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The name given to the religion of the body of modern churches, including among others the Greek and Russian Orthodox, that is derived from the church of the Byzantine Empire, adheres to the Byzantine rite, and acknowledges the honorary primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed)
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- Orthodoxy, Eastern
- Armenian Orthodoxy
- Eastern Orthodox Ethics
- Greek Orthodoxy
- Russian Orthodoxy
- Serbian Orthodoxy
- Syrian Orthodoxy
- Ethics, Eastern Orthodox
- Orthodoxy, Armenian
- Orthodoxy, Greek
- Orthodoxy, Russian
- Orthodoxy, Serbian
- Orthodoxy, Syrian
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Indexed with the subheadings history, psychology.
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specify geog if pertinent
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History Note
2003; for EASTERN ORTHODOX ETHICS use CHRISTIANITY 1992-2002
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- Christianity (1979-2002)
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- National Library of Medicine. Eastern Orthodoxy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033003. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033003
- Eastern Orthodoxy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
- Eastern Orthodoxy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35032