Eastern Orthodox Church

American  

noun

1. Orthodox Church.

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Eastern Orthodox Church British  

noun

1. another name for the Orthodox Church

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Eastern Orthodox Church Cultural  

1. One of the three great divisions of Christianity; the others are the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic and Orthodox churches were originally united, but they parted in the eleventh century, when they differed over several points of doctrine, including the supreme authority of the pope, which Orthodox Christians reject.

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Orthodox church buildings are beautifully and elaborately decorated. Worshipers pay special reverence to icons, which are paintings of Jesus and the saints.

The Orthodox Church is the dominant form of Christianity in much of eastern Europe and in Greece.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

He was later welcomed to St George's Cathedral in Istanbul by the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

The monastery was founded in about the fifth century, and by the 18th century was said to have a collection of some 1,300 volumes, an Eastern Orthodox Church official wrote in a letter in 2015.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

He appointed a new leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Gennadius II, who in turn recognized Mehmed’s claim as the legitimate heir of the last Byzantine emperor.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Clergy in the Eastern Orthodox Church, however, have been allowed to marry.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

Except in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which stuck with its neumes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall