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.

Horologion usedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Christian missionary movements hasAgent Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox churches
Saint Cyril church Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Cyril veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Council of Jerusalem recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
James the brother of Jesus recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Psalm 151 recognizedAsCanonicalBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Father, Son, and Spirit are not distinct eternal persons consideredHeresyBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Patripassianism (teaching that the Father suffered on the cross) consideredErrorBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Patripassianism
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Joachim veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Sant’Anna (Italian) veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Sant’Anna
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Baku Governorate religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Ivan III of Russia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Methodius church Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Methodius veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord celebratedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Church of the Deposition of the Robe religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Abkhazians religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
the 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Julian calendar usedByReligiousGroup Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Kakheti religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Basil of Caesarea influenced Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology
Basil of Caesarea veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation religiousAffiliation Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
3 Maccabees religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Bel and the Dragon religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Ash Wednesday observedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Benedict of Nursia veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine convertedTo Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Lateran Council of 649 recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Lateran Council of 649 notEcumenicalFor Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Bartholomew I of Constantinople religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Bartholomew I of Constantinople follows Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Bartholomew I of Constantinople leaderOf Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Georgia religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Apostles veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Pentecostarion usedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Great Compline usedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Byzantine chant religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Magi religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Ingrian Finns religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Kingdom of Greece religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Bulgarians majorReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Bulgarians traditionalReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Greeks religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Alexander Nevsky Lavra denomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Triodion usedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Romanians religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Romanians culturalSphere Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox world
Hagia Sophia originalDenomination Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church