One of the three great divisions of Christianity; the others are the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic and Orthodox churches were originally united, but they parted in the eleventh century, when they differed over several points of doctrine, including the supreme authority of the pope, which Orthodox Christians reject.
- Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Armenian Apostolic Church of America
- Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of America
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America
- Holy Orthodox Church in America (Eastern Catholic and Apostolic)
- Orthodox Church in America
- Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
- Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church for the U.S.A. and Canada
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.
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