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Byzantine Church

American  

Byzantine Church British  

noun

  1. another name for the Orthodox Church

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The most serious was the fire stared next to the ruins of the Byzantine Church of St George.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

The bells of the Byzantine Church of the Resurrection are ringing.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Byzantine Church greatly increased its influence in Bulgaria during his reign, and works of theology grew like mushrooms.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill

This is Anno Mundi, according to the chronology of at least a section of the Byzantine Church, Christ having been born, after that reckoning, 5509 years after the creation of the world.

From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James

Close to Santa Sophia in the Seraglio grounds is the old Byzantine Church of Saint Irene, now painted an ugly pink, and used by the Turks as an armory and museum.

From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)