orthodox catholic church

1. Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites (synset 108103322)
   associated with:

   • canonisation, canonization - (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
   • bishop - 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
   is a type of: catholic church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church
   subtypes:

   • greek church, greek orthodox church - state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church
   • russian orthodox church - an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia
   same as: eastern church, eastern orthodox, eastern orthodox church, orthodox church

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