• The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Church of Constantinople is considered “first among equals” in Orthodox Christianity.
  • We will try to clarify the ambiguities associated with the Orthodox (Orthodox) Church in this article. But for this, you first need to clearly define the terms.
  • Today Orthodox Church numbers approximately 300 million Christians who follow the faith and practices that were defined by the first seven ecumenical councils.
  • The Orthodox Church was heir to the pre-schism churches that had been established by the Apostles. After the schism, Eastern Orthodoxy spread throughout the...
  • Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Ware, Timothy. The Orthodox Church An Introduction to Eastern Christianity. New York: Penguin, 2015.
  • Here is another example of a Gothic-style church built in the 19th century as a Catholic cathedral and converted into an Orthodox church.
  • The Catholic Church does not encourage the veneration of icons in the same way as the Orthodox Church, although it does allow for the use of images in worship.
  • 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.
  • This group was created to promote the built heritage of all Orthodox churches, to promote solidarity among all Eastern Orthodox Christians.