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John Meyendorff
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LOCATION: Tuckahoe, NY, United States
Dean, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary,Tuckahoe, New York, 1984–92; Professor of Church History and Patristics, 1959–92. Professor of Byzantine and East European History, Fordham University, New York City, 1967–92. Author of The Orthodox Church, Its Past and Its Role in the World Today.
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Eastern Orthodoxy, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches. Its adherents live mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East, and former Soviet countries. Eastern…
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