Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Churches are the Orthodox Churches of Greece and Cyprus and the Patriarchates of Constantinople , Antioch , Alexandria and Jerusalem . Various old calendar churches are also in the Greek Orthodox tradition.
Greek Orthodox Churches
To be considered a Greek Orthodox Church
- Church of Greece
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople with the Archbishoprics in Turkey and Greece
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Church of Cyprus
history
The Greek Orthodox churches go back to the first Christian communities in the Greek-speaking part of the Roman Empire in the 1st century. The early church patriarchates arose in Jerusalem, Antioch and Alexandria, and in the 4th century in Constantinople. At the Ecumenical Councils in the 4th and 5th centuries, various theological schools and churches were excluded from the early church.
With the conquest of parts of the Byzantine Empire by Muslim rulers, the importance of the Byzantine churches decreased. After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Hagia Sophia was lost as the center of the Orthodox Church.
With the persecution of the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire in 1914–1923 , Greek Orthodox communities almost completely disappeared from the territory of the new Turkish state .
Monasteries
Web links
- Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Homepage)