Home›Sources›The Orthodox ChurchSourcesThe Orthodox ChurchCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Orthodox Church." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-orthodox-church.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Orthodox Church. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-orthodox-churchCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-orthodox-church, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Orthodox Church}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-orthodox-church}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXTimothy Ware, known within the Orthodox Church as Bishop Kallistos Ware, wrote this widely used introduction to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, covering its history, theology, liturgy and the structure of its self-governing churches, published by Penguin Books. Because its author is both an academic and a serving Orthodox bishop, it sits at this atlas's middle tier, a reputable and scholarly account but one written substantially from within the tradition it describes rather than by an outside academic with no confessional stake in the subject. It is a strong and accessible source for Orthodox history, doctrine and practice. A claim needing a strictly outside academic perspective may be better balanced by a source with no confessional standpoint alongside it.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (617 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2A widely used introduction to Eastern Orthodox Christianity written by an academic who is also a serving Orthodox bishop, a reputable account substantially from within the tradition it describes rather than by an outside scholar with no confessional stake.NotesWell-attestedStandard accessible scholarly introduction to Eastern Orthodox Christianity: its history, theology, liturgy and the structure of the autocephalous churches, written by an Orthodox bishop and academic. Use for established facts about Orthodox history, doctrine and practice; it documents the tradition largely from within it.CitationAuthorWell-attestedTimothy Ware (Kallistos Ware)PublisherWell-attestedPenguin BooksPublication YearWell-attested1993URLWell-attestedhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318924/the-orthodox-church-by-timothy-ware/Source TypeWell-attestedScholarly workClaims Backed By This Source (617 claims)This source backs 617 claims across the atlas. As facts: 298 well-attested, 6 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 161 holds, 6 connected, 2 critiqued Here, 16 rejected Here, 14 held Differently. Plus 114 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDenominations, 140 claims: 69 well-attested, 49 holds, 1 connected, 7 rejected Here, 2 held Differently, 12 general references.Articles, 84 claims: 75 well-attested, 4 connected, 5 general references.Rituals, 72 claims: 46 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 16 holds, 9 general references.Doctrines, 62 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 15 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 9 rejected Here, 12 held Differently, 11 general references.Holidays & Festivals, 51 claims: 30 holds, 21 general references.Practices, 27 claims: 16 well-attested, 6 holds, 5 general references.Religious Roles & Titles, 23 claims: 4 well-attested, 9 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 9 general references.Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 20 claims: 14 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.Religious Dress & Vestments, 19 claims: 14 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.Cities, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Empires & Polities, 13 claims: 3 well-attested, 8 holds, 2 general references.Councils and Synods, 12 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 6 general references.Disciplines, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.Figures, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.Religious Events, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.Bodies of Water, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Beliefs & Restrictions, 6 claims: 6 general references.Religious Offices, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.Alphabet Letters, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Creeds & Confessions, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.Mantras, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.Sacred Architecture, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sacred Foods, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Religious Symbols, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested298Alphabet LettersAzu АIzhitsa ѴArticlesA Calendar the Living Church Took Up and Patriarch Tikhon RefusedA Clean BeginningA Day Now Also Used to Perform Orthodox Unity Across JurisdictionsA Declaration in 1833 and a Recognition in 1850A Feast That Became a Broader Celebration of OrthodoxyA Feast, Not a MourningA Hundred Knots Tied to Keep the Jesus Prayer HonestA Latin Church in an Orthodox WorldA Modern Arabic Town Name That Preserves Lazarus's Own MemoryA Public Holiday in Two Countries, an