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
Jerusalem Patriarchate in America The Jerusalem Patriarchate in America comprised the Orthodox churches under the omophorion (authority) of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, represented in the Americas by Archbishop Damaskinos of Jaffa. Jerusalem_Patriarchate_in_America