Orthodox Churches

[hindupridemn]

Do we have representatives from the following churches:

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Finnish Orthodox Church
Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church
Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Russian Orthodox Church
Latvian Orthodox Church
Moldovan Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Japanese Orthodox Church
Chinese Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate
Serbian Orthodox Church
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Romanian Orthodox Church
Metropolis of Bessarabia
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
Cypriot Orthodox Church
Church of Greece
Polish Orthodox Church
Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America

Greek Old Calendarists
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Russian Old Believers
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchy)

 

[Smoke]

I'm an apostate from Orthodoxy.

No*s and James the Persian are both Orthodox, but neither is active here at present.

 

[Biblestudent_007]

I'm a orthodox Catholic Christian . . .I plan to be active on this site.

 

[hindupridemn]

What is Orthodox Catholic?

 

[Biblestudent_007]

What is Orthodox Catholic?

In particular, someone who maintains doctrinal orthodoxy in contrast to heterodoxy or liberalism.

 

[hindupridemn]

Did Orthodox Catholic break away from Roman Catholicism?

 

[Biblestudent_007]

Did Orthodox Catholic break away from Roman Catholicism?

Yes, there is the historical East vs West Schism . .

 

[Smoke]

Did Orthodox Catholic break away from Roman Catholicism?

From Rome's point of view. From the Orthodox point of view, which is the correct view , Rome broke away from Orthodoxy.

 

[Nothing]

I used to wear braces and had to go to an orthodontist, does that count?

 

[Yoshieslunchbox]

I used to be a member of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), and was at one time studying to become a monastic. I still actively study Orthodoxy, but am not active in it. It's possible that I would be able to help answer questions though.

 

[Yoshieslunchbox]

Did Orthodox Catholic break away from Roman Catholicism?

It might be helpful to point out that "Orthodox" and "Catholic" are terms used by two different branches of Christianity. Orthodox essentially means "right worship" or "correct worship," and catholic essentially means "universal." After the schism between the eastern and western patriarchs in 1054 the east typically used relied upon the term orthodox for self-identification, while the western church loyal to papal authority generally adopted the term catholic.

When talking about the "Orthodox Church" this forum focuses on we are specifically referencing the Eastern Orthodox faith, and we generally refer to Roman Catholics as "Catholics."