the Orthodox Church
noun
: a branch of the Christian church that has members mainly in the area from eastern Europe to eastern Africa
the Russian/Greek/Ethiopian Orthodox Church
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Former leaders of the Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, a 70-year-old congregation that was once a mansion belonging to Miami’s first mayor, have been ordered by a judge to vacate the property by Friday and open the doors to the Orthodox Church in America.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Easter is a lunar festival calculated using the moon’s phases and the spring equinox, but the Orthodox Church's rules are slightly different from that of the Western Christian church.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Christianity rapidly spread afterward, becoming the official religion of the empire in 380 A.D.
Constantine is especially significant to the Orthodox Church, which canonized him for his efforts, unlike the Roman Catholic Church.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025
Peter & Paul parish leaders, alerted by Zervos via cellphone as he was taken away, logged into the church’s security cameras just in time to see a pair of high officials from the other party in the dispute, the Orthodox Church in America, or OCA, drive up in a white cargo van with a locksmith.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
The West follows the Gregorian calendar, while the Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In the past decade, representatives of the Orthodox Church have systematically restored old Pomor crosses and erected new ones.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Three Kings Day is also known by the name Epiphany and in the Orthodox Church, the holiday is known as Theophany and commemorates Christ's baptism.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 5 Jan. 2024
Western security and intelligence services have warned that the Kremlin is particularly reliant on the Orthodox Church abroad—both for recruiting intelligence sources and for carrying out influence operations—because it is not directly affected by international sanctions.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Easter is a lunar festival calculated using the moon’s phases and the spring equinox, but the Orthodox Church's rules are slightly different from that of the Western Christian church.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Christianity rapidly spread afterward, becoming the official religion of the empire in 380 A.D.
Constantine is especially significant to the Orthodox Church, which canonized him for his efforts, unlike the Roman Catholic Church.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025
Peter & Paul parish leaders, alerted by Zervos via cellphone as he was taken away, logged into the church’s security cameras just in time to see a pair of high officials from the other party in the dispute, the Orthodox Church in America, or OCA, drive up in a white cargo van with a locksmith.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
The West follows the Gregorian calendar, while the Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In the past decade, representatives of the Orthodox Church have systematically restored old Pomor crosses and erected new ones.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Three Kings Day is also known by the name Epiphany and in the Orthodox Church, the holiday is known as Theophany and commemorates Christ's baptism.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 5 Jan. 2024
Western security and intelligence services have warned that the Kremlin is particularly reliant on the Orthodox Church abroad—both for recruiting intelligence sources and for carrying out influence operations—because it is not directly affected by international sanctions.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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