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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Polish Orthodox Church canonical 13
Church of Poland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox Church
autocephalous church
allowsDivorce in limited circumstances
autocephalyGrantedBy Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
autocephalyStatus autocephalous
clergyCanMarryAfterOrdination no
clergyCanMarryBeforeOrdination yes
communion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox communion
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
liturgicalFamily Byzantine liturgical tradition
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite
primaryLanguageOfLiturgy Belarusian
Church Slavonic
Polish
Ukrainian
recognisedBy Orthodox Church of Albania
surface form: Albanian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church
autocephalous Church of Greece
surface form: Church of Greece

Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Georgian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
sacramentalTheology seven sacraments
seeAlso Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Russian Orthodox Church
servesCommunity Orthodox Christian minority in Poland
territorialJurisdiction Republic of Poland
typeOfHierarchy episcopal
usesCalendar Julian calendar (for some feasts)
Revised Julian calendar
surface form: Revised Julian calendar (for some feasts)
veneration icons
saints

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Referenced by (14)

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

Church Slavonic usedBy Polish Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of Alexandria communionWith Polish Orthodox Church
Revised Julian calendar adoptedBy Polish Orthodox Church
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) participatingBody Polish Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Church of Poland
Patriarchate of Constantinople inCommunionWith Polish Orthodox Church
Milanković calendar usedBy Polish Orthodox Church
Holy and Great Council attendedBy Polish Orthodox Church
Metropolitan usedInJurisdiction Polish Orthodox Church
subject surface form: Metropolitan (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Orthodox Church of Ukraine notRecognizedBy Polish Orthodox Church
Slavic Orthodox Churches includesChurch Polish Orthodox Church
Orthodox churches includesChurch Polish Orthodox Church
autocephalous Church of Greece communionWith Polish Orthodox Church