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 (3)

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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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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