The Orthodox Diaspora

Target entity: The Orthodox Diaspora
Context triple: [Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016), documentAdopted, The Orthodox Diaspora]

• A. Old Believers
  Old Believers are traditionalist Eastern Orthodox Christians who rejected the 17th-century liturgical reforms in Russia and preserved older rites, practices, and church traditions.
• B. Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
  The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia is an autonomous ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox tradition, formed by émigré clergy and faithful after the Russian Revolution and historically based outside the Soviet Union.
• C. Belarusian Orthodox communities
  Belarusian Orthodox communities are religious groups in Belarus that practice Eastern Orthodox Christianity, maintaining traditional liturgy, rituals, and cultural heritage within the Belarusian context.
• D. Orthodox Church in America
  The Orthodox Church in America is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church based primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, known for using English in its liturgy and tracing its roots to Russian missionary activity in Alaska.
• E. Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
  The Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora is a population of Jews with historical roots in Central and Eastern Europe, characterized by distinct religious traditions, cultural practices, and linguistic heritage.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The Orthodox Diaspora
Target entity description: The Orthodox Diaspora refers to Orthodox Christian communities living outside their traditional historic and territorial homelands, raising pastoral, canonical, and organizational questions for the global Orthodox Church.

• A. Old Believers
  Old Believers are traditionalist Eastern Orthodox Christians who rejected the 17th-century liturgical reforms in Russia and preserved older rites, practices, and church traditions.
• B. Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
  The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia is an autonomous ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox tradition, formed by émigré clergy and faithful after the Russian Revolution and historically based outside the Soviet Union.
• C. Belarusian Orthodox communities
  Belarusian Orthodox communities are religious groups in Belarus that practice Eastern Orthodox Christianity, maintaining traditional liturgy, rituals, and cultural heritage within the Belarusian context.
• D. Orthodox Church in America
  The Orthodox Church in America is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church based primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, known for using English in its liturgy and tracing its roots to Russian missionary activity in Alaska.
• E. Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
  The Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora is a population of Jews with historical roots in Central and Eastern Europe, characterized by distinct religious traditions, cultural practices, and linguistic heritage.
• F. None of above. chosen