Eastern Orthodox Church
TraditionChristianity (branch)
Founded1st century AD
Followers220 million
Script/LanguageGreek/Cyrillic/Various
About Eastern Orthodox Church
The second largest Christian communion. Split from Catholicism in the Great Schism of 1054. Patriarch of Constantinople is first among equals. Rich liturgical tradition with elaborate iconography. Russian Orthodox is the largest autocephalous church.
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