1520:, seen by Persians as the rivaling power with considerable and worrying influence on Christian communities within Persian borders. Since Byzantine government generally favored Eastern Orthodoxy over other Christian denominations, local communities of Eastern Orthodox Christians within the Persian borders were often treated with suspicion by Persian authorities, who were slightly more tolerant to other Christian communities. During that period, relations between different Christian groups in Mesopotamia were marked by frequent theological disputes and internal divisions. Religious and political pressure led to the decline of Eastern Orthodoxy in Mesopotamia. During that period, Eastern Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch, centered within the Byzantine borders, had great difficulties in maintaining ties with remaining Eastern Orthodox communities in Mesopotamia. By the time of the
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1535:, communities of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the region remained under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. After the creation of modern Iraq, legal position of Christian communities in the country was much improved. In 1969, Eastern Orthodox Christians in Iraq got a new and able leader, metropolitan
1548:
new metropolitan was faced with many inherited problems, starting from the fact that over 90% of the
Eastern Orthodox Christians in the country were still displaced, as a result of previous wars and internal conflicts in Iraq. Because of that, official seat of the diocese only formally remains in
1539:
of
Baghdad, sent to them by the Patriarchate of Antioch. During his long tenure, internal organization of the Baghdad Archdiocese was much improved. On the other hand, later devastating wars ad conflict in Iraq greatly affected the entire population of the country, including Eastern Orthodox
1018:
1516:, while Christianity was occasionally tolerated or persecuted, depending on the current religious or political climate. Attitudes of Persian rulers towards their Christian subjects was affected mainly by current political relations with the
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1476:. Within the ecclesiastical order of the Eastern Orthodox Church, territory of Iraq traditionally belongs to patrimonial jurisdiction of the
1418:
1136:
2969:
2774:
1408:
1398:
1225:
1002:
884:
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as the new metropolitan of
Baghdad. Since the territory of his Archdiocese were severely affected by previous conflicts, upon arriving in
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2195:
1976:
1876:
1583:
1508:, fought between the 5th and 7th century. During much of that period, major part of Mesopotamia was controlled by the
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1786:
European Centre for Law and
Justice (2011): The Persecution of Oriental Christians, what answer from Europe?
1540:
Christians and their religious institutions. In 2014, Metropolitan
Constantine retired and was succeeded by
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2007:
1854:
1821:
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1358:
1323:
708:
256:
162:
133:
3089:
2760:
2671:
1944:
1842:
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2183:
1847:
1722:
1688:
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901:
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703:
677:
141:
51:
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2067:
1939:
1934:
1761:
1737:
1497:
1313:
1308:
1277:
1191:
1166:
946:
756:
373:
Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by
Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:
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2562:
2298:
2286:
2274:
2245:
2233:
1829:
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330:
325:
214:
157:
2691:
of the Church of Greece, the
Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.
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2407:
2355:
2012:
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1708:
1593:
1532:
1378:
1333:
588:
463:
416:
2600:
2592:
2525:
1673:
Interview with
Metropolitan Ghattas Hazim: 90% of Orthodox Christians in Iraq displaced
1513:
1403:
1161:
1126:
1048:
798:
761:
583:
3163:
3138:
2550:
1991:
1954:
1837:
1541:
1485:
1343:
1267:
1232:
573:
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with the
Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the
1524:
in the 7th century, Eastern
Orthodoxy in that region was reduced to small minority.
2530:
2146:
1981:
1949:
1528:
1096:
951:
204:
152:
55:
1750:
1726:
1712:
1692:
3148:
2075:
1927:
1912:
1501:
1171:
1091:
1081:
1066:
941:
906:
270:
199:
2221:
1272:
1151:
1131:
985:
2752:
2666:
2338:
2084:
1896:
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1201:
1196:
1186:
1176:
1101:
1009:
921:
803:
172:
109:
96:
2023:
1881:
1211:
1206:
1061:
991:
979:
968:
407:
2724:
UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.
