Eastern Orthodox

adjective

1. of or relating to the Orthodox Church.

Example Sentences

Professor Scott Kenworthy, who studies the history and thought of Eastern Orthodox Christianity - particularly in modern Russia - says his OCA parish in Cincinnati "is absolutely bursting at the seams".

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As Pope, he made great efforts to heal the thousand-year rift with the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Eastern Orthodox Christians usually celebrate Easter later than Catholic and Protestant churches, because they use a different method of calculating the date for the holy day that marks Christ’s resurrection.

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Six percussionists struck amplified two-by-fours — a take on simantras, planks of wood shaped to create specific tones, which have a history of being used in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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When Mark Doox entered an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Texas in 1987, he thought he might have a calling as a monk.

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