- The Orthodox Catholic Church is commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, partly to avoid confusion with the Roman Catholic Church.
- Orthodox Christianity is a branch of Christianity that traces its roots back to the early Christian Church and the teachings of Jesus Christ as recorded in the...
- The common name of the church, "Eastern Orthodox Church", is a shortened practicality that helps to avoid confusions in casual use.
- Following the 1054 Great Schism, both the Western Church and Eastern Church continued to consider themselves uniquely orthodox and catholic .
- The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian denomination in Eastern Europe. It has over two hundred million members who are baptized and operates as a.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church An Introduction to Eastern Christianity. New York: Penguin, 2015.
- The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople is considered “first among equals” in Orthodox Christianity.
- Today Orthodox Church numbers approximately 300 million Christians who follow the faith and practices that were defined by the first seven ecumenical councils.
- Synod temporarily suspends Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) while commission investigates accusations. Another New Martyr canonized by Russian Orthodox Church.