Definition of Greek orthodox church

1. Noun. State church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church.


Definition of Greek orthodox church

1. Proper noun. Any of a number of organizations based primarily in Greece and affiliated with the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greek Orthodox Church

Greco
Greco-
Greco-Buddhism
Greco-Roman
Greco-Roman architecture
Greco-Roman deity
Grecogenous
Grecophone
Grecophones
Greece
Greek Catholic
Greek Christian Scriptures
Greek Church
Greek Orthodox
Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Sign Language
Greek alphabet
Greek architecture
Greek calends
Greek capital
Greek chorus
Greek clover
Greek cross
Greek deity
Greek drachma
Greek fire
Greek fret
Greek fries
Greek house

Literary usage of Greek orthodox church

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The Eastern Church in America: The greek orthodox church in present United States territory dates from 1794, when nine Russian missionaries arrived at St. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The greek orthodox church is now well established in America, and nearly every city of considerable size has one or more churches of the various ..."

3. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1890)
"... German Protestant universities, ending with Helmstadt, where, in AD 1625, he composed in Greek a confession of the faith of the greek orthodox church. ..."

4. The Russian Immigrant by Jerome Davis (1922)
"CHAPTER V ORGANIZED SOCIAL FORCES: RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL The Russian Greek Orthodox Church WE have already noted in Chapter II that representatives of ..."

5. Yearbook of American Churches: 1st -40th Issue; 1915-1972 by Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (1922)
"... ORTHODOX CHURCHES History The Eastern Orthodox Churches, known historically as the "Eastern Church," and in modern times as the "greek orthodox church," ..."

6. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"The Albanian Orthodox Church split from the greek orthodox church early in the century and adherents ... Also in July 1999, a Greek Orthodox church in ..."

7. The Canadian Law Times by Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram (1919)
"... Act. The first of these, incorporated by chapter 141 of the Quebec Statutes of 1909, is named:— "greek orthodox church Evangelismos of Montreal. ..."

8. Church History by Henry True Besse (1908)
"greek orthodox church. This is the national church of the kingdom of Greece. It is the same in faith as the Orthodox church of Russia. ..."

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