Oriental Orthodoxy

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Oriental Orthodoxy is a family of ancient Eastern Christian churches that reject the Council of Chalcedon and preserve distinct liturgical and theological traditions, especially in regions such as Egypt, Armenia, Ethiopia, and Syria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination family
branch of Eastern Christianity
communion of churches
acceptsCouncil Council of Ephesus
First Council of Constantinople
First Council of Nicaea
christology Miaphysite Christology
dialogueWith Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
distinguishesFrom Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
doctrine belief in the Incarnation of Christ
belief in the Trinity
ecclesiology communion of autocephalous churches
governance episcopal polity
hasClergyRank bishop
catholicos
deacon
patriarch
priest
hasMemberChurch Armenian Apostolic Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
surface form: Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
liturgicalLanguage Classical Armenian
Coptic
Ge'ez
Malayalam
Syriac
liturgicalRite Coptic Rite
surface form: Alexandrian Rite

Armenian Rite
Ethiopian Rite
surface form: Ge'ez Rite

Syriac Rite
surface form: West Syriac Rite
monasticTradition ancient Christian monasticism
primaryRegion Armenia
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
India
Syria
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
religiousTradition Christianity
sacramentalTheology seven sacraments
sharesHeritageWith early Christianity
theologicalOrientation Miaphysitism
veneration Virgin Mary
saints

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Chalcedonian Christianity contrastsWith Oriental Orthodoxy
Mary in Eastern Christianity religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
dabtara religiousBranch Oriental Orthodoxy
Ethiopian Orthodox church schools religion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
post-Byzantine art religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
Theodoret of Cyrrhus veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox tradition (historically, with controversy)
Moran Mor Ignatius Elias III ChristianDenomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Moran Mor Ignatius Elias III ChristianBranch Oriental Orthodoxy
Saint Susanna veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Council of Ancyra recognizedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
April 10 (Armenian Apostolic Church) religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Saints of the Holy Land (tradition) veneratedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians
Lebbaeus veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Christian Arabs religion Oriental Orthodoxy
Armenian Church of St. Sargis, Feodosia denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Saint Paul veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Christendom includesTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
the True Cross veneratedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: True Cross
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Protomartyr associatedBranchOfChristianity Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Sevanavank Monastery denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Hayravank Monastery denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
descent of Christ to the dead (Harrowing of Hell) affirmedByTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: descent of Christ to the dead
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Irene of Thessalonica veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Dismas veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
St. Cyril of Jerusalem veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
canons of the Holy Apostles religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Canons of the Holy Apostles
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast of Saint John the Baptist celebratedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Helena Augusta veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Helen veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Holy Nails veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Simeon veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Christian biblical canon recognizedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Armenian Convent of St. James religion Oriental Orthodoxy
Armenian Seminary religiousAffiliation Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
Serapion of Thmuis veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Cappadocian Fathers veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Homoousian theology acceptedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Pope Innocent I veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Byzantine cross usedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Peoples of the Caucasus hasReligion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Saint Saturnin of Toulouse veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Pamphilus the Martyr veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Gregory Thaumaturgus veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
His Beatitude usedByChurch Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Vitalis veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Zeno veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Saint Zeno of Verona
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Florian veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast of Saint Stephen observedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians
Saint Mary and Saint Botolph veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Saint Mary
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches