Oriental Orthodox Christianity
 Oriental Orthodoxy |
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| Classification | Eastern Christian |
| Theology | Miaphysite |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Structure | Communion |
| Primus inter pares | Pope Tawadros II |
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churches |
Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Headquarters | Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo, Egypt |
| Founder | Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria |
| Origin | 451 Alexandria, Egypt, Byzantine Empire |
| Members | 84 million |
| Official website | Official website of Pope Tawadros II |
Armenian Apostolic Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Eastern Christian churches that recognize only the first three ecumenical councils – the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381 and the Council of Ephesus in 431. This ecumenical communion is composed of six churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Oriental Orthodoxy has approximately 84 million adherents worldwide.
Oriental Orthodox Churches uphold their own ancient ecclesiastic traditions of apostolic succession and catholicity (universal doctrine). These Churches rejected the definition of the two natures of Christ (human and divine), known as the Chalcedonian Definition, which was issued by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Over the following two centuries, one by one, they discontinued their communion with the Great Church, and developed separate institutions that did not participate in any of the later ecumenical councils.
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