Eastern Orthodox Church
Constantinople's spiritual descendants
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a branch of Christianity comprising self-governing national churches—Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, and others—that share doctrine, liturgy, and recognition of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as a symbolic leader.
It separated from Roman Catholicism in the Great Schism of 1054.
Orthodox worship features icons, incense, and elaborate liturgical traditions.
She converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church after visiting a monastery in Greece.
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