The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a long history that led to a series of divisions, also known as schisms.

A Greek Orthodox monastery in Italy, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome in the epicenter of Catholicism.

sometimes called “Greek Orthodox” or “Russian Orthodoxy,” is essentially the Eastern equivalent of the Catholic Church, though significant differences have arisen). One recent study from ...

The gathering of bishops in Nicaea (now Iznik, in Turkey) in 325 was called by Roman Emperor Constantine ... Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches around the globe are celebrating the ...

The gathering of bishops in Nicaea (now Iznik, in Turkey) in 325 was called by Roman Emperor Constantine to settle ... and laid the ground for early canon law. Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox ...

It is accepted by the world's major denominations — Catholic, Protestant, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox ... It also is known as the "Old Roman Creed," which is believed by historians to have ...

For example, a Bulgarian Orthodox who becomes Catholic (by a profession ... What about the other way around? Can a Roman Catholic go to an Eastern Rite Catholic Mass and receive communion? Yes. In the ...

Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians ... shortly after the legalization of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. Although that legalization put a stop to many of the persecutions ...

The Catholic ... All of these eastern ritual churches come under the jurisdiction of the Pope through the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, one of the offices of the Roman Curia.