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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Euchaita religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Principality of Kostroma religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Principality of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Dorcas veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Smolensk Voivodeship religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Cadfan veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Nikolaos Plastiras religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Yambol religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Maria Feodorovna Nagaya religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Lawrence of Siponto veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Kentigerna veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Alfege veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Lascăr Catargiu religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Crispin veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Feodor I of Russia (stepson) religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Feodor I of Russia
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Ælfheah veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Sulpitius the Pious veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Sulien veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Sulien veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Stelea Monastery religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Kiliia religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Giles of Provence veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Northern Transylvania religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
St Matthew veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Matthew Kantakouzenos religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Monastery of Saint George Feneos religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Uralic peoples religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Setos religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Saint Elmo veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Justin veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Justin Martyr
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Maclou veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Lebuinus veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery, Stratford, Connecticut religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Kherson religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Gregory Tsamblak religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Izhora religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
St George of Choziba veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Boris Konstantinovich of Suzdal religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Euthymius of Suzdal religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Saint Euthymius of Suzdal veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint John the Divine veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
Shiroka Laka religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Shiroka Laka village religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
subject surface form: Shiroka Laka
Trigrad religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Poleshuks religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
Silverius veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church