EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH

(See also Coptic Orthodox Church; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Georgian Orthodox Church; Greek Orthodox Church; Russian Orthodox Church; lands by name)

attitude toward Bible: w02 11/15 27-29

break with Roman Catholic Church: yb94 70; g90 6/22 4-5

schism of 1054: sh 280; g90 6/22 5

buildings: sh 278

Cappadocian Fathers: w01 4/15 18

Church and State: w02 2/15 8-12; w93 7/1 9-10

convention on island of Patmos (1995): g96 9/8 19-21

differences with Roman Catholic Church: sh 279-280; g89 7/8 21-22; g89 8/8 23-24

disunity: g96 9/8 20; g89 7/8 23-24

icons: w02 7/1 3-8; w93 4/15 25-28; sh 280; g89 7/8 23-24; w88 8/1 7

missionaries:

Middle Ages: g94 10/22 20-22

patriarch of Constantinople: yb94 70

Cyril Lucaris (1572-1638): w00 2/15 26-29

Romania: yb06 87

attacks on other religions: g97 4/8 28

decline: g97 4/22 31

efforts to revitalize church: g91 1/8 7

incites cancellation of Witness convention: yb06 155-157; yb97 10-11, 13; g97 2/22 24-27; g97 4/22 31

war:

former Yugoslavia: g95 8/8 29; g94 10/22 4

Russia and Ukraine: mrt articles 48, 59