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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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.

From New York Times

The pontiff acknowledged that priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which is considered a part of global Catholicism, are married, and that churches aligned with Rome allow married clergy, who select that option before ordination.

From Washington Times

The museum said that it transferred the artifact, which its founders acquired at a Christie’s auction in 2011, to an Eastern Orthodox Church official in a private ceremony in New York.

From New York Times

Doctrinal disputes and intrigues within the Eastern Orthodox Church often spool out over decades, if not centuries.

From New York Times