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Sidebar: Eastern Orthodoxy vs. Oriental Orthodoxy Not only are there important theological and doctrinal differences among Orthodox Christians, Catholics and Protestants, but there also are differences within Orthodoxy, which conventionally is divided into two major branches: Eastern Orthodoxy, most of whose adherents live in Central and Eastern Europe, and Oriental Orthodoxy, most of whose adherents live in Africa.
Zurlo, eds. In December they lifted mutual excommunications from the year that had long helped define the schism. Since then, many clerics from both traditions have worked to ease tensions. See the Dec. Pagination Next: 1. Table of Contents Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century 1. Orthodox Christians are highly religious in Ethiopia, much less so in former Soviet Union 3. Orthodox Christians support key church policies, are lukewarm toward reconciling with Roman Catholic Church 4.
Orthodox take socially conservative views on gender issues, homosexuality Acknowledgments Methodology. Related Publications Nov 29, Publications Oct 3, Publications Aug 31, Uncategorized Oct 28, Uncategorized Oct 15, Topics Religion and Society Christians and Christianity. A Solid Liberal? Russia is unusual in this regard. Ethiopia has the second biggest orthodox christians in the world after Russia, where is in the list? No insult or anything was intended — I was just looking at EO numbers.
You are right in terms of Orthodoxy. We have some differences though we are all in orthodox category. The very idea that there are three quarter of a million Orthodox in Kenya is ludicrous, as are the usual figures cited for other countries. I have personally visited almost every parish in that country, and my rough estimate would be around 3, Yes, one percent of the figure claimed— and cited by organizations like the OCMC.
There used to be a million members in the OCA, too, until Alexei Krindatch actually studied the matter. So what is authority then on the number of Orthodox in each county, esp the jurisdictions in the US? That includes several OCA churches in both states. So if anecdotal evidence is worth anything than I guess my observations are just as good. Deborah, no need for anecdotal evidence, at least in America. You can play this game with every religion, though.
There are more of us in the world than in all the Protestant churches put together. It is very sad that most Americans know nothing about us. What about Egypt. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the mother of all orthodoxy in Africa. After Armenia Egypt is the second Christian country in the world. It is pretty much limited to Egypt. All Orthodoxy south of Egypt is Greek Orthodoxy because largely due to Islam, the difficulty of crossing the Sahara, and the identification of the various churches with their respective national cultures there were never any missionary efforts from either the Coptic or the Ethiopian churches toward the rest of Africa.
The monastery of Sinai is an autonomous monastic community related to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and Mount Athos and the semi-autonomous Church of Crete remain under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Eastern Orthodox churches hold the same faith, that of the seven ecumenical councils, as well as sacraments.
The Patriarch of Constantinople is called the Ecumenical Patriarch, and has a position as "first among equals". It is he who convenes pan-Orthodox conferences, after consultation with the leaders of the other Orthodox churches.
The Orthodox Church sees itself as the unbroken continuation of the Christian Church established by Christ and his apostles in the first century CE, and does not recognize any council since the Second Council of Nicea CE as ecumenical. Throughout the latter part of the first millennium of Christianity there developed an increasingly difficult relationship between the sees of Rome and Constantinople that led to a schism in CE.
The estrangement evolved further between the 11th and 15th centuries and was exacerbated by the destructive effects of the Fourth Crusade in the early 13th century.
The formal break occurred in the 15th century. The issues dividing the churches were the universal supremacy of jurisdiction of the Pope of Rome, and the doctrinal issue of the filioque "and the Son" , the phrase inserted into the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed CE in 6th century Spain, which stated, "the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son". While the Orthodox churches acknowledge seven sacraments, or "mysteries", there are other sacramental actions that make up the liturgical life of the church.
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