☦ The Orthodox Church ☦

☦ The Orthodox Church ☦
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The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest Christian church in the world, with an estimated 225–300 million adherents, most of whom live in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Russia. It identifies itself as the present-day continuation of the theology and episcopacy established by Jesus Christ through his Apostles.
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Four Ancient Patriarchates:
-Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
-Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
-Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
-Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
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Junior Patriarchates:
-Russian Orthodox Church 
-Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
-Bulgarian Orthodox Church
-Serbian Orthodox Church
-Romanian Orthodox Church
-Montenegrrian Orthodox Church
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Autocephalous Archbishoprics:
-Church of Cyprus
-Church of Greece
-Albanian Orthodox Church
-Polish Orthodox Church
-Czech and Slovak Orthodox C