Eastern Orthodox Church
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The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church is the second-largest Christian body in the world after the Roman Catholic Church, and one
Saint George's Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey
Christ Pantocrator, sixth century, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai; the oldest known icon of Christ, in one of the oldest monasteries in the world
Emperor Constantine presents a representation of the city of Constantinople as tribute to an enthroned Mary and baby Jesus in this church mosaic (Hagia Sophia, c. 1000).
An early Christian "Ichthys" (fish) inscription from ancient Ephesus
East–West Schism
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The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1054. A series of ecclesiastical
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…Patriarch of Constantinople is recognised by them as primus inter pares ('first among equals'), a title held by the patriarch of Rome prior to the East–West Schism. As one of the oldest surviving religious institutions in the world, the Eastern Orthodox Church has played an especially prominent role in the history…
Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of Constantinople at the time of the schism
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre) and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381
The division between the Eastern and Western Churches
Commemorative tablet of Catholic-Orthodox prayer at Saint Peter's Basilica, commemorating the meetings held between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1967, and between Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople in 1987.