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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Third Epistle of John includedInCanonOf Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Syriac Orthodox Church religiousFamily Oriental Orthodoxy
Saint Mary veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Shenoute of Atripe veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos liturgicalTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos observedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians
Ephrem the Syrian veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Anthony the Great veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) religiousDenomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Chalcedonian Definition notRecognizedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Macarius of Egypt veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Mark the Evangelist veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
John Mark traditionallyVeneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Faith and Order Commission affiliation Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches
Andrew the Apostle veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
First Epistle of John canonicalIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches
Unction of the Sick practicedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) denominationalContext Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Christian liturgical year usedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Canon 1 authorityIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Epiclesis usedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Desert Mothers veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Moses the Black veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Poemen the Great veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple celebratedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Second Epistle to the Corinthians canonicalIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Joseph the Betrothed reveredIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Vitus veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Third Ecumenical Council recognizedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Michael veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Meletius of Antioch veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Epistle to Titus includedInCanonOf Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches
Saint Chad veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
First Epistle to Timothy includedInCanonOf Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Eastern Christianity includes Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Second Council of Ephesus denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
Simon the Zealot veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Christian saints veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Martha veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Mashdots (Ritual book) religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Mashdots
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Hymnal (Sharakan collection) religiousDenomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church communion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church communion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
Saint Cassian of Imola veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Mariology usedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Church religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Zema chant tradition religiousDenomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
St Mary veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches