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Eastern Orthodox Church
DEFINITIONS OF:
Eastern Orthodox Church
1
n
derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
Synonyms:
Eastern Church
,
Eastern Orthodox
,
Orthodox Catholic Church
,
Orthodox Church
Types:
Greek Church
,
Greek Orthodox Church
state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia
Type of:
Catholic Church
any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church
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