A group of Eastern Orthodox churches comprising the churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Cyprus and Greece.

(simile) Very poor, to the point of starving or begging; utterly destitute.

The national Church of Armenia.

Synonym of Old Church Slavonic

One of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.

A particular Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church over matters of doctrine.

(Christianity) A church descended from the historical Church of the East, which split from the Assyrian Church of the East over differences concerning the calendar.

A particular Anglican Church based in the United States.

(Christianity) A church descended from the historical Church of the East, currently seated in the United States.

(Christianity) An Eastern Catholic particular church (sui juris), which uses the Chaldean rite, in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church.