Orthodox Church

noun

1. the Christian church comprising the local and national Eastern churches that are in communion with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople; Byzantine Church.
2. (originally) the Christian church of those countries formerly comprising the Eastern Roman Empire and of countries evangelized from it; Greek Orthodox Church.

Orthodox Church

noun

1. Also calledByzantine ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchGreek Orthodox Church the collective body of those Eastern Churches that were separated from the western Church in the 11th century and are in communion with the Greek patriarch of Constantinople
2. any of these Churches

Example Sentences

Putin also blamed Ukrainian nationalists for attacking the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine.

From The Daily Beast

Just a few years ago, he was going to the Orthodox Church with his Christian father, and working as a shepherd in the mountains.

From The Daily Beast

Maybe he should try healing the rift with the Orthodox church instead.

From The Daily Beast

The email was sent in 2012, when Pussy Riot was awaiting trial for their anti-Putin protest at an Orthodox church.

From The Daily Beast

He had then driven to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church headquarters in South Bound Brook.

From The Daily Beast

But with the later changes of the Protectorate Gardiner had seen his dream of a national yet orthodox Church vanish away.

From Project Gutenberg

They belonged to a church noted for its sound teaching, and came from the orthodox church city of Pittsburg.

From Project Gutenberg

“Eparch” and “eparchy” are also used in the Russian Orthodox Church for a bishop and his diocese respectively.

From Project Gutenberg

No orthodox church ever was, or ever will be in favor of real education.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless, no one has ever been found to contradict the belief of the orthodox Church.

From Project Gutenberg