Back Oosters-Ortodokse Kerk Afrikaans Orthodoxe Kirchen ALS Ilesia Ortodoxa AN الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية الشرقية Arabic الكنيسه الاورثوذوكسيه الشرقيه ARZ Ilesia Ortodoxa AST Ортодоксия AV Şərqi Ortodoks Kilsəsi Azerbaijani شرقی اورتودوکس کیلیساسی AZB Agama Kristen Ortodoks Kangin BAN
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Church, is a Christian church. Their type of Christianity is also called Orthodox Christianity or Orthodoxy. Their members are called Orthodox Christians, although there is another group of Churches called Oriental Orthodox that is not in communion with the Orthodox Church. There are about 300 million Orthodox Christians in the world. Most Orthodox Christians are found in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
The Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that it is the Church started by Jesus Christ in his instructions to the Apostles. It practices what it understands to be the original Christian faith and maintains the sacred tradition passed down from the apostles.
The worship service is known as the Divine Liturgy. The beliefs and rituals of the service are similar to the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church.