1986:
1969:
1964:
1922:
1790:
1549:
Baghdad, while administrative headquarters are located in neighbouring
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1076:
926:
1959:
1917:
1550:
1363:
956:
239:
224:
1752:
Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day
1553:, territorially also under jurisdiction of the Baghdad Archdiocese.
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974:
1504:(within the territory of modern-day Iraq) was marked by frequent
384:
Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church:
276:
Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion:
1781:
Eastern Orthodox Archdiocese of Baghdad, Kuwait and Dependencies
1693:"Christians in the Sasanian Empire: A Case of Divided Loyalties"
1473:
936:
115:
2756:
2027:
1794:
1742:
Beyond ISIS: History and Future of Religious Minorities in Iraq
1714:
Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450-680 A.D.
1614:"His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Ghattas (Hazim)"
1478:
Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
1662:
Memory Eternal: Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
2715:
Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.
357:
Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches
1468:
refers to adherents, communities and institutions of
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3048:
2790:
2636:
2591:
2506:
2426:
2346:
2218:
2144:
2083:
2074:
2000:
1905:
1828:
1762:"Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the Middle East"
1744:. London: Transnational Press. pp. 113–124.
1768:. London-New York: Routledge. pp. 107–119.
1766:Eastern Christianity in the Modern Middle East
1480:. The Patriarchate has a diocese in Iraq, the
2768:
2740:whose autonomy is not universally recognized.
2039:
1806:
1717:Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press.
1446:
8:
1531:, from the 7th century up to the end of the
1637:
2775:
2761:
2753:
2080:
2046:
2032:
2024:
1813:
1799:
1791:
1649:
1453:
1439:
24:
2732:
2730:
2711:
2709:
2707:
2705:
2703:
2701:
2699:
2697:
2418:Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
2654:Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church
1512:(Persia). Official Persian religion was
2676:
1605:
1482:Eastern Orthodox Archdiocese of Baghdad
62:
36:
2644:Unrecognized Eastern Orthodox churches
2064:Autocephalous and autonomous churches
7:
1527:During the period of Arab and later
1484:, headed since 2014 by Metropolitan
1409:Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
1019:Differences from the Catholic Church
885:History of Eastern Orthodox theology
2438:Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
1755:. Leominster: Gracewing Publishing.
731:Other possible ecumenical councils:
494:Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
2391:Bessarabia (Romanian Patriarchate)
14:
2366:Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
2361:Finland (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1574:Persecution of Christians in Iraq
601:American Orthodox Catholic Church
3143:
3134:
3133:
2665:
2606:Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
2536:State church of the Roman Empire
2448:Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg
2386:Americas (Romanian Patriarchate)
2337:
504:Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg
44:
2521:First seven ecumenical councils
2408:Crete (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
824:Christianization of Kievan Rus'
685:First Seven Ecumenical Councils
3101:British Indian Ocean Territory
2567:Moscow–Constantinople schisms
1728:History of the Byzantine State
1:
2516:Apostles in the New Testament
2493:Switzerland and Liechtenstein
2413:Estonia (Moscow Patriarchate)
2396:Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate)
2381:Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate)
1470:Eastern Orthodox Christianity
1254:Intercession of the Theotokos
1029:Opposition to papal supremacy
848:Moscow–Constantinople schism
549:Switzerland and Liechtenstein
2736:Semi-autonomous part of the
2649:Eastern Orthodoxy by country
1736:Schmidinger, Thomas (2019).
