Eastern Church (redirected from Eastern Christianity)

Eastern Church

n.

1. The church of the Byzantine Empire, including the patriarchates of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem.

2. The Eastern Orthodox Church.

3. often Eastern church A Uniat church.

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Eastern Church

n

1. (Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) any of the Christian Churches of the former Byzantine Empire

2. (Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) any Church owing allegiance to the Orthodox Church and in communion with the Greek patriarchal see of Constantinople

3. (Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) any Church, including Uniat Churches, having Eastern forms of liturgy and institutions

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Eastern Church - derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Orthodox Church canonisation, canonization - (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints Catholic Church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church Greek Church, Greek Orthodox Church - state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church - an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia bishop - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
	2.	Eastern Church - the Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Church Catholic Church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church