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a) The Eastern body of Christendomb) That part of Christendom apart from the Catholic Church
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Orthodox Church — • The body of Christians in union with the Patriarch of Constantinople but in schism with the Pope of Rome. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Orthodox Church Orthodox Church … Catholic encyclopedia
Orthodox Church — noun count or uncount a Christian church most of whose members live in eastern Europe and parts of Asia and Africa: the Eastern/Greek/Russian Orthodox Church … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Orthodox Church — ► NOUN ▪ a Christian Church acknowledging the authority of the patriarch of Constantinople … English terms dictionary
Orthodox Church — n [U and C] one of the Christian churches in Greece, eastern Europe, and parts of Asia … Dictionary of contemporary English
Orthodox Church — noun derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Orthodox Catholic Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox Church, ↑Eastern Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox • Members of this Topic: ↑canonization, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Orthodox Church — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Orthodox Church : singular Orthodox Church plural Orthodox Churches a Christian church most of whose members live in eastern Europe and parts of Asia and Africa the Eastern/Greek/Russian Orthodox… … English dictionary
Orthodox Church — 1. the Christian church comprising the local and national Eastern churches that are in communion with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople; Byzantine Church. 2. (originally) the Christian church of those countries formerly comprising the… … Universalium
Orthodox Church in America — Founder Independence 1970 Recognition Autocephalous by the … Wikipedia
Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine — The Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine (Lithuanian: Šv. Konstantino ir Michailo Cerkvė) is a Russian Orthodox church in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was built in 1913 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty.[1] … Wikipedia
Orthodox Church organization — Part of a series on Eastern Christianity … Wikipedia
Orthodox Church in Hawaii — The Main Altar Cross of the Russian Orthodox Church of Hawaii in Honolulu This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in the Americas … Wikipedia
