Greek Orthodox Church The Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Hellēnorthódoxē Ekklēsía) is formed by several autocephalous churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity whose liturgy is traditionally conducted in Koine Greek, the original language of the New Testament, and whose clergy is completely or predominantly ethnically Greek or was for a large part of its history, such as in the case of Antioch, which was fully placed under non-Greek control only in 1899. Greek_Orthodox_Church
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as the Eastern Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East, the Antiochian Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and the Orthodox Church of Antioch,(Arabic,بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق للروم الأرثوذكس), claims to be one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the East-West Schism. As an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, it claims to be the sole legitimate successor to the Christian community founded in Antioch by the Apostles St. Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Antioch
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (often referred to in North America simply as the Antiochian Archdiocese) is the sole jurisdiction of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada with exclusive jurisdiction over the Antiochian Orthodox faithful in those countries, though these faithful were originally cared for by the Russian Orthodox Church in America (indeed, the first bishop consecrated in North America, St. Raphael Hawaweeny, was consecrated by the Russian Orthodox Church in America to care for the Orthodox Arab faithful in the USA and Canada). Antiochian_Orthodox_Christian_Archdiocese_of_North_America
Middle East Council of Churches After many years of preliminary moves, the Middle East Council of Churches was inaugurated in May 1974 at its First General Assembly in Nicosia, Cyprus. Initially it contained three "families" of Christian Churches in the Middle East, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Protestant Churches. Middle_East_Council_of_Churches