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Churches

The churches where the Greek Orthodox term is applicable are:

  • The four ancient Patriarchates:
    • The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the "first among equals" of the Eastern Orthodox Communion
      • The four eparchies of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople:
        • The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
        • The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta
        • The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
        • The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
    • The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
    • The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
    • The Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
  • Two national autocephalous churches:
    • The Church of Greece
    • The Church of Cyprus
  • The Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
  • Orthodox Church of Albania also known as "Greek Orthodox Church of Albania" led since the collapse of the former Stalinist rĂ©gime by Archbishop Anastasios, a Greek national, the Church conducts its liturgy in Koine Greek in the areas of Albania populated by the ethnic Greek minority.

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Famous quotes containing the word churches:

    “The law of God is a law of change, and ... when the Churches set themselves against change as such, they are setting themselves against the law of God.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “People fall out of windows, trees tumble down,
    Summer is changed to winter, the young grow old
    The air is full of children, statues, roofs
    And snow. The theatre is spinning round,
    Colliding with deaf-mute churches and optical trains.
    The most massive sopranos are singing songs of scales.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “What after all are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchers of God?”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)