the Orthodox Church
noun
: a branch of the Christian church that has members mainly in the area from eastern Europe to eastern Africa
the Russian/Greek/Ethiopian Orthodox Church
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Western security and intelligence services have warned that the Kremlin is particularly reliant on the Orthodox Church abroad—both for recruiting intelligence sources and for carrying out influence operations—because it is not directly affected by international sanctions.
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Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Many of these are in the West: in the United States, the Orthodox Church has 2,380 parishes, along with 41 male and 38 female monasteries.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2023
Moreover 85% of Ukrainians think that the Moscow branch of the Orthodox Church is a security threat.
—Peter Pomerantsev, TIME, 20 Apr. 2024
In Athens last week, thousands of Greeks followed a call by nationalist and far-right groups and parties, as well as the Orthodox Church, and took to the streets, demanding that no concessions be made.
—Florian Bieber, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2018
The uprising bred a new sense of independence among Ukrainians, thanks in part to the role played by the Orthodox Church.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
In Ukraine, Navalny’s grandmother took him in secret to be baptized in the Orthodox Church.
—David M. Herszenhorn, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
More than 400 Palestinian Christians and Muslims were taking shelter in the 2,000-year-old church and nearby campus buildings at the time of the strike, said a spokesman for the Orthodox Church.
—By
fatima Abdulkarim, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023
In Ukraine, the Orthodox Church has an independent national arm, which formally gained canonical status from the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2018, and an arm, to which Mr. Solkan belongs, that is tied to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.
—Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
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Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Many of these are in the West: in the United States, the Orthodox Church has 2,380 parishes, along with 41 male and 38 female monasteries.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2023
Moreover 85% of Ukrainians think that the Moscow branch of the Orthodox Church is a security threat.
—Peter Pomerantsev, TIME, 20 Apr. 2024
In Athens last week, thousands of Greeks followed a call by nationalist and far-right groups and parties, as well as the Orthodox Church, and took to the streets, demanding that no concessions be made.
—Florian Bieber, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2018
The uprising bred a new sense of independence among Ukrainians, thanks in part to the role played by the Orthodox Church.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
In Ukraine, Navalny’s grandmother took him in secret to be baptized in the Orthodox Church.
—David M. Herszenhorn, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
More than 400 Palestinian Christians and Muslims were taking shelter in the 2,000-year-old church and nearby campus buildings at the time of the strike, said a spokesman for the Orthodox Church.
—By
fatima Abdulkarim, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023
In Ukraine, the Orthodox Church has an independent national arm, which formally gained canonical status from the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2018, and an arm, to which Mr. Solkan belongs, that is tied to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.
—Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
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