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.

Makarios religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Makarios of Corinth
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Makarios veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Makarios of Corinth
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Metropolitan of Corinth religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Cenydd veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Natela of Samtskhe religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Athos religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Principality of Kakheti religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Heraclius I of Kakheti religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
John Sinaites veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Church on the Blood of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Rus religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Brusensky Monastery religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Yaropolk II of Kiev religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Eudoxia of Moscow religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Stephen I veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Stephen I of Hungary
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Isaac Syrus veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Isaac of Nineveh
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Isaac of Qatar veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Gapon religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Georgy Gapon
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Poltava Theological Seminary religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Lemko people religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
St. Olaf veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Viacheslav I of Kiev religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Kitsos Tzavelas religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Vojvoda Mladen Milovanović religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Olaf Haraldsson veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Marcellus veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Orativ religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
John Skylitzes religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Khorgom, Ottoman Empire religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Khorgom
The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint George veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Drostan of Deer veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Drostan of Aberdour veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Drostán veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Drustan veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Chrysanthus veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Daria veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Vseslav of Polotsk religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Maria Temryukovna religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Volodymyr the Great veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Konstantin Päts religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Wigstan veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Juliana veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
King Edmund of East Anglia veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Edmund of East Anglia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Lucius veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Cyril I of Constantinople religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
St John the Baptist veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: John the Baptist
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Mark veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Church of Saint Catherine religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Vlatadon Monastery religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Monastery of Saint John Alarga religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy