Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Eastern Orthodox Christianity is a family of self-governing churches in communion through a shared Byzantine theological, liturgical, and canonical inheritance.

Its present shape was formed over the first millennium, including the growing separation between Rome and Constantinople, while its churches developed in Greek, Slavic, Arabic, Romanian, Georgian, and other settings.

It confesses the Nicene faith, receives the seven ecumenical councils in its tradition, and often emphasises theosis, conciliarity, patristic continuity, and sacramental life.

The Divine Liturgy, icons, fasting, feast cycles, confession, and monastic spirituality are central features across its churches, with local variation.

It consists of autocephalous and autonomous churches; the precise recognition of jurisdictions can be disputed and should be maintained from current official sources.