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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Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church confessionalFamily Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
James the Righteous veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Paopi belongsToDenomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Pashons religiousContext Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Coptic Christianity
Paoni religiousContext Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Coptic Christianity
Triumph of the Cross observedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Elevation of the Holy Cross celebratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Elevation of the Holy Cross observedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christians
True Cross veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Patriarch of Ethiopia denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Axum religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
Archbishop of Axum associatedWith Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Christianity
Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot tradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot denominationalFamily Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
St. Tekle Haymanot veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Holy Synod denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Holy Synod affiliation Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
Saint Maurice veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Johannine epistles canonicalIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches
Saint James veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Jacobite Church religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
Jacobite Church selfIdentification Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church (in Oriental Orthodox sense)
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East seeAlso Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East belongsToCommunion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
Ignatius Aphrem II religion Oriental Orthodoxy
Ignatius Aphrem II religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Ignatius Aphrem II partOf Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Patriarch religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Western religions includesReligion Oriental Orthodoxy
Bishop of Batnan in Serugh religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Syrian Monastery associatedWith Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Coptic Christianity
Atripé religion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Coptic Christianity
infant Mary veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Infant Mary
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Empress Helena veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Life of Anthony (subject of biography by Athanasius of Alexandria) religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Life of Anthony
this entity surface form: Coptic Christianity
Anaphora usedBy Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: Anaphora (Eucharistic prayer)
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Saint Severus of Antioch church Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Church
Iranian Armenian Americans followsRite Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Christianity
Geʽez religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy
James veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
subject surface form: James the Just
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Mor Afrem veneratedIn Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Nitrian Desert monastic center denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Coptic Christianity
Paromeos Monastery denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox
Bar Hebraeus religion Oriental Orthodoxy
Coptic Orthodox diaspora worldwide belongsToCommunion Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
Makaravank Monastery denomination Oriental Orthodoxy
this entity surface form: Oriental Orthodox