Orthodox Church (disambiguation)

Orthodox Church (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists churches, communions, and movements commonly referred to as "Orthodox Church", spanning traditions in Christianity such as Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, and historic Eastern Catholic Churches. Entries include major bodies like the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Russian Orthodox Church, and the Coptic Orthodox Church, alongside smaller jurisdictions, revived movements, and legal or liturgical usages across regions such as Greece, Russia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Armenia, and Romania.

Eastern Orthodoxy

The term often denotes the Eastern Orthodox Church, a communion of autocephalous churches including the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Church of Greece, Russian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Georgian Orthodox Church, Polish Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church in America, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Albanian Orthodox Church, Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric, Finnish Orthodox Church, Belarusian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate), Metropolis of Pergamon, Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai, Church of Cyprus, Church of Albania, Orthodox Church in Japan, Orthodox Church in Australia, Orthodox Church of Poland, Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta, Orthodox Church of China and other autocephalous, autonomous, and exarchate jurisdictions. Historical milestones and institutions associated include the Council of Chalcedon, Council of Nicaea, Great Schism (1054), Fourth Crusade, Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia, Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Patriarchate of Antioch, Patriarchate of Alexandria, Mount Athos, Kievan Rus' conversion to Christianity, Baptism of Rus'', Novgorod Republic, Moscow Kremlin, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Saint Nicholas of Myra, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, John Chrysostom, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, Council of Ephesus, Third Rome.

Oriental Orthodoxy

"Orthodox Church" can indicate the family of Oriental Orthodox Churches which reject the Council of Chalcedon definitions and include the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Armenian Apostolic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Indian Orthodox Church, Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East, Church of Saint Menas, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Catholicos of the East, Abune Mathias, Ignatius Aphrem II, Karekin II, Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Saint Frumentius, Saint Severus of Antioch, Council of Antioch, Edessa, Aleppo, Alexandria Cathedral (Cairo), Ethiopian Empire, Axum, Kerala, Malabar Coast, and figures connected to ancient patristic theology such as Dioscorus of Alexandria and Severus of Antioch.

Eastern Catholic and Uniate Churches

Some bodies termed "Orthodox" historically or colloquially overlap with Eastern Catholic Churches—Eastern Christian churches in communion with Holy See such as the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, Croatian Greek Catholic Church, Albanian Greek Catholic Church, Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Križevci, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, Pope John Paul II, Council of Florence, Union of Brest, Union of Uzhhorod, Union of Florence, Treaty of Lublin, Habsburg Monarchy, Ottoman Empire, Galicia (Eastern Europe), Transylvania, Lviv.

Other Churches and Movements Called "Orthodox"

Various independent, schismatic, or revivalist groups self-identify as "Orthodox": Old Believers, True Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, Serbian Orthodox Free Church, Autocephalous Orthodox Church of America (unrecognized), Reformed Orthodox Church (disambiguation), British Orthodox Church, British Orthodox Church (1978), Greek Old Calendarists, Cyprus Orthodox Church (noncanonical), Ecclesia Gnostica, National Church movements, Christianity and National Identity movements, Monastic communities and several Oriental Orthodoxy revivalist and Eastern Orthodox renewal efforts. Historical schisms and events include the Raskol, Council of Florence schism repercussions, Union of Brest aftermath, Russian Revolution, Soviet anti-religious campaign, Russian diaspora, Diaspora communities in North America, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America schisms.

Disambiguation of Terms and Usage

The label "Orthodox Church" appears in legal, liturgical, and ecumenical contexts tied to institutions such as the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Holy Synod of Antioch, Holy Synod of Alexandria, Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, Apostolic Constitutions, Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Liturgy of Saint James, Liturgy of Saint Mark, Eastern Christian liturgy traditions, Byzantine Rite, Alexandrian Rite, Armenian Rite, West Syriac Rite, East Syriac Rite, and canonical texts like the Nomocanon. Geographical usages include "Orthodox Church in America", "Orthodox Church of Greece", "Orthodox Church of Russia", "Orthodox Church of Georgia", "Orthodox Church of Serbia", "Orthodox Church of Romania", "Orthodox Church of Bulgaria", "Orthodox Church of Cyprus", "Orthodox Church of Poland", "Orthodox Church of Albania". For ecumenical relations see World Council of Churches, Faith and Order Commission, Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox–Catholic dialogue, Eastern Orthodox–Oriental Orthodox dialogue, Pan-Orthodox Council proposals.

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