Eastern Christianity

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Christian denomination family branch of Christianity religious tradition

Eastern Christianity is the collective tradition of Christian churches rooted primarily in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Africa and Asia, characterized by their liturgical richness, emphasis on mysticism and theosis, and historical development apart from the Western (Roman Catholic and Protestant) branches.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Christianity canonical	162
Eastern Church	7
Eastern Christian spirituality	5
Eastern Christendom	2
Eastern Christian	2
Eastern Christian tradition	2
Eastern Christian traditions	1
Eastern Churches	1
Oriental Christendom	1
Oriental and Byzantine churches	1
Slavic Christianity	1

Statements (100)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination family ⓘ branch of Christianity ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
contrastsWith	Western Christianity ⓘ
developedApartFrom	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
differsFromWesternChristianityIn	some liturgical practices ⓘ some theological emphases ⓘ understanding of papal primacy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Christian tradition Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Churches
hasCharacteristic	conciliar ecclesiology ⓘ emphasis on continuity with early Church ⓘ emphasis on mystery in theology ⓘ liturgical richness ⓘ strong monastic tradition ⓘ use of ancient liturgical languages ⓘ use of icons in worship ⓘ
hasClericalStructure	autocephalous churches ⓘ autonomous churches ⓘ patriarchates ⓘ synods of bishops ⓘ
hasGeographicCenter	Caucasus ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ Middle East ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	Byzantine Empire ⓘ eastern provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ pre-Chalcedonian Christian communities ⓘ
hasMajorFeast	Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ Nativity of Christ ⓘ Easter ⓘ surface form: Pascha Feast of the Theophany ⓘ surface form: Theophany Transfiguration ⓘ
hasMonasticCenter	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ⓘ surface form: Lavra of the Holy Trinity–St. Sergius Mount Athos ⓘ Wadi El Natrun ⓘ
hasPrimaryLiturgy	Anaphora of Addai and Mari ⓘ Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ Liturgy of St. James ⓘ
hasSacrament	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist anointing of the sick ⓘ baptism ⓘ chrismation ⓘ confession ⓘ marriage ⓘ ordination ⓘ
hasSpiritualTradition	Jesus Prayer ⓘ hesychast tradition ⓘ surface form: hesychasm
hasTheologicalEmphasis	Incarnation ⓘ Trinity ⓘ apophatic theology ⓘ liturgical worship ⓘ mysticism ⓘ sacramental life ⓘ theosis ⓘ veneration of icons ⓘ
includes	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Ancient Church of the East Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Church of the East tradition ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ Maronite Christianity ⓘ surface form: Maronite Church Melkite Greek Catholic ⓘ surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ
recognizesCouncil	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ Council of Ephesus ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
sharesCommonHeritageWith	Western Christianity ⓘ
usesCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar Julian calendar ⓘ Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
usesLiturgicalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Armenian language ⓘ surface form: Armenian Church Slavonic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ surface form: Classical Syriac Coptic language ⓘ surface form: Coptic Ge'ez ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ various vernacular languages ⓘ
venerates	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Theotokos relics ⓘ saints ⓘ

Referenced by (185)

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

Dormition of the Theotokos → tradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Byzantine Rite → religiousTraditionOf → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Arabs → dominantRiteInChristianity → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Star of the Sea → tradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Syriac → usedIn → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Assyrians → traditionalReligionBranch → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Syriac Rite → isPartOf → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Ethiopian Rite → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Christmastide → observedIn → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Christianization of Europe → relatedTo → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Christendom

Western Christianity → isContrastedWith → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

John Chrysostom → church → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Saint Andrew → feastDayObservedBy → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Bulgarian Orthodox Church → influenced → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Slavic Christianity

Maundy Thursday → observedIn → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Russians → traditionalReligionBranch → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Cyril of Alexandria → denomination → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Evagrius Ponticus → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Glagolitic script → associatedReligion → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

St. Isaac the Syrian → churchTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Chrismation in Eastern Christianity → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Euchologion → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Western Ukraine → dominantReligion → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

hesychast tradition → religiousBranchOf → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Aphrahat → veneratedIn → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Sūrāyē → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Canon 1 → religiousDenomination → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Little Entrance → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

John of Antioch → church → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → hasAlternativeName → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Churches

Eastern Christianity → hasAlternativeName → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Christian tradition

Second Council of Ephesus → denomination → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Photian Schism → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Saint Yared → veneratedIn → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters → denominationalContext → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Paschal troparion → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Paschal Stichera → religiousDenomination → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Georgian Catholic Church → spiritualHeritage → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Christian spirituality

Carpatho-Ukraine → religionMajority → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Cumans → laterReligion → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Daniel of Galicia → religion → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Cathédrale de la Major → styleInfluence → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oriental and Byzantine churches

Petro → nameDayTraditionRegion → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Cyrus of Alexandria → tradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Iconoclasm → religion → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

subject surface form: Byzantine Iconoclasm

Byzantine art → hasReligiousContext → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Tau cross → hasReligiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ

Life of Antony → religiousTradition → Eastern Christianity ⓘ