChurch → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Greek American → religionTraditionallyAssociatedWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Greek American → maintainsTransnationalTiesWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

Lebanese American → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity

Meteora → governedBy → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Angelo Tsakopoulos → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity

Vangelis → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Charles Malik → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity

John E. Sununu → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → observedBy → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Tom Hanks → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Church (by conversion)

St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery → denomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Serbian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Tina Fey → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Bulgarian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Georgian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Antiochian Orthodox Church → communionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → communionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of Greece

Orthodox Church of Alexandria → communionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of Greece

Orthodox Church of Alexandria → languageGroup → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox

Reince Priebus → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Albania → inCommunionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Church of the Holy Sepulchre → denominationSharing → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Lesbos → religionMajority → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity

Dodecanese → hasReligion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity

Holy Trinity Monastery → denomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Revised Julian calendar → adoptedBy → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) → participatingBody → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of Greece

Dormition Fast → observedBy → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexandros Papagos → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Stephen Monastery → religiousDenomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Phanar district of Istanbul → historicallyAssociatedWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox community

Cherubic Hymn → usedBy → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Alexander Papagos → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation → religiousAffiliation → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation → denomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox

Pentecostarion → usedBy → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Kingdom of Greece → majorReligion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Patriarchate of Constantinople → inCommunionWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of Greece

Paul Sarbanes → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Aegina → modernReligionMajority → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity

Flag of Greece → symbolizes → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodoxy

Greek language → isLiturgicalLanguageOf → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

St. Anne Skete → associatedWith → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Philotheou Monastery → denomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Esphigmenou Monastery → hasDenomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox

Byzantine text-type → usedIn → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Irene Papas → religion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Dionysiou Monastery → denomination → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

Btourram → hasMajorityReligion → Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Orthodox Christianity