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Eastern Christianity

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How did the Orthodox World React to the Protestant Reformation? (Short Animated Documentary)

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Jordan Peterson on Eastern Orthodox Christianity (short clip)

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What is EASTERN CHRISTIANITY? What does EASTERN CHRISTIANITY mean? EASTERN CHRISTIANITY meaning

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What is Orthodox Christianity? (Animated)

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Orthodox Easter: the miracle of light

Eastern Christianity comprises four main church families: the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox churches, the Eastern Catholic churches, and the denominations descended from the Church of the East. The term is used in contrast with Western Christianity. Eastern Christianity consists of the Christian traditions and churches that developed distinctively over several centuries in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Southern India and parts of the Far East. The term does not describe a single communion or religious denomination. Some Eastern churches have more in common historically and theologically with Western Christianity than with one another. The various Eastern churches do not normally refer to themselves as "Eastern", with the exception of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East.
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  • Catholic–Orthodox ecumenism 

  • Migration trends 

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