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Eastern Orthodox Churches
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Classification | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Orientation | Eastern Christianity |
Scripture | Septuagint, New Testament |
Theology | Eastern Orthodox theology |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | Autocephaly |
Structure | Communion |
Primus inter pares | Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople |
Region | Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Asia, Levant, Egypt, Northern America, Near East, Caucasia, Cyprus[1] |
Language | Koine Greek, Church Slavonic, and other vernacular[2][3][4] |
Liturgy | Byzantine Rite and Western Rite |
Founder | Jesus Christ, according to sacred tradition |
Origin | 1st century Judaea, Roman Empire[5] |
Members | 230 million[6][7][8] |
Other name(s) | Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christian Church, Orthodox Catholic Church |
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