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Greek Orthodox Church
The name
Greek Orthodox Church
(
Greek
: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἑκκλησία,
Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía
, ) is a term referring to the body of several Churches within the larger
communion
of
Eastern Orthodox
Christianity
, whose
liturgy
is or was traditionally conducted in
Koine Greek
, the original language of the
New Testament
, and whose history, traditions, and theology are rooted in the early
Church Fathers
and the culture of the
Byzantine Empire
. Greek Orthodox Christianity has also traditionally placed heavy emphasis and awarded high prestige to traditions of Christian monasticism and asceticism, with origins in
Early Christianity
in the
Near East
and in Byzantine
Anatolia
. Today, the most important centres of Christian Orthodox monasticism are
Saint Catherine's Monastery
in the
Sinai Peninsula
(
Egypt
) and
Mount Athos
in
Greek Macedonia
(
Northern Greece
).
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