- The Orthodox Church is the one Church founded by Jesus Christ and his apostles, begun at the day of Pentecost with the descent of the Holy Spirit in A.D. 33.
- Following the 1054 Great Schism, both the Western Church and Eastern Church continued to consider themselves uniquely orthodox and catholic.
- The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople is considered “first among equals” in Orthodox Christianity.
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- The Orthodox Catholic Church is commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, partly to avoid confusion with the Roman Catholic Church.
- The Western Rite orthodox church is a branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Its rite is similar to that of the Celtic rite.
- Today Orthodox Church numbers approximately 300 million Christians who follow the faith and practices that were defined by the first seven ecumenical councils.
- Schisms and Councils Throughout history, the Orthodox Church faced several schisms, leading to the formation of various Orthodox jurisdictions.
- The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 260 million baptized members.
- Year Book And Church Directory Of The Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church Of America (Metropolia) , New York, N.Y., 1963, pp. 7-11.