what is the difference between greek orthodox and eastern orthodox?
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There is no difference. It's one and the same. The term “Greek” used to refer to the fact that historically the Orthodox Church was mainly Greek Speaking (at the time of Byzantium, the continuation of the Roman Empire). These days they are refered to as Eastern Orthodox (they are not only Greeks).
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That is to say, a Jew can be anyone who is born Jewish whether or not they practice any form of Judaism. An orthodox Jew, on the other hand, is a Jew who is careful to follow the traditional religion. ... An orthodox Jew, on the other hand, is a Jew who is careful to follow the traditional religion.
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The West took after the lessons of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo, which sees the people of the Godhead as joined in divine quintessence. On the other hand, Eastern Christianity believes that the Trinity is composed of three distinctive celestial people.
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The Pentecostals are more of a storefront Christian organization in their approach to worship and architecture. The Orthodox give too much attention to venerating 'saints', while the Pentecostals are more willing to say that the average man or woman in the church is a saint.
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The most fundamental difference between the Orthodox and reform Jews is a result of difference in interpretation and understanding of the Torah. ... The Orthodox believe that Torah is the direct word of God and cannot be changed. It is a not only inspired by divine, as Reformists would think, but it is from God Himself.
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The Orthodox Easter always falls later than the Catholic one as it is calculated using the same formula, but using the Julian Calendar (as we said above, this is currently 13 days behind the commonly used Gregorian). ... So Orthodox Easter can be anywhere between one and four weeks after Catholic Easter.
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Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox believers both believe in the same God. 2. Roman Catholics deem the Pope as infallible, while Greek Orthodox believers don't. ... Latin is the main language used during Roman Catholic services, while Greek Orthodox churches use native languages.
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In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy, celibacy is the norm for bishops; married men may be ordained to the priesthood, but even married priests whose wives pre-decease them are not allowed to enter marriage after ordination.
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Eastern Christianity stresses a way of life and belief that is expressed particularly through worship. By maintaining the correct form of worshipping God, passed on from the very beginnings of Christianity. Eastern Christians believe that they confess the true doctrine of God in the right (orthodox) way.
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"Eastern", then, indicates the geographical element in the Church's origin and development, while "Orthodox" indicates the faith, as well as communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church have been in a state of official schism from one another since the East–West Schism of 1054. ... The main theological differences with the Catholic Church are the papal primacy and the filioque clause.
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity: European countries or areas with significant Eastern Orthodox populations are Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, and the European parts of Kazakhstan.
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The Orthodox Catholic Church is commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church, partly to avoid confusion with the Roman Catholic Church. ... These differences ultimately led to the East-West Schism, also known as the Great Schism, in 1054 A.D., in which Rome and Constantinople broke with one another.
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The differences that the two religions have are surface level differences. The most obvious difference deals with the number of gods. In Christianity, there is only one god: Yahweh. ... The excepted number of Olympian Gods is 12; however, there are other gods that are worshiped within Greek Mythology.
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The Western Orthodox church was simply the Western Rite of the Orthodox church. officially there has not been a Western Rite Orthodox Patriarch since 1054-when we excommunicated the Vatican. ... While the eastern Church uses the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint basil.
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The Western Church decided to stay under the ruling of the pope, unlike the Eastern Church. ... Before the schism the Church used to believe in the same moral code or sacraments but the Eastern Orthodox Church changed and no longer has the same requirements as the Roman Catholic Church.
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If so, what are they? There is an important difference for the Old Testament. Orthodox use the oldest version ( 3rd century BCE) of the Old Testament which is the Septuagint or in Greek Εβδομήκοντα (evdomikonda), and Catholics use the Masoretic version (dates from the 10th century CE).