Eastern Church

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