Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik
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Name (Latin)
Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik
Other forms of name
EAÕK
EOC (Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik)
Église orthodoxe d'Estonie
Ėstonskai︠a︡ apostolʹskai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
Orthodox Church of Estonia
Orthodox Eastern Church, Estonian
Associated country
Estonia
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Usk ja elu, 1974:1:
- Its website, 6/4/08
- Pravoslavnyĭ sobesi︠e︡dnik, no. 8 (1938):
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Wikipedia description:
The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAOC; Estonian: Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik, officially the Orthodox Church of Estonia) is an Orthodox church in Estonia under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Under Estonian law it is the legal successor to the pre–World War II Estonian Orthodox Church, which in 1940 had over 210,000 members, three bishops, 156 parishes, 131 priests, 19 deacons, two monasteries, and a theological seminary; the majority of the members were ethnic Estonians. The primate of the church is Stephanos, Metropolitan of Tallinn and all Estonia, elected in 1999.
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