• The Orthodox Catholic Church is commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, partly to avoid confusion with the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Schisms and Councils Throughout history, the Orthodox Church faced several schisms, leading to the formation of various Orthodox jurisdictions.
  • Following the 1054 Great Schism, both the Western Church and Eastern Church continued to consider themselves uniquely orthodox and catholic .
  • 2.9 Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Empire. 2.10 Eastern Orthodox churches under Communist rule. 2.11 Post-Communism to 21st century.
  • Ortodoks Kilisesi, her ülkede ayrı örgütlenmiştir. Her bağımsız Ortodoks kilisenin bir başpiskoposu ve ona bağlı piskoposları bulunur.
  • Today Orthodox Church numbers approximately 300 million Christians who follow the faith and practices that were defined by the first seven ecumenical councils.
  • What does Orthodoxy Teach? The word Orthodox is Greek for ‘right glory’ and refers to the correctness and truth of the Orthodox Church’s faith and worship (cf.
  • While these elements may define other, heterodox churches, they fall exceedingly short of the full scope of the Orthodox Church.
  • Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church An Introduction to Eastern Christianity. New York: Penguin, 2015.