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	KAH The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to: The Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago.... : the Eastern Christian Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christianity traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Christianity in Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity.... churches of Byzantine Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgy used currently by all the Eastern Orthodox Churches and by the Greek-Catholic Churches .... tradition that adhere to the first seven Ecumenical Council Ecumenical council An ecumenical council is a conference of the bishops of the whole Christian Church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice.... s, and are in full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the fourteen autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of "Primus inter pares" among the world's Orthodox bishops.... and with each other. The Oriental Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christianity Churches that recognize only three ecumenical councils ? the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus.... : the Eastern Christian Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christianity traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Christianity in Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity.... churches adhering to the teachings of only the first three Ecumenical Councils (plus the Second Council of Ephesus Second Council of Ephesus The Second Council of Ephesus was a church synod in 449 AD. It was convoked by Emperor Theodosius II as an Ecumenical council but because of the controversial proceedings it was not accepted as Ecumenical, labelled a Latrocinium and later repudiated at the Council of Chalcedon.... ). Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christianity traditions and churches which developed in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Christianity in Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity.... : Any Christian tradition tracing its origins to the East (the Balkans Balkans The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic subregion of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia.... , Asia Minor, the Middle East Middle East File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East.... , Eastern Europe Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i... , etc.) including the Eastern Catholic churches. This usage is generally considered improper although it is not uncommon. Any Christian Christianity Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life.... faith that adheres to the teachings of the first seven First seven Ecumenical Councils In the history of Christianity, the first seven Ecumenical Councils, from the First Council of Nicaea to the Second Council of Nicaea , represent an attempt to reach an orthodoxy consensus and to establish a unified Christendom.... (or three) Ecumenical Councils of the Church. Any particular Christian "faith Faith Faith is the confident belief in the truth of or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. It is also used for a belief, characteristically without proof.... " believed by its followers to be correct by comparison to other faiths. In this sense every Church considers its own faith orthodox. Note: The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches are generally not in communion and do not represent a unified religious tradition. (However the Syriac Orthodox Church Syriac Orthodox Church The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephaly Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East, with members spread throughout the world. It schism with Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism over the Council of Chalcedon, which the Syriac Orthodox Church rejects.... of the Oriental Orthodox Communion and the Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Eastern Orthodox Communion are in communion with one another.) As such, the term Orthodox Christianity when used to refer to these two Churches collectively refers more to a common eastern influence than to doctrinal matters. See also The term is also used by some church bodies associated with the Old Catholic Church Old Catholic Church The Old Catholic Church is a Christianity denomination originating with mainly German language-speaking groups that split from the Holy See in the 1870s because they disagreed with the solemn declaration of the doctrine of papal infallibility promulgated by the First Vatican Council .... , Continuing Anglican Movement Continuing Anglican Movement The term Continuing Anglican refers to Anglicanism or former Episcopal Church churches that either separated from the Anglican Communion or formed outside the Anglican Communion in order to continue the faith and practices they believe were altered, revised or abandoned during the modernization of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Churc... , and Liberal Catholic Church Liberal Catholic Church The Liberal Catholic Church is a form of Christianity open to theosophy and even reincarnation. It is not connected to the Roman Catholic Church.... . cy:Eglwysi Uniongred fr:Christianisme orthodoxe th:???????????????????????? List of Orthodox Churches List of Orthodox Churches Orthodox Churches belong mainly to two groups, Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy. Dialogues aimed at achieving full communion between them are in progress, with the hope of overcoming the schism that has divided them since the Council of Chalcedon in 451.... Eastern Catholic Churches Old Believers Old Believers In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the Old Believers became separated after 1666~1667 from the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon.... , a movement containing a large number of independent Eastern Orthodox denominations, which broke from the Russian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church The Russian Orthodox Church ; or The Moscow Patriarchate , also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christianity who constitute an Autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow, in full communion with the other Eastern Orthodox Churches.... in the 17th century: Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born from a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church following the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of 17th century .... Western Orthodoxy Slavisphere