Eastern Orthodoxy
Christian denominational family
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Summary
Eastern Orthodoxy is a Christian denominational family[1]. It draws 13,624 Wikipedia views per month (christian denominational family category, ranking #11 of 38).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[3]
- Instance of: Christian denomination[4]
- Subclass of: Eastern Christianity[5], Chalcedonian Christianity[6]
- Commons category: Eastern Orthodox Church[7]
- Unicode character: ☦️[8]
- Country of origin: Byzantine Empire[9]
- Has part(s): Eastern Orthodox Church[10], Western Rite Orthodoxy[11], True Orthodox church[12], Old Believers[13], Abkhazian Orthodox Church[14], American Orthodox Catholic Church[15], Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church[16], Latvian Orthodox Church[17], Montenegrin Orthodox Church[18], Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate[19], Turkish Orthodox Church in the United States[20], Evangelical Orthodox Church[21], Orthodox-Catholic Church of America[22], Lusitanian Catholic Orthodox Church[23]
- Start time: 100[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Eastern Orthodoxy[25]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Otto's encyclopedia[28], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[29]
- Partially coincident with: orthodoxy[30]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/eastern-orthodox[31]
- Different from: Oriental Orthodoxy[32], Churches of the two councils[33], Eastern Orthodox Church[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
Why It Matters
Eastern Orthodoxy has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]