Autocephalous Orthodox Churches

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:date varies by church, generally from 4th century onward
gptkbp:feature gptkb:Nicene_Creed
gptkb:monastery
gptkb:Holy_Tradition
Divine Liturgy
apostolic succession
episcopal polity
use of icons
self-governing
liturgical worship
canonical territory
sacramental life
patriarchs, metropolitans, or archbishops as primates
Pascha (Easter) as central feast
Scripture and Tradition as sources of faith
bishops as highest local authority
communion with each other (in principle)
disputes over recognition of autocephaly
no central earthly authority
seven ecumenical councils
use of Church Slavonic, Greek, and other languages
gptkbp:governingBody autocephaly
gptkbp:hasMember gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Georgian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_in_America
gptkb:Polish_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Romanian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_Ukraine
gptkb:Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_(Moscow_Patriarchate)
gptkb:Church_of_Greece
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_Albania
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_Cyprus
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_the_Czech_Lands_and_Slovakia
Serbian Orthodox Church
gptkbp:highestCourt Holy Synod of each church
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Autocephalous Orthodox Churches
gptkbp:mainLanguage various (Greek, Russian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Albanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English, etc.)
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 15
gptkbp:origin Byzantine tradition
gptkbp:recognizedBy varies among churches
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Oriental_Orthodox_Churches
gptkb:Protestant_Churches
Catholic Church
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Bible
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6