Ordinary Weekday ElsewhereA Week That Is All One DayAn Elder Is Not an OfficeAn Imperial Tunic That Stayed in ChurchAn Older Custom in a Christian FrameAncestral Sin and the Eight ThoughtsAutocephaly and the Twentieth CenturyBartholomew's Reading and Moscow's ObjectionBells, Sackcloth and Two Readings at OnceEphesus, the Grave of Barnabas, and Three PrivilegesEthnarch as Well as ArchbishopFalling Asleep Into GloryForgiveness Before the FastFrom Kiev to MoscowFrom the Desert Monks to Ordinary Lay PrayerGod Became Man So That Man Might Become GodGreece's Biggest Summer Travel DayGreek by Rite, Not by NationHalki, the Islands and the Modern SeaHolding the Old Calendar Through Empire and RestorationHow Strictly a Modern Layperson Is Actually Expected to FastHow the Precedence Was Fixed, and Who ObjectedMembership Without RecognitionMetropolitan Rank Before The PatriarchatesNew Rome and a Primacy Without a PapacyOne Faith, Two DatesOne Feast, Two Calendars, Two Weeks ApartPhysician, Hospital, PatientStillness and the Prayer of the HeartSynodal Period, Soviet Suppression and RevivalTaken Off for the GospelThe Astronomer Whose Own Church Kept the Old CalendarThe Church as a Department of StateThe Day the Images Came BackThe Falling Asleep, Kept with a FastThe Fasting CalendarThe Filioque and Who May Amend a CreedThe Footprint on the RockThe Great Fast, and How the East Keeps ItShowing 1 to 50 of 125 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate6Creeds & ConfessionsNiceno-Constantinopolitan CreedDisciplinesHesychasmDoctrinesHoly SpiritPrimacy of Honor Among Orthodox ChurchesRitualsOrthodox Christian FuneralHolds161Bodies of WaterBlack SeaSea of MarmaraCitiesPochayivCouncils and SynodsThe Council of ChalcedonThe Second Council of NicaeaCreeds & ConfessionsNiceno-Constantinopolitan CreedDenominationsBulgarian Orthodox ChurchChurch of CyprusChurch of GreeceEastern OrthodoxyEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleGeorgian Orthodox ChurchGreek Orthodox ChurchRomanian Orthodox ChurchRussian Orthodox ChurchSerbian Orthodox ChurchUkrainian Orthodox ChurchDisciplinesHesychasmDoctrinesApostolic successionHoly SpiritPrimacy of Honor Among Orthodox ChurchesThe Nikonian Liturgical ReformsEmpires & PolitiesRussian EmpireSoviet UnionFiguresBasil the GreatJohn ChrysostomSeraphim of SarovHolidays & FestivalsAscension DayBright WeekCandlemasChristmasClean MondayDormition of the TheotokosExaltation of the Holy CrossForgiveness SundayGood FridayGreat LentHoly WeekLazarus SaturdayNativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryPalm SundayPaschaPentecostThe AnnunciationThe TransfigurationTheophanyMantrasKyrie EleisonTrisagionPracticesBaptismal lifeObserving the SabbathShowing 1 to 50 of 72 entities carrying this claim. NextConnected6ArticlesA Calendar the Living Church Took Up and Patriarch Tikhon RefusedHolding the Old Calendar Through Empire and RestorationThe Astronomer Whose Own Church Kept the Old CalendarThe Synod Votes for the New Calendar, and Parishioners Do Not FollowCitiesPochayivDenominationsEastern OrthodoxyCritiqued Here2DoctrinesPrimacy of Honor Among Orthodox ChurchesReligious Roles & TitlesPopeRejected Here16DenominationsEastern OrthodoxyDoctrinesPapal primacy and infallibilityThe 2019 Tomos of AutocephalyThe FilioqueHeld Differently14DenominationsEastern OrthodoxyDoctrinesPurgatoryThe Real Presence in the EucharistGeneral References114Alphabet LettersAzu АIzhitsa ѴArticlesA Calendar the Living Church Took Up and Patriarch Tikhon RefusedHolding the Old Calendar Through Empire and RestorationThe Astronomer Whose Own Church Kept the Old CalendarThe Footprint on the RockThe Synod Votes for the New Calendar, and Parishioners Do Not FollowBeliefs & RestrictionsA Married Parish Priesthood With Celibate BishopsAncestral Sin as Inherited Mortality Rather Than Inherited GuiltAutocephaly and Conciliar Governance Without a Universal PrimateThe Julian Calendar for the Fixed FeastsThe Revised Julian Calendar for the Fixed FeastsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils as the Complete Dogmatic DepositBodies of WaterBlack SeaSea of MarmaraCitiesPochayivCouncils and SynodsThe Council of ChalcedonThe First Assembly of the World Council of ChurchesThe Holy and Great Council of CreteThe Quinisext CouncilThe Second Council of NicaeaThe Third Council of ConstantinopleCreeds & ConfessionsNiceno-Constantinopolitan CreedDenominationsBulgarian Orthodox ChurchChurch of CyprusChurch of GreeceEastern OrthodoxyEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleGeorgian Orthodox ChurchGreek Orthodox ChurchRomanian Orthodox ChurchRussian Orthodox ChurchSerbian Orthodox ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchUkrainian Orthodox ChurchDisciplinesHesychasmDoctrinesApostolic successionHoly SpiritPapal primacy and infallibilityPrimacy of Honor Among Orthodox ChurchesPurgatorySin as Illness in Orthodox TheologyThe 2019 Tomos of AutocephalyThe FilioqueThe Nikonian Liturgical ReformsThe Real Presence in the EucharistTheosisEmpires & PolitiesRussian EmpireSoviet UnionFiguresBasil the GreatShowing 1 to 50 of 114 entities carrying this claim. 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