Polish Orthodox Church

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The Polish Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in Poland, following Byzantine liturgical traditions and serving primarily the country’s Orthodox Christian minority.

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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox Church
autocephalous church
allowsDivorce in limited circumstances
autocephalyGrantedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
autocephalyStatus autocephalous
clergyCanMarryAfterOrdination no
clergyCanMarryBeforeOrdination yes
communion Eastern Orthodox communion NERFINISHED
country Poland
doctrine Nicene Creed
Seven Ecumenical Councils
ecclesiasticalTitleOfPrimate Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland
governanceStructure Holy Synod
hasClericalOrder bishops
deacons
priests
hasDiocesesIn Poland
hasMonasticTradition yes
headquartersLocation Warsaw NERFINISHED
liturgicalFamily Byzantine liturgical tradition
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED
primaryLanguageOfLiturgy Belarusian
Church Slavonic
Polish
Ukrainian
recognisedBy Albanian Orthodox Church
Bulgarian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Church of Greece NERFINISHED
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
Georgian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
Orthodox Church of Cyprus NERFINISHED
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Serbian Orthodox Church
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
sacramentalTheology seven sacraments
seeAlso Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia NERFINISHED
Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
servesCommunity Orthodox Christian minority in Poland
territorialJurisdiction Republic of Poland NERFINISHED
typeOfHierarchy episcopal
usesCalendar Julian calendar (for some feasts)
Revised Julian calendar (for some feasts)
veneration icons
saints


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