4+Eastern+Orthodox

=** 4 eastern orthodox by Alondra Chavarria, Alexis Estela **= = = = = = The head of the eastern othodox is called patriarch or metroplitan. = =**The patriarch of constantionople is considered ecumencal or univesal patriarch. he is the closet thing to a counterpart to the pope in the roman cathloic chrurch. its has special honors but hr has no power to inerfrence with the 12 other orthodox communions.**= = = = = = = == media type="youtube" key="h41JmCCH7AQ" height="315" width="420"
 * The orthdox chruch claims to be the one true chruch of christ, and seek to trace its origin back to the original apostles through an unbroken chain of apostolic succession. Othodox thnkers debate the spiritual staues and roman catholics and prostestants. orthodox believers affirm the trinit, the bible as the word of god. **
 * [[image:http://www.pc-freak.net/images/orthodox_symbols/byzantine_cross_lg.jpg width="248" height="246"]]The eastern orthodox cross has three corsses beams and is distrincity different from other christian crosses. The symbolism and the tradtion of icons was preserved from byzantium through the christian empire. **
 * This video talks about a monk named martin luther protested on cathloic practices. he nailed 95 point theses at the roman church. martin critic started in 1517protestant reformation.Everything of god is saved by the othodox church. **
 * orthdox calims to have fully preserved, without any devilation, the tradition and doctines of the early christian church established by the apostles. that why they believe themselves to be true and right believing christian faith. **


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