any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church

state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church

an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia

(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints

a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

A headdress worn among Orthodox Christian monastics and clergy.

a voluminous garment worn over the inner cassock by bishops, priests, deacons, and monastics as their regular outer wear.

a long, collared garment coming to the feet, with narrow, tapered sleeves, worn by all major and minor clergy, monastics, and often by male seminarians.