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Q: Why was the church called orthodox?
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What is a member The Eastern Orthodox Church called?

An Orthodox Christian.


Any coptic orthodox churches in india?

Yes, there is a Coptic orthodox church in India called the Malankara Orthodox Church.


How old is the greek orthodox religion?

The Orthodox Christian Church is over 2,000 years old, however, the name for this Church in Greece and some other parts of the world started to become known as "Greek Orthodox" from about 1821. The Greek Orthodox are part of the Orthodox Christian Church (sometimes called the Eastern Orthodox Church) which is the same Church that Jesus founded in 33 AD.


Does the American Orthodox Catholic Church worship on Saturdays?

There is an Orthodox Church and a Catholic Church. There is no Catholic Orthodox Church.


Greek orthodox church is also known as the?

Eastern Orthodox Church (or the Christian Orthodox Church).


What is the name of Rome's eastern church?

It is called the Orthodox Catholic Church, also known as the Eastern Orthodox or Greek Orthodox Church. It is not however affiliated with Rome or the Roman Catholic Church. They are 2 separate, but similar religions. They believe God is the ultimate head of the Church and recognize no Pope.


What church developed the eastern roman empire?

It was the Greek/Eastern Church. Later it came to be called as the Orthodox Church.


What is the stick that priests use in an orthodox church called?

A pole. Actually, it is called a staff. As a priest is a shepherd to his flock. It is not used by parish priests in the Orthodox Church , only by Bishops or other hierarchy.


Is there any groups that have split from the orthodox church?

Yes, there are groups that split from the Eastern Orthodox Church. The so called "Nestorians," now known as the Church of the East, or the Assyrian Church of the East; the so-called "Monophysites," now known as the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, The Malankara Church, the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church, the Coptic Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Church; the Roman Catholic Church. All of these "splits" resulted in new organizations that have never reconciled completely with the Orthodox Churches. Also, splits more "within" the Orthodox Church that have been reconciled in some cases, and not in other cases (some small groups believe they they alone carry on the Orthodox Church, and that the current Orthodox Churches are no longer Orthodox) Old Rite or Old Believers, Old Calendarists (several different organizations), Catacomb Church in Russia (which is virtually extinct; new varieties seem to come into existence frequently). Nationalist driven splits-the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the only large grop that insists on being on its own, while its Mother Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, does not sanction the unilateral declaration of "independence," as that is not how is has been traditionally done within the Church.


What is the byzantine orthodox?

it is actually not byzantine orthodox. it is actually the church. the churches in the byzantium were called the Eastern Orthodox Church. at first there was only a common church. but later there were dispute among pope and the patriarch and actually the western Europe and the eastern Europe. so,there was a split, in the west, the churches were called the Roman Catholic Church as the pope as the head and the churches in the east were known as the Eastern Orthodox Church with the patriarch as the head. so the reason for the Byzantium getting the eastern orthodox church is because byzantium is in the eastern European side.


Did the eastern church become the Greek Orthodox church?

No, the Greek Orthodox church is a part of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.


What is the head of the Russian Orthodox church called?

The head of the Russian Orthodox church is called the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. He is His Holiness Patriarch +KYRILL I. He is the spiritual leader of all Russian Orthodox Christians in Russia, which is the largest body of Orthodox believers in Russia today and is known as the Moscow Patriarchate. The Russian Orthodox church plays an important and major role in Christianity throughout the entire world.