Eastern Orthodox Religions

Eastern Orthodox is a large religion in which its faith is based on the first seven ecumenical counsels; the word “orthodox” literally means “right believing”. The origin of the word orthodox was used by Christians who speak Greek to differentiate between those who follow the faith perfectly and those who were under fire for heresy, someone who go against religious truth. Orthodoxy formed from Greek speaking branch of the Roman Empire. Long before The Great Schism in 1054, the East and West branches of the Church have been divided by their beliefs and traditions, the Schism only made it official. This was the first major division within Christianity. The Eastern Orthodox Church is organized within a structure that includes the Four Patriarchs: …show more content…
They strongly believe that Catholics and Protestants are heretics. Catholics and Protestants believe that becoming like Christ is a result of salvation, meaning that as long as you love God and listen and obey the commandments you will go to heaven and end up becoming like Christ. Orthodox Christians believe that in order to reach salvation, you have to first become like Jesus. This means that if you want to go to heaven, you have to follow the rules, word for word. Orthodoxy is notoriously strict. They have a billion rules, one example is that women are not allowed near the altar because menstruation makes them unclean. They believe that there are 3 separate persons in the Holy Trinity, but they are all equal. The equivalents to the Pope in the Orthodoxy religion would be the bishops and patriarchs. They have supreme authority over their groups. Priests are allowed to marry and divorce but only other certain conditions (one of my mom’s uncles is a priest and he is married). The Orthodox Church accepts homosexual people but does not accept homosexual actions. They believe that God will not punish homosexual persons as long as they do not engage in homosexual