• 2.9 Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Empire. 2.10 Eastern Orthodox churches under Communist rule. 2.11 Post-Communism to 21st century.
  • 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.
  • Kiev court orders representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate the Eletsky Monastery in Chernigov.
  • The Orthodox Catholic Church is commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, partly to avoid confusion with the Roman Catholic Church.
  • And i believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.Amen.Truly, there is only one Church in this world and there is only one true apostolic faith, the fa...
  • Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church An Introduction to Eastern Christianity. New York: Penguin, 2015.
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 260 million baptized members.
  • Orthodox Calendar. April 24 – Great and Holy Pascha. Troparia/Kontakia.
  • Today Orthodox Church numbers approximately 300 million Christians who follow the faith and practices that were defined by the first seven ecumenical councils.