Slavic Orthodox Churches

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Slavic Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches rooted in the Slavic cultural and linguistic tradition, sharing Byzantine liturgy, theology, and sacramental life.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Eastern Orthodox churches ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
culturalContext Slavic ⓘ
followsChristology Chalcedonian Christology ⓘ
followsEcclesiology conciliarity (synodality) ⓘ
geographicConcentration Balkans ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
governanceForm autocephalous and autonomous churches ⓘ
historicalInfluenceFrom Byzantine Empire ⓘ
historicalMissionaryFigures Saints Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
historicalRoot Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ
includesChurch Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church ⓘ
Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric ⓘ
Montenegrin Orthodox Church (disputed status) ⓘ
Polish Orthodox Church ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (various jurisdictions) ⓘ
linguisticTradition Slavic languages ⓘ
recognizesAuthority Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (primacy of honor) ⓘ
recognizesCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Ephesus ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine Filioque clause ⓘ
papal supremacy ⓘ
religiousFamily Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
scriptTradition Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Cyrillic script

Glagolitic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Glagolitic script
sharesCanonicalText Greek New Testament ⓘ
Septuagint-based Old Testament ⓘ
sharesCreed Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (without Filioque) ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed
sharesDoctrine apostolic succession ⓘ
theosis (deification) ⓘ
veneration of icons ⓘ
sharesFeast Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
Nativity of Christ (Christmas) ⓘ
linked to: Nativity of Christ

Pascha (Easter) ⓘ
linked to: Easter

Theophany ⓘ
Transfiguration ⓘ
sharesLiturgy Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
Presanctified Liturgy of St. Gregory the Dialogist ⓘ
sharesLiturgyType Byzantine Rite ⓘ
sharesMonasticTradition Byzantine monasticism ⓘ
sharesSacrament Eucharist ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist

anointing of the sick ⓘ
baptism ⓘ
chrismation ⓘ
confession ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
ordination ⓘ
sharesSacramentalLife Eastern Orthodox sacramental theology ⓘ
sharesTheology Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
usesCalendar Julian calendar (in many churches) ⓘ
Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar (in some churches) ⓘ
usesLiturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
local Slavic vernaculars ⓘ
venerates Eastern Orthodox saints ⓘ
linked to: Christian saints

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Church Slavonic Bible → tradition → Slavic Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Slavic Orthodox Churches
Paraklesis to the Theotokos → veneratedIn → Slavic Orthodox Churches ⓘ
Kiev Missal → denomination → Slavic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Slavic Orthodox Churches
Christ is Risen → usedBy → Slavic Orthodox Churches ⓘ
St. Thomas Sunday → observedBy → Slavic Orthodox Churches ⓘ
psaltai → associatedWith → Slavic Orthodox Churches ⓘ
Icons of the Theotokos → veneratedIn → Slavic Orthodox churches ⓘ
linked to: Slavic Orthodox Churches