What is the difference between Greek Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Orthodox Church?

Answer 1

The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian church. All Christian churches share the belief that Jesus Christ is God, born on Earth as a man, and that salvation, or freedom from sin, is to be attained by following Christ as one's personal Lord and Saviour.

Just as doctrine varies among other Christian churches, the Orthodox Church has doctrine that sets it apart. Some notable points are the Orthodox perspectives on the meaning of salvation, the concept of heaven and hell, and whether The Bible is to be interpreted literally.

If you would like to investigate the differences between Eastern Orthodoxy and other Christian churches such as Catholicism and various Protestant denominations, a wealth of information is available at the Orthodox Church of America's website, which you will find in the related links section.

Answer 2

There is no theological difference between the two. They are both part of the same Eastern Orthodox Church. The only cultural difference is the language used in their services. Their beliefs are exactly the same.

Answer 3

Easy! The Orthodox Church was instituted by Christ and His Holy Apostles, to bring the Gospel and salvation to the human race. The Church of England was started as a breakaway from the Roman Catholic Church by King Henry VIII because the Pope wouldn't give Henry a divorce. Since that time, the reigning Monarch of England is the Head of the Church of England. Henry didn't want to take a chance that another upstart Bishop would tell HIM what to do! Of course, there cannot be a "head" of the Anglican Communion-those in other countries do not want a Church headed by a foreigner, or a monarch. This is what happened after "Men" became heads of "churches" rather than acknowledging Christ as the Head of the Church.

The "Sack of Constantinople" by the Roman Catholic Crusaders happened 150 years after the mutual excommunications between Constantinople & Rome.

The Church of England refers to the Mother Church of the Communion of Anglican Churches. It is technically headed by no one, although the most "Senior Bishop" is the Bishop of Canterbury and the head of the monarchy of Britain is given the title Supreme Governor of the Church of England. It has approximately 14 million adherents and allows women to function as deaconesses. The Church was created when King Henry VIII wanted an annulment from his marriage in 1534 but the Pope would not grant it to him, so in effect King Henry VIII established this own church outside the Communion of Rome in which he could have his marriage annulled.

The Greek Orthodox Church is in Communion with the Orthodox Churches which have approximately 300 million adherents, making them the second largest church after the Catholic Church. They are lead by synods of bishops who have patriarchs in traditional cities which governor regions, such as the Patriarch of Constantinople governs the Greek Orthodox. The patriarchs are considered 'first among equals' to the bishops which means they are not dictatorial leaders but they are considered to be guidance to the other bishops. The Greek Orthodox Church does not allow women ordination. The Orthodox Churches were created during the East-West Schism when legates from Rome refused the Patriarch of Constantinople the title of Patriarch and the Patriarch, Cerularius, refused to recognize the supremacy of the Pope. Cultural differences, human arrogance and the Roman sack of Constantinople in combination led to the Patriarch and Pope excommunicating each other creating the two separate entities of the Catholic Church of Rome and the Orthodox Churches, who also are considered Catholicos.

Answer 4

"Greek" Orthodox Church does not refer to the nationality of the parishioners, but to the language of scripture; the Old Testament of the first Christians was the Septuagint translated into Greek in 225 BC in Alexandria, Egypt, and the New Testament, with the exception of the Gospel of Matthew, was originally written in Greek. All Eastern Orthodox Churches by rights may claim to be "Greek" Orthodox Churches, because all have their foundation in the Greek Scriptures, thus, the "Greek Russian Orthodox Church" or the "Greek Orthodox Albanian Church" tells us that they are Christian Churches that have been founded on scripture: the 225 BC Septuagint Old Testament written in Greek, and the New Testament in Greek. Both the Septuagint and the New Testament of Eastern Christianity refer to manuscripts that pre-date

the Western Christian Textus

Receptus.

"Western" Christianity including Roman Catholicism and Protestant Churches are scripturally

founded on the much later 4th Century AD translation of Hebrew Scriptures into the Old Testament, and later translations of the New Testament into the various languages.

"Eastern" Orthodox Churches are Churches that were founded by the Apostles, and that have been in communion with one another since the first century. Rome was also a center of early Christianity and was for a thousand years part of that communion, however, in 1054, the Papal Legate, Cardinal Humbert, delivered a Papal Bull to the Altar of the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Constantinople requiring the Church in Constantinople to declare its allegiance and obedience to the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, and declaring Papal infalliablity

on all matters. The "Eastern" Church comprising those Churches of Antioch, Ephesus, Jerusalem, and Alexandria, along with Rome, had always conducted themselves as equals, no one bishop having primary authority over any of the other Churches. Consequently, the "Eastern" Church, including Alexandria, Ephesus, Antioch, Jerusalem and Constantinople, rejected the attempt of Rome to place itself in authority over the "Eastern" Church.

The "Eastern Orthodox ('ortho'

means correct, and 'doxa'

means glory or worship, a name given the Eastern Church in the first century by Clement I of Rome, because, he wrote to the Corinthians (the same Corinthians to whom

Paul wrote Epistles), the Church in Rome was already abandoning some of the Apostles' instructions). Since that time, the "Western" Church of Rome has substantially altered the beliefs and practices it once held in common with the "Eastern" Church, and it has further splintered into thousands of Protestant Churches whose roots are in the Roman Catholic Church. The "Eastern Orthodox" Church did not have a 'Reformation,' because it did not share the history and development of the Roman Catholic Church that led to the Reformation.

Answer 5

The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the 12 different Churches that make up the larger, Orthodox Church.

Answer 6

Greek is a nationality or language and Greek Orthodox is the main religion of modern Greese

Answer 7

The Russian orthodox is part of the eastern orthodox beliefs I don't think there is significant difference between the two.