Eastern Orthodox Church

== Traditions ==

=== Art and architecture ===

{{Main|Eastern Orthodox church architecture}}
[[File:Orthodox-Church-interior.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|An illustration of the traditional interior of an Orthodox church]]

The [[Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity]] on New York City's [[Upper East Side]] is the largest Orthodox Christian church in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref name="StudentEd">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_F5yntZocGIC&q=%22holy+trinity%22+cathedral+greek++74&pg=PA147 |title=The Orthodox Church: Student Edition |author=Thomas E. FitzGerald |access-date=5 January 2013 |isbn=978-0-275-96438-2 |year=1998 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref>

=== Local customs ===

[[File:Broken vases on Holy Saturday in Corfu.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Shards of pottery vases on the street, after being thrown from the windows of nearby houses. A [[Holy Saturday]] tradition in [[Corfu]].|alt=]]

Locality is also expressed in regional terms of churchly jurisdiction, which is often also drawn along national lines. Many Orthodox churches adopt a national title (e.g. [[Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania|Albanian Orthodox]], [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church|Bulgarian Orthodox]], [[Antiochian Orthodox Church|Antiochian Orthodox]], [[Georgian Orthodox Church|Georgian Orthodox]], [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]], [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian Orthodox]], [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]], [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]], [[Orthodoxy in Ukraine|Ukrainian Orthodox]], etc.) and this title can identify which language is used in services, which bishops preside, and which of the typica is followed by specific [[wikt:congregation|congregations]]. In the Middle East, Orthodox Christians are usually referred to as ''Rum'' ("Roman") Orthodox, because of their historical connection with the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire]].{{sfn|Binns|2002|p=3}}