Eastern Orthodox Church
second-largest Christian church
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Summary
Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian denomination[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of christian denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,877 views/month, #5 of 524).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Eastern Orthodoxy[3]
- Instance of: historic Church[4], Christian Church[5]
- Named after: first seven ecumenical councils[6]
- Location: Eastern Europe[7]
- Part of: Eastern Orthodoxy[8]
- Commons category: Eastern Orthodox Church[9]
- Has part(s): Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople[10], Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria[11], Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch[12], Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem[13], Russian Orthodox Church[14], Georgian Orthodox Church[15], Serbian Orthodox Church[16], Romanian Orthodox Church[17], Bulgarian Orthodox Church[18], Church of Cyprus[19], Church of Greece[20], Albanian Orthodox Church[21], Polish Orthodox Church[22], Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia[23]
- Inception: 1054[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Eastern Orthodox Church[25]
- OpenStreetMap tag: denomination=orthodox[26]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[30]
- Different from: Oriental Orthodox Churches[31], Eastern Orthodoxy[32]
- Member count: 220,000,000[33]
- History of topic: history of the Eastern Orthodox Church[34]
- Does not have part: Oriental Orthodox Churches[35], non-canonical Eastern Orthodox churches[36]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Eastern Orthodoxy[37]
- Member category: Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians[38]
Why It Matters
Eastern Orthodox Church has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 235 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]