An illustrated layout of the traditional interior of an Eastern Orthodox church
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Liturgical calendar
Paschal cycle
12 Great Feasts
Other feasts:
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The four fasting periods:
Nativity Fast
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Major figures
Athanasius of Alexandria
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Maximus the Confessor
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Theodore the Studite
Kassiani
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Photios I of Constantinople
Gregory Palamas
Other topics
Architecture
Folk
Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
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Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures. These styles share a cluster of fundamental similarities, having been influenced by the common legacy of Byzantine architecture from the Eastern Roman Empire. Some of the styles have become associated with the particular traditions of one specific autocephalous Eastern Orthodox patriarchate, whereas others are more widely used within the Eastern Orthodox Church.
These architectural styles have held substantial influence over cultures outside Eastern Orthodoxy; particularly in the architecture of Islamic mosques,[1] but also to some degree in Western churches.
^Stokes, James, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase Publishing. p. 528. ISBN 9781438126760.
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