1522:Arab conquest of Mesopotamia
819:Christianization of Bulgaria
2376:China (Moscow Patriarchate)
2371:Japan (Moscow Patriarchate)
1584:Freedom of religion in Iraq
1529:Turkish rule in Mesopotamia
1374:Photios I of Constantinople
891:20th century (Neo-Palamism)
814:Christianization of Georgia
3186:
2784:Eastern Orthodoxy in Asia
2085:Four ancient patriarchates
1992:Turkmens/Turkomans (Turks)
1731:. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
1569:Oriental Orthodoxy in Iraq
1024:Opposition to the Filioque
567:Noncanonical jurisdictions
20:Oriental Orthodoxy in Iraq
17:
3170:Eastern Orthodoxy in Iraq
3129:
2662:
2468:Great Britain and Ireland
2335:
2061:
1760:Roussos, Sotiris (2010).
1697:Studies in Church History
1537:Constantine Papastephanou
1466:Eastern Orthodoxy in Iraq
1261:The four fasting periods:
1142:Eastern Orthodox marriage
750:Other important councils:
606:American World Patriarchs
524:Great Britain and Ireland
2850:East Timor (Timor-Leste)
2498:United States of America
2403:Semi-autonomous churches
2282:Czech Lands and Slovakia
1304:Athanasius of Alexandria
554:United States of America
346:Czech Lands and Slovakia
168:Four Marks of the Church
18:Not to be confused with
3111:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
2738:Russian Orthodox Church
2672:Christianity portal
2055:Eastern Orthodox Church
1506:Byzantine-Sasanian wars
1137:Eastern Orthodox bowing
38:Eastern Orthodox Church
2685:severed full communion
2616:Liturgy of Saint James
2611:Liturgy of Saint Basil
2076:Autocephalous churches
1414:Eastern Orthodox cross
579:Spiritual Christianity
2621:Liturgy of Saint Mark
1982:Kawliya/Zott/Ghorbati
1749:Rassam, Suha (2005).
1496:The early history of
1424:Statistics by country
1349:Maximus the Confessor
777:Constantinople (1872)
3025:United Arab Emirates
1822:Demographics of Iraq
1738:"Christians in Iraq"
1579:Human rights in Iraq
1564:Christianity in Iraq
1359:Theodore the Studite
1324:Gregory of Nazianzus
1182:Russian bell ringing
1107:Liturgical entrances
917:Essence vs. Energies
912:Contemplative prayer
665:Evangelical Orthodox
487:Episcopal assemblies
210:Ecumenical Patriarch
163:Apostolic succession
3052:limited recognition
2348:Autonomous churches
1723:Ostrogorsky, George
1689:Brock, Sebastian P.
1369:Cyril and Methodius
1339:Cyril of Alexandria
1226:Liturgical calendar
1042:Liturgy and worship
678:Ecumenical councils
81:History of theology
2488:Spain and Portugal
1640:, p. 116-117.
1589:Minorities in Iraq
1319:Cyril of Jerusalem
1249:Feast of Orthodoxy
544:Spain and Portugal
52:Christ Pantocrator
3157:
3156:
3094:other territories
2750:
2749:
2333:
2332:
2068:Eastern Orthodoxy
2021:
2020:
2001:Foreign nationals
1870:Roman Catholicism
1865:Oriental Orthodox
1500:in the region of
1498:Eastern Orthodoxy
1463:
1462:
1314:Basil of Caesarea
1309:Ephrem the Syrian
1192:Sign of the cross
1167:Paschal troparion
947:Mystical theology
757:Quinisext Council
458:Semi-Autonomous:
103:View of salvation
3177:
3147:
3137:
3136:
3106:Christmas Island
2792:Sovereign states
2777:
2770:
2763:
2754:
2741:
2734:
2725:
2722:
2716:
2713:
2692:
2681:
2670:
2669:
2563:Old Calendarists
2541:East–West Schism
2404:
2341:
2081:
2048:
2041:
2034:
2025:
1815:
1808:
1801:
1792:
1769:
1756:
1745:
1732:
1718:
1709:Meyendorff, John
1704:
1675:
1670:
1664:
1659:
1653:
1647:
1641:
1638:Schmidinger 2019
1635:
1629:
1628:
1626:
1625:
1616:. Archived from
1610:
1518:Byzantine Empire
1510:Sassanian Empire
1455:
1448:
1441:
1354:John of Damascus
1329:Gregory of Nyssa
1157:Paschal greeting
1122:Memorial service
932:Hypostatic union
809:Byzantine Empire
594:Old Calendarists
215:Episcopal polity
158:Christian Church
48:
25:
3185:
3184:
3180:
3179:
3178:
3176:
3175:
3174:
3160:
3159:
3158:
3153:
3125:
3093:
3084:
3065:Northern Cyprus
3051:
3044:
2786:
2781:
2751:
2746:
2745:
2744:
2735:
2728:
2723:
2719:
2714:
2695:
2682:
2678:
2664:
2658:
2632:
2587:
2558:Catacomb Church
2502:
