Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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Eastern Orthodox Christianity is one of the three main branches of Christianity, characterized by its continuity with the early Church, its liturgical worship, and its communion of autocephalous churches centered primarily in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

All labels observed (51)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Orthodoxy 1,662
Eastern Orthodox Church 1,627
Eastern Orthodox Christianity canonical 722

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination family
branch of Christianity
alsoKnownAs Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Orthodox Christianity

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Orthodox Church
attributesToLeader primacy of honor to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
centralFigure Jesus Christ
coreDoctrine Incarnation of Christ
surface form: Incarnation of Jesus Christ

Trinity
bodily Resurrection of Christ
original sin understood as ancestral sin
real presence of Christ in the Eucharist
veneration of saints
veneration of the Theotokos
doesNotHave single universal earthly head like the Pope
emphasizes Holy Tradition
apostolic succession
continuity with the early Church
liturgical worship
sacramental life
theosis
eschatology belief in Second Coming of Christ
belief in final judgment
belief in resurrection of the dead
followsCreed Nicene Creed
Nicene Creed
surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
geographicCenter Balkans
Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus region

Eastern Europe
Middle East
governedBy synods of bishops
hasClergyRank bishop
deacon
priest
hasHolyBookPart Bible
surface form: New Testament

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
hasLeaderRole Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
hasLiturgicalForm Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
hasMajorChurch Antiochian Orthodox Church
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Georgian Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
Orthodox Church of Albania
Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Eastern Orthodox Christianity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Orthodox Church of Poland

Eastern Orthodox Christianity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
hasMonasticTradition hesychasm
hasPolity communion of autocephalous churches
episcopal polity
hasPopulation hundreds of millions of adherents worldwide
hasPrimaryScripture Bible
hasSacrament Anointing of the Sick
Baptism
Chrismation
Confession
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

Holy Orders
Marriage
hasSpiritualSource Philokalia
hasSpiritualWriter Church Fathers
hasSupremeOffice archbishop
metropolitan
patriarch
hasTheology Nicene Creed
surface form: Nicene Christianity
historicalOrigin Roman Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

early Christian Church
liturgicalFocus Divine Liturgy
majorFeast Dormition of the Theotokos
Nativity of Christ
Easter
surface form: Pascha

Epiphany
surface form: Theophany

Transfiguration
moralTeachingBasedOn Sermon on the Mount
Ten Commandments
partOf Christianity
practices fasting
icon veneration
liturgical chant
monasticism
use of incense in worship
recognizesCouncil Council of Chalcedon
Council of Ephesus
First Council of Constantinople
First Council of Nicaea
Second Council of Constantinople
Second Council of Nicaea
Third Council of Constantinople
rejectsDoctrine Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed
papal supremacy as defined in Roman Catholicism
sharesRootsWith Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
splitFrom Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church in the East–West Schism of 1054
usesCalendar Julian calendar in many churches
Revised Julian calendar in some churches
usesLanguage Arabic in liturgy
Church Slavonic in liturgy
Georgian in liturgy
Koine Greek in liturgy
Romanian in liturgy
various vernacular languages in liturgy
usesRite Byzantine Rite
usesScripture Septuagint-based Old Testament in many traditions
worships Trinity
surface form: Holy Trinity

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

Pilate’s wife veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Montenegrin royal dynasty Petrović-Njegoš religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Petrović-Njegoš dynasty
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Mircea I of Wallachia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Dunstan veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Dunstan as Archbishop of Canterbury veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Dunstan
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Bagrat IV of Georgia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Trinity Cathedral in Podolsk religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
John II of Trebizond religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
King George IV of Georgia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: George IV of Georgia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Church of Agia Theodora religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Manuel I of Trebizond religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Nicholas Church religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Saint Nicholas Church (Pitești)
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Lazarević dynasty religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Georgian chronicles religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Georgian Chronicles
Kutmichevitsa region of the First Bulgarian Empire religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Kutmichevitsa
St Frideswide veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Vardzia cave monastery religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Vardzia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Naum of Ohrid veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
George religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: George IV of Georgia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Niphon of Chios religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Niphon of Chios veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint George Church religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Saint George Church (Pitești)
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Alexander Zakharchenko religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Church of Panagia Parigoritissa religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Ioannina Island religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Peter veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Peter veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
relics of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Neophytos Kavsokalyvites religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Neophytos Kavsokalyvites veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Bedia Cathedral religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Bedia Monastery religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
John III of Trebizond religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Agiasos religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Romanian Old Kingdom religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
George I of Georgia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
David of Trebizond religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Bishop Wilfrid veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Wilfrid
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
John VII Palaiologos religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
the Brilliant religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: George V of Georgia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
George VI of Georgia (as co-ruler / earlier monarchs in fragmented kingdom) religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: George VI of Georgia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
North Aegean islands religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Vladimirovich of Volhynia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Dominique Moceanu religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Kvirike III of Kakheti religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Valerius of Saragossa veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Kexholm County religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Pope Evaristus veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Pope Anacletus veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Gurandukht of Abkhazia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity