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The Orthodox Churche(s) and the Roman Church both have apostolic succession therefore they are the same age and can trace their roots to christ.

However the Catholic Church wanted to change doctrines,traditions,litrugy etc so they changed the original church and continued to add extra doctrines after the 1054 schism e.g pugartory,immaculate conception etc

but the Orthodox Church hasn't changed anything or added any extra doctrines after the 1054 schism.

So concluding the Orthodox and Catholic church are equally old but the Orthodox church is older in tradition,beliefs etc

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