2473:Italy and Malta
2429:
2422:
2402:
2342:
2329:
2318:North Macedonia
2220:
2214:
2140:
2070:
2057:
2052:
2022:
2017:
1996:
1901:
1824:
1819:
1777:
1772:
1759:
1748:
1735:
1721:
1707:
1687:
1683:
1678:
1671:
1667:
1660:
1656:
1650:Meyendorff 1989
1648:
1644:
1636:
1632:
1623:
1621:
1612:
1611:
1607:
1603:
1598:
1594:Christian Arabs
1559:
1533:First World War
1494:
1459:
1430:
1429:
1428:
1393:
1385:
1384:
1383:
1379:Gregory Palamas
1334:John Chrysostom
1298:
1290:
1289:
1288:
1258:
1238:12 Great Feasts
1228:
1218:
1217:
1216:
1112:Liturgical fans
1054:Divine Services
1044:
1034:
1033:
1015:
880:
870:
869:
868:
793:
783:
782:
781:
747:
728:
680:
670:
669:
661:
610:
589:Catacomb Church
568:
560:
559:
558:
529:Italy and Malta
488:
480:
479:
478:
456:
447:Bessarabia (RP)
411:
400:
399:
398:
396:
394:
371:
355:
351:North Macedonia
274:
263:
262:
261:
189:
179:
178:
177:
146:
143:
128:
120:
58:
23:
12:
11:
5:
3183:
3181:
3173:
3172:
3162:
3161:
3155:
3154:
3152:
3151:
3141:
3130:
3127:
3126:
3124:
3123:
3118:
3113:
3108:
3103:
3097:
3095:
3086:
3085:
3083:
3082:
3077:
3072:
3067:
3062:
3056:
3054:
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3042:
3037:
3032:
3027:
3022:
3017:
3012:
3007:
3002:
2997:
2992:
2987:
2982:
2977:
2972:
2967:
2962:
2957:
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2942:
2937:
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2927:
2922:
2917:
2912:
2907:
2902:
2897:
2892:
2887:
2882:
2877:
2872:
2867:
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2812:
2807:
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2796:
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2779:
2772:
2765:
2757:
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2747:
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2742:
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2717:
2693:
2675:
2674:
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2640:
2638:
2634:
2633:
2631:
2630:
2625:
2624:
2623:
2618:
2613:
2608:
2601:Byzantine Rite
2597:
2595:
2589:
2588:
2586:
2585:
2584:
2583:
2578:
2573:
2565:
2560:
2555:
2554:
2553:
2543:
2538:
2533:
2528:
2526:Church Fathers
2523:
2518:
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2504:
2503:
2501:
2500:
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2490:
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2480:
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2255:
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2228:
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2200:
2199:
2198:
2188:
2187:
2186:
2176:
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2174:
2164:
2163:
2162:
2151:
2149:
2142:
2141:
2139:
2138:
2137:
2136:
2134:Theophilos III
2126:
2125:
2124:
2114:
2113:
2112:
2102:
2101:
2100:
2093:Constantinople
2089:
2087:
2078:
2072:
2071:
2062:
2059:
2058:
2053:
2051:
2050:
2043:
2036:
2028:
2019:
2018:
2016:
2015:
2010:
2004:
2002:
1998:
1997:
1995:
1994:
1989:
1984:
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1962:
1952:
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1932:
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1930:
1925:
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1900:
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1884:
1879:
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1872:
1867:
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1850:
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1830:Religions
1283:Dormition
1207:Vestments
1202:Troparion
1197:Sticheron
1187:Semantron
1177:Prosphora
1102:Kontakion
1010:Theotokos
963:Oikonomia
922:Hesychasm
804:Pentarchy
772:Jerusalem
616:churches:
296:Jerusalem
220:Canon law
173:Orthodoxy
142:Ascension
72:Structure
3164:Category
3139:Category
3060:Abkhazia
3010:Thailand
2965:Pakistan
2945:Mongolia
2940:Maldives
2935:Malaysia
2835:Cambodia
2689:primates
2683:The ROC
2428:Diaspora
2179:Bulgaria
2013:Sudanese
1950:Persians
1923:Bedouins
1882:Yazidism
1725:(1956).
