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Oriental Orthodox Churches

largest group of churches following Oriental Orthodoxy in full communion
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Oriental Orthodox Churches
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Summary

Oriental Orthodox Churches is a Christian denominational family[1]. It draws 8,148 Wikipedia views per month (christian denominational family category, ranking #17 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: First Council of Nicaea[3], First Council of Constantinople[4], First Council of Ephesus[5]
  • Subclass of: Oriental Orthodoxy[6]
  • Has part(s): Coptic Orthodox Church[7], Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church[8], Syriac Orthodox Church[9], Armenian Apostolic Church[10], Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oriental Orthodoxy[12]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/oriental-orthodox[13]
  • Has characteristic: full communion[14]
  • Different from: Eastern Orthodox Church[15], Oriental Orthodoxy[16], Eastern Catholic Churches[17]
  • Practiced by: Oriental Orthodox Christian[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Oriental Orthodoxy[20]

Why It Matters

Oriental Orthodox Churches has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Pope Theodoros II of Alexandria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orthodoxwiki id (english) → 795
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Orthodoxwiki id (english): 795"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 오리엔트 정교회
    Named after → First Council of Nicaea, First Council of Constantinople, First Council of Ephesus
    Different from → Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholic Churches
    Subclass of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 39258, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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