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Eastern Orthodoxy
,
or
Orthodox Catholic Church,
or
Orthodox Church (Christianity)
MICROPAEDIA
MACROPAEDIA
BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 1995
arts
beliefs and doctrines
ablution
absolution
anointment
Assumption of Mary
canon law
Christology
church
church year
collegiality
creeds and confessions
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
doctrinal statements
grace
Ten Commandments
tradition
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
distribution
history
calendar development
Christianity
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
Middle Ages
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
role in
Acacian Schism
Albania
Balkans
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
,
[Ref 3]
Bulgaria
Byzantine Empire
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
passim to
[Ref 3]
;
[Ref 4]
Croatia
Crusades
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
Cyprus
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
Greece
Kiev
Macedonia
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
passim to
[Ref 3]
Moldova
Montenegro
Poland
Russia
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
Schism of 1054
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
;
[Ref 3]
Serbia
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
Ukraine
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
,
[Ref 3]
role of
Bartholomew I
Basil the Great
Blastares
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory Palamas
John XXIII
Mehmed II
Michael VIII Palaeologus
Philotheus
organization
cathedral
rites and practices
canonical hours
canonization of saints
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
clerical celibacy
feasts and festivals
Easter
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
Epiphany
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
Good Friday
Michaelmas
Palm Sunday
iconostasis
icons
liturgy
missions
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
monasticism
mysticism
processions
religious dress and vestments
[Ref 1]
passim to
[Ref 2]
rosary
sacraments
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
;
[Ref 3]
baptism
confession
confirmation
Eucharist
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
ordination
sacred objects
[Ref 1]
passim to
[Ref 2]
symbolism
veneration of saints
sacred literature
Bible
kan
o
n
Philokalia
sacred offices and orders
archbishop
archdeacon
holy orders
lector
metropolitan
monastic leaders
[Ref 1]
passim to
[Ref 2]
patriarch of Constantinople
pope
social issues
birth control
church-state relations
[Ref 1]
,
[Ref 2]
ecumenism
[Ref 1]
;
[Ref 2]
,
[Ref 3]
European development
views on
ecumenical councils
papal authority
Platonism
see also
Eastern Christian Independent church
[Cross ref]
; Eastern rite church
[Cross ref]
; Greece, Church of
[Cross ref]
; Hesychasm
[Cross ref]
; Josephist
[Cross ref]
; nomocanon
[Cross ref]
; Orthodoxy, Feast of
[Cross ref]
; zeon
[Cross ref]
; forms of Eastern Orthodoxy (
e.g.
African Greek Orthodox Church
[Cross ref]
; Georgian Orthodox Church
[Cross ref]
; Japanese Orthodox church
[Cross ref]
); aspects of monasticism (
e.g.
Acoemeti
[Cross ref]
; starets
[Cross ref]
); religious personages (
e.g.
catholicos
[Cross ref]
; patriarch
[Cross ref]
); church government (
e.g.
autocephalous church
[Cross ref]
); vestments (
e.g.
epitrachelion
[Cross ref]
; mandyas
[Cross ref]
; omophorion
[Cross ref]
);
and
titles of Mary, mother of Jesus (
e.g.
Christotokos
[Cross ref]
; Theotokos
[Cross ref]
)