1711:(1989).
1691:(1982).
1557:See also
1364:Kassiani
1062:Akathist
992:Phronema
980:Palamism
969:Akribeia
878:Theology
625:Abkhazia
614:National
316:Bulgaria
257:Bratstvo
195:Autonomy
144:of Jesus
77:Theology
63:Overview
30:a series
28:Part of
3035:Vietnam
2950:Myanmar
2930:Lebanon
2860:Georgia
2815:Bahrain
2805:Armenia
2593:Liturgy
2508:History
2463:Germany
2443:Austria
2306:Ukraine
2294:America
2258:Albania
2208:Ilia II
2203:Georgia
2191:Romania
2145:Junior
2117:Antioch
1987:Solluba
1970:Yazidis
1965:Shabaks
1703:: 1–19.
1681:Sources
1546:Baghdad
1492:History
1077:Ectenia
1003:Theosis
791:History
724:Seventh
630:Belarus
519:Germany
499:Austria
422:Finland
367:America
359:de jure
341:Albania
321:Georgia
311:Romania
291:Antioch
250:Degrees
240:Deacons
235:Priests
230:Bishops
87:Liturgy
79: (
3080:Taiwan
3015:Turkey
2980:Russia
2915:Kuwait
2895:Jordan
2885:Israel
2845:Cyprus
2830:Brunei
2825:Bhutan
2546:Raskol
2458:France
2453:Canada
2323:Stefan
2299:Tikhon
2270:Poland
2246:Greece
2234:Cyprus
2196:Daniel
2184:Daniil
2167:Serbia
2160:Kirill
2155:Russia
2122:John X
1960:Feylis
1551:Kuwait
1147:Praxis
957:Nepsis
834:Russia
767:Moscow
738:Eighth
709:Fourth
699:Second
655:UOC–KP
650:Turkey
640:Latvia
514:France
509:Canada
336:Poland
331:Greece
326:Cyprus
306:Serbia
301:Russia
225:Clergy
32:on the
3121:Macau
3040:Yemen
3000:Syria
2975:Qatar
2955:Nepal
2890:Japan
2865:India
2855:Egypt
2840:China
2637:Other
2356:Sinai
1955:Kurds
1918:Arabs
1843:Sunni
1838:Islam
1072:Artos
975:Ousia
937:Icons
762:Jassy
743:Ninth
719:Sixth
714:Fifth
704:Third
694:First
635:Italy
417:Sinai
2960:Oman
2925:Laos
2880:Iraq
2875:Iran
2581:2018
2576:1996
2275:Sawa
1977:Jews
1877:Jews
1848:Shia
1474:Iraq
1404:Folk
1285:Fast
1117:Lity
862:2018
857:1996
3092:and
2066:of
1472:in
997:Sin
966:vs
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