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Overview
  • Structure
  • Theology (History of theology)
  • Liturgy
  • Church history
  • Holy Mysteries
  • View of salvation
  • View of Mary
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Background
  • Crucifixion / Resurrection / Ascension
    of Jesus
  • Christianity
  • Christian Church
  • Apostolic succession
  • Four Marks of the Church
  • Orthodoxy
Organization
  • Autocephaly
  • Patriarchate
  • Ecumenical Patriarch
  • Episcopal polity
  • Canon law
  • Clergy
  • Bishops
  • Priests
  • Deacons
  • Monasticism
  • Degrees of monasticism
Autocephalous jurisdictions
Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion:
  • Constantinople
  • Alexandria
  • Antioch
  • Jerusalem
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Poland
  • Albania
  • Czech Lands and Slovakia

Canonicity recognized universally, autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches de jure:

  • America

Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:

  • Ukraine

Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople:

  • North Macedonia
Noncanonical jurisdictions
  • Old Believers
  • Spiritual Christianity
  • True Orthodoxy
    • Catacomb Church
    • Old Calendarists
  • American Orthodox Catholic Church
  • American World Patriarchs
  • National churches:
    • Abkhazia
    • Belarus
    • Italy
    • Montenegro
    • Turkey
  • Syncretic churches:
  • Evangelical Orthodox
  • Western Orthodoxy
    • Celts
    • France
    • Gaul
Ecumenical councils
  • First Seven Ecumenical Councils:
  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • Fourth
  • Fifth
  • Sixth
  • Seventh
  • Other possible ecumenical councils:
  • Eighth
  • Ninth
  • Other important councils:
  • Quinisext Council
  • Jassy
  • Moscow
  • Jerusalem
History
  • Church Fathers
  • Pentarchy
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Christianization of Bulgaria
  • Christianization of Kievan Rus'
  • Great Schism
  • Russia
  • Ottoman Empire
  • North America
  • Moscow–Constantinople schism
    • 15th–16th c.
    • 1996
    • 2018
Theology
  • History of Eastern Orthodox theology
    • (20th century (Neo-Palamism))
  • Apophaticism
  • Chrismation
  • Contemplative prayer
  • Essence vs. Energies
  • Hesychasm
  • Holy Trinity
  • Hypostatic union
  • Icons
  • Metousiosis
  • Mystical theology
  • Nicene Creed
  • Nepsis
  • Oikonomia vs Akribeia
  • Ousia
  • Palamism
  • Philokalia
  • Phronema
  • Sin
  • Theosis
  • Theotokos
  • Differences from the Catholic Church
  • Opposition to the Filioque
  • Opposition to papal supremacy
Liturgy and worship
  • Divine Liturgy
  • Divine Services
  • Akathist
  • Apolytikion
  • Artos
  • Ectenia
  • Euchologion
  • Holy Water
  • Iconostasis
  • Jesus Prayer
  • Kontakion
  • Liturgical entrances
  • Liturgical fans
  • Lity
  • Memorial service
  • Memory Eternal
  • Omophorion
  • Eastern Orthodox bowing
  • Eastern Orthodox marriage
  • Praxis
  • Paraklesis
  • Paschal greeting
  • Paschal Homily
  • Paschal troparion
  • Prayer rope
  • Prosphora
  • Russian bell ringing
  • Semantron
  • Sign of the cross
  • Sticheron
  • Troparion
  • Vestments
  • Use of incense
Liturgical calendar
  • Paschal cycle
  • 12 Great Feasts
  • Other feasts:
  • Feast of Orthodoxy
  • Intercession of the Theotokos
  • The four fasting periods:
  • Nativity Fast
  • Great Lent
  • Apostles' Fast
  • Dormition Fast
Major figures
  • Athanasius of Alexandria
  • Ephrem the Syrian
  • Basil of Caesarea
  • Cyril of Jerusalem
  • Gregory of Nazianzus
  • Gregory of Nyssa
  • John Chrysostom
  • Cyril of Alexandria
  • John Climacus
  • Maximus the Confessor
  • John of Damascus
  • Theodore the Studite
  • Kassiani
  • Cyril and Methodius
  • Photios I of Constantinople
  • Gregory Palamas
Other topics
  • Architecture
  • Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
  • Orthodox cross
  • Saint titles
  • Statistics by country
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Usage

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  • • To set it to display all lists when it appears (i.e. all lists expanded), use:
  •  ((Eastern Orthodox Church sidebar |expanded=all)) or, if enabled, ((Eastern Orthodox Church sidebar |all))  (i.e. omitting "expanded=").
  • • To set it to display one particular list while keeping the remainder collapsed (i.e. hidden apart from their headings), use:
  •  ((Eastern Orthodox Church sidebar |expanded=listname)) or, if enabled, ((Eastern Orthodox Church sidebar |listname))
  • …where listname is one of the following (do not include any quotemarks):
    • background
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    • jurisdictions
    • councils
    • history
    • theology
    • worship
    • calendar
    • figures
    • other

See also

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