Orthodox Christianity
Byzantine church tradition
Orthodox Christianity is the branch of Christianity centered on the Eastern churches that separated from Roman Catholicism in the Great Schism of 1054.
It emphasizes ancient liturgical traditions, icons, and the authority of ecumenical councils rather than papal supremacy.
The largest bodies are the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox churches.
She converted to Orthodox Christianity after visiting a monastery in Greece.
Representative small images
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- mosaicsPictures made from fragments
- haloLuminous ring overhead
- saintsCanonized religious figures
veneration · hagiography · iconoclast · martyrs · relics · gold leaf · tempera
Male head of family
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- feast daysReligious celebration dates
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- venerationProfound admiring respect
relics · pilgrimage · typikon · canon law · episcopacy · clergy · deacon · bishop
Of Constantinople's civilization
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- Great SchismHistoric Christian church division
- CyrilMale given name
- Cappadocian FathersThree fourth-century Trinitarian shapers
Athanasius · Antioch · Alexandria · Jerusalem · Serbian · Greek · Romanian · Bulgarian
Address to deity
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
watchfulness · fasting · asceticism · monasticism · hermit · contemplation · nous · heart
Sacramental bread and wine
- vespersEvening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- complineDay's final liturgy
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
antiphons · chalice · paten · incense · censer · altar · chanting · kontakion
Ritual water purification ceremony
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- holy unctionSacramental oil blessing
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
marriage · myrrh · godparent · catechumen · holy orders · anointing · absolution · penance
Early church belief formula
- ChristologyDoctrine of the Messiah's nature
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
- TrinitarianOne affirming divine threeness
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
Monophysitism · iconoclasm · hypostasis · dogma · heresy · canon
icons
Representative small images
saints · veneration · hagiography · iconoclast · martyrs · relics · gold leaf · tempera
patriarch
Male head of family
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- feast daysReligious celebration dates
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
veneration · relics · pilgrimage · typikon · canon law · episcopacy · clergy · deacon · bishop · metropolitan
Byzantine
Of Constantinople's civilization
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- Great SchismHistoric Christian church division
- CyrilMale given name
Athanasius · Cappadocian Fathers · Antioch · Alexandria · Jerusalem · Serbian · Greek · Romanian · Bulgarian · Coptic
prayer
Address to deity
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
holiness · watchfulness · fasting · asceticism · monasticism · hermit · contemplation · nous · heart · humility
Eucharist
Sacramental bread and wine
litany · antiphons · chalice · paten · incense · censer · altar · chanting · kontakion
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- holy unctionSacramental oil blessing
ordination · marriage · myrrh · godparent · catechumen · holy orders · anointing · absolution · penance
Nicene Creed
Early church belief formula
- ChristologyDoctrine of the Messiah's nature
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
- TrinitarianOne affirming divine threeness
exegesis · Monophysitism · iconoclasm · hypostasis · dogma · heresy · canon
- ChristianityJesus, Bible, Christ, God, Jesus Christ
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsIslam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
Orthodox Christianityatheism
Rejection of deities
secularism · secular humanism · materialism · agnosticism · irreligion
Orthodox ChristianityRoman Catholicism
Papal Christian tradition
Protestantism · Pentecostalism · Calvinism · Lutheranism · Mormonism
unorthodox, orthodox, Christian, orthodoxy, Christianity, Christendom, Eastern Orthodox, Christianization